Acting

Elsa Poblete

Born September 30, 1952 · Santiago, Chile (age 73)

No biography available.

Known For

NerudaNeruda · 2016
Neruda
6.32016
MovieDrama
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.
NoNo · 2012
No
7.22012
MovieDramaHistory
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
Tony ManeroTony Manero · 2008
Tony Manero
6.32008
MovieDrama
A man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from "Saturday Night Fever".
AuroraAurora · 2014
Aurora
4.02014
MovieDrama
After reading in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial.
Soccer StoriesSoccer Stories · 1997
Soccer Stories
5.21997
MovieDrama
Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.
RootRoot · 2014
Root
2014
MovieDrama
26-year-old Amalia sets out on a voyage with nine-year-old Cristóbal through the remote landscapes of southern Chile with the intention of finding the boy's father. The search will turn into a journey through each of their personal histories.
TeresaTeresa · 2009
Teresa
5.22009
MovieRomanceHistory
Teresa Wilms Montt is a writer, a rebellious woman, tormented and beautiful. He marries at age 17 challenging family opposition. She falls in love with someone she should not and the family court condemns her to confinement in a convent. Separated from her two daughters, she escapes to Buenos Aires with Vicente Huidobro. From that flight her life becomes an exciting and tragic itinerary.
This Is CristinaThis Is Cristina · 2019
This Is Cristina
5.42019
MovieDramaComedy
Cristina and Susana have been best friends since high school. Now, both over 30 years old, they are still living like they did in their teenage years. Or maybe they never grew up.

Movies

NerudaNeruda · 2016
Neruda
6.32016
MovieDrama
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.
NoNo · 2012
No
7.22012
MovieDramaHistory
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
Tony ManeroTony Manero · 2008
Tony Manero
6.32008
MovieDrama
A man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from "Saturday Night Fever".
AuroraAurora · 2014
Aurora
4.02014
MovieDrama
After reading in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial.
Soccer StoriesSoccer Stories · 1997
Soccer Stories
5.21997
MovieDrama
Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.
RootRoot · 2014
Root
2014
MovieDrama
26-year-old Amalia sets out on a voyage with nine-year-old Cristóbal through the remote landscapes of southern Chile with the intention of finding the boy's father. The search will turn into a journey through each of their personal histories.
TeresaTeresa · 2009
Teresa
5.22009
MovieRomanceHistory
Teresa Wilms Montt is a writer, a rebellious woman, tormented and beautiful. He marries at age 17 challenging family opposition. She falls in love with someone she should not and the family court condemns her to confinement in a convent. Separated from her two daughters, she escapes to Buenos Aires with Vicente Huidobro. From that flight her life becomes an exciting and tragic itinerary.
This Is CristinaThis Is Cristina · 2019
This Is Cristina
5.42019
MovieDramaComedy
Cristina and Susana have been best friends since high school. Now, both over 30 years old, they are still living like they did in their teenage years. Or maybe they never grew up.
A Cab for ThreeA Cab for Three · 2001
A Cab for Three
6.52001
MovieDramaCrime
A taxi driver is given a difficult choice from 2 small time crooks: drive them around while they rob, or get locked up in the trunk.
Latent ImageLatent Image · 1990
Latent Image
6.21990
MovieDrama
In the late 1980s, a politically neutral photographer in Pinochet's Chile is still struggling to come to terms with the "disappearance" of his activist brother in the Villa Grimaldi torture centre back in 1975.
The Mud WomanThe Mud Woman · 2015
The Mud Woman
2.02015
MovieDrama
María Cartagena is a seasonal worker in the fruit fields of an arid valley in northern Chile, to bring sustenance to her daughter and disabled husband. During the hard workday she overcomes abuse and mistreatment driven by a powerful motivation: saving enough money to visit her brother’s grave, one of the disappeared after the Pinochet coup.
ArchipiélagoArchipiélago · 1992
Archipiélago
5.61992
MovieDrama
An architect witness the brutal massacre by the police of an anti-government meeting and escapes to a remote archipelago.
The FrontierThe Frontier · 1991
The Frontier
5.91991
MovieDramaRomance
A Chilean teacher, Ramiro, is sentenced to internal exile in a southern town where tidal waves often appear. He falls for a woman, Maite, whose father asks him to take her away. Although he gets his freedom he doesn't leave and when the water rises, Maite and her father die, and Ramiro flees to the hills.
VI A 1965VI A 1965 · 1985
VI A 1965
1985
MovieDrama
The journey of a retired music teacher who witnesses the detention of a former student by the security agencies of dictatorship. This strong experience leads him to give up on a dream trip to Europe and to begin an intense search for the student's relatives and make them know about what has happened to him.

TV Shows

Vivir asíVivir así · 1988
Vivir así
4.51988
SeriesDrama
A hard-working man witnesses the collapse of his nuclear family.
12 días que estremecieron Chile12 días que estremecieron Chile · 2011
12 días que estremecieron Chile
2.02011
SeriesDrama
Fictional stories about Chilean historical events that shook the country through joy, horror, excitement or sadness, and where the great virtues and defects of its national idiosyncrasy were expressed, that marked the lives of many people.
HeroesHeroes · 2007
Heroes
2007
SeriesDrama
Chilean TV miniseries. Each episode relates the history of one of the principal figures Chilean figures of the 19th century: Bernardo O'Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Rodríguez, Diego Portales, José Manuel Balmaceda and Arturo Prat.
En terapiaEn terapia · 2019
En terapia
2019
SeriesDrama
Follows the development of five psychological patients through nine sessions each.
Huaiquimán y TolosaHuaiquimán y Tolosa · 2006
Huaiquimán y Tolosa
4.02006
SeriesCrimeComedy
A pair of private detectives solve crimes and protect the Patronato district in Santiago, the most important commercial district of immigrants in Chile, facing dangerous mobsters and criminals.