Acting

Elsa Poblete

Born September 30, 1952 · Santiago, Chile (age 74)

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Known For

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.
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.
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.
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.
Tony ManeroTony Manero · 2008
Tony Manero
★ 6.32008
MovieDrama
A man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from "Saturday Night Fever".
Soccer StoriesSoccer Stories · 1997
Soccer Stories
★ 5.31997
MovieDrama
Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.
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.
The FrontierThe Frontier · 1991
The Frontier
★ 6.11991
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.

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