Ariel Caldarelli

Acting

Ariel Caldarelli

Born January 4, 1959 · Montevideo, Uruguay (age 67)

Ariel Caldarelli (Montevideo, 1959) is a Uruguayan actor, theater director, teacher, musician and writer. He began his training in 1982 at the Municipal School of Dramatic Art. In 1993 he wrote the film Pepita the Holster, and he has performed in several other films, including In This Tricky Life (2001), Giant (2009), and The Silence of the Sky (2016).

Known For

The Silence of the SkyThe Silence of the Sky · 2016
The Silence of the Sky
★ 6.42016
MovieDramaThriller
After being a victim of rape within their own home, Diana chooses to keep the trauma secret. Mario, her husband, also has something to hide. The silence takes the couple's account over the day turns gradually into a peculiar form of violence.
Dulce Violencia (aka Sweet Violence)Dulce Violencia (aka Sweet Violence) · 2026
Dulce Violencia (aka Sweet Violence)
2026
MovieCrimeDrama
A family plans to murder their daughter’s killer after he is released from a twenty-year prison sentence. Still pleading innocence, the ex-convict tries to rebuild his life until the ghosts of the past return to haunt him
GiantGiant · 2009
Giant
★ 6.62009
MovieDramaRomance
A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Quedamos AsíQuedamos Así · 2025
Quedamos Así
2025
MovieComedyDrama
Drawn by the promise of new love, Teresa travels a long way to meet Enrique, a man she met online. As the night unfolds, she begins to realize he’s not quite what she expected.
Call for a postmanCall for a postman · 1999
Call for a postman
★ 10.01999
MovieDramaCrime
Victim of a psychopathological setback after an accident, the wife of a postman has no other interest than reading the mail that her husband has to deliver. With his behavior, he manages to intervene in the lives of those who write those letters, which causes unforeseen consequences. A kind of disturbing psychological thriller
In This Tricky LifeIn This Tricky Life · 2001
In This Tricky Life
★ 5.42001
MovieDrama
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.
Manhunt: Bloody TangoManhunt: Bloody Tango · 2019
Manhunt: Bloody Tango
★ 5.32019
MovieTV MovieThriller
LKA-Zielfahnderin Hanna Landauer and her new colleague Röwer travel to Montevideo to find the couple Tezlaff. They once kidnapped an industrialist and extorted a 10 million ransom. The money has since disappeared, alongside a third unknown hostage taker.
Pepita the HolsterPepita the Holster · 1993
Pepita the Holster
★ 6.01993
MovieDramaThriller
A mother struggles to raise her daughter all by herself, and due to the economic difficulties decides to rob multiple finance houses, fooling her victims with the handle of her umbrella that she make them think is a real revolver.

Filmography

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In This Tricky LifeIn This Tricky Life · 2001
In This Tricky Life
★ 5.42001
MovieDrama
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.

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