Daniel Valenzuela

Acting

Daniel Valenzuela

Born May 5, 1956 · Posadas, Misiones, Argentina (age 70)

Daniel Valenzuela is an Argentinian film and television actor and writer.

Known For

HypersomniaHypersomnia · 2017
Hypersomnia
★ 5.12017
MovieMysteryThriller
A young actress rehearsing for a play about human trafficking begins to relive terrifying scenes that may be dreams -- or an alternate reality.
La CiénagaLa Ciénaga · 2001
La Ciénaga
★ 6.82001
MovieDrama
Amid the sweltering summer heat in northern Argentina, two middle-class families retreat to a crumbling country estate and a modest townhouse, where strained relationships, simmering tensions, and the presence of children and servants quietly expose the fractures of family life. Between idle days, gossip, and unspoken desires, the boundaries of class, tradition, and faith are reflected in their everyday interactions.
El bumbúnEl bumbún · 2014
El bumbún
2014
MovieDrama
In an inhospitable rural area in North-East Argentina, machismo, destitution and the repression meted out under the military dictatorship sees the birth of the latest daughter born to Antonio, alcoholic woodcutter who anxiously wanted his first son. After the three daughters are farmed out to families in better financial position, he christens the latest one with the name of José, nicknamed Bumbún, and forces her to take on the identity of a boy. Mercedes, hurt by having lost her other daughters, protects the girl and keeps up the lie, constantly threatened by Antonio. Having been forced to act as a boy since childbirth, Bumbún will struggle between whether to accept her fate or to fight to change it.
Burnt MoneyBurnt Money · 2000
Burnt Money
★ 6.72000
MovieRomanceCrime
Set in Argentina in 1965, the story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of crime history. After a large-scale hold-up that turns bloody, the two men must flee. It is not long before the police are surrounding the building they are in and they must confront their demons to survive.
Buenos Aires 100 kmBuenos Aires 100 km · 2005
Buenos Aires 100 km
★ 5.62005
MovieDrama
A remote village 100 kilometers from the city of Buenos Aires. Stephen, Matías, Alejo, Damián and Guido were born 13 years ago in this small town. They have always been friends and together they share the monotonous summer afternoons sitting on the stoop of a women's hairdresser. Anxious, restless, impatient for a change, they go through the most confusing period of experiment -- the transition from childhood to adolescence.
Dead ManDead Man · 2024
Dead Man
2024
MovieWesternThriller
A small village lost in the mountains, paralyzed after the closing of a mine, receives the arrival of an outsider who offers a significant payment in exchange for a very special job: to kill the owner of the mine.
NinaNina · 2010
Nina
2010
MovieDrama
Nina is a 16-year-old girl who lives in a rural neighborhood of Oberá (Misiones, Argentina). She works on the farm and in the village to support her family, which prevents her from attending school. One day, she is enticed to travel to the capital by a job offer as a nanny, offering a good salary and the opportunity to study. She shares this dream with Lourdes, her Paraguayan cousin from a marginalized neighborhood in the city of Encarnación, who receives a similar offer.
Water PigsWater Pigs · 2020
Water Pigs
★ 6.02020
MovieCrimeThriller
Gualtieri is an apathetic ex-cop, fighting himself, almost nothing excites him. That is why he accepts an easy job in the jungle of the triple border. Investigating how and why a person was killed becomes the key to revealing other truths that should be buried under the wet red soil of the place.

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Pájaros rojosPájaros rojos · 2023
Pájaros rojos
2023
MovieDrama
In the revolted 70's in Argentina, teenage Graciela is an artist and a poet. She and Julio, a charismatic student leader, are brought together by their ideals for social justice. Her poems reach young musician Flecha, who dreams of singing them for a roaring crowd. As the times grow harder and more dangerous, friends are persecuted, Graciela and Julio protect each other, but the dictatorship kidnaps them. Graciela's mother desperate search for her daughter brings her together with the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who's relentless clamor for their missing children is only met with more terror and death from the bloody dictatorship. 35 years later, that mother publishes a book of Graciela's poems, and brings it to Flecha, now an accomplished musician. He turns them into songs that let her words live and fly.

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