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Sebastián Borensztein

Born April 22, 1963 · Buenos Aires, Argentina (age 63)

Sebastián Borensztein (born 22 April 1963) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director, best known for the films Chinese Take-Away (2011), Heroic Losers (2019), and the horror television miniseries El garante. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sebastián Borensztein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Heroic Losers

Heroic Losers · 2019

MovieComedyThriller

In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their hopes disappear. Now, they will unite to recover the lost money and give the blow of their lives to their greatest enemy.

Kóblic

Kóblic · 2016

MovieDramaThriller

Colonia Helena, Argentina. The mysterious Tomás Kóblic, a former Navy pilot, works as a fumigator while dealing with his dark past and the intrigues of the corrupt police commissioner…

Instincts

Instincts · 2025

Maggie is in her final days of pregnancy, when she and her husband Sean are attacked in their isolated home by two people who decide to wait with them until Monday to empty the family's bank accounts.

Rest in Peace

Rest in Peace · 2024

A debt-ridden father takes advantage of an unforeseen situation to disappear and live off the grid under a false identity. But a chance event occurs and the temptation to want to know his family resurfaces.

Chinese Take-Away

Chinese Take-Away · 2011

Chinese Take-Away

A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.

An Indian Tale

An Indian Tale · 2017

MovieDramaComedy

The life of two men changed unexpectedly when Ajith, an Indian sailor who was robbed and lost everything, appears out of nowhere in front of Pierre, a single and grumpy Frenchman.

Perfect Future

Perfect Future · 2007

Victimas de Tangalanga

Victimas de Tangalanga · 2016

Victimas de Tangalanga

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Heroic Losers

Heroic Losers · 2019

MovieComedyThriller

In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their hopes disappear. Now, they will unite to recover the lost money and give the blow of their lives to their greatest enemy.

Director

Kóblic

Kóblic · 2016

MovieDramaThriller

Colonia Helena, Argentina. The mysterious Tomás Kóblic, a former Navy pilot, works as a fumigator while dealing with his dark past and the intrigues of the corrupt police commissioner…

Director

Instincts

Instincts · 2025

Maggie is in her final days of pregnancy, when she and her husband Sean are attacked in their isolated home by two people who decide to wait with them until Monday to empty the family's bank accounts.

Director

Rest in Peace

Rest in Peace · 2024

A debt-ridden father takes advantage of an unforeseen situation to disappear and live off the grid under a false identity. But a chance event occurs and the temptation to want to know his family resurfaces.

Writer

Chinese Take-Away

Chinese Take-Away · 2011

Chinese Take-Away

A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.

Director

An Indian Tale

An Indian Tale · 2017

MovieDramaComedy

The life of two men changed unexpectedly when Ajith, an Indian sailor who was robbed and lost everything, appears out of nowhere in front of Pierre, a single and grumpy Frenchman.

Screenplay

Perfect Future

Perfect Future · 2007

Lucho

Victimas de Tangalanga

Victimas de Tangalanga · 2016

Victimas de Tangalanga

MovieDocumentary

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Sin Memoria

Sin Memoria · 2010

MovieDramaThriller

Beto wakes up in his apartment not knowing where or who he is. He does not remember anything from his past. On the floor is a passport in the name of Marcelo Peralta. Trying to regain memory and their own lives, reveals a number of elements that will be intertwined with each other in unexpected course of events, such as theft, fraud and passionate love.

Director

The Die Is Cast

The Die Is Cast · 2005

The Die Is Cast

Felipe, an aspiring actor, believes he is jinxed after an unfortunate event. His struggle to find the cause and cure of his jinx. His half-brother is not doing much better, but among the two of them embark on a mission to change their lives and fulfill their father's dream.

Director

Rich Kids

Rich Kids · 2000

Two award-winning advertising creatives throw a party at their mansion and are surprised by a lumpen and his son who try to rob them to pay off their debts with a threatening moneylender

García

Tiempo final

Tiempo final · 2000

SeriesCrimeMystery

Director

Tempo final

Tempo final · 2007

SeriesDramaMystery

One real hour. An hour of suspense. An hour of life and death. After 60 minutes, nothing will be the same as before.

Creator

Yosi, the Regretful Spy

Yosi, the Regretful Spy · 2022

Yosi, the Regretful Spy

SeriesCrimeDrama

An Argentinian intelligence agent goes undercover in the Jewish community to gather information, unwittingly preparing the ground for anti-Semitic terrorist attacks. Years later, he decides to bring the truth to light.

Director

Malandras

Malandras · 2003

Producer

Tato, la leyenda continúa

Tato, la leyenda continúa · 2022

Tato, la leyenda continúa

Writer

Los mufas: suerte para la desgracia

Los mufas: suerte para la desgracia · 2025

Los mufas: suerte para la desgracia

Idea

Tato's Argentina

Tato's Argentina · 1999

Tato's Argentina

In a mockumentary format, led by the personage represented by Leonardo Sbaraglia, in 2499 the research is presented - carried out by scientists from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, whose exposition is in charge of Helmut Strasse, founder of the first school of Argentinology - about the remote existence of Argentina, an unknown country of great potential inexplicably disappeared from the face of the Earth.

Director

Their Stories

Their Stories · 2023

Four women from different social classes but with a shared past have to live under the same roof.

Creator

El Host

El Host · 2018

Writer

Tato de América

Tato de América · 1992

Tato de América

Creator

El aval

El aval · 2006

SeriesDramaMystery

Psychologist Martín Rivera is one day invited for a coffee by a stranger named José Sagasti, who informs him that his grandfather had made a pact with his boss, "The Devil", who he did not comply. Therefore Rivera, as his only male descendant, becomes the guarantee of said commitment. Martín and his closest ones start to be intensively harassed by Sagasti, until the pact can be finally fulfilled.

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