Antonio Larreta

Writing

Antonio Larreta

Born December 13, 1922 · Montevideo, Uruguay

Died August 18, 2015 · aged 92

Gualberto José Antonio Rodríguez Larreta Ferreira (Montevideo, December 14, 1922 – August 19, 2015), better known as Antonio or Taco Larreta, was a Uruguayan actor, writer, and film and theater critic.

Known For

Mad LoveMad Love · 2001
Mad Love
6.12001
MovieDramaHistory
The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
Avisa a Curro JiménezAvisa a Curro Jiménez · 1978
Avisa a Curro Jiménez
5.81978
MovieDramaAdventure
Córdoba, Spain. Lord Killarney, representative of the British Museum, acquires an Arabic incunabulum at an auction; but he is murdered and the book disappears. All suspicions fall on El Lince, an antique dealer with a shady background, who asks his nephew to warn Curro Jiménez.
VolaveruntVolaverunt · 1999
Volaverunt
5.81999
MovieDrama
The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries, at a time when Madrid was wobbling through a difficult time and setting the scene for the following Prim vs Crown uprising.
The Holy InnocentsThe Holy Innocents · 1984
The Holy Innocents
7.81984
MovieDrama
In 60s Extremadura, Paco el Bajo and his relatives work during day in a farmhouse, and silently suffer submission to their masters, who exploit them and treat them almost like animals. Meanwhile, Paco dreams that one day his children will be able to study.
I, the Worst of AllI, the Worst of All · 1990
I, the Worst of All
6.01990
MovieDramaRomance
A 17th-century Mexican nun defies expectations by becoming a renowned intellectual and writer during the Spanish Inquisition.
Tres palabrasTres palabras · 1993
Tres palabras
4.41993
MovieDramaRomance
Passionate and tragic love story in between Alfredo and María, famous spanish singer from the fifties. Se is resurrected by Alfredo, cinema director, with Lupe, the young singer's daughter.
Gary Cooper, Who Art in HeavenGary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven · 1980
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
6.11980
MovieDrama
A woman nearing her forties, Andrea Soriana, has always pushed aside personal questions and romantic relationships in pursuit of professional success. Now a major illness forces her to reconsider her life--work, family, friendships, men-- causing a psychological and emotional crisis pushes her toward a drastic decision.
Ballad of Dog BeachBallad of Dog Beach · 1987
Ballad of Dog Beach
6.41987
MovieCrimeDrama
In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.

Filmography

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Stolen MomentsStolen Moments · 1998
Stolen Moments
9.01998
MovieDrama
1947, in Patagonia, in a little village on the seaside. An abandoned house on the beach shelters Letty's dreams, her loneliness that only Miguel, a very young pianist, may share with her. Tomas, her husband, loves Letty and eagerly defends her against all the village, while she keeps playing her part of a 'femme fatale' with a romantic past and a very adventurous file. But on a windy day, a handsome and strange foreigner appears, coming from the sea, a man just as those Bette Davis used to fall in love with. For Letty, reality begins to look like the most incredible dreams of her. But this will call the police inspector's attention. With that mysterious spy, Letty will be involved in a story that will end as those stories she was so fond of when she was going to the movie theater of her little willage.

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