Lito Cruz

Acting

Lito Cruz

Born May 14, 1941 · Berisso, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died December 18, 2017 · aged 76

Oscar Alberto Cruz was a first Argentine film, theater and television actor and theater director. He was the winner of the Martín Fierro award. In the working-class La Plata suburb of Berisso in 1941, he began performing in local theatres at the age of 15. Graduating from a La Plata secondary school, he continued to pursue his calling in La Plata's growing independent theatre scene.

Known For

BetibúBetibú · 2014
Betibú
5.52014
MovieCrime
Once Pedro Chazarreta found murdered in the wonderful gated, El Tribuno newspaper hires retired detective novelist Nurit Iscar/Betibù that is installed in the area and a series of newspaper columns about the case. Along with the Chief of police of the newspaper, Mariano Saravia, and a veteran journalist, Jaime Breña, Betibù starts to investigate the murder. Using an old photo of the adolescence of Chazarreta, which shows him with fellow high school, the Group discovers an apparent connection between this murder and a succession of apparently trivial deaths of members of the photo. At the same time, Betibù must face its past emotional with the editor of the newspaper, Lorenzo Rinaldi, who seeks to restore the relationship.
Infierno GrandeInfierno Grande · 2004
Infierno Grande
6.02004
MovieHorror
In a remote town, a strange death hides a secret.
Nada x perderNada x perder · 2001
Nada x perder
4.32001
MovieDramaThriller
Gonzalo Romero, a young Argentine lawyer, struggles to find his place in a world ruled by pessimism. When his father and brother are assaulted by the nephew of a senator, he sets out on a long journey to bring the aggressor to trial.
Don Segundo SombraDon Segundo Sombra · 1969
Don Segundo Sombra
5.81969
MovieDramaWestern
The story takes place in San Antonio de Areco, in the Argentine pampas. Fabio Cáceres remembers his childhood as an orphan and his youth working in the fields, alongside his godfather, Don Segundo Sombra, a lonely gaucho whom he admires and from whom he will learn to be a gaucho, following him in all his adventures. Don Segundo will be Fabio's role model.
InvasionInvasion · 1969
Invasion
7.31969
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Hearing the summons from an elderly man, a volunteer troop of middle-aged men gather to defend their country from dark foreign invaders.
Les longs manteauxLes longs manteaux · 1986
Les longs manteaux
5.21986
MovieActionAdventure
A reporter becomes involved with a band of terrorists hiding in the mountains between Peru and Bolivia.
AmapolaAmapola · 2014
Amapola
5.82014
MovieComedyRomance
A romantic reimagining of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream set against the turbulent backdrops of the 1962 Argentinian military coup and the 1982 war for the Falkland Islands.
The SouthThe South · 1988
The South
6.61988
MovieDramaMusic
After the end of the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1983, Floreal is released from prison. Instead of returning to his wife, he wanders through the night of Buenos Aires. He meets some people from his past–most of which are only imaginary–and remembers the events of his imprisonment.

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