Rita Cortese

Acting

Rita Cortese

Born August 5, 1949 · Buenos Aires, Argentina (age 77)

Adela Rita Cortese (born August 5, 1949, in Buenos Aires) is a renowned Argentine actress and singer. Her career spans across films, series, and telenovelas, earning her three Martín Fierro Awards as well as a Silver Condor Award. In 1967, she began studying Philosophy and Letters but dropped out a year later. In 1974, she entered the theater school directed by Néstor Raimondi, although, accordi…

Known For

Wild TalesWild Tales · 2014
Wild Tales
★ 7.92014
MovieDramaThriller
Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.
Heroic LosersHeroic Losers · 2019
Heroic Losers
★ 7.62019
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.
The SubstituteThe Substitute · 2022
The Substitute
★ 5.82022
MovieDramaCrime
Lucio, a prestigious university professor, takes the position of substitute teacher at a high school in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, where he grew up. Through tales, novels and poetry, he tries to distract his class from the harsh reality of their everyday lives. But soon, he must step out of his professional duties when Dilan, one of his students, is threatened by a local drug kingpin.
WidowsWidows · 2011
Widows
★ 5.62011
MovieDrama
A married man's death puts his widow and mistress in an unusual living arrangement.
Shadow of the CatShadow of the Cat · 2021
Shadow of the Cat
★ 6.32021
MovieThrillerFantasy
Gato lives on a remote farm with his teenage daughter Emma where without even basic communications tools they’re entirely cut off from the outside world. But once Emma comes into possession of a phone, she’s contacted by a party claiming to be working on behalf of her mother, who her father claimed abandoned her at birth. Infuriated, Emma heads off on a journey of self-discovery to reconnect with her mother, all the while Gato and his best pal Sombra (Danny Trejo) race to rescue her from the grim fate she’s unknowingly heading towards.
Cinco velitasCinco velitas · 2010
Cinco velitas
2010
MovieDrama
A woman leaves her son on his 5th birthday and goes out to look for what she doesn't have: a job. What could be just another party becomes complicated when a shrewd grandmother suspects that the child does not belong to her grandson's group of classmates.
An Argentinian CrimeAn Argentinian Crime · 2022
An Argentinian Crime
★ 6.62022
MovieThrillerCrime
Rosario in the 80s. The disappearance of a man during the military dictatorship. Two young people from the court must do everything possible to solve the case while facing police corruption and various dangers that put their lives at risk.
Most People Die on SundaysMost People Die on Sundays · 2024
Most People Die on Sundays
★ 6.82024
MovieDrama
David, a young middle-class Jewish boy, overweight, homosexual and afraid of flying, returns to Buenos Aires from Europe when his uncle dies. During his time there, David learns that his mother has decided to disconnect his father from the ventilator.

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Verdades verdaderas, la vida de EstelaVerdades verdaderas, la vida de Estela · 2011
Verdades verdaderas, la vida de Estela
★ 5.62011
MovieDrama
In 1976, a coup d'etat by the Armed Forces replaced the argentine constitutional Government and policies of terror that trampled on human rights were implemented. In a few years, the hidden and silent violence of these policies spiraled and 30,000 citizens of different ages and social conditions were murdered. They were wrongly called the disappeared and, among them, there were young children or unborn young who were delivered in prisons of the military dictatorship and whose kidnappers abducted and registered as their own children. This movie tells the story of Estela Barnes Carlotto, a human rights activist in Argentina, chairwoman of the Association of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who stopped being a housewife to get involved in public affairs after the kidnap of her daughter, Laura Estela Carlotto in 1977. The film is about the way her life was transformed.

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