Manuel José Chaves

Como el gato y el ratón (2002)

The neighborhood La Estrella, in Bogotá, is inhabited by families displaced by the violence. Before the event which is the arrival of the electric light, that night there is a celebration. Cristancho and Brochero families, neighbors, friends and leaders of La ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Triana
CAST:  Jairo Camargo  •  Alina Lozano  •  Gilberto Ramirez  •  Paola Rey

The neighborhood La Estrella, in Bogotá, is inhabited by families displaced by the violence. Before the event which is the arrival of the electric light, that night there is a celebration. Cristancho and Brochero families, neighbors, friends and leaders of La ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Triana
CAST:  Jairo Camargo  •  Alina Lozano  •  Gilberto Ramirez  •  Paola Rey

Dios los Junta y Ellos se Separan (2006)

A mid-class Colombian family get into chaos when it's found out that the "Lord of the house", Benjamín, has been cheating on his wife for 20 years and has another son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jairo Eduardo Carrillo  •  Harold Trompetero
CAST:  Catalina Aristizábal  •  Marcela Benjumea  •  Marcela Carvajal  •  Anabolena Meza Austin

A mid-class Colombian family get into chaos when it's found out that the "Lord of the house", Benjamín, has been cheating on his wife for 20 years and has another son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jairo Eduardo Carrillo  •  Harold Trompetero
CAST:  Catalina Aristizábal  •  Marcela Benjumea  •  Marcela Carvajal  •  Anabolena Meza Austin

Oedipus Mayor (1996)

Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Alí Triana
CAST:  Jorge Perugorría  •  Ángela Molina  •  Juan Sebastián Aragón  •  Marcela Agudelo

Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Alí Triana
CAST:  Jorge Perugorría  •  Ángela Molina  •  Juan Sebastián Aragón  •  Marcela Agudelo

A Ton of Luck (2006)

The story, based on true events occurred in Colombia en May 2003, tells the dreams and adventures of Porras, Venegas, Lloreda and Perlaza, four of the 147 soldiers that were in a company of the anti-guerrilla "Destroyer" battalion. It begun when these soldiers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Triana
CAST:  Diego Cadavid  •  Marlon Moreno  •  Juan Sebastián Aragón  •  Manuel José Chaves

The story, based on true events occurred in Colombia en May 2003, tells the dreams and adventures of Porras, Venegas, Lloreda and Perlaza, four of the 147 soldiers that were in a company of the anti-guerrilla "Destroyer" battalion. It begun when these soldiers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Triana
CAST:  Diego Cadavid  •  Marlon Moreno  •  Juan Sebastián Aragón  •  Manuel José Chaves

At the End of the Spectra (2006)

After a traumatic situation that makes Vega become an agoraphobic person, she decides to live like a hermit in an apartment because of her father's recommendation. But some strange things start happening, she sees visions, and hears noises and voices. She starts to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Felipe Orozco
CAST:  Noëlle Schonwald  •  Julieth Restrepo  •  Silvia de Dios  •  Kepa Amuchastegui

After a traumatic situation that makes Vega become an agoraphobic person, she decides to live like a hermit in an apartment because of her father's recommendation. But some strange things start happening, she sees visions, and hears noises and voices. She starts to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Felipe Orozco
CAST:  Noëlle Schonwald  •  Julieth Restrepo  •  Silvia de Dios  •  Kepa Amuchastegui

Poker (2011)

Five strangers on the brink of despair agree to meet and bet large in a poker game.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Sebastián Valencia
CAST:  Rafael Novoa  •  Cristina Campuzano  •  Luis Fernando Hoyos  •  Maria Tereza Barreto

Five strangers on the brink of despair agree to meet and bet large in a poker game.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Sebastián Valencia
CAST:  Rafael Novoa  •  Cristina Campuzano  •  Luis Fernando Hoyos  •  Maria Tereza Barreto

Loving Pablo (2017)

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando León de Aranoa
CAST:  Javier Bardem  •  Penélope Cruz  •  Peter Sarsgaard  •  Julieth Restrepo

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando León de Aranoa
CAST:  Javier Bardem  •  Penélope Cruz  •  Peter Sarsgaard  •  Julieth Restrepo

The Firefly (2013)

After her estranged brother's sudden death, young wife Lucia bonds with his fiancée through their shared grief and finds herself falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Maria Hermida
CAST:  Carolina Guerra  •  Olga Segura  •  Manuel José Chaves  •  María Helena Doehring

After her estranged brother's sudden death, young wife Lucia bonds with his fiancée through their shared grief and finds herself falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Maria Hermida
CAST:  Carolina Guerra  •  Olga Segura  •  Manuel José Chaves  •  María Helena Doehring

Afuera del tiempo (2019)

A man goes back in time to stop his girlfriend from ending the relationship before he can propose to her, but each time he returns, she ends up with a different excuse. He now he has to see how to change to be able to marry her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Vélez Esquivia
CAST:  Manuel José Chaves  •  Andrea Esquivel  •  Walter Luengas  •  Shany Nadan

A man goes back in time to stop his girlfriend from ending the relationship before he can propose to her, but each time he returns, she ends up with a different excuse. He now he has to see how to change to be able to marry her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Vélez Esquivia
CAST:  Manuel José Chaves  •  Andrea Esquivel  •  Walter Luengas  •  Shany Nadan

La toma de la embajada (2000)

Bogotá, 1980. During the government of President Turbay. An urban cell of the M-19 invades the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, taking 14 ambassadors as hostages. They demand that they be exchanged for political prisoners. The film focuses on the events that took ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ciro Durán
CAST:  Fabiana Medina  •  Demián Bichir  •  Roberto Colmenares  •  Humberto Dorado

Bogotá, 1980. During the government of President Turbay. An urban cell of the M-19 invades the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, taking 14 ambassadors as hostages. They demand that they be exchanged for political prisoners. The film focuses on the events that took ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ciro Durán
CAST:  Fabiana Medina  •  Demián Bichir  •  Roberto Colmenares  •  Humberto Dorado

Blood (2020)

Fidel and Ana María rob a bank out of necessity but are chased by Detective Arboleda. An exploration of what violence means.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Vélez Esquivia
CAST:  Estefania Piñeres  •  Manuel José Chaves  •  Walter Luengas

Fidel and Ana María rob a bank out of necessity but are chased by Detective Arboleda. An exploration of what violence means.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Vélez Esquivia
CAST:  Estefania Piñeres  •  Manuel José Chaves  •  Walter Luengas