Luciana Acuña

Luciana Acuña is a Uruguayan actress and director, known for La Flor (2018), The Little Match Girl (2017) and The Parrot and the Swan (2013).

The Parrot and the Swan (2013)

Loro, a sound recordist, meets Luciana, a dancer, and falls in love whit her. When she quits their ballet production and leaves, Loro looks for her in San Francisco, Argentina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Luciana Acuña  •  Rodrigo Sánchez Mariño  •  Walter Jakob  •  Edgardo Castro

Loro, a sound recordist, meets Luciana, a dancer, and falls in love whit her. When she quits their ballet production and leaves, Loro looks for her in San Francisco, Argentina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Luciana Acuña  •  Rodrigo Sánchez Mariño  •  Walter Jakob  •  Edgardo Castro

Rosalinda (2011)

A group of actors retire to an island in Tigre to rehearse William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and suddenly Luisa, who is playing Rosalinda, makes a bad decision.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matías Piñeiro
CAST:  María Villar  •  Alberto Ajaka  •  Agustina Muñoz  •  Julián Larquier Tellarini

A group of actors retire to an island in Tigre to rehearse William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and suddenly Luisa, who is playing Rosalinda, makes a bad decision.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matías Piñeiro
CAST:  María Villar  •  Alberto Ajaka  •  Agustina Muñoz  •  Julián Larquier Tellarini

Castro (2009)

Four characters are looking for a man called Castro, but we don't know why. For some mysterious reason, Castro is running. He has left his life behind, and survives by hiding in a room in a small city. He is basically alone, but someone has appeared in his life, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Edgardo Castro  •  Julia Martínez Rubio  •  Alberto Suárez  •  Carla Crespo

Four characters are looking for a man called Castro, but we don't know why. For some mysterious reason, Castro is running. He has left his life behind, and survives by hiding in a room in a small city. He is basically alone, but someone has appeared in his life, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Edgardo Castro  •  Julia Martínez Rubio  •  Alberto Suárez  •  Carla Crespo

The Rind (2007)

An advertising creative dies unexpectedly while working on an idea for the launch of an anti-cold pill. From then on Pedro, one of his old colleagues, begins an intricate search in order to discover the departed's idea, taking over his place and making use of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Ameglio
CAST:  Juan Alari  •  Soledad Gilmet  •  Martín Voss  •  Horacio Marassi

An advertising creative dies unexpectedly while working on an idea for the launch of an anti-cold pill. From then on Pedro, one of his old colleagues, begins an intricate search in order to discover the departed's idea, taking over his place and making use of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Ameglio
CAST:  Juan Alari  •  Soledad Gilmet  •  Martín Voss  •  Horacio Marassi

The Gold Bug (2014)

Feminism, Victoria Benedictsson, Leandro N. Alem, the Radical Party in Argentina, suicide, stunts, Edgar Allan Poe, the complicated relationship between low-budget films with a political aim and the film industry, Robert Louis Stevenson, fiction, facts, greed, gold ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky  •  Fia-Stina Sandlund
CAST:  Rafael Spregelburd  •  Walter Jakob  •  Luciana Acuña  •  Agustina Sario

Feminism, Victoria Benedictsson, Leandro N. Alem, the Radical Party in Argentina, suicide, stunts, Edgar Allan Poe, the complicated relationship between low-budget films with a political aim and the film industry, Robert Louis Stevenson, fiction, facts, greed, gold ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky  •  Fia-Stina Sandlund
CAST:  Rafael Spregelburd  •  Walter Jakob  •  Luciana Acuña  •  Agustina Sario

The Little Match Girl (2017)

The sad story of Andersen's little match girl; the fate of Balthazar, Bresson's donkey; the impossible love affair between a militant of the Red Army Faction and an Argentinean pianist; the adventures in Buenos Aires of Helmut Lachenmann, who is trying to stage an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  María Villar  •  Walter Jakob  •  Margarita Fernández  •  Helmut Lachenmann

The sad story of Andersen's little match girl; the fate of Balthazar, Bresson's donkey; the impossible love affair between a militant of the Red Army Faction and an Argentinean pianist; the adventures in Buenos Aires of Helmut Lachenmann, who is trying to stage an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  María Villar  •  Walter Jakob  •  Margarita Fernández  •  Helmut Lachenmann

La Flor (2019)

An enormous effort of narrative complexity made up of six independent, successive stories, connected by the same four actresses living very different experiences in very different universes…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariano Llinás
CAST:  Pilar Gamboa  •  Laura Paredes  •  Elisa Carricajo  •  Valeria Correa

An enormous effort of narrative complexity made up of six independent, successive stories, connected by the same four actresses living very different experiences in very different universes…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariano Llinás
CAST:  Pilar Gamboa  •  Laura Paredes  •  Elisa Carricajo  •  Valeria Correa

For the Money (2019)

A miserable Argentine troupe of actors, dancers, musicians, filmmakers and a girl embark on a theatre tour to some country, probably in Latin America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Alejo Moguillansky  •  Gabriel Chwojnik  •  Luciana Acuña  •  Matthieu Perpoint

A miserable Argentine troupe of actors, dancers, musicians, filmmakers and a girl embark on a theatre tour to some country, probably in Latin America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Alejo Moguillansky  •  Gabriel Chwojnik  •  Luciana Acuña  •  Matthieu Perpoint

Diario de el loro y el cisne (2019)

This film, Diario de el Loro y el Cisne, is one of the results of this process of writing directly over the images and sounds. It is made entirely from discarded material from the film Loro y el Cisne. I'm not entirely sure of the result. The only thing I can say ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Luciana Acuña  •  Gabriel Almendros  •  Luis Biasotto  •  Edgardo Castro

This film, Diario de el Loro y el Cisne, is one of the results of this process of writing directly over the images and sounds. It is made entirely from discarded material from the film Loro y el Cisne. I'm not entirely sure of the result. The only thing I can say ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Luciana Acuña  •  Gabriel Almendros  •  Luis Biasotto  •  Edgardo Castro

The Noctambulant (2006)

Marcos Andrade likes parties and having an easy life. He works for a powerful businessman, accused of wrongdoing. When Marcos meets Natalia, his life changes and he begins to settle down. His boss hires thugs to get rid of him after he discovers his secrets. This ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Díaz
CAST:  Gabriel Díaz  •  Lorena Ferreti  •  Fernando Lemos  •  Gustavo Suárez

Marcos Andrade likes parties and having an easy life. He works for a powerful businessman, accused of wrongdoing. When Marcos meets Natalia, his life changes and he begins to settle down. His boss hires thugs to get rid of him after he discovers his secrets. This ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Díaz
CAST:  Gabriel Díaz  •  Lorena Ferreti  •  Fernando Lemos  •  Gustavo Suárez

Un día de caza (2019)

The grass men - That's my duck! - Silence, Dvorak! -Kill that fly - Eat grass - Walkie Talkies - Fly fishing - The fan episode - Tourists under the bridge - The boat has a life of its own! - An American Anthem - The Canoe Ride Some blond idiots - Photo! - Hit the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Luciana Acuña  •  Luis Biasotto  •  Edgardo Castro  •  Marcos Ferrante

The grass men - That's my duck! - Silence, Dvorak! -Kill that fly - Eat grass - Walkie Talkies - Fly fishing - The fan episode - Tourists under the bridge - The boat has a life of its own! - An American Anthem - The Canoe Ride Some blond idiots - Photo! - Hit the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Luciana Acuña  •  Luis Biasotto  •  Edgardo Castro  •  Marcos Ferrante

The Middle Ages (2022)

A comedy during confinement? Probably so. A portrait of a little girl and her family during confinement? Apparently so. An absurd, Beckettian musical shot during confinement? Exactly, yes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciana Acuña  •  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Luciana Acuña  •  Alejo Moguillansky  •  Walter Jakob  •  Cleo Moguillansky

A comedy during confinement? Probably so. A portrait of a little girl and her family during confinement? Apparently so. An absurd, Beckettian musical shot during confinement? Exactly, yes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciana Acuña  •  Alejo Moguillansky
CAST:  Luciana Acuña  •  Alejo Moguillansky  •  Walter Jakob  •  Cleo Moguillansky

Corsini Sings Blomberg & Maciel (2021)

On 9 July – Argentina’s Independence Day – Llinás sets off in Buenos Aires with his regular cameraman Agustín Mendilaharzu to re-record ‘Corsini interpreta a Blomberg y Maciel’, an album made in 1929 by lyricist Hector Pedro Blomberg and composer Enrique Maciel, as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariano Llinás
CAST:  Mariano Llinás  •  Agustín Mendilaharzu  •  Pablo Dacal  •  Pilar Gamboa

On 9 July – Argentina’s Independence Day – Llinás sets off in Buenos Aires with his regular cameraman Agustín Mendilaharzu to re-record ‘Corsini interpreta a Blomberg y Maciel’, an album made in 1929 by lyricist Hector Pedro Blomberg and composer Enrique Maciel, as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariano Llinás
CAST:  Mariano Llinás  •  Agustín Mendilaharzu  •  Pablo Dacal  •  Pilar Gamboa