Alberto Durant

Alias 'La Gringa' (1991)

This powerful political drama follows the adventures and escapades of "La Gringa", a likeable criminal capable of escaping from any jail. When he escapes from one with the help of an imprisoned intellectual, "La Gringa", returns in disguise to help pay back the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Germán González  •  Elsa Oliveros  •  Juan Manuel Ochoa  •  Orlando Sacha

This powerful political drama follows the adventures and escapades of "La Gringa", a likeable criminal capable of escaping from any jail. When he escapes from one with the help of an imprisoned intellectual, "La Gringa", returns in disguise to help pay back the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Germán González  •  Elsa Oliveros  •  Juan Manuel Ochoa  •  Orlando Sacha

Con Game (2004)

President Fujimori's government is on its way out, and the citizens of Peru are struggling to get by, often engaging in unscrupulous means to get ahead--or just to make a buck. Rafo is a struggling filmmaker who supports his girlfriend Laura. He encounters a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Fabrizio Aguilar  •  Carlos Alcántara  •  Gianfranco Brero  •  Fernando Cayo

President Fujimori's government is on its way out, and the citizens of Peru are struggling to get by, often engaging in unscrupulous means to get ahead--or just to make a buck. Rafo is a struggling filmmaker who supports his girlfriend Laura. He encounters a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Fabrizio Aguilar  •  Carlos Alcántara  •  Gianfranco Brero  •  Fernando Cayo

El premio (2009)

A humble rural teacher travels to Lima to collect his lottery winnings and meet the son he has not seen in years. No one could predict how this would permanently change their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Aristóteles Picho  •  Jose Luis Ruiz  •  Kathy Serrano  •  Emanuel Soriano

A humble rural teacher travels to Lima to collect his lottery winnings and meet the son he has not seen in years. No one could predict how this would permanently change their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Aristóteles Picho  •  Jose Luis Ruiz  •  Kathy Serrano  •  Emanuel Soriano

Knives in the Sky (2013)

After spending ten years in prison accused of terrorism, Milagros is found not guilty and is released. During her detention, she was raped and became pregnant. Noemi, now a ten year old girl, believes her mother has been working abroad all this time. The film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Milena Alva  •  Óscar Carrillo  •  Jose Luis Ruiz  •  Gustavo Bueno

After spending ten years in prison accused of terrorism, Milagros is found not guilty and is released. During her detention, she was raped and became pregnant. Noemi, now a ten year old girl, believes her mother has been working abroad all this time. The film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Milena Alva  •  Óscar Carrillo  •  Jose Luis Ruiz  •  Gustavo Bueno

Bad Shelter (1986)

A meditation on violence and its recurrence in time. It shows circumstances that make vagrants unable to make their life better. They try to survive, albeit not sheltered correctly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Annia Linares  •  Ricardo Blume  •  Ricardo Velásquez  •  Charo Verástegui

A meditation on violence and its recurrence in time. It shows circumstances that make vagrants unable to make their life better. They try to survive, albeit not sheltered correctly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Annia Linares  •  Ricardo Blume  •  Ricardo Velásquez  •  Charo Verástegui

Courage (1999)

The last few months in the life of María Elena Moyano, who was killed at the age of 33 by the Peruvian revolutionary movement Sendero Luminoso.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Olenka Cepeda  •  Lucila Astudillo  •  Gustavo Bueno  •  Salvador del Solar

The last few months in the life of María Elena Moyano, who was killed at the age of 33 by the Peruvian revolutionary movement Sendero Luminoso.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  Olenka Cepeda  •  Lucila Astudillo  •  Gustavo Bueno  •  Salvador del Solar

En la tierra de los Awuajunti (1984)

Documentary about the Awuajunti, natives of Peru, where their habitat, their way of life and their members' rejection of their territory being invaded are shown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
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Documentary about the Awuajunti, natives of Peru, where their habitat, their way of life and their members' rejection of their territory being invaded are shown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
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Ojos de Perro (1983)

It presents the struggle of the first unionized workers, after a strike for the implantation of the eight-hour day and the union right, in the sugar valleys of Peru. It is the story of the first union in the city of Trujillo, organized in 1921.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  María Antonia Pérez  •  José María Salcedo  •  Hugo Soriano  •  Ricardo Blume

It presents the struggle of the first unionized workers, after a strike for the implantation of the eight-hour day and the union right, in the sugar valleys of Peru. It is the story of the first union in the city of Trujillo, organized in 1921.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Durant
CAST:  María Antonia Pérez  •  José María Salcedo  •  Hugo Soriano  •  Ricardo Blume