María Onetto

The Puzzle (2010)

Maria's family give her a puzzle for her 50th birthday, and she loves it. Not only does the patient housewife have fun solving the puzzle, she's also really good at them. Overflowing with enthusiasm for her new-found passion, she goes back to the shop where they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natalia Smirnoff
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Arturo Goetz  •  Gabriel Goity  •  Henny Trayles

Maria's family give her a puzzle for her 50th birthday, and she loves it. Not only does the patient housewife have fun solving the puzzle, she's also really good at them. Overflowing with enthusiasm for her new-found passion, she goes back to the shop where they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natalia Smirnoff
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Arturo Goetz  •  Gabriel Goity  •  Henny Trayles

Lock Charmer (2014)

Sebastian, a locksmith who doesn't believe in committed relationships, learns from his recent girlfriend, Monica, that she's pregnant and he might be the father. At the same time, he discovers a strange power: when he fixes people's locks, he gets a vision into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natalia Smirnoff
CAST:  Esteban Lamothe  •  Érica Rivas  •  Sergio Boris  •  Yosiria Huaripata

Sebastian, a locksmith who doesn't believe in committed relationships, learns from his recent girlfriend, Monica, that she's pregnant and he might be the father. At the same time, he discovers a strange power: when he fixes people's locks, he gets a vision into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natalia Smirnoff
CAST:  Esteban Lamothe  •  Érica Rivas  •  Sergio Boris  •  Yosiria Huaripata

The Headless Woman (2008)

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucrecia Martel
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Claudia Cantero  •  César Bordón  •  Guillermo Arengo

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucrecia Martel
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Claudia Cantero  •  César Bordón  •  Guillermo Arengo

Wild Tales (2014)

Six deadly stories that explore the extremities of human behaviour involving distressed people seeking revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damián Szifron
CAST:  Ricardo Darín  •  Leonardo Sbaraglia  •  Darío Grandinetti  •  Érica Rivas

Six deadly stories that explore the extremities of human behaviour involving distressed people seeking revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damián Szifron
CAST:  Ricardo Darín  •  Leonardo Sbaraglia  •  Darío Grandinetti  •  Érica Rivas

La vida después (2015)

A couple married for 25 years decides to split. Adapting to the new life will be very difficult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Verdoia  •  Pablo Bardauil
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Carlos Belloso  •  Rafael Ferro  •  Sandra Villani

A couple married for 25 years decides to split. Adapting to the new life will be very difficult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Verdoia  •  Pablo Bardauil
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Carlos Belloso  •  Rafael Ferro  •  Sandra Villani

The Other (2007)

Arriving at a distant town, a businessman decides to take the identity of a passenger who died during the bus trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariel Rotter
CAST:  Julio Chávez  •  María Onetto  •  María Ucedo  •  Inés Molina

Arriving at a distant town, a businessman decides to take the identity of a passenger who died during the bus trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariel Rotter
CAST:  Julio Chávez  •  María Onetto  •  María Ucedo  •  Inés Molina

The Heavy Hand of the Law (2017)

Gloria is a lawyer who throughout her career has never been able to defend someone who was not guilty. His new client seems to be not so different: a man accused of rape in a small town where no one believes his story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernán Mirás
CAST:  Paola Barrientos  •  Darío Grandinetti  •  Fernán Mirás  •  María Onetto

Gloria is a lawyer who throughout her career has never been able to defend someone who was not guilty. His new client seems to be not so different: a man accused of rape in a small town where no one believes his story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernán Mirás
CAST:  Paola Barrientos  •  Darío Grandinetti  •  Fernán Mirás  •  María Onetto

2001: Mientras Kubrick estaba en el espacio (2016)

In 2001, far from the space ships, Argentina suffers a social and economic crisis that rages the fury in the streets. Looting, violence and terror are part of the everyday landscape. Fear overflows the atmosphere and families are breaking down in a rarefied climate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Nicoli
CAST:  Vicente Correa  •  Alan Daicz  •  Esteban Lamothe  •  María Onetto

In 2001, far from the space ships, Argentina suffers a social and economic crisis that rages the fury in the streets. Looting, violence and terror are part of the everyday landscape. Fear overflows the atmosphere and families are breaking down in a rarefied climate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Nicoli
CAST:  Vicente Correa  •  Alan Daicz  •  Esteban Lamothe  •  María Onetto

Perdida (2018)

A policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Montiel
CAST:  Luisana Lopilato  •  Amaia Salamanca  •  Pedro Casablanc  •  Rafael Spregelburd

A policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Montiel
CAST:  Luisana Lopilato  •  Amaia Salamanca  •  Pedro Casablanc  •  Rafael Spregelburd

Air (2018)

Lucia is a single parent to a child with Asperger's. She has a minimum wage job and a very difficult relationship with her mother, but she thinks she can deal with everything on her own. One day she receives an urgent call from the school: her son hit his head and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Castro Godoy
CAST:  Julieta Zylberberg  •  Carlos Belloso  •  María Onetto  •  Ceferino Rodríguez Ibañez

Lucia is a single parent to a child with Asperger's. She has a minimum wage job and a very difficult relationship with her mother, but she thinks she can deal with everything on her own. One day she receives an urgent call from the school: her son hit his head and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Castro Godoy
CAST:  Julieta Zylberberg  •  Carlos Belloso  •  María Onetto  •  Ceferino Rodríguez Ibañez

Cuatro mujeres descalzas (2005)

Feature film  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santiago Loza
CAST:  Eva Bianco  •  María Onetto  •  María Pessacq  •  Mara Santucho

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DIRECTION:  Santiago Loza
CAST:  Eva Bianco  •  María Onetto  •  María Pessacq  •  Mara Santucho

The Religious (2018)

Set in a rural town in the province of Buenos Aires, it portrays a stifling relationship between an overprotective mother and her young son, while he maintains a secret affair with another local boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sofía Torre  •  Andrea Armentano
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Agustín Pardella  •  Guido Botta Fiora

Set in a rural town in the province of Buenos Aires, it portrays a stifling relationship between an overprotective mother and her young son, while he maintains a secret affair with another local boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sofía Torre  •  Andrea Armentano
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Agustín Pardella  •  Guido Botta Fiora

Nunca estuviste tan adorable (2009)

Blanca, a capricious, adorable and excessive woman, has made two decisions in her life. The first, 20 years ago: marrying Salvador, owner of a prosperous mechanical workshop, to abandon the poverty of Barracas, going to live "near the President's house," as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mausi Martínez
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Mirta Busnelli  •  Luis Luque  •  Gonzalo Valenzuela

Blanca, a capricious, adorable and excessive woman, has made two decisions in her life. The first, 20 years ago: marrying Salvador, owner of a prosperous mechanical workshop, to abandon the poverty of Barracas, going to live "near the President's house," as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mausi Martínez
CAST:  María Onetto  •  Mirta Busnelli  •  Luis Luque  •  Gonzalo Valenzuela

I'm a Girl, I'm a Princess (2021)

The story focuses on the life of a couple and their twin sons, one of whom begins to show that he identifies as a girl. From this, Gabriela, the mother, will try to understand the situation of her son who soon becomes a trans girl, thus beginning a struggle for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Palazzo
CAST:  Eleonora Wexler  •  Juan Palomino  •  Valentina Bassi  •  Lidia Catalano

The story focuses on the life of a couple and their twin sons, one of whom begins to show that he identifies as a girl. From this, Gabriela, the mother, will try to understand the situation of her son who soon becomes a trans girl, thus beginning a struggle for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Palazzo
CAST:  Eleonora Wexler  •  Juan Palomino  •  Valentina Bassi  •  Lidia Catalano

Bigli (2021)

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DIRECTION:  Nicolás Tacconi
CAST:  Luis Luque  •  Ana Celentano  •  Esteban Bigliardi  •  Laura Grandinetti

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DIRECTION:  Nicolás Tacconi
CAST:  Luis Luque  •  Ana Celentano  •  Esteban Bigliardi  •  Laura Grandinetti