Benjamín Vicuña

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Drama (2010)

EpicRomanticMindlessDramatic

Three theater students, influenced by a professor and French theorist Antonin Artaud's acting technique, begin to experiment with their own lives, searching for real emotions and situations to bring onto the stage. Their obsession with becoming better actors leads ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matias Lira
CAST:  Eusebio Arenas  •  Diego Ruiz  •  Isidora Urrejola  •  Jaime McManus

Three theater students, influenced by a professor and French theorist Antonin Artaud's acting technique, begin to experiment with their own lives, searching for real emotions and situations to bring onto the stage. Their obsession with becoming better actors leads ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matias Lira
CAST:  Eusebio Arenas  •  Diego Ruiz  •  Isidora Urrejola  •  Jaime McManus

Promedio rojo (2004)

Nerdy comic book aficionado Roberto Rodriguez battles low self-esteem, loser friends and vicious high school bullies as he vies for the heart of Cristina, the hot new girl from Madrid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolás López
CAST:  Ariel Levy  •  Xenia Tostado  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Tatiana Astengo

Nerdy comic book aficionado Roberto Rodriguez battles low self-esteem, loser friends and vicious high school bullies as he vies for the heart of Cristina, the hot new girl from Madrid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolás López
CAST:  Ariel Levy  •  Xenia Tostado  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Tatiana Astengo

Phase 3 (2009)

Follows the sexual stories of five Chilean couples.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Artiagoitía
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Claudia Burr  •  Héctor Morales  •  Mónica Godoy

Follows the sexual stories of five Chilean couples.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Artiagoitía
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Claudia Burr  •  Héctor Morales  •  Mónica Godoy

Unfaithful Women (2004)

Cecilia Ureta, host of Chile's highest-rated news show, announces the results of a United Nations survey, the conclusion of which states that 62% of Chilean women are or have never been unfaithful. Ironically, Cecilia maintains an extramarital relationship with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Ortuzar Lynch
CAST:  María José Prieto  •  Daniel Alcaíno  •  Cristián Campos  •  Sigrid Alegría

Cecilia Ureta, host of Chile's highest-rated news show, announces the results of a United Nations survey, the conclusion of which states that 62% of Chilean women are or have never been unfaithful. Ironically, Cecilia maintains an extramarital relationship with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Ortuzar Lynch
CAST:  María José Prieto  •  Daniel Alcaíno  •  Cristián Campos  •  Sigrid Alegría

Fuga (2006)

Could a brilliant composer's music actually be killing his loved ones? Eliseo can't help but believe it when his younger sister dies tragically and then his pianist Georgina suddenly dies on the piano. Completely traumatized, Eliseo is taken to a mental hospital ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pablo Larraín
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Francisca Imboden  •  María Izquierdo  •  Willy Semler

Could a brilliant composer's music actually be killing his loved ones? Eliseo can't help but believe it when his younger sister dies tragically and then his pianist Georgina suddenly dies on the piano. Completely traumatized, Eliseo is taken to a mental hospital ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pablo Larraín
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Francisca Imboden  •  María Izquierdo  •  Willy Semler

Dawson Isla 10 (2009)

After the 1973 coup that deposed Allende and brought Pinochet to power in Chile, the former members of his cabinet are imprisoned on Dawson Island, the world's southernmost concentration camp. Here these men are determined to survive and provide history with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Littín
CAST:  Sergio Allard  •  Cristián de la Fuente  •  Bertrand Duarte  •  Luis Dubó

After the 1973 coup that deposed Allende and brought Pinochet to power in Chile, the former members of his cabinet are imprisoned on Dawson Island, the world's southernmost concentration camp. Here these men are determined to survive and provide history with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Littín
CAST:  Sergio Allard  •  Cristián de la Fuente  •  Bertrand Duarte  •  Luis Dubó

Chef's Special (2008)

Maxi thinks his life is perfect. He is a famous cook who owns a successful restaurant in Chueca and is living his life as a gay man without much complex. But when his son Edu and his daughter Alba appear, and a new attractive neighbor comes along, it will have a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nacho G. Velilla
CAST:  Javier Cámara  •  Lola Dueñas  •  Fernando Tejero  •  Benjamín Vicuña

Maxi thinks his life is perfect. He is a famous cook who owns a successful restaurant in Chueca and is living his life as a gay man without much complex. But when his son Edu and his daughter Alba appear, and a new attractive neighbor comes along, it will have a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nacho G. Velilla
CAST:  Javier Cámara  •  Lola Dueñas  •  Fernando Tejero  •  Benjamín Vicuña

Paraíso B (2002)

Leo and Pedro are childhood friends. Rhey work under the orders of "El Jefe", a thug, owner of the neighbourhood and the lives of its inhabitants. One day, Leo receives news that will change his life forever, Gloria, Pedro's sister and the love of his life, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolás Acuña
CAST:  Leonor Varela  •  Fernando Gómez-Rovira  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Juan Pablo Ogalde

Leo and Pedro are childhood friends. Rhey work under the orders of "El Jefe", a thug, owner of the neighbourhood and the lives of its inhabitants. One day, Leo receives news that will change his life forever, Gloria, Pedro's sister and the love of his life, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolás Acuña
CAST:  Leonor Varela  •  Fernando Gómez-Rovira  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Juan Pablo Ogalde

For Rent (2005)

Gastón Fernández has arrived at 34 without too much to show or brag about. He has no money, job, girlfriend, friends or life plan. He's a composer that doesn't compose. The one-time "most likely to succeed" at Santiago's Musical Conservatory has passed from promise ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Fuguet
CAST:  Luciano Cruz-Coke  •  Felipe Braun  •  Javiera Díaz de Valdés  •  Francisca Lewin

Gastón Fernández has arrived at 34 without too much to show or brag about. He has no money, job, girlfriend, friends or life plan. He's a composer that doesn't compose. The one-time "most likely to succeed" at Santiago's Musical Conservatory has passed from promise ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Fuguet
CAST:  Luciano Cruz-Coke  •  Felipe Braun  •  Javiera Díaz de Valdés  •  Francisca Lewin

That's Not Cheating (2016)

Mateo and Camila, a couple that allow each other being unfaithful with a unreachable someone chosen by each.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariel Winograd
CAST:  Lali Espósito  •  Martín Piroyansky  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Liz Solari

Mateo and Camila, a couple that allow each other being unfaithful with a unreachable someone chosen by each.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariel Winograd
CAST:  Lali Espósito  •  Martín Piroyansky  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Liz Solari

The Red Thread (2016)

Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniela Goggi
CAST:  Hugo Silva  •  Guillermina Valdes  •  Manuel Bozal  •  Benjamín Vicuña

Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniela Goggi
CAST:  Hugo Silva  •  Guillermina Valdes  •  Manuel Bozal  •  Benjamín Vicuña

Baires (2015)

An ordinary man's romantic trip to Argentina turns to horror when vicious drug dealers hold his girlfriend hostage and force him to do a job for them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcelo Páez Cubells
CAST:  Germán Palacios  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Sabrina Garciarena  •  Juana Viale

An ordinary man's romantic trip to Argentina turns to horror when vicious drug dealers hold his girlfriend hostage and force him to do a job for them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcelo Páez Cubells
CAST:  Germán Palacios  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Sabrina Garciarena  •  Juana Viale

The Memory of Water (2015)

After the tragic loss of their 4-year-old son, Javier and Amanda struggle to make sense of their lives together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matías Bize
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Elena Anaya  •  Etienne Bobenrieth  •  Néstor Cantillana

After the tragic loss of their 4-year-old son, Javier and Amanda struggle to make sense of their lives together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matías Bize
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Elena Anaya  •  Etienne Bobenrieth  •  Néstor Cantillana

Karadima Forest (2015)

Based on true events, involving powerful Catholic priest Fernando Karadima, who committed crimes of child abuse and pedophile between 1980's-2000's. The struggle of his victims, to be able to reveal the truth and look for justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matias Lira
CAST:  Luis Gnecco  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Pedro Campos  •  Aline Küppenheim

Based on true events, involving powerful Catholic priest Fernando Karadima, who committed crimes of child abuse and pedophile between 1980's-2000's. The struggle of his victims, to be able to reveal the truth and look for justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matias Lira
CAST:  Luis Gnecco  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Pedro Campos  •  Aline Küppenheim

Muñeca (2008)

Manuel and Pedro are extremely close friends. The first one is a women addicted while the other one is a solitary gay. Pedro can't find his way in life, Manuel sets up him in a blind date with some 40's woman named Gabriela, who is also in a hurry looking for a man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastian Arrau
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Marcial Tagle  •  Ana Fernández  •  María de Los Ángeles García

Manuel and Pedro are extremely close friends. The first one is a women addicted while the other one is a solitary gay. Pedro can't find his way in life, Manuel sets up him in a blind date with some 40's woman named Gabriela, who is also in a hurry looking for a man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastian Arrau
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Marcial Tagle  •  Ana Fernández  •  María de Los Ángeles García

XS - la peor talla (2003)

"La peor talla", a Chilean play on words meaning both "the worst size" and "the worst joke"... Upper middle class teens give the big guy with small penis a hard time, so to speak.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge López Sotomayor
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Nicolás Saavedra  •  Gonzalo Valenzuela  •  María Elena Swett

"La peor talla", a Chilean play on words meaning both "the worst size" and "the worst joke"... Upper middle class teens give the big guy with small penis a hard time, so to speak.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge López Sotomayor
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Nicolás Saavedra  •  Gonzalo Valenzuela  •  María Elena Swett

The Suffering (2017)

Pablo Rouviot is a renowned psychoanalyst. His life changes completely when Paula arrives to his office and asks him to prove that his brother, a man with serious psychological problems and accused for the murder of his father, is in no able condition to be judged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolás Tuozzo
CAST:  Nicolás Francella  •  Pablo Rago  •  Eugenia Suárez  •  Ángela Torres

Pablo Rouviot is a renowned psychoanalyst. His life changes completely when Paula arrives to his office and asks him to prove that his brother, a man with serious psychological problems and accused for the murder of his father, is in no able condition to be judged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolás Tuozzo
CAST:  Nicolás Francella  •  Pablo Rago  •  Eugenia Suárez  •  Ángela Torres

Pacto de Fuga (2020)

During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Albala
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Roberto Farías  •  Amparo Noguera  •  Francisca Gavilán

During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Albala
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Roberto Farías  •  Amparo Noguera  •  Francisca Gavilán

The Moneychanger (2019)

Humberto Brause takes advantage of Uruguay’s poor economy by specializing in offshore money laundering. Spanning the fifties to the seventies, the film follows Humberto as he gets increasingly in over his head with multiple shady book-cooking schemes throughout ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Veiroj
CAST:  Daniel Hendler  •  Dolores Fonzi  •  Luis Machín  •  Benjamín Vicuña

Humberto Brause takes advantage of Uruguay’s poor economy by specializing in offshore money laundering. Spanning the fifties to the seventies, the film follows Humberto as he gets increasingly in over his head with multiple shady book-cooking schemes throughout ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Veiroj
CAST:  Daniel Hendler  •  Dolores Fonzi  •  Luis Machín  •  Benjamín Vicuña

L.S.D. (2000)

A group of university students decide to act against a powerful and corrupt businessman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Quercia
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Pablo Díaz  •  Natalia Grez  •  Jack Arama

A group of university students decide to act against a powerful and corrupt businessman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Quercia
CAST:  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Pablo Díaz  •  Natalia Grez  •  Jack Arama
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