Eliseo Subiela

Eliseo Alberto Subiela (born December 27, 1944 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director and writer, whose works are considered to be in the 'magic realism' genre. Subiela is the father of actress, Guadalupe Subiela (who acted in her father's film, Pequeños Milagros). He has won and been nominated for awards at the Toronto, Montreal, Berlin, Istanbul and Havana film festivals, among others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eliseo Subiela, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Dark Side of the Heart 2 (2001)

The sequel to the blockbuster Argentinean smash hit. After ten years, Oliverio is still intrigued by the works of great poets and continues to search for true love. When he meets the beautiful... The sequel to the blockbuster Argentinean smash hit. After ten years, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Darío Grandinetti  •  Ariadna Gil  •  Nacha Guevara  •  Sandra Ballesteros

The sequel to the blockbuster Argentinean smash hit. After ten years, Oliverio is still intrigued by the works of great poets and continues to search for true love. When he meets the beautiful... The sequel to the blockbuster Argentinean smash hit. After ten years, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Darío Grandinetti  •  Ariadna Gil  •  Nacha Guevara  •  Sandra Ballesteros

Wake Up Love (1996)

Ernesto is a journalist in his 40's who comes from a generation which encountered much political persecution and exile; between the memories and unhealed wounds of his past, stands Ernesto. When his good friend Ricardo calls him one day and proposes to get together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Juan Leyrado  •  Darío Grandinetti  •  Soledad Silveyra  •  Laura Azcurra

Ernesto is a journalist in his 40's who comes from a generation which encountered much political persecution and exile; between the memories and unhealed wounds of his past, stands Ernesto. When his good friend Ricardo calls him one day and proposes to get together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Juan Leyrado  •  Darío Grandinetti  •  Soledad Silveyra  •  Laura Azcurra

The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)

Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in Buenos Aires, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Darío Grandinetti  •  Sandra Ballesteros  •  Nacha Guevara  •  André Melançon

Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in Buenos Aires, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Darío Grandinetti  •  Sandra Ballesteros  •  Nacha Guevara  •  André Melançon

Vanishing landscapes (2013)

A mockumentary about three young student filmmakers as they make a movie about an alleged film director living obscurely in a Buenos Aires mental hospital. In their visits to the mental hospital, the three students will forge a very special relationship with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Fernando Birri  •  María Luz Subiela  •  Juan Manuel López  •  Araceli Sangronis

A mockumentary about three young student filmmakers as they make a movie about an alleged film director living obscurely in a Buenos Aires mental hospital. In their visits to the mental hospital, the three students will forge a very special relationship with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Fernando Birri  •  María Luz Subiela  •  Juan Manuel López  •  Araceli Sangronis

Hostage of an Illusion (2012)

Pablo is being pursued by what seems like a mob of fans. However, the truth soon emerges that his assailants are actually the cast of characters from his books who are angry that he won’t continue to write their lives. When Laura, a former student, turns up on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Daniel Fanego  •  Romina Ricci  •  Atilio Pozzobón  •  Mónica Gonzaga

Pablo is being pursued by what seems like a mob of fans. However, the truth soon emerges that his assailants are actually the cast of characters from his books who are angry that he won’t continue to write their lives. When Laura, a former student, turns up on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Daniel Fanego  •  Romina Ricci  •  Atilio Pozzobón  •  Mónica Gonzaga

Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going (1995)

A lonely film projectionist through a series of odd events, discovers that he is the reincarnation of one of the inventors of cinema, and that a woman he sees in his dreams is his eternal companion on a trip through centuries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Darío Grandinetti  •  Mariana Arias  •  Oscar Martínez  •  Mónica Galán

A lonely film projectionist through a series of odd events, discovers that he is the reincarnation of one of the inventors of cinema, and that a woman he sees in his dreams is his eternal companion on a trip through centuries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Darío Grandinetti  •  Mariana Arias  •  Oscar Martínez  •  Mónica Galán

Don't Look Down (2008)

A sexy Spanish siren named Elvira schools a young man in tantric lovemaking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Leandro Stivelman  •  Antonella Costa  •  Hugo Arana  •  Mónica Galán

A sexy Spanish siren named Elvira schools a young man in tantric lovemaking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Leandro Stivelman  •  Antonella Costa  •  Hugo Arana  •  Mónica Galán

Man Facing Southeast (1987)

A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Lorenzo Quinteros  •  Hugo Soto  •  Inés Vernengo  •  Cristina Scaramuzza

A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Lorenzo Quinteros  •  Hugo Soto  •  Inés Vernengo  •  Cristina Scaramuzza

Last Images of the Shipwreck (1989)

Roberto is an insurance salesman who dreams of writing his own novel. When he meets Estela, a young woman about to commit suicide, it serves him as material to make this work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Lorenzo Quinteros  •  Noemí Frenkel  •  Hugo Soto  •  Pablo Brichta

Roberto is an insurance salesman who dreams of writing his own novel. When he meets Estela, a young woman about to commit suicide, it serves him as material to make this work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Lorenzo Quinteros  •  Noemí Frenkel  •  Hugo Soto  •  Pablo Brichta

Little Miracles (1997)

Rosalía is a cashier at a supermarket. She lives alone, loves reading fairy tales and hides in a magic fantasy world in order to survive living in the real one. She thinks she is a fairy who came on a mission and got caught in this world. She travels by bus every ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Héctor Alterio  •  Antonio Birabent  •  Mónica Galán  •  Julieta Ortega

Rosalía is a cashier at a supermarket. She lives alone, loves reading fairy tales and hides in a magic fantasy world in order to survive living in the real one. She thinks she is a fairy who came on a mission and got caught in this world. She travels by bus every ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Héctor Alterio  •  Antonio Birabent  •  Mónica Galán  •  Julieta Ortega

The Adventures of God (2002)

It tells the story of a man and a woman trapped inside what appears to be a dream set in the labyrinthine hallways, mysterious rooms of a large hotel in the 30's, facing the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Sergio Dioguardi  •  Flor Sabatella  •  Lorenzo Quinteros  •  María Concepción César

It tells the story of a man and a woman trapped inside what appears to be a dream set in the labyrinthine hallways, mysterious rooms of a large hotel in the 30's, facing the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Sergio Dioguardi  •  Flor Sabatella  •  Lorenzo Quinteros  •  María Concepción César

The Effect of Love (2007)

Mabel lives on a slum. Does work as a clown at children's parties and as a prostitute. At 20 crosses paths with Martin, a lawyer just shy of 40. He has divorced his wife and left the law firm he was working on. Buys a trailer and goes to live in it. Advertising ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Sofía Gala Castiglione  •  Guillermo Pfening  •  Romina Ricci  •  Julio Arrieta

Mabel lives on a slum. Does work as a clown at children's parties and as a prostitute. At 20 crosses paths with Martin, a lawyer just shy of 40. He has divorced his wife and left the law firm he was working on. Buys a trailer and goes to live in it. Advertising ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Sofía Gala Castiglione  •  Guillermo Pfening  •  Romina Ricci  •  Julio Arrieta

A Long Silence (1963)

Short documentary about "life" in Buenos Aires' Borda Hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  María Vaner  •  Lautaro Murúa

Short documentary about "life" in Buenos Aires' Borda Hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  María Vaner  •  Lautaro Murúa

The Conquest of Paradise (1981)

Pablo (Arturo Puig) receives the news that his father, who abandoned him and his family a long time ago and was thought dead, wants to see him so he can pass all his fortune to him. Pablo goes to see his father in Brazil, expecting to inherit a large sum of money, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Arturo Puig  •  Kátia d'Angelo  •  Guillermo Battaglia  •  Alicia Bruzzo

Pablo (Arturo Puig) receives the news that his father, who abandoned him and his family a long time ago and was thought dead, wants to see him so he can pass all his fortune to him. Pablo goes to see his father in Brazil, expecting to inherit a large sum of money, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Arturo Puig  •  Kátia d'Angelo  •  Guillermo Battaglia  •  Alicia Bruzzo

Heartlift (2005)

Pep Munné is an aging plastic surgeon who falls for a young female assistant (Mariana Anghileri) while attending a medical conference. Soon he begins inventing new reasons to spend more time with her. His wife Cristina (María Barranco) begins meeting with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Pep Munné  •  María Barranco  •  Mariana Anghileri  •  Rosario Pardo

Pep Munné is an aging plastic surgeon who falls for a young female assistant (Mariana Anghileri) while attending a medical conference. Soon he begins inventing new reasons to spend more time with her. His wife Cristina (María Barranco) begins meeting with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
CAST:  Pep Munné  •  María Barranco  •  Mariana Anghileri  •  Rosario Pardo

Favio: Chronicle of a Director (2015)

There are very few icons in Argentine culture capable of appealing to both popular and elitist tastes. Leonardo Favio was undoubtedly one of them. An unseasonable Peronist attached to the liturgy of his land, the director, born in the province of Mendoza, was and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Venturini
CAST:  Graciela Borges  •  Juan José Camero  •  Nico Favio  •  Luis Ferrando

There are very few icons in Argentine culture capable of appealing to both popular and elitist tastes. Leonardo Favio was undoubtedly one of them. An unseasonable Peronist attached to the liturgy of his land, the director, born in the province of Mendoza, was and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Venturini
CAST:  Graciela Borges  •  Juan José Camero  •  Nico Favio  •  Luis Ferrando

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DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela  •  Fernando E. Solanas  •  Octavio Getino  •  Rodolfo Kuhn  •  Jorge Cedron  •  Nemesio Juárez  •  Pablo Szir  •  Jorge Martín  •  Enrique Juárez  •  Humberto Rios
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Subiela, El Mago (2014)

Eliseo Subiela is one of the most recognized worldwide Latin American filmmakers. His films last through generations who have succumbed to the particular way of seeing the world of the author. This documentary explores how this author sees the world: his account of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimena Colunga
CAST:  Eliseo Subiela  •  Sandra Sandrini  •  Carlos Abatte  •  Miguel Ángel Rocca

Eliseo Subiela is one of the most recognized worldwide Latin American filmmakers. His films last through generations who have succumbed to the particular way of seeing the world of the author. This documentary explores how this author sees the world: his account of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimena Colunga
CAST:  Eliseo Subiela  •  Sandra Sandrini  •  Carlos Abatte  •  Miguel Ángel Rocca

Sobre todas esas estrellas (1965)

Mockumentary about the lives of extras.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
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Mockumentary about the lives of extras.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eliseo Subiela
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