Movies: Roberto Farías

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for t...

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....

In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communit...

Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy....

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The ...

Survivors witness the terror and devastation brought by a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Chile in 2010....

In the city of Santiago, four characters struggle to reach their goals: a psychologist who wants to help other women and save their lives, a hairdresser who wants to buy a car, a musician who wants to play in a philharmonic orchestra, and a young wom...

Hugo becomes captivated with Octavio, a middle-aged local boxing champion, but their relationship is tested when Hugo finds a new job in the city....

Alejandro, a solitary, fragile and unpredictable man is crushed by the hostility of his mysterious past....

By a dissociated Santiago de Chile the old figure of Bareta transits in search of Carranza, who was once his partner and now his enemy. Bareta, a man who knows the invisible faces of the city, moves from place to place and from fantasy to fantasy tri...

Michelsen, an older trucker who is lonely and sick, while traveling through Patagonia meets someone on the highway who reminds him of his daughter, whom he has not seen in years....

Javier is Spanish and is married to Laura, who is Chilean. They have a six year old son, living in Chile and enjoy a prosperous economic position. The three are, at last, on vacation in Spain, because Laura seems to have overcome a problem of claustr...

After finding a valuable treasure, Quique commits a crime. His mother arranges a plot to hide the act and keep the gems, but to make it, she'll have to surpass both the stupidity of Quique and the smartness of the policemen who investigate the case....

Two prisoners escape execution by the police and become successful circus clowns in Pinochet's Chile....

An intense religious drama set during the Pinochet regime and based on a true story....

Cristina and Susana have been best friends since high school. Now, both over 30 years old, they are still living like they did in their teenage years. Or maybe they never grew up....

Gaspar is a young, lonely cinematographer. Unable to deal with his sister and sick grandfather he spends his time with Susana, an actress working on a opera. When he meets Alvaro, an idealistic traveler, Gaspar's life changes. They embark on a advent...

Muñeca wanders through Santiago streets with his comrades, All them tired from work and unhappiness, go in the search of a party or just a reason to celebrate.Little by little things began to unveil the experiences and the different points of view th...

A single mother decides to go on a trip from Santiago to the north of Chile with her only son. They are going to meet up with the child's father, a Chilean coalminer, after ten years of separation. The trip is plagued by silence, as the uneasy relati...

A man wants to become a TV-star and he will try anything despite his advanced age and what everyone says about him and his lack of talent and charisma for the job. But while he starts getting closer to his goal, his house starts crowding with unwante...