Álvaro Marenco

Álvaro Marenco

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Las simples cosas
Title: Las simples cosas
Released: December 31, 2024
Type: Movie
Gonzalo has decided to die, but before leaving he calls his son Jorge for a final movie night. There, father and son will discover the simple things they kept hidden for many years.
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En Algún Sitio
Title: En Algún Sitio
Released: March 2, 2023
Type: Movie
It tells the story of Christian and Antonio, two best friends, who have known each other since childhood; However, at the age of 18, these friends find themselves involved in a betrayal that will lead them to take very different paths. "Somewhere" is a beautiful story that will take place over 12 years, where the characters must accept the consequences of their actions and make decisions that will definitely set the course of their lifes.
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The Year I Was Born
Title: The Year I Was Born
Released: September 25, 2022
Type: Movie
Gustavo is a 33-year-old psychologist who takes care of Gerardo, his father. Pedro is a 36-year-old history teacher who comes to the country to meet his family for the first time in his life. None of them are ready for what comes ahead in the next forty-eight hours.
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Volvió
Title: Volvió
Character: Leonel
Released: April 21, 2022
Type: Movie
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Cuando me dé la gana
Title: Cuando me dé la gana
Character: Abdulio
Released: March 21, 2022
Type: Movie
Abdulio is an elder man, who lives with the guilt of his daughter's death. One night he must face those fears.
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Paroniria
Title: Paroniria
Character: Alex
Released: September 30, 2021
Type: Movie
Keyla is a beautiful young woman trying to get over a disturbing episode from her past. Unfortunately, her step dad's visits and the usual male harassment she suffers generate something dark within her. By the time her psychologist covers her secret, it is too late.
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La Mexicana
Title: La Mexicana
Character: Tony Marengo
Released: April 9, 2020
Type: Movie
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Father
Title: Father
Released: October 17, 2019
Type: Movie
Tomás misses his dad. And death, paternity, love… these concepts are mysteries that Tomás, a catholic priest, would like his father to explain him. That's why he constantly visits his tomb with hope of hearing a truth.
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Days of Light
Title: Days of Light
Character: Hombre 1
Released: October 2, 2019
Type: Movie
This beautifully integrated, multi-threaded narrative seamlessly interweaves six stories set in radically different locations across Central America, ranging from the tropical forests of Guatemala to the skyscrapers of Panama City. When a solar storm leaves the region without power, myriad dramas unfold over the course of five days during which all conveniences of modernity are stripped away. In Costa Rica, a pastor and his daughter worry for the future of their church, while in El Salvador, a grandmother and grandson make an arduous journey into the city. A husband and wife reconnect in Honduras, as a young couple nurses a mysterious stranger back to health in Guatemala. Meanwhile, in Nicaragua, a young woman prepares for her quinceañera and in Panama, a housekeeper grows exasperated with her demanding employer.
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Te presento a mi novio
Title: Te presento a mi novio
Released: June 27, 2019
Type: Movie
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Apego
Title: Apego
Character: Dancer
Released: February 15, 2019
Type: Movie
A 35 year old Chilean exiled mom reconnects an old college love through Facebook, that moments sets dilemma: she might turn into the woman she swore she will never be: her mother.
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The Gazelle's Dance
Title: The Gazelle's Dance
Character: Alejandro
Released: October 11, 2018
Type: Movie
As a soccer star back in the day, Eugenio used to be known as “The Gazelle” for his speed and dexterity in the field. He retired young, unable to score a trophy. Now 72 and living in a retirement home, Eugenio is determined to win a dance contest with the help of his partner Carmen and his openly gay instructor Daniel.
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Enredados La Confusión
Title: Enredados La Confusión
Character: Old Man
Released: February 1, 2018
Type: Movie
John, in a mid of millionaire robbery, meets the love of his life, Ana. But now he has to choose between money and love. He chooses love and decides to return the money but the confusion starts with an accident, which happens on the way
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Violeta at Last
Title: Violeta at Last
Character: Violeta's Father
Released: November 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Recently divorced, 72-year-old Violeta lives alone in her childhood house, tending to her lush tropical garden and making plans to turn her property into a boarding house. When she discovers the bank is about to take away her house, she breaks all the rules to hold onto her home and her freedom.
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Todos somos Óscar
Title: Todos somos Óscar
Released: August 8, 2017
Type: Movie
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Lightning Falls Behind
Title: Lightning Falls Behind
Released: January 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Hernandez had already made films in Guatemala and Mexico and this time found inspiring locations, unusual atmosphere and enthusiastic young people in Costa Rica. In this consciously unpolished film, the rebellious girls Sole and Ana open the trunk of a car in grandma’s garden and find something they’d rather immediately forget.
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Red Princesses
Title: Red Princesses
Character: Diego
Released: February 11, 2013
Type: Movie
The Nicaraguan border in the eighties. Eleven-year-old Claudia and her younger sister experience the street fighting at first hand outside their car window. Their parents are Sandinista activists and, although the family is now escaping to neighbouring Costa Rica, the struggle continues. Their parents fire off terse commands and the girls are packed off to their relatives. The film focuses on the point of view of the two sisters, who are very close, as they learn more than they are able to cope with, but too little really to understand. A revolutionary struggle, seen through the eyes of children.
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Alma raíz
Title: Alma raíz
Character: Narrator
Released: January 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Sod, an aspirant inventor, creates a pigment for a virtuoso painter. However, this pigment causes a tragedy that confronts Sod with extreme decisions.
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The Sanatorium
Title: The Sanatorium
Character: Juancito
Released: October 28, 2010
Type: Movie
A group of friends decide to make a documentary about the ghosts that are supposed to be haunting The Sanatorium in Costa Rica, things get creepy when the arrive to the place.
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Melcochita del Toboso
Title: Melcochita del Toboso
Released: April 21, 2005
Type: Movie
On the 400th anniversary of The Quixote this presents a new take on the encounter between Don Quixote and Dulcinea
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Variaciones sobre un mismo crimen
Title: Variaciones sobre un mismo crimen
Released: May 3, 1999
Type: Movie
A cinephile falls asleep during a projection and reality starts to confuse with dreams
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El moto
Title: El moto
Released: June 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Based in the famous Costa Rican novel, El Moto follows the misadventures of a orphan men
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Teatro Nacional: Un siglo para soñar
Title: Teatro Nacional: Un siglo para soñar
Released: October 19, 1997
Type: Movie
A documentary about the National Theather of Costa Rica, in the anniversary of the Costa Rican architectural landmark
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Eulalia
Title: Eulalia
Character: Taxista
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A naive village girl leaves for city during transitional times for Costa Rica.
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El hombre de la pierna cruzada
Title: El hombre de la pierna cruzada
Released: August 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Costa Rican short drama
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Añoranzas del viejo Cartago
Title: Añoranzas del viejo Cartago
Character: Manuel de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno
Released: June 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A Costa Rican film
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Mektoub
Title: Mektoub
Character: Rouge
Released: September 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Ahmed, an Algerian laborer and young father, leaves his country and arrives in France, hoping to find a job through Salah, a friend who has been living in the Paris suburbs for several years. He is disappointed when he arrives in Nanterre, where Salah lives in a shantytown. Without any support, Ahmed has to make the daily rounds of the employment offices, like so many other immigrants who, like him, have been lulled into complacency.
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The Desperate Ones
Title: The Desperate Ones
Character: Migration agent (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the impossible mountains of Afghanistan and the KGB is on their tail.
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Special Mission Lady Chaplin
Title: Special Mission Lady Chaplin
Character: Attendant
Released: August 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Lady Chaplin is a beautiful woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. Zoltan is a rich American specialized in submarine researches. Dick Malloy is an American secret agent. What have the three in common? Perhaps a sunk American atomic submarine with sixteen missiles still on board? And why every other scene one, two, ten or more men are trying to kill Malloy in every conceivable way?
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Lost Command
Title: Lost Command
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1966
Type: Movie
After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.