
Ricardo Espalter
Acting
Biography
Born in Montevideo in the 14th of April, 1924, Ricardo Espalter was a Uruguayan actor and comedian, who started his long career in television in the 1960's. Espalter was very cherished by the public of Uruguay and Argentina, he was notable for his expressive facial gestures.
Known For

A photographer shoots a documentary film in a small town in Argentina (Uribelarrea) about the filming that a foreign producer is doing on the spot.
La película

The story of a pair of bumbling detectives Uruguayan undertaking the mission to go to the aid of an orphan and very rich heiress to Argentina. It will be very easy to deal with the thousand and one difficulties awaiting them on the road. Clashes with bandits plaguing the region and that will go back more than once, will not be the only danger.
Los irrompibles

A sex congress takes place in a hotel, and couples are secretely filmed in a Slivers way by the "scientists".
El telo y la tele

A French woman arrives in Montevideo, to meet poet Juan Carlos Onetti and investigate the story of the city. She is intrigued by the photograph of the day when president Bordaz was killed and a zeppelin flew above the city at the turn of the century. She is helped by a photographer and both fall into a police intrigue.
The Airship
There are 3 stories about the intermediaries of marriage (the ads of magazines, seers and agencies): Sentimental mail, about an energetic woman who wants to marry a dominable man; Elixir of love, on the subject of the title; and Romantic about a melodic singer.
La industria del matrimonio

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La noche del hurto

Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.
In This Tricky Life

A shy young man has trouble relating to women and asks an extravagant relationship counselor for help.
Cómo seducir a una mujer

A mechanic and an ad creator meet the daughter of an industrialist and her friend when they travel to Mar del Plata.
I want to kiss you sir!

Documentary about Argentina's victory in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, held in that country during its last dictatorship.
La fiesta de todos

Toto is a scrap metal dealer who became rich by a stroke of luck. Having fallen in love with a woman from a higher social class, he decides to take etiquette classes so he can get closer to her.
Toto Paniagua (rey de la chatarra)

Three stories in which one of the protagonists is a metered car driver.
Los taxistas del humor

In 1969, excited by the arrival of man on the Moon, a group of boys devised a rocket.
La pandilla aventurera

A father searches for the drug dealer responsible for his daughter's death. He kidnaps who he believes is the girlfriend of one of the thugs; the woman turns out to be an undercover agent of the DEA, who will help him carry out her revenge.
Maldita Cocaína

A group of Montevidean workers split up to paint the yellow line in the center of the streets.