
Román Viñoly Barreto
Directing
Biography
Román Viñoly Barreto was a renowned film director who developed his career in Argentina. His films were hugely popular at the time of their release but they lost interest from the public afterwards. Nowadays he is considered a cult director, mostly due to his noir films.
Known For

Each month a school teacher narrates a new story to his students, with a moral in each of them.
Corazón

A young woman takes care of her father and silblings after the death of her mother, giving up love in the process.
Estrellita

A cabaret performer tries to protect her daughter from a mysterious killer while resisting the advances of the prosecutor pursuing the criminal.
The Black Vampire

A crime writer searching for the truth about a personal tragedy becomes involved in a murder investigation.
The Beast Must Die

An obsessive reporter is locked in an asylum where some murders will take place.
Reportaje en el infierno

A celestial envoy comes to Earth to help solve some small conflicts between humans, related to their attitude and relationships.
Todo el año es Navidad

Upon learning of the murder of a friend, a police inspector sets out to take justice on his own. This attitude, contrary to his usual convictions, will gradually destroy him.
Orden de matar

In a town that relies heavily on horses, two men try to get rich by patenting and selling bags that hold the animals' body waste.
The Big Business

A young widow goes to a marriage agency where she is introduced to three hired suitors who end up falling in love with her.
Una viuda casi alegre

The alleged uncontrolled romance between a young girl forced to marry another and the poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
Becquer's Great Love

A girl teenager pretends to be a woman to conquer a drunk french actor.
Un centavo de mujer

A girl's school gets turned into a brothel during holidays.
Villa Delicia, playa de estacionamiento, música ambiental

The life of the famous poet Evaristo Carriego (1883-1912), who lived in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo and who painted the customs of the people of those years like no one else.
La calle junto a la luna

A man tries to cheat on his wife, but even though he stops earlier, everyone believes that he was unfaithful.
El hombre virgen

Based on a famous Chilean musical play first performed in 1960, this Spanish-Argentinian adaptation is the story of a young woman from the country who comes to the big city in search of love and leisure, only to discover the true value of her roots.
La pérgola de las flores

While a drought and debts overwhelm a farmer, the arrival of a Polish visitor will make him see the world in another way.
Con el sudor de tu frente

Based on the career of Juan Manuel Fangio, an Argentine motorist who, in his first season in Formula 1, in 1950, achieved the runner-up; and that then between 1951 and 1958 he would obtain five world titles in Formula 1, driving with Mercedes Benz, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari.
Fangio, el demonio de las pistas

The biography of the singer Francisco Alves. It narrates his father's opposition to his singing, his adventure in the circus, his love affairs and breakups, his discovery in a bar at dawn and, finally, his success cut short when he died in 1952 in a car accident.
Chico Viola Não Morreu

Eager to have a crystal ball, a child works to buy it but is accused of a robbery he did not commit.
Barcos de papel

In the delta islands of the Paraná, a woman is the object of desire of the village's men.