Laura Hidalgo
Acting
Biography
Laura Hidalgo (1 May 1927 – 18 November 2005) was a Romanian-born Argentine actress. Born in Bessarabia as Pesea Faerman Postolow, her family moved to Buenos Aires, where she grew up. Hidalgo appeared in sixteen films in Mexico, Spain and Argentina. She often drew comparisons with the Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr, whom she resembled. In 1954, she was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Actress for her performance in Las tres perfectas casadas (1953). She retired from acting in 1958, following her marriage to an architect, and settled in Mexico. Later in life, she moved to the United States.
Known For
A vile woman has a change of attitude and starts helping a scientist who deliberately infects himself to test the efficacy of a vaccine.
María Magdalena
For ambition a woman sacrifices her true love and marries a man of fortune.
Descent Into Hell
A young painter suspects the woman he loves, and his obsession slowly leads him down a tortuous path where madness and death become intertwined. Adaptation of Ernesto Sábato’s masterpiece: The Tunnel.
The Tunnel
A crime writer searching for the truth about a personal tragedy becomes involved in a murder investigation.
The Beast Must Die
After a period of sorrow, Fernando de Arellano, a rich businessman who has recently lost his young wife Blanca from a serious ilness, meets Mónica, who looks identical to her.
Beyond Oblivion
The life of the famous tango singer Carlos Gardel, his emergence, his mother, his loves, his friends etc.
El morocho del Abasto (La vida de Carlos Gardel)
The five members of a soccer team discover a case of bribery.
Big five and a girl
Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.
The Three Perfect Married
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El tren expreso
El Vago (Martinez) has recently won an old-fashioned billiards hall in a heated contest with the joint's former owner El Mexicano (Jesus Ochoa). The first order of business: El Vago enlists the aid of ambitious assistant El Perro (Luna) in shooting an instructional billiards video. Trouble soon begins to brew, however, as El Perro is repeatedly distracted from his camera duties by El Mexicano's sexy daughter La Pujara (Hidalgo). Increasingly aggressive in his attempts to transform the venerable gaming establishment into a techno-throbbing youth hot spot, El Perro later crosses the line when he uses his lens to shoot a pornographic video with willing exhibitionist La Pujara. As an impressive array of billiards champs descend upon the pool hall for a high profile tournament, El Mexicano comes into possession of the steamy sex tape and flies into a vengeful fury.
Carambola
A woman of great beauty is used by a man who only desires her body and falls on the path of self-destruction.
La orquídea
No description available.
La mafia del crimen
A provincial girl who sells pots tries to obtain the bells that the church of her people needs.
Las campanas de Teresa
A woman with a doubtful past tries to hide it from her teenage son and attempts to change, but she cannot.
Black Ermine
Tango musician moves to France to put an unhappy love affair behind him. Inspired by the life of tango composer Eduardo Arolas.
Derecho viejo
A woman and a winning ticket bring a neighborhood boy to the center.
Juan Mondiola
Tuberculosis and a passional crime prevent the final triumph to a boy from the slums who has opened his way in boxing.