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Armando Robles Godoy

Armando Robles Godoy

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Biography

Armando Robles Godoy (February 7, 1923 – August 10, 2010) was a Peruvian film director. He was son of the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles and Carmela Godoy. His 1967 film En la selva no hay estrellas won the Golden Prize at the 5th Moscow International Film Festival in 1967. In 1971 he was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Director of Espejismo, so far the only Peruvian film to have been nominated to a Golden Globe award.

Known For

Impossible Love
4.8

It is the legend of several stories. A journalist who hates a guy who's on TV, you have to interview him, then ends up making love to this again and again, in the end both are separated from love. Another story is that of an old man who teaches at a beautiful piano melody to a very young child, in turn this man sees everywhere a very beautiful girl who happens to be a past love, she is a ghost that embodies in the body of every woman he sees. The child learning piano has a grandfather who loves him and conceited enough, yet the mother of the child does not like to go out with Grandpa because the child very rare note. The last story is about a woman from planet you want San Antonio grant him the miracle that an altar boy to notice her and she later marries her.

Impossible Love

2003
Mirage
7.0

A young man inherits a broken down estate at the edge of the Peruvian desert, with no explanation about the former owners or what had become of the once thriving house.

Mirage

1972
The Green Wall
5.8

A young couple forsakes their urban existence for life in the exciting but dangerous Peruvian jungle.

The Green Wall

1970
El Cóndor Pasa
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Robles Godoy narrates the childhood of his father Daniel Alomía Robles and the birth of his melody "El cóndor pasa".

El Cóndor Pasa

1971
Ganarás el pan
10.0

A young man from Lima with a dissipated life will receive an inheritance, but a testamentary clause imposes a condition: he must travel all over Peru. He starts a long journey of two years which takes him through all the regions of the country. He observes agriculture, industry, mining, retail and gets to know the many ways in which his compatriots earn their living.

Ganarás el pan

1965
Cemetery of the Elephants
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An allegorical story about a young writer who leaves home with his manuscript determined to conquer the world, then returns home after years of struggle as an old man with the world still unconquered.

Cemetery of the Elephants

1973
Himno al Sol
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Life and work of the composer Daniel Alomía Robles (1871-1942).

Himno al Sol

1974
Sonata soledad
7.0

Three stories. A middle-aged man remembering his childhood, a couple living in a ghostly world, and a parody of filmmaking.

Sonata soledad

1987
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Documentary about the logistics of the Holy Inquisition in the 18th century.

Auto de Fe

1974
No Stars in the Jungle
5.6

A white man searches for a legendary gold mine in the depths of the Peruvian jungle.

No Stars in the Jungle

1967
Robles Godoy
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An approach to the Peruvian director Armando Robles Godoy's way of seeing cinema. Images from "Espejismo" (1972), "La muralla verde" (1970), "Sonata Soledad" (1988) are commented by the director, complemented by the testimony of close friends, collaborators and critics of his work.

Robles Godoy

1999
Vía satélite… En vivo y en directo
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The streets of Lima become empty as the national football team plays the qualifiers for the 1974 World Cup.

Vía satélite… En vivo y en directo

1973
El lenguaje misterioso
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Series of educational short films on cinematographic language made up of: - "The movement" - "The light" - "The noises" - "Music" - "Continuity"

El lenguaje misterioso

1984
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Documentary about the rivalry between the Christmas spirit and commerce.

Paz en la Tierra

1974
We Are The People
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Short documentary film (1971) Directed by Armando Robles Godoy about the Kuna Indians of Panama.

We Are The People

1971
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Short film by Armando Robles Godoy.

Baile de las Orquídeas

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Short film by Armando Robles Godoy.

Oro y Barro

1975
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Short film by Armando Robles Godoy.

España en Lima

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Documentary about the work of firefighters and their fight against fire.

Fuego

1975
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Short film by Armando Robles Godoy.

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