José Carlos Huayhuaca
Directing
Biography
Born in Cusco in 1949, he is a Peruvian film and television director, screenwriter, and writer. He also writes essays on aesthetic and cultural topics. For two years, he co-directed Butaca N, a television program dedicated to film criticism. In 1992, he won a Guggenheim Fellowship; in 1996, he received First Prize in the National Film Project Competition (Conacine). He is currently a research professor at the University of Lima and teaches film analysis at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Known For
Four stories taking place in Lima, Peru in the 70s.
Cuentos inmorales
Alex Caballero is a private detective by correspondence. An interesting case of adultery and blackmail appears, which could make the business quick off. The investigation starts and it gets complicated until it lands in a shady presidential campaign, discovering an election fraud and crimes comitted by a politician connected to drug trafficking in order to win.
Profession: Detective
Feature film that shows us the festivities of the Virgen del Carmen in the Colca Valley, through the oral traditions narrated by the inhabitants of the Colca Valley, it shows religious syncretism and how the Spanish implanted their culture and in particular the Catholic religion; Well, this was the justification for the conquest. The evangelization campaigns aimed to destroy the indigenous imagination and convert all indigenous people to the Christian religion.
Perú: Cuando el Mundo Oscureció
Based on the tenth chapter of the novel "Conversación en la Catedral" by Mario Vargas Llosa
Los Conspiradores
The film revolves around the transgressive behaviors of young people from Lima who suffer the contamination of the social environment in the hope of seeing the achievement of their small ambitions.
Aventuras Prohibidas
Short film.
El Juego de la Vida
Short film based on the shory story by Julio Ramón Ribeyro.
Las Botellas y Los Hombres
First documentary film by Jose Carlos Huayhuaca.
Ballet
Short film.
Pentatlón
Short film.
Escenas de la Infancia
Short film.
El Último Show
Short film.
Festejo
Based on the short story "La Corista" by Anton Chekhov.
Un Matrimonio Respetable
Short film based on the short story "The Battler" by Ernest Hemingway.
El Luchador
Short film based on the short story by Juan Carlos Onetti
Un Sueño Realizado
Based on the novel by Ricardo Palma.
Un Drama Íntimo
Short film.
El Arte Fotográfico de Martín Chambi
Short film.
Nueva Imagen de la Mujer Peruana
Short film.
Los Constructores
Short film.