David José Kohon
Directing
Biography
David José Kohon was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote for Argentine films between 1958 and 1982 directing films such as Así o de otra manera, Breve cielo, Con alma y vida and El Agujero en la pared. Breve cielo was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.
Known For
Three different love-related stories -all starring María Vaner as different "Anas". In "The Earth," Ana is a young and idealistic woman on the verge of adulthood when her first relationship with a clerk shatters her dreams of a romantic life. In "The Air," Ana is a rebellious, easy-living type among some beach bums whose sexual leanings tend to tip the scale at active promiscuity. In "The Cloud," Ana only exists in the imagination of an introverted man, who dreams of his ideal woman.
Three Times Ana
A young middle-class man and a young girl who has left the slums to work as a prostitute meet by chance on the Plaza de los Ingleses, opposite the emblematic Retiro station in Buenos Aires.
Brief Heaven
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Con alma y vida
A man and a woman fall in love in the streets of a nocturnal Buenos Aires.
Prisioneros de una noche
Based on the life of María Salomé Loredo, a figure famous for her healings and assistance to the poor of the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century.
La madre María
In this modern retelling of the Faust legend, a freelance photographer meets the enigmatic Mefi, who leads him, through a hole in the wall, to a room where a disembodied voice predicts stock prices.
The Hole in the Wall
An award-winning architect struggles to find work, love, and a purpose in life.
What's Autumn?
Film made up of five short documentaries about the city of Buenos Aires made between 1958 and 1964: Good morning, Buenos Aires, The Anonymous, The First Foundation of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires in a T-shirt.
Che, Buenos Aires
A married man is attracted to a teenage niece who, due to family problems, spends some time at his house. Everything takes place in a mean village life, where a sad, small world is discovered, made of gossip and understandings. This film had difficulties being released at the time of its production due to censorship reasons.
Así o de otra manera
An urban documentary that explores economic inequality in Buenos Aires through the contrast between large mansions and skyscrapers that coexist with slums.
Buenos Aires
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