Eva Landeck
Directing
Biography
Eva Fainsilberg Landeck (1922 - June 12, 2019) was an Argentine film director. Between 1945 and 1948 he emerged at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, where he completed a degree in psychology. He studied photography with Pablo Tabernero and did a film internship at the Buenos Aires Experimental Film Association. His first feature film was finished in 1973 and released on August 22, 1974; it was "People in Buenos Aires", with Luis Brandoni and Irene Morack. With that film, she was the first Argentine film director to win an award at the 1975 Sanremo International Auteur Film Festival. In 1995 he published the book "Far from Hollywood", a fiction linked to the work of cinema. He passed away on June 12, 2019, at approximately the age of 97.
Known For
A young theater actor feels jealous when his girlfriend, part of the cast, has to kiss another actor on stage.
Entremés
Emilia, an imaginative young woman from a small town, goes to Buenos Aires in search of her missing sister. The clues take her to Andrés, a mysterious man who may have led her sister astray.
Este loco amor loco
The romance of two migrants in Buenos Aires intercut with documentary footage of early '70s Argentina.
People in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, the 1960s. An alienated young man who still lives with his parents and siblings returns tired from work, only to find that his bed is occupied by visitors. His mother suggests he go to the bar. Once there, he falls asleep and has a nightmare that seems very real.
Horas extras
After the death of the Argentine director Eva Landeck at the age of 98, her daughter Irene Morak, an actress in her films, dismantled her mother's apartment, causing the discovery and rediscovery of her films considered lost.
Maldita Eva
A touring theatre travelling through Uruguay soon turns into a melodrama, which in turn degenerates into an incredible police affair.
The place of smoke
Inés receives notice of a spot to be filled urgently at a company. She leaves immediately, but the subway breaks down and she has to continue her journey on foot through the dark tunnel. Without realizing it, she enters into an adventure of extraordinary proportions.