Reynaldo Ledgard
Directing
Biography
Lima, 1952. Reynaldo Ledgard graduated as an architect from the Faculty of Architecture at the National University of Engineering (UNI) in 1978. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he worked as a film and art critic for various local publications. He directed short films about art (Sérvulo, Vinatea Reinoso) and urban spaces (Plaza Dos de Mayo, Huacachina Lagoon), as well as a medium-length film about the 3rd Trujillo Art Biennial in 1987. He has been a member of the Editorial Committee of the magazines Hablemos de Cine and Márgenes. Since 1985, he has worked as an independent architect. He is currently a Full Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture 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
Short film.
Plaza Dos de Mayo
Short film.
Sérvulo
The providential recovery of this video, believed lost for decades, is a key piece in the imagined reconstruction of the Third Biennial, inaugurated on November 20, 1987, in Trujillo, in northern Peru. It was an unusual project, unexpectedly embraced by that traditional provincial city, which was then struggling to find its place on some contemporary cultural map. This occurred precisely when that very category was faltering, and on the fringes of a society increasingly fragmented—also from the international community—by economic mismanagement and political violence, and by the missteps of ideology.
Modernidad y Provincia
Short film.
Vinatea Reinoso
Short film.