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Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Alejandro Fernández Almendras

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Biography

Alejandro Fernández Almendras (born 1971) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter and editor. His style has been characterized by being very critical of Chilean and Latin American society, which is reflected in his films, where he often deals with issues such as injustices, social differences, the work of the lower classes and intimate personal dramas.

Known For

Oldsters
2.0

Three friends in their 70s step out of retirement to become a band of outlaws whose mission is to help those let down by the justice system.

Oldsters

2020
Blanquita
6.2

Blanca, an 18-year-old foster home resident, is the key witness in a scandal involving kids, politicians and rich men taking part in sex parties. Yet, the more questions are asked, the less clear it becomes what Blanca’s role in the scandal exactly is.

Blanquita

2023
Mi amigo Alexis
6.0

When a young soccer fan and his idol forge an unexpected friendship, the connection teaches them both lessons about life and their love of the game.

Mi amigo Alexis

2019
The Play
5.4

A young Czech theater director has an ambition to adapt Eurypides' Phaedra. However, having affair with the actress, he puts his marriage at risk and the play turns to be a fiasco. Desperate, he tries to be the best possible father and husband. Not a perfect one.

The Play

2019
Rara
5.5

Since their parents split up, Sara and her younger sister live with their mother, whose new partner is a woman. Everyday life for the four of them is hardly any different than it is for other families. But not everyone sees it that way – Sara's father in particular has his doubts. As Sara’s 13th birthday approaches, she feels rather overwhelmed: her first crush, a body in the midst of changes and to top it off, conflicts over loyalty with her parents.

Rara

2016
Much Ado About Nothing
5.9

After a night of partying, Vicente is involved in a hit-and-run that kills a man. Vicente claims his innocence, but he was drunk and high. A tangled web of lies buries the truth, making a social scandal disappear — exonerating the real culprit, the son of a powerful politician.

Much Ado About Nothing

2016
To Kill a Man
6.1

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

To Kill a Man

2014
The Lifeguard
6.6

Mauricio, a lifeguard on a Chilean beach, considers himself to be a model of efficiency and professionalism. His colleagues, however, think otherwise, and speculate on why he never goes into the water. Maite Alberdi's visually gorgeous feature documentary debut has the intensity of a short story; beginning as a quirky character study of lifeguards and beachgoers, it becomes something altogether darker and more shocking when events take a dramatic turn.

The Lifeguard

2011
Little White Lie
5.5

A small-town journalist in southern Chile realizes he just run out of good news so that he starts making gossips and fake stories in order to keep his job in the local newspaper he works for.

Little White Lie

2017
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An older couple is waiting for a visit from their daughter and grandson. It is winter in the Chilean countryside, yet there is a lot of work to be done. He cleans the ditch; she sells home-made cheese. After a long day it starts raining again. They sit in silence by the open hearth, waiting for the rain to stop.

Along Came the Rain

2007
By the Fire
7.0

Daniel and Alejandra, a working class couple in their late 30s, move to the countryside near the Andes Mountains to begin the next chapter of their life together. Alejandra is ill, and Daniel looks after her, his soul mate. He scratches out a living doing farm work, while dreaming of buying his own plot of land. Over the course of a year, director Alejandro Fernández Almendras captures a life of love and frustration as Alejandra’s condition worsens, and Daniel can do nothing but keep on struggling.

By the Fire

2012
Huacho
5.8

A Chilean family deals with the new values in a quickly changing world.

Huacho

2010
Soundless Sea
N/A

As a strange disease spreads across a polluted coastal area, a young forensic cleaner looks after her sick sister.

Soundless Sea

2024
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5.0

In the days leading up to Christmas, a man travels from the city to the country to spend the day with his mother. Once they are together they talk about their daily lives, he helps her repair the motor pump and she does some laundry for him. Then he takes a nap and she feeds the chickens. A journey and a brief moment of intimacy between a mother and child.

From Afar

2006