Ricardo Larraín
Directing
Biography
Ricardo Larraín was a Chilean film editor and director. His 1991 film "The Frontier" won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In addition to producing and directing several films and documentaries, he served as executive producer on the TV-series "Piel canela", and as director and editor of the miniseries "Héroes" and produced more than eight hundred commercials for Chilean and foreign markets. In 2001 he oversaw the drama department of the academic TV channel "Corporación de Televisión de la Universidad Católica" and worked as a teacher at a journalism school. In 2004 he founded the Chilean Director and Screenwriter association and in 2006 he founded the film department in Chile's biggest university. Larraín died in March 2016 from cancer. He was 58.
Known For
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Noche de ronda
Chilean TV miniseries. Each episode relates the history of one of the principal figures Chilean figures of the 19th century: Bernardo O'Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Rodríguez, Diego Portales, José Manuel Balmaceda and Arturo Prat.
Heroes
Intimate stories of women throughout the History of Chile, told by a medium that crosses times and generations: Letters.
Cartas de mujer
A passionate journey through the childhood and youth of one of Chile's most important historical figures: Bernardo O'Higgins, before his fight for the country's freedom.
El niño rojo
A man’s enthusiasm turns into greed and causes trouble for his family.
Enthusiasm
A young and excentric radio DJ airs a successful program in which diverse calls come in from anonymous listeners, who reveal their love stories, all charged with mix-ups, disputes and passion.
The Sentimental Teaser
The businessman who sends the first Chilean astronaut into outer space can't quite come up with the money to bring the adventurer back.
Chile Can Do It
Alberto, a young law student struggles to realize his ultimate dream: to follow the call of his priestly vocation.
Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal?
A Chilean teacher, Ramiro, is sentenced to internal exile in a southern town where tidal waves often appear. He falls for a woman, Maite, whose father asks him to take her away. Although he gets his freedom he doesn't leave and when the water rises, Maite and her father die, and Ramiro flees to the hills.
The Frontier
At the dawn of February 27, 2010, an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami devastated the central zone of Chile. That day, the history of Constitución -a small coast and forestall city- changed forever. Its tragedy turned the city into the centre of international news and its people, the Mauchos, into the protagonists of a difficult process of reconstruction. This is the story of how the Mauchos started to reform their lives and returned to the sea.
Mauchos
A film by Ricardo Larraín, about the importance of Raúl Silva Henríquez in the history of Chile.
Raúl Silva Henríquez. Cardenal.
An inside look of Chilean education from six teachers' point of view.