Mauricio Samaniego

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Esas no son penas
7.3

Esas no son penas

Jan 26, 2005

Esas no son penas
2005 90 min 6 vues
One day five women from Quito, friends in their teens, decide to get back together after fourteen years. Helena is waiting for her second child, Marina lives the ups and downs of infidelity, Diana, an early widow, shares her loneliness with her 15 year old daughter and Tamara has not abandoned the random life of nightclubs, men and drugs. The purpose of their get-together is to visit their old classmate, Alejandra, who is consumed by an illness.
Drama
El Facilitador
3

El Facilitador

Nov 01, 2013

El Facilitador
2013 83 min 1 vues
Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her grandpa in the Andes Elena gets involved in the fight for water access in an indigenous community. She gradually understands that among family secrets, corruption and dark perversions commitment and beauty can emerge.
Drama
Investigations
6.4

Investigations

May 16, 2004

Investigations
2004 108 min 47 vues
Documentary regarding Ecuadorian militant group cum political party "Alfaro Vive Carajo" from their start in the 80s to their unexpected return to action in 2007.
Crime
Feriado
5.5

Feriado

May 01, 2014

Feriado
2014 82 min 16 vues
A drama set in turbulent, turn-of-the-millennium Ecuador and centered on a young man who begins to develop complicated feelings for Juano after he saves him from a beating.
Drama
1809-1810: mientras llega el día
1

1809-1810: mientras llega el día

Aug 10, 2004

1809-1810: mientras llega el día
2004 100 min 1 vues
1809-1810: mientras llega el día is a 2004 Ecuadorian historical-dramatic film, directed by Camilo Luzuriaga and starring Marilú Vaca, Aristides Vargas and Gonzalo Gonzalo. The plot is based on the book by Juan Valdano, and revolves around the events that took place in the city of Quito between August 10, 1809, when the First Cry of Independence took place in the Spanish colony of the Presidency of Quito, and on August 2, 1810, when the Massacre of the Próceres occurred in the hands of the peninsular authorities.
Drama
1809-1810: mientras llega el día
1

1809-1810: mientras llega el día

Aug 10, 2004

1809-1810: mientras llega el día
2004 100 min 1 vues
1809-1810: mientras llega el día is a 2004 Ecuadorian historical-dramatic film, directed by Camilo Luzuriaga and starring Marilú Vaca, Aristides Vargas and Gonzalo Gonzalo. The plot is based on the book by Juan Valdano, and revolves around the events that took place in the city of Quito between August 10, 1809, when the First Cry of Independence took place in the Spanish colony of the Presidency of Quito, and on August 2, 1810, when the Massacre of the Próceres occurred in the hands of the peninsular authorities.
Drama
Alfaro Vive Carajo
1

Alfaro Vive Carajo

May 29, 2015

Alfaro Vive Carajo
2015 120 min 1 vues
During the 80´s the left wing movement Alfaro Vive Carajo operated in Ecuador. The traits of this aggrupation were: critique to the orthodox political thinking, frantic growth of the organization, spectacular and clever actions, and the devastating way that the government fought them. A quarter of century later, the survivors tale the story that was hidden and disguised.
Documentary
Alfaro Vive Carajo
1

Alfaro Vive Carajo

May 29, 2015

Alfaro Vive Carajo
2015 120 min 1 vues
During the 80´s the left wing movement Alfaro Vive Carajo operated in Ecuador. The traits of this aggrupation were: critique to the orthodox political thinking, frantic growth of the organization, spectacular and clever actions, and the devastating way that the government fought them. A quarter of century later, the survivors tale the story that was hidden and disguised.
Documentary
El Facilitador
3

El Facilitador

Nov 01, 2013

El Facilitador
2013 83 min 1 vues
Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her grandpa in the Andes Elena gets involved in the fight for water access in an indigenous community. She gradually understands that among family secrets, corruption and dark perversions commitment and beauty can emerge.
Drama
El Facilitador
3

El Facilitador

Nov 01, 2013

El Facilitador
2013 83 min 1 vues
Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her grandpa in the Andes Elena gets involved in the fight for water access in an indigenous community. She gradually understands that among family secrets, corruption and dark perversions commitment and beauty can emerge.
Drama
Ratas, ratones, rateros
6.7

Ratas, ratones, rateros

Sep 12, 1999

Ratas, ratones, rateros
1999 107 min 32 vues
The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in Angel's twisted dealings in an attempt to escape from his suffocating family, dragging along his family and friends, in his criminal path. Where will this all lead?
Action
Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda
6.7

Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda

Jan 01, 1996

Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda
1996 92 min 18 vues
Between Marx and a Naked Woman is the adaptation of a novel written by Ecuadorian Poet, Jorge Enrique Adoum. The scenes of this film insert us into Ecuador in the sixties, when the electoral struggle, convoked by the military government for a new return to democracy, is in full force. Galvez’s left-wing party must elect its candidate, but he is shoved to one side because of the criticism of the party’s political leadership. While his struggle becomes bitter, he must withstand the frustration of not being able to offer full love to Margaramaría, another party member.
Drama