Browse 61 movies from Aleph
A summer vacation in the 70s. Lalo and Bruno are teenagers doing nothing on days full of nothing. But on a hot and humid afternoon, and without asking for permission, Lisa arrives smashing more than the letargy of the town. Thirty years later Lisa comes again to interfere in the lives of these two adults.
Nov 2011
The story focuses on the life of a couple and their twin sons, one of whom begins to show that he identifies as a girl. From this, Gabriela, the mother, will try to understand the situation of her son who soon becomes a trans girl, thus beginning a struggle for the rights and gender identity of Luana , who will also have to face the rejection of her father Guillermo.
Oct 2021
All About Asado is a trip into the culinary heart of Argentina. Asado, the tradition of grilled meat, is a food and also a ritual. It is primitive and modern, wild and sophisticated, an art and a science. Few phenomena reveal the essential characteristics of Argentina’s national identity with more originality and precision. Equal parts road-movie, documentary and fiction, Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn’s playful film delves into the almost sacred tradition of asado, using a sharp and irreverent gaze to explore the country’s meaty fixation.
Sep 2016
19th century Argentina. After having had to leave the country fifteen years ago, prodigal son Rodrigo finally returns to the family farm in Mercedaria to introduce his wife Bianca to his parents. He’s not really looking forward to this family reunion. His youth was spent working with the slaves on the farm who were treated without mercy by his parents. His father regularly abused the female slaves, while his mother even burned one alive to save the family honor. It’s time for some ghostly revenge and this happens to coincide with Rodrigo’s return.
Apr 2015
The sudden reappearance of the young Vera in a coastal village makes Jordi decide to undertake the search for his father, who has been presumed dead for over twenty years.
Nov 2018
Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely set sail aboard a fragile skiff to save the shipwrecked, are treated as heroes by the cynical authorities; but León, an inquisitive and tenacious Argentinean journalist, starts asking uncomfortable questions.
May 2020
Lucia is a single parent to a child with Asperger's. She has a minimum wage job and a very difficult relationship with her mother, but she thinks she can deal with everything on her own. One day she receives an urgent call from the school: her son hit his head and she needs to pick him up.
Ramón is secretly in love with Adela. One morning, he discovers her corpse among the oat fields
Dec 1999
The godmother and Perla are the world to "the little girl," a world defined by the four walls of a studio apartment with one window looking nowhere. Only space and alter the monotony, the blood transfusion sessions to which must be submitted Pearl and almost anonymous sexual encounters of the baby.
Jun 2005
Claudia shows up at a bar to meet Luis, a doctor who contacted her through a dating app. Claudia doesn't suspect what fate has in store for her. A kidnapping that ends with an inevitable and unpredictable death. A suspense story with surprising twists until the last second, narrated in a sequence shot without cuts.
Nov 2021
On May 5, 1976, writer Haroldo Conti was kidnapped by the military dictatorship, which had taken over Argentina that same year. Two weeks later, the newly elected de facto president, Jorge Rafael Videla, invited several figures of national culture to a private luncheon at the Government House: Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Sábato, Horacio Ratti, Father Castellani, and the President's General, General Villarreal. The film narrates the historic event shared by these figures during one of the most disastrous moments in our history.
Oct 2015
Revenge. Juan and Vicente are brothers, but they are separated by a deep hatred that will drive Juan to return to life to take from his brother the only thing that matters to him: his power. A story of love, disappointment, and excess.
Sep 2015
Infidelity and the unpleasant consequences.
Ivana Cornejo is just getting used to being single again after her divorce three years ago. After an exasperating call from her ex-husband, she throws her cell phone away. Fortunately, the man who finds it calls her to return it, and to her amusement they have an instant rapport. The man on the other end of the phone is León Godoy, a renowned architect with a charming voice and a charismatic personality. They schedule a date so that he can return the cell phone. When León arrives, Ivana is surprised: he is everything she had imagined, except for one unexpected and startling detail... he’s only 4'5" tall.
Aug 2013
The financial problems of a Jewish community are a nightmare for their leader, Rabbi Aaron. Cornered and overwhelmed, Aaron tries a last resort: embark on a trip to the Far East to get donations.
Aug 2019
This historical drama addresses European immigration to the Americas (in this case to Buenos Aires, Argentina) during the last two decades of the 19th century. Among its main characters are a Spanish immigrant, a German one, and an established "Argentine." They compete for the affection of a more established female Spanish immigrant, now a successful businesswoman, albeit a prostitute.
Jun 1998
Jan 2012
After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worst idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels!
A young man works in the port of Buenos Aires translating the love letters that prostitutes receive and seeks inspiration for his works in them.
Nov 1998
The story of a young orphan, law student whose close relatives limits to just his grandfather and one of his teachers.
Mar 2019