Manuel Peña

Birth : , Valparaíso, Chile

Movies

My Tender Matador
Choir Girl
Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship.
El Derechazo
Camilo Estalona
When Bruno, a filmmaker overwhelmed by alimony, receives an ultimatum from his editor to find a subject that help them with ratings, a political candidate appears.
The Painting Lesson
Mario
In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is an amateur painter who will try to make the boy into a great artist, like all the ones in his art books. From the pharmacists point of view in his old age, unfolds the story of this young boy who could have become a great art genius, had he not disappeared at the age of 13, along with all his works, on September 11th 1973, the day of the coupe d´état.
Normal con alas
Marco Aurelio Rojas
Pancha Illanes is the black sheep of her ladies' college, after the constant insistence of her boyfriend she accepts the proposal of selling marijuana at the college. What at first seems like an impossible mission, soon becomes an electrifying game
Radio Corazón
Doctor 1 (segment 'Cuento de hadas')
Radio Corazón recreates Chile's most successful radio show of all time. Composed of 3 fun, sexy and romantic short films based on true stories as told by the show's listeners to "Rumpy", an unparalleled radio host.
Our Father
Carlos
Children come to a hospital to visit their dying father they haven't seen for 8 years. They try to recover their relationships before he dies.
El último sacramento
Sergio
Four stories, four women; four women struggle for the liberation of their souls.
Unfaithful Women
Juan Ponce
Cecilia Ureta, host of Chile's highest-rated news show, announces the results of a United Nations survey, the conclusion of which states that 62% of Chilean women are or have never been unfaithful. Ironically, Cecilia maintains an extramarital relationship with the network's owner. Maliciously, a rival colleague discovers this during a live broadcast, with tragic results. The revelation spreads becoming a conversation of national interest.
Mi último hombre
Radio Operator
A female television journalist has a strange affair with a terrorist.
Archipiélago
An architect witness the brutal massacre by the police of an anti-government meeting and escapes to a remote archipelago.
País de octubre
Rolando
A surreal Chilean road movie in which two wanderers come across an assortment of oddballs.
Dos mujeres de la ciudad
Jaime
Valeria has decided to make a study about low-income women as her university thesis. The town priest recommends her as subject a hard-working woman who is said to see the future while dreaming. As Valeria goes deeper in her research, she will increasingly commit herself to the reality of Elena, confronting her with her own accommodated status, while she waits for the return of the man she loves and whose promise was to come and look for her even though she was from far away