José Luis Valle
Nacimiento : , El Salvador
Historia
José Luis Valle is a director, producer and screenwriter born in El Salvador, who has become a Mexican citizen, where he studied literature and film. In 2006, he directed the short film "Quimera" which won the competition of the Kodak Film School and received an Honorable Mention at the International Festival of the Cina in Guadalajara. In 2009, his documentary "The Miracle of the Pope" was screened at the Locarno Film Festival. After receiving support from the World Film Fund, his first fiction feature film, "Trabajadores" was released in 2013 in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, and won the 'Abrazo D'Or' for Best Latin American Film at the Festival de Biarritz (France), the 'Colón de Oro' for the best Ibero-American film at the Ibero-American Festival of Huelva (Spain), and the Best First Film Award, both at the Guadalajara and Morelia festivals. Search "also garnered awards for Best Mexican Feature Film at festivals in the Riviera Maya and Monterrey.
Producer
Uzi is the name of a firearm, but also is the diminutive of Uziel, who used to be a hitman in his youth. Now he lives crushed by guilt. His crisis deepens when he helps in a childbirth: the force of life fascinates him, and he does not understand how he was able to destroy it in the past.
Screenplay
Uzi is the name of a firearm, but also is the diminutive of Uziel, who used to be a hitman in his youth. Now he lives crushed by guilt. His crisis deepens when he helps in a childbirth: the force of life fascinates him, and he does not understand how he was able to destroy it in the past.
Director
Uzi is the name of a firearm, but also is the diminutive of Uziel, who used to be a hitman in his youth. Now he lives crushed by guilt. His crisis deepens when he helps in a childbirth: the force of life fascinates him, and he does not understand how he was able to destroy it in the past.
Screenplay
Arcelia is a single mother. She's feed up of being alone and feels a deep need to be loved. Starts relationships, explores knowing people online, and looks for partners of the past. Nothing works. Relationships are ephemereal, men leave. A question arises inside Arcelia: Is her little son the main obstacle to her happiness?
Director
Arcelia is a single mother. She's feed up of being alone and feels a deep need to be loved. Starts relationships, explores knowing people online, and looks for partners of the past. Nothing works. Relationships are ephemereal, men leave. A question arises inside Arcelia: Is her little son the main obstacle to her happiness?
Producer
Revenge, redemption and chance are the topics that underpin José Luis Valle’s new film. A man runs his errands: cleans the house, picks up the dry cleaning, pays his debts and buys groceries. Then, inexplicably commits suicide. His death smites his wife, Elvira, who is unaware of the reasons for suicide. At another point, Ulises is assaulted and stripped of the portfolio that held the only photo he kept of her deceased daughter. He sets out to find the thief and kill him. The lives of Elvira and Ulises intersect unexpectedly.
Screenplay
Revenge, redemption and chance are the topics that underpin José Luis Valle’s new film. A man runs his errands: cleans the house, picks up the dry cleaning, pays his debts and buys groceries. Then, inexplicably commits suicide. His death smites his wife, Elvira, who is unaware of the reasons for suicide. At another point, Ulises is assaulted and stripped of the portfolio that held the only photo he kept of her deceased daughter. He sets out to find the thief and kill him. The lives of Elvira and Ulises intersect unexpectedly.
Director
Revenge, redemption and chance are the topics that underpin José Luis Valle’s new film. A man runs his errands: cleans the house, picks up the dry cleaning, pays his debts and buys groceries. Then, inexplicably commits suicide. His death smites his wife, Elvira, who is unaware of the reasons for suicide. At another point, Ulises is assaulted and stripped of the portfolio that held the only photo he kept of her deceased daughter. He sets out to find the thief and kill him. The lives of Elvira and Ulises intersect unexpectedly.
Producer
Lidia is a responsible and dedicated maid for a hugely wealthy, elderly Tijuana matron who loves only her pet whippet. Rafael is a quiet and dignified janitor who buys a new pair of shoes to celebrate his imminent retirement from the large corporate facility where he's worked for 30 years. When Lidia's boss dies, leaving everything to her dog, and Rafael's plans get derailed, they both turn to criminal subterfuge to get what their harsh lot in life has denied them.
Screenplay
Lidia is a responsible and dedicated maid for a hugely wealthy, elderly Tijuana matron who loves only her pet whippet. Rafael is a quiet and dignified janitor who buys a new pair of shoes to celebrate his imminent retirement from the large corporate facility where he's worked for 30 years. When Lidia's boss dies, leaving everything to her dog, and Rafael's plans get derailed, they both turn to criminal subterfuge to get what their harsh lot in life has denied them.
Director
Lidia is a responsible and dedicated maid for a hugely wealthy, elderly Tijuana matron who loves only her pet whippet. Rafael is a quiet and dignified janitor who buys a new pair of shoes to celebrate his imminent retirement from the large corporate facility where he's worked for 30 years. When Lidia's boss dies, leaving everything to her dog, and Rafael's plans get derailed, they both turn to criminal subterfuge to get what their harsh lot in life has denied them.
Screenplay
A supposed miracle benefits everyone around a Zacatecan boy, except the boy himself: the living proof of the infinite power of God on Earth has grown up and wants to migrate to the US.
Director
A supposed miracle benefits everyone around a Zacatecan boy, except the boy himself: the living proof of the infinite power of God on Earth has grown up and wants to migrate to the US.
Screenplay
In 1988 an elite commando of the Salvadoran guerrilla kidnapped the heir to the throne of Iran and asked the highest rescue in history: 150 million dolars to finance its armed movement. Secret services around the world began the biggest "man hunt" in the history of America. With helicopters flying over the capital, military roadblocks throughout the country and a U.S. naval blockade, "Operation Baby" seemed doomed to failure.
Director
In 1988 an elite commando of the Salvadoran guerrilla kidnapped the heir to the throne of Iran and asked the highest rescue in history: 150 million dolars to finance its armed movement. Secret services around the world began the biggest "man hunt" in the history of America. With helicopters flying over the capital, military roadblocks throughout the country and a U.S. naval blockade, "Operation Baby" seemed doomed to failure.
