Manuel José Chaves

Filmes

Blood
Fidel
Fidel and Ana María rob a bank out of necessity but are chased by Detective Arboleda. An exploration of what violence means.
Afuera del tiempo
Ricardo
A man goes back in time to stop his girlfriend from ending the relationship before he can propose to her, but each time he returns, she ends up with a different excuse. He now he has to see how to change to be able to marry her.
Escobar: A Traição
Samuel Elizondo
1981, Colômbia. Líder do Cartel de Medellín, Pablo Escobar (Javier Bardem) é um dos maiores traficantes de cocaína para os Estados Unidos, o que faz com que governo de Ronald Reagan insista na criação de um tratado entre os dois países que permita que ele seja julgado em solo americano. Decidido a combater tal ideia, Escobar se candidata e é eleito deputado federal. Paralelamente, ele se envolve com Virginia Vallejo (Penélope Cruz), uma popular apresentadora de TV que não se importa em como o amante consegue sua fortuna, apenas em como o dinheiro é empregado.
O Vagalume
Andrés
After her estranged brother's sudden death, young wife Lucia bonds with his fiancée through their shared grief and finds herself falling in love.
El Altar: Demasiado tarde para rezar
Digital Effects Supervisor
Poker
Martin
Five strangers on the brink of despair agree to meet and bet large in a poker game.
Dios los Junta y Ellos se Separan
Ramiro Mesa
A mid-class Colombian family get into chaos when it's found out that the "Lord of the house", Benjamín, has been cheating on his wife for 20 years and has another son.
A Ton of Luck
Porras
The story, based on true events occurred in Colombia en May 2003, tells the dreams and adventures of Porras, Venegas, Lloreda and Perlaza, four of the 147 soldiers that were in a company of the anti-guerrilla "Destroyer" battalion. It begun when these soldiers found in the middle of the jungle, during a rescue mission, 46 million dollars inside a FARC "guaca". Instead of give it to the Government, they take it all for themselves instead. They desperate when realize that they're completely isolated because the bridge, the only way to return to civilization, has been blown up. Everything's ironic, almost surreal: These soldiers don't have food, water, or toilet paper, but they sleep on their dollar-ful bags. This discovery will change their lives forever, and will allow them to have everything they've dreamt about: some authority, power and respect, others help their families and have a no-longer poor life. Their big challenge: return to civilization and make their dreams come true.
At the End of the Spectra
After a traumatic situation that makes Vega become an agoraphobic person, she decides to live like a hermit in an apartment because of her father's recommendation. But some strange things start happening, she sees visions, and hears noises and voices. She starts to worry about the dark past of that apartment, and the bizarre obsession of her neighbor.
Como el gato y el ratón
Edson Brochero
The neighborhood La Estrella, in Bogotá, is inhabited by families displaced by the violence. Before the event which is the arrival of the electric light, that night there is a celebration. Cristancho and Brochero families, neighbors, friends and leaders of La Estrella, will be involved in a series of incidents and jokes.
La toma de la embajada
Camilo
Bogotá, 1980. During the government of President Turbay. An urban cell of the M-19 invades the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, taking 14 ambassadors as hostages. They demand that they be exchanged for political prisoners. The film focuses on the events that took place during those two months of captivity.
Oedipus Mayor
Guerrilla Child
Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia.