The best Martín Slipak’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Martín Slipak’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Martín Slipak.
No Return
6.8/10
A thriller centered on a man who is accused of a crime he didn't commit.
Resurrection
5.2/10
A young priest travels to Buenos Aires in order to help sick people during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic.
The Signal
5.9/10
During the last days of Eva Peron, a pair of low-ranking detectives are thrust into a case of corruption involving the Mafia.
Whisky Romeo Zulú
7.4/10
Whisky Romeo Zulu tells the story prior to the crash of LAPA Boeing 737 that on August 31, 1999, caught fire after hitting an embankment in the center of Buenos Aires, killing 67 people. The disaster changed the history of civil and commercial aviation in Argentina, and the film recounts, from the standpoint of the director, a former airline pilot-how in some countries the safety of the flight is incredibly precarious.
Mater
4.7/10
Mater is a film about the struggle between love and law; about social differences and distances that these generate. And about love, that crosses all, allows all: both good and evil.
Sleepwalker
6.5/10
In a dystopian society, a government uses therapy and dreams to recover, or perhaps implant, memories to those lacking them.
Lost Time
6.3/10
Agustín Levi, an Argentinian scholar settled in Norway, is obsessively devoted to intellectual work. When Agustín returns to Buenos Aires to take part in an international congress, he takes the chance to meet Carlos González, an old high school literature professor and his role model in life. But when the meeting finally takes place, Agustín’s idealized image will collapse and his certainties will suddenly struggle.
La teoría de los vidrios rotos
Claudio is promoted to policy coordinator in his insurance company, but he has to move to a remote small town for the position, and after arriving numerous cars begin to be set on fire. Claudio is pressured to cover the cars' insurance in a hostile environment, and as he tries to do so he will discover that many things are not what they appear to be.
Pigeon Drop
During Christmas dinner, an Argentinian family finds out that their millionaire uncle has died. His relatives speculate about his generous inheritance, but everything changes when a woman arrives at twelve and introduces herself as the deceased's wife. The head of the family, desperate about the possibility of losing everything, hides the body and forces the others to simulate a kidnapping. The plan is that, this way, the inheritance would be returned in the form of ransom payment. A bag of money appears and the plan seems infallible, but it falls into crisis when everyone wants to take their part.
Recreo
5.7/10
Three couples with their children. A long weekend in the countryside. A reunion between friends that starts with enjoyment and laughter becomes a cohabitation that will bring up old conflicts, hidden secrets, and unexpected encounters.
How to Win Enemies
6.4/10
Lucas, a young lawyer obsessed with crime novels, turns a chance encounter with a beautiful woman into a date ending in his bed. But when he wakes up alone, missing a secret stash of cash, the game’s afoot. Inspired by his favorite gumshoes, Lucas looks for clues. What was once a love story becomes the caper to end all capers.
Habi, The Foreigner
5.9/10
Analía’s mother sends her to Buenos Aires to deliver some handicrafts. She is expected to return home quickly to the country town where she is to take on her family’s hairdressing salon. But by chance an address mix-up leads her to a Muslim community where she finds herself taking part in a ritual completely unknown to her. Enthralled by the new world she has entered, Analía decides on the spur of the moment to take on another identity.
Cauce
8.5/10
Ariel is a middle-class young man, a father of a family, who surprisingly loses his job in the context of a wave of layoffs. Altered and hiding from his family what happened, he escapes his father-in-law's birthday to go to a nightclub, where an old acquaintance offers to be part of a narco business. Ariel accepts, trusting that his participation will be limited, but things go out of control.
Upa! 2: El regreso
6.8/10
Eight years after the first installment, Ailén, Fernando, and Nina, meet again in the BAFICI competition. From that reunion, they decide to resume their unfinished project: Tandil/Tromso. They bring along two new collaborators: Martín and Nancy.
I Miss You
7.3/10
This is the story of Javier, a 15 year old Argentinean who left for Mexico carrying the drama of his missing brother, prematurely deprived of his parents, and bearing the weight of collective blame.
Todavía
(upa) una pandemia argentina
The universe of Argentine independent cinema. The imposture. The unfulfilled dreams. Confinement—the capability for irony, the skill for comedy and the sagacity of UPA! Una película argentina (2007) are back, renovated, to explore the whims of a microworld still in turmoil.
Céline
Martín is at home watching a French movie and calls a number that he sees on screen. He wants to know if Céline has something to do with the movie he is watching, but that call and that bond will go much further than you expect.
Half Hour
Homero Manzi, un poeta en la tormenta
5.3/10
