Movies by Juan José Camero

The Debt

The Debt

The drama tells the story of an Argentine elementary-school teacher sent by the government to a rural hamlet located in the northwestern province of Jujuy. It shows how he touches the lives of the villagers, especially the young and impressionable boy Verónico, whose mother died and father left to seek work when he was an infant. The film is based on a non-fiction book written by Fortunato Ramos, a rural teacher in northwest Argentina, that discusses his teaching experiences.

Favio: Chronicle of a Director

Favio: Chronicle of a Director

There are very few icons in Argentine culture capable of appealing to both popular and elitist tastes. Leonardo Favio was undoubtedly one of them. An unseasonable Peronist attached to the liturgy of his land, the director, born in the province of Mendoza, was and artist at every craft. a Renassaince man, but above all, a filmmaker. This is how "Favio: Chronicle of a Director" recaptures him, as a man of film who fed from radio, acting, music and painting in order to build up the handful of rhapsodies with which he adorned argentinean cinemat...

La Mary

La Mary

A sexually-repressed girl of the Buenos Aires slums slowly goes mad after marrying.

Allá lejos y hace tiempo

Allá lejos y hace tiempo

While growing up on the pampas, a young boy becomes fascinated with nature and the mysteries of the human soul.