Movies by Alejandro Awada

The Games Maker

The Games Maker

Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true games maker.

The Hairy Tooth Fairy

The Hairy Tooth Fairy

Lucía, an active little girl, looses a tooth. Santiago, her father, is an out-of-work boss, and her mother, Pilar, is a successful but overworked architect, reassure Lucía, by telling her that the Hairy Tooth Fairy (a mouse named Pérez) will come to her bedroom to collect her tooth, leaving some money in its place. A mouse who had been monitoring the situation tells another mouse, who in turn tells another mouse until finally the news reaches Pérez, The Hairy Tooth Fairy, who lives in a boat in the port along with hundreds of other mice. The...

El visitante

El visitante

Pedro, a Falklands veteran, cannot forget the days when he was in the trenches, nor can he forget Raúl, his best friend, who stayed forever in that desolate place of nightmares.

Dangerous Obsession

Dangerous Obsession

An Argentine truck driver is on a routine trip through Rio de Janeiro when he meets a mysterious countryman. They travel back to Argentina together, meeting a beautiful Brazilian journalist on the way. The truck driver has revenge on his mind, and both the adventurous young man, and the gorgeous girl join him in this venture. The only thing the three have in common are their obsession for honor and justice.

Felicitas

Felicitas

Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and fear sets them apart along more than ten years. When they are finally reunited, will they be able to overcome the pain and tragedy that haunts them?

The Bar

The Bar

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

Ay, Juancito

Ay, Juancito

A film about the life of Juan Ramón Duarte, Evita's only brother. His ascent, his excesses, and his demise, in the times of Juan Domingo Perón.

Tiger Head

Tiger Head

After the May Revolution, Juan José Castelli has instructions to order the execution of ex-viceroy Santiago de Liniers. That put you at a crossroads with respect to your convictions.

Un amor de Borges

Un amor de Borges

Estela Canto and Jorge Luis Borges meet in 1944. She is an intelligent and beautiful woman. He, still an unknown writer, is shy and very attached to his mother. They fall in love, or at least Borges does.

The Paradise

The Paradise

Rosario, 1926. Magdalena and Anna Scilko, along with a group of women from the old continent, arrive to the city with the hope of a better future, escaping the post-war period. But nothing will turn out as they had imagined. When they get off the ship they will be kidnapped by The Abramovs, a family that operates as a criminal organization, and manages the most important network of brothels in the city.

Amateur

Amateur

Martin is a lonely television director who becomes obsessed with his neighbor Isabel when he finds an amateur porn video in which she participates. However Isabel turns out to be the wife of the owner of the TV network where he works.

Transmitzvah

Transmitzvah

After embracing her female identity, Rubén rejects her Bar Mitzvah. When tragedy strikes years later, she returns as Mumy Singer to celebrate it her way.

El Tigre escondido

El Tigre escondido

Bernardo is fifty years old and feels overwhelmed, confused, almost devastated; surrounded by the violence typical of a society that is slowly collapsing. With relationship problems, difficulties in conceiving a child and a woman who cannot - and does not care - dive into his deepest conflicts. Bernardo finds no rest anywhere. His head is about to explode when he decides to take a little vacation with Diana at their house in Tigre. They will not go alone: ​​Nancy, an islander and house cleaner, will be part of a key night for Bernardo.

No Escape

No Escape

The spiritual journey of a man with a debt that cannot be paid. In a Korean supermarket not too important, a small embezzlement is discovered. Luciano, a young man who works there, is pressured by the Koreans to return the money he stole in less than twenty-four hours.