Camilo Luzuriaga

2021

Camilo Luzuriaga is an Ecuadorian writer, producer, and filmmaker. He was professor of photography at the Faculty of Arts of the Central University of Ecuador from 1982 to 1987, and professor of image at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Catholic University of Ecuador until 1999. He works as a teacher and is one of the founders of INCINE, Higher Technological Institute of Cinema and Acting. In 2001 he founded OCHO Y MEDIO, and in 2003 MAAC CINE, to form the first network of art cinema theaters in Ecuador. He is know for films like La Tigra (1989), Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda (1996) and 1809-1810: mientras llega el día (2004).

Фильмы

Chronicles

Sebastián Cordero

John Leguizamo, Damián Alcázar

A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."

Crónicas

6.8 ⚠️ 2004

Мексика, криминал

La tigra

Camilo Luzuriaga

Lissette Cabrera, Verónica García

The wild and wanton Francisca, known as "The Tigress," is the eldest of three sisters, who are bosses of a farm in Ecuador. A medicine man tells Francisca and Juliana that their youngest sister Sara must remain a virgin to protect their land. A travelling salesman, engaged to Sara, tells the police that she is being kept locked up by her older sisters.

The Tigress

6.2 ⚠️ 1990

Эквадор, драма

Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda

Camilo Luzuriaga

Felipe Terán, Aristides Vargas

Between Marx and a Naked Woman is the adaptation of a novel written by Ecuadorian Poet, Jorge Enrique Adoum. The scenes of this film insert us into Ecuador in the sixties, when the electoral struggle, convoked by the military government for a new return to democracy, is in full force. Galvez’s left-wing party must elect its candidate, but he is shoved to one side because of the criticism of the party’s political leadership. While his struggle becomes bitter, he must withstand the frustration of not being able to offer full love to Margaramaría, another party member.

Between Marx and a Naked Woman

6.2 ⚠️ 1996

Эквадор, комедия

1809-1810: mientras llega el día

Camilo Luzuriaga

José Alvear, Alfredo Espinosa

1809-1810: mientras llega el día is a 2004 Ecuadorian historical-dramatic film, directed by Camilo Luzuriaga and starring Marilú Vaca, Aristides Vargas and Gonzalo Gonzalo. The plot is based on the book by Juan Valdano, and revolves around the events that took place in the city of Quito between August 10, 1809, when the First Cry of Independence took place in the Spanish colony of the Presidency of Quito, and on August 2, 1810, when the Massacre of the Próceres occurred in the hands of the peninsular authorities.

1809-1810: mientras llega el día

6.0 ⚠️ 2004

Эквадор, драма

Cara o cruz

Camilo Luzuriaga

Valentina Pacheco, Marilú Vaca

After being sent abroad at the tender age of eight, Virginia returns to Quito, her birthplace, twenty-five years later. She is finally reunited with her widowed father and her fraternal twin sister, Manuela. Her sister lives in their parents' house with her husband and two sons while her father vegetates in a retirement home. She confides to her sister that living in New York and the separation from her family has caused her to find affection in troubled love affairs, but Manuela has secrets of her own.

Heads or Tails

2.6 ⚠️ 2003

Эквадор, драма