
Carlos Alcántara
Actor · b. 1964 · Lima, Peru
Carlos Alcántara Vilar (Lima, 1964), also known as "Cachín," is an iconic Peruvian actor, comedian, and producer. He grew up in the Cercado de Lima district and worked at the Feria del Hogar (Home Fair). He rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the Pataclaun theater group, playing the endearing character Machín Cárcamo. His greatest achievement came in 2013 with the film ¡Asu Mare!, based on his autobiographical monologue, which became the highest-grossing film in Peruvian cinema history. After starring in its successful sequels, he made his directorial debut in 2023 with the spin-off ¡Asu Mare! Los amigos. Beyond his major successes on the big screen, his notable filmography includes dramas such as Perro Guardián (2014) and international comedies like Lusers (2015). He remains active in both production and directing within the local film industry.
Movies20
Movie6.0ThrillerHorrorA writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.
Movie8.3DramaComedyThe film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.
Movie5.6ThrillerDrama“Dog,” an ex-militiaman granted amnesty by the government, is now an assassin for hire. One of his missions leads him to a Christian church where he meets Milagros, an adolescent towards whom he feels a strange attraction. Among prayers, tears, and assassinations, the voice of the temple’s apostle prompts Dog to question his own raison d’être. His gun is on the verge of becoming a sword of God
Movie6.1DramaMysteryA policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.
Perdida
2018 · 293 votes
MovieDocumentary“Identidad” is an introspective journey about what it means to be born in Peru in the early 1980s, when the worst economic, social and political crisis in its history began. This trip results in a look, perhaps hopeful, about a recent moment of social change and transformation whose essence was reflected in what happened around the return of the Peruvian Selection to the World Cup after 36 years of failures.
Identidad
2019
Movie5.8ComedyAfter meeting in an anger management group, two women embark on a journey of empowerment and friendship when they set out to expose a surgeon with a suspicious reputation.
Movie7.5DramaComedyPresident Fujimori's government is on its way out, and the citizens of Peru are struggling to get by, often engaging in unscrupulous means to get ahead--or just to make a buck. Rafo is a struggling filmmaker who supports his girlfriend Laura. He encounters a Spanish con artist posing as an executive for a major phone company, the Spaniard draws Rafo into an elaborate scam.
MovieHorrorMysteryAn American writer and his wife temporarily move into the infamous "Casa Matusita" in Lima, Peru for a journalistic investigation. The couple encounter seemingly supernatural events, changing their lives in ways they could never imagine. Based on True Events
Movie6.3FamilyComedyAfter she loses her mobile phone, a lawyer receives a call from the person who found it. They talk and hit it off very quickly. But she's in shock when she sees that he's very short.
El gran León
2017 · 19 votes
Movie7.1ComedyThe long-awaited third installment of the blockbuster Asu Mare hits theaters. Cachin and Emilia, already married, prepare to be parents. Cachín gets the long-awaited visa to the United States and together with Emilia, Coolie and Pamela they travel to Miami, where they will spend a thousand and one adventures that will turn their relationship and that of both families upside down.
¡Asu Mare! 3
2018 · 27 votes
Movie6.4ComedyAn actor in low hours and a young interpreter who threatens to displace the former thanks to the tricks of their agent; the owner of the high mountain hotel and her estranged sister, creator of a new and unique discipline that mixes yoga and fengshui; a group of children wanting to have fun, but also to discover hidden secrets; a taciturn bellboy who sees everything; and a tremendous storm that will leave everyone isolated just before Christmas. A weekend in which everything can happen, and in which everything will happen.
El refugio
2021 · 78 votes
Movie6.6ComedyAdventureThree guys from differents countries come together in a funny adventure through the jungle in order to get to the Final of the FIFA World Cup Brasil 2014.
Lusers
2015 · 26 votes
Movie7.7AdventureComedyA treasure hunter embarks on a search for a legendary treasure that belonged to explorer Christopher Columbus. Motivated by his mentor's dream, he embarks on a dangerous journey, where he unexpectedly finds an ally in a young man from the street, who becomes his apprentice as together they face the challenges of adventure.
Movie6.5ComedyRomanceFollows Machin's conflicted relationships with his girlfriend Emilia and with his best friend Culicich.
¡Asu Mare! 2
2015 · 28 votes
Movie6.7ComedyFollows the adventures of Carlos Alcántara on his way to fame from his childhood in the "Unidad Vecinal Mirones".
¡Asu Mare!
2013 · 44 votes
Movie6.0ComedyThis story tells how Ignacio Rodriguez, manager of a textile export company, lives so absorbed in his work that it creates personal crisis which leads to the hospital. After this episode his brother recommends visiting a spiritual guide, beginning a journey of learning that will take him to find the inner peace he needed.
Siete semillas
2016 · 8 votes
Movie2.8HistoryAnimationA young boy travels back to the 17th century to battle pirates off the coast of Peru.
Piratas en el Callao
2005 · 18 votes
Movie7.5ComedyA couple tries anything they can to keep a restaurant from going broke.
El año del tigre
2023 · 12 votes
MovieActionDramaAn ex-cop, a martial arts master, a hustler and an ex-soldier join forces to fight crime on the fringes of the law in the city of Lima, Peru. They form a gang known as La Gran Sangre (The Great Blood), due to the pact they make, by getting a wound on their wrist.
Movie7.2ActionAdventureThrough out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.
Series3
TV8.0ComedyFamilyPataclaun
1997 · 49 votes
TVCrimeAction & AdventureLa Gran Sangre is a Peruvian action adventure television series about a fictional group of social outcasts who work as soldiers of fortune in the city of Lima, Peru. Despite being thought of as mercenaries, the trio always act on the side of the good guys and help those who are in need. The series' innovative visual style inspired by comic books consists on a combination of live action scenes and short animated sequences. This, along with an action-packed plot and appealing characters turned it into a big success all over the country. The show ran for four seasons on Frecuencia Latina Peruvian television network. Additionally, in August 2007 opened the first movie in this series.
La Gran Sangre
2006
TV7.0DramaSoapEstela, an influential businesswoman, arrives at the port of Pucusana on behalf of a consortium that wishes to transform the port into an exclusive tourist resort. The resistance of the locals and the insistence of investors reach their peak when two fishermen find Estela mysteriously murdered. Leonardo Oviedo, Estela's partner, goes to the port to investigate the homicide and finish the negotiation with his girlfriend Mariana, his secretary (and lover) Charo and his clumsy assistant Ramos. This fact triggers a violent history, which puts the entire port in panic. Mariana, sensitive and confused, will seek refuge in a fisherman named Iván with whom she begins a relationship