Aristóteles Picho
Actor · 1957 – 2013 · Huancayo, Perú
Movies17
Movie6.2ThrillerActionWhen Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.
Proof of Life
2000 · 901 votes
Movie7.2ComedyDramaThe Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.
Movie10.0DramaScience FictionIt tells the story of Jorge who dreams of going to live in the United States. He loves the American way of life and above all, the gringas, but at the North American embassy they deny him a visa. That afternoon she meets Ganzo López, who has just been given the "Greencard" because he married a gringa. Jorge then decides that the solution to his problems is to also marry a gringa and travels to Cuzco to look for her ...
Movie6.1DramaThree lives in search of redemption intersect in the streets of Lima: undercover cop Gamarra’s desperate attempts to save his wife from a terminal illness gets him into trouble; bus driver Felix wants to be accepted into a religious sect after his involvement in a tragic traffic accident; and imperiled soccer club leader Narciso tries to secure his younger brother’s release from prison.
Movie7.3DramaActionThe military anti-terrorist army takes control of "Chuspi", an unknown and faraway small village, isolated by the terrorist group "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path). A soldier called Vitin Luna, and other young soldiers face an invisible, perhaps superior force. Their unit is commanded by a brutal lieutenant who declares the entire village guilty of treason. In the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between blind obedience and his own conscience.
Movie7.8DramaFour angry cadets have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder.
Movie6.0DramaJuan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with Fermin, secretly a sympathizer with the Communist guerrillas in the hills. Town leaders are assassinated at night. When Juan discovers Fermin's secret, Juan is spirited away to the guerrillas to learn Marxist slogans and how to fight. When the band decides to attack the town to avenge the death of a comrade, Juan must choose.
Movie6.4ActionDramaThis powerful political drama follows the adventures and escapades of "La Gringa", a likeable criminal capable of escaping from any jail. When he escapes from one with the help of an imprisoned intellectual, "La Gringa", returns in disguise to help pay back the favor but finds himself caught in a prison riot.
Alias 'La Gringa'
1991 · 7 votes
Movie4.0DramaA humble rural teacher travels to Lima to collect his lottery winnings and meet the son he has not seen in years. No one could predict how this would permanently change their lives.
El premio
2009 · 1 votes
Movie7.5ActionDramaTwo journalists, a reporter and a cameraman, cover violent incidents during a riot in a prison for common criminals. Television broadcasting live allows the rioters to see themselves as main characters. Our journalists come to understand, after a series of conflicts, the phenomenon in which they are participating, they are fueling the violence.
Reportaje a la muerte
1993 · 2 votes
Movie7.7DramaThe last few months in the life of María Elena Moyano, who was killed at the age of 33 by the Peruvian revolutionary movement Sendero Luminoso.
Movie5.3RomanceDramaA group of rich teenagers from Lima travel to Cusco looking for drugs, parties and sex. One of them wants to find Pamela, who he met when they were kids. In that quest, his friends and him will get to know a world of violence, perversion and disenchantment.
Bala perdida
2001 · 4 votes
Movie6.5DramaComedyTwo madmen wish to avenge the historical Peruvian ship "Monitor Huascar" under the command of Capitain Grau: a hero, and a symbol of the 19th century war lost to Chile.
Movie5.4ComedyA family longs to be on a TV show which does in-depth exposés of different real families every week. When they are finally selected they decide to change their lives completely so that the audience sees them as they want to be seen, not as they really are.
Movie8.0DramaFantasyA drunkard carrying a mysterious suitcase ends up on an abandoned boat. There he encounters a strange character with a scar on his face who submits him to a terrible moral interrogation and discovers his true identity and the sin he kept so carefully.
El pecador de los 7 mares
1992 · 1 votes
MovieDramaRomanceThe folk music tent "Coliseo" will be evicted, causing the disappearance of a group of artists who found a way of life and identity there. Marcial and Esperanza will form a dance group to save the "Coliseo" by competing in a Huaylarsh Competition against the famous "Tricampeones."
Coliseo
2012
Movie6.3DramaHistoryPeru in the early 1980s… a time of difficulties.