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Adolfo Aristarain (born October 19, 1943 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ...

After leaving Argentina Aristarain started working as assistant director in the Arcente cinema, and then in Europe during his short exile for Mario Camus, Giorgio Stegani and Lewis Gilbert before returning to Argentina in 1974, following the death of Argentinean president Juan Perón. His first 3 films did not receive favorable reviews, but in 1981 Tiempo de revancha received both critical acclaim and public success. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Mario Camus (Santander,April 20, 1935) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. ... Lewis Gilbert (born March 6, 1920) is a British film director born in London, England. ... Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine colonel and politician, elected three times as President of Argentina, serving from 1946 to 1955 and from 1973 to 1974. ...

Back in Spain he directed a mini-series for television, and after a series of aborted projects he had renewed success in Argentina: Un Lugar en el Mundo, starring Federico Luppi, with whom he has maintained frequent collaboration. He then filmed La ley de la frontera and Martín (hache) in Spain, also starring Luppi. Aristarain continued with his Argentine-Spanish mixture of actors in Lugares comunes and Roma. Federico Luppi (born 1936-02-23) is an Argentine film, TV, radio and theatre actor from Ramallo, province of Buenos Aires. ... Martín (hache) is a 1997 Spanish and Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Cecilia Roth and Eusebio Poncela. ...

Aristarain wrote all the scripts of his directed movies, except for the unreleased co-production with Columbia Pictures, The Stranger. He refuses to release the film because he is not content with the result. The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... The Stranger may mean: The Stranger (album), by Billy Joel The Stranger (novel), by Albert Camus The Stranger (1946 movie), directed by Orson Welles The Stranger (1967 movie), based on Camus novel and directed by Luchino Visconti The Stranger (newspaper), an alternative weekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington The Stranger (Myst...

He has received numerous awards for his work, including Golden Seashell and an Academy Award nomination for Un Lugar en el mundo, Best Director award at the Havana Film Festival, and Golden Seashell nomination for Martín (Hache), the First Prize at the Havana Film Festival and the Grand Prix des Amériques award at the Montréal World Film Festival for Tiempo de revancha. The San Sebastian International Film Festival was founded in 1953 in San Sebastian, Spain. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Grand Prix des Amériques was once a classic taking place in America as part of the UCI Road World Cup. ... The Montreal World Film Festival (Festival des Films du Monde - Montréal) is Montreals oldest current film festival. ...

The Academy Award Nomination was disqualified by the Academy of Motion Pictures because the film was submitted for consideration (for Best Foreign Movie) by Uruguay (his wife's country) while The Academy claimed it was an Argentine production, and should therefore have been submitted by that country.

Aristarain has worked many times with several, notable actor, such as Federico Luppi (7 times), Julio de Grazia (4 times), Cecilia Roth (3 times), Ricardo Darín (3 times) and Ulises Dumont (2 times). Cecilia Roth (born Cecilia Rotemberg on 8 August 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress. ... Image:Darin. ... Ulises Dumont (April 7, 1937 -) is a prolific Argentine film actor. ...

He has held Spanish Citizenship since 2003.

Filmography

• La parte del león (1978)
• La playa del amor (1979)
• La discoteca del amor (1980)
• Tiempo de revancha (1981)
• Últimos días de la víctima (1982)
• The Stranger (unreleased - 1986)
• Un lugar en el mundo (1991)
• La ley de la frontera (1995)
• Martín (hache) (1997)
• Lugares comunes (2002)
• Roma (2004)

Martín (hache) is a 1997 Spanish and Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Cecilia Roth and Eusebio Poncela. ... Poster for Roma Roma is a 2004 Spanish/Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Juan Diego Botto, Susú Pecoraro and José Sacristán. ...

External links

• Adolfo Aristarain at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography
• (Spanish) Interview to Adolfo Aristarain - Diagonal