José A. Martínez Suárez

José A. Martínez Suárez

José Antonio Martínez Suárez (2 October 1925 – 17 August 2019) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He worked on more than 20 films between 1949 and 2003. He was the brother of actresses Mirtha and Silvia Legrand.

  • Title: José A. Martínez Suárez
  • Popularity: 0.0732
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1925-10-02
  • Place of Birth: Villa Cañás, Santa Fé, Argentina
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  • Also Known As: José Antonio Martínez
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José A. Martínez Suárez Movies

  • 2019
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    El cine a través de la música

    El cine a través de la música

    1 2019 HD

    Tribute documentary on the relationship between music and image in the cinema, as a constitutive part of it, with great musical moments in Argentine films together with the words of those who compose and direct.

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  • 2024
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    The Generation of ‘60s. The Unknown Friendship

    The Generation of ‘60s. The Unknown Friendship

    1 2024 HD

    The differences of origin and poetics between José Martínez Suárez and Manuel Antin, representatives of the cinema of the ‘60s’ Generation, are proof of the heterogeneity of the period and, at the same time, share the creation of a renovating and personal aesthetic that observes reality with a critical eye.

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  • 2003
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    I Don't Know What Your Eyes Have Done to Me

    I Don't Know What Your Eyes Have Done to Me

    6.8 2003 HD

    Argentinean singer and tango legend Ada Falcón disappeared without a trace in 1942 at the height of her career. This is the story of how she was located sixty years later, living in an unexpected way, in an unexpected place.

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  • 1950
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    Valentina

    Valentina

    7 1950 HD

    A young millionaire meets a mechanic who has invented a carburetor as a result of a breakdown in her car.

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  • 2018
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    Soy lo que quise ser

    Soy lo que quise ser

    6 2018 HD

    Biographical documentary that traces the life of José Martínez Suárez, unconditional lover of cinema, president of the most important Film Festival of the continent. A lucid protagonist of his life and times.

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  • 2008
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    Nadie inquietó más

    Nadie inquietó más

    7 2008 HD

    A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Spanish by birth, Argentinean by adoption, Narciso Ibañez Menta (1912-2004), spiritual disciple of Lon Chaney, the new man of a thousand faces, master of horror, star of Argentinean theater, cinema and television for decades.

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  • 2015
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    Cine de pueblo, una historia itinerante

    Cine de pueblo, una historia itinerante

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2005
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    Donde comienza el camino

    Donde comienza el camino

    1 2005 HD

    The journey of Fernando Birri, the great father of New Latin American Cinema, has left a mark that begins at the legendary Santa Fe Documentary School and continues to this day. His methods, influences, his founding role, his poetic-political commitment, and his artistic output are some of the milestones that make up his journey.

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  • 2004
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    Tacholas, un actor galaico porteño

    Tacholas, un actor galaico porteño

    1 2004 HD

    Documentary about Fernando Iglesias, “Tacholas”, a Spanish actor who arrived in Buenos Aires in 1929 and participated in 52 national films.

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  • 2025
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    The impossible dream

    The impossible dream

    1 2025 HD

    A reconstruction of the artistic memory of the Biancos, Pelicoris, and Alonsos, a family interwoven with theater, film, and radio drama. Through the intimate puzzle piece that sisters Ingrid Pelicori and Irina Alonso piece together, the film rescues an essential legacy of Argentine cultural heritage and invites us to immerse ourselves in the golden decades of the 1940s through the 1970s.

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  • 2025
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    Vlasta, el recuerdo no es eterno

    Vlasta, el recuerdo no es eterno

    1 2025 HD

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  • 2019
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    The Weasel's Tale

    The Weasel's Tale

    7.5 2019 HD

    A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.

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  • 1956
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    El protegido

    El protegido

    10 1956 HD

    A film producer, his wife (an actress) and her lover (a young scriptwriter) are part of a love triangle that will lead to a crime. It is set during the decay of Argentinian cinema studios.

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  • 1962
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    Una jaula no tiene secretos

    Una jaula no tiene secretos

    8.5 1962 HD

    Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Year's Eve. Several people are trapped inside an elevator located in an office building.

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  • 1984
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    Nights Without Moons and Suns

    Nights Without Moons and Suns

    4.5 1984 HD

    A criminal escapes from a court, with help of three miscreants, to find his lifelong friend, who is terminally ill. The police officer catch knows there is a hidden loot involved.

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  • 1965
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    El hombre de la víbora

    El hombre de la víbora

    1 1965 HD

    A car salesman recounts his professional journey, from a clumsy beginning marked by invasive treatment and failed demonstrations to a successful fluency. This film Martínez Suárez made on commission for the Argentine automobile factory IKA.

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  • 1952
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    Mi noche triste

    Mi noche triste

    1 1952 HD

    The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title.

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  • 1951
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    Ladies high school

    Ladies high school

    1 1951 HD

    A fifty-year-old teacher suffers from an inferiority complex, lives dominated by his mother and does not dare to propose to the woman he loves. One night he gets drunk and that will change his life.

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  • 1976
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    Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic

    Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic

    7.3 1976 HD

    Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision.

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  • 1974
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    La Mary

    La Mary

    4.688 1974 HD

    A sexually-repressed girl of the Buenos Aires slums slowly goes mad after marrying.

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  • 1986
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    Pistoleros famosos II

    Pistoleros famosos II

    6.7 1986 HD

    Lucía convalesces from the leg injury she suffered in the previous film. Her friend Ceferino and the undocumented Coyote boy, who cannot integrate into the United States, help her escape from her.

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  • 1975
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    Los chantas

    Los chantas

    1 1975 HD

    Several losers living together in a Buenos Aires boarding house try to make a living while dreaming of a big life-changing score.

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  • 1967
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    Cómo seducir a una mujer

    Cómo seducir a una mujer

    1 1967 HD

    A shy young man has trouble relating to women and asks an extravagant relationship counselor for help.

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  • 1950
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    Abuse of Trust

    Abuse of Trust

    10 1950 HD

    A homeless young woman breaks into a married couple's house claiming to be the man's daughter, but she regrets the deception.

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  • 1962
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    Dar la cara

    Dar la cara

    6.3 1962 HD

    Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.

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  • 1996
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    Historais Breves II: Juntos, in any way

    Historais Breves II: Juntos, in any way

    7 1996 HD

    An old tango singer tries to contact his teenage son. A woman who is death or the Devil appears to him and asks him to sell his soul to connect with his son again.

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  • 1962
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    Dar la cara

    Dar la cara

    6.3 1962 HD

    Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.

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  • 1957
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    La bestia humana

    La bestia humana

    6.3 1957 HD

    From Emile Zola's novel "La Bete Humaine", tells the story of a jealous husband, a provocative woman and a man with an uncontrollable desire to kill.

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  • 1975
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    Los chantas

    Los chantas

    1 1975 HD

    Several losers living together in a Buenos Aires boarding house try to make a living while dreaming of a big life-changing score.

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  • 1984
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    Nights Without Moons and Suns

    Nights Without Moons and Suns

    4.5 1984 HD

    A criminal escapes from a court, with help of three miscreants, to find his lifelong friend, who is terminally ill. The police officer catch knows there is a hidden loot involved.

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  • 1950
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    Valentina

    Valentina

    7 1950 HD

    A young millionaire meets a mechanic who has invented a carburetor as a result of a breakdown in her car.

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  • 1965
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    Viaje de una noche de verano

    Viaje de una noche de verano

    1 1965 HD

    A group of tourists travel Buenos Aires by bus.

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  • 1960
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    El crack

    El crack

    6 1960 HD

    Osvaldo, a football player on the rise, begins to be targeted by private interests who want to elevate him to the status of a sports star.

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  • 1960
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    El crack

    El crack

    6 1960 HD

    Osvaldo, a football player on the rise, begins to be targeted by private interests who want to elevate him to the status of a sports star.

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  • 1978
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    El desafío

    El desafío

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1969
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    Eloy

    Eloy

    7.5 1969 HD

    The film is about Eloy, a Chilean bandit and companion of Joaquín Murieta, who is wanted by the justice system on the border with Argentina. Although an escape seems impossible, in desperation he flees without a fixed destination.

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  • 1976
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    Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic

    Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic

    7.3 1976 HD

    Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision.

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  • 1949
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    Miguitas en la cama

    Miguitas en la cama

    10 1949 HD

    A young woman must alternately live with her separated parents and while her mother gives her a severe upbringing, her father amuses her with his carefree life.

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  • 1949
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    One Sin A Month

    One Sin A Month

    1 1949 HD

    Paloma and Marcelo are in love, but only dare meet once a month- see, she doesn't know that he is only pretending to be the son of rich ranchers, and he doesn't know that she is only pretending to be the daughter of the great business tycoon B. Quintana... she is in reality just an employee! But when a desperate Marcelo must take a job at Quintana's company, both their lies begin to unravel.

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  • 1950
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    Five crazies on the track

    Five crazies on the track

    1 1950 HD

    A group of friends, artists and mechanics invent a unique, high-powered car carburetor that will allow them to win an important race. The device is stolen, and the prime suspect is the girlfriend of one of them. In their quest to recover it, they become involved in a madcap race of intrigue, confusion, and entanglements, in which the protagonists display all their histrionics and comedy.

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  • 1949
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    Un hombre solo no vale nada

    Un hombre solo no vale nada

    5 1949 HD

    An employee progresses in the factory where he works by having his wife pass by an attractive Cuban singer.

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  • 1954
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    Tren internacional

    Tren internacional

    1 1954 HD

    A couple of thieves with a worldwide reputation start a dispute over a valuable necklace in a transalpine train.

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  • 1999
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    Crane World

    Crane World

    6.109 1999 HD

    The portrait of a man and his attempts to make things up with life after losing his job.

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  • 1959
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    Put Up or Shut Up

    Put Up or Shut Up

    5 1959 HD

    The love story between a man and a woman, children of rival fishermen.

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  • 1962
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    Delito

    Delito

    1 1962 HD

    A police officer joins a gang of smugglers to try to unmask its members.

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  • 1955
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    Codicia

    Codicia

    1 1955 HD

    A man kills another man because of an old dispute and keeps the gold that the dead one had on him.

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  • 1949
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    Diez segundos

    Diez segundos

    1 1949 HD

    A man from humble origins becomes a famous boxer, but fame has its price.

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  • 1966
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    Buenos días, Buenos Aires

    Buenos días, Buenos Aires

    1 1966 HD

    Documentary that registers the awakening of the city and its daily early movement.

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  • 1965
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    El hombre de la víbora

    El hombre de la víbora

    1 1965 HD

    A car salesman recounts his professional journey, from a clumsy beginning marked by invasive treatment and failed demonstrations to a successful fluency. This film Martínez Suárez made on commission for the Argentine automobile factory IKA.

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