Luis Alarcon Movies

Chilean brawler and stuntman Marko Zaror marks his emergence onto the international action scene with this fast-paced martial arts film about the leader of a small Chilean street gang who finds redemption by standing up for the people he loves most. Zamir (Zaror) is the leader of the Kiltros, an idol gang of thugs who spend more time being lazy than breaking any serious laws. Some time back, Zamir rescued half-Korean high school girl Kim from being raped, and now he spends the majority of his time obsessing over the pretty schoolgirl. While Kim doesn't have any real interest in Zamir, she continually toys with him by manipulating him to fight the tae kwon do students at her father's dojo. Suddenly, a villainous scoundrel named Max Kalba bursts onto the scene -- hell-bent on a mission to seek vengeance against Kim's father and his students. It seems that Max's late wife was not the faithful kind, and now the enraged widower places the blame for his wife's infidelity square on the shoulders of Kim's father. With nothing left to lose and everything to fight for, Zamir will take on Max in a fight to the finish to protect the people he cares for, and win Kim's heart once and for all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

This Chilean political drama depicts the effect of Chile's military dictatorship during the 1970's upon its modern society. The film is set in current times. Aron returns to Chile after being exiled for 20 years in Europe. He feels a terrible need to understand all that has transpired between his family and his country. He also wants to solve the mystery of his father's death and his brother's disappearance. His internal journey as he meets with former family members, lovers, and friends and struggles to understand is the main focus of the film. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Caluga O Menta literally means Toffee or Mint, but in the slang of the tenement kids this movie focuses on, it refers to a game of "life or death, heaven or hell." The film reveals that the bored kids who live in these circumstances have few alternatives to an escalating involvement in petty crime and drug-running. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this first-time feature by commercials director Leonardo Kocking, a kindergarten teacher living in Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet returns home from work later than usual one night and is greeted with the sight of her husband being dragged unwillingly from their house and stuffed into a waiting car. Her efforts to find him and appeals to the authorities of the country are unavailing. She tries to continue with her life, moving in to live with a woman friend and coping with the advances of an old flame. When she finally hears word of her husband's whereabouts, she is led to an old (and now empty) prison camp, so her situation remains utterly ambiguous, The story is told in flashbacks as she journeys by bus from the city she lives in to the camp in the northern deserts of Chile. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

This stark Chilean melodrama concerns itself with the plight of slum dwellers living outside Santiago. For many years they have, with great difficulty, been faithfully paying small sums to a real estate man. This man has said that by doing so they can obtain title to the miniscule plots of land their houses stand on. In fact, he has been swindling them and does not even own the land he has been "selling." One of the aggrieved slum dwellers confronts him about this while he is visiting the slum, and the real estate agent shoots him before everyone's eyes. The question confronting these witnesses is whether testifying against this monster will make their lives even more precarious. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this crime drama, fugitive bank robbers take over a remote trapper's cabin. As time passes, the crooks get restless and hungry for women. This inspires the old trapper to tell them the strange, tragic tale of "The Naked Flower," about an ethereal, beautiful girl who wanders the swamps during full moons in search of her long-lost groom. It's a good story, but the crooks don't believe it until one of them goes wandering outside one night and finds her. The two make love then and there. Meanwhile back in the cabin, the robbers begin fighting over their loot and end up dead. Eventually the other criminal returns with the girl in tow vowing to reform and start anew. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi