Pietro Sibille Movies

This gentle, thoughtful drama from director Fernando León de Aranoa stars Magaly Solier (The Milk of Sorrow) as Marcela, a Bolivian immigrant living in Spain with life partner Nelson (Pietro Sabille). The couple struggles to stay out of poverty, and Nelson barely scrapes through by selling flowers on the streets of Madrid, but the future grows even bleaker when the house refrigerator breaks - making it impossible for them to keep the fresh flowers at home. They obtain a replacement, but to make its monthly payments, Marcela must find a job, and winds up assisting an elderly, bedridden man, Amador (Celso Bugallo). With his family members away for the summer, caregiver and patient manage to overcome initial obstacles and form an enduring bond, though in time unforeseen events arise that threaten to topple the relationship. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

A Peruvian girl with a troubled family past returns to her hometown in hopes that her estranged father will prove a match for the bone marrow that her dying brother desperately needs in order to survive. It's been years since Miranda (Jimena Lindo) has been back to Arequipa, but when doctors give her brother Tomas (Leonardo Torres Vilar) a grim diagnosis while claiming that the pair's father Ignacio (Gianfranco Brero) may be the boy's only hope for survival, the dedicated sister vows to track the old man down. Upon returning to her picturesque hometown Miranda makes the acquaintance of hydraulic engineer Saul (Pietro Sibille), who readily agrees to help the girl locate her father in the Andean countryside. Later, when Miranda does eventually locate Ignacio, the dark secrets of the past cast a grim blanket of uncertainty over the future. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A woman whose marriage is in trouble finds herself falling for a new man as her husband's life hangs in the balance in this thriller. Peter Bowman (David Morse) and his wife Alice (Meg Ryan) have relocated to a small Latin American nation called Tecala; Peter works for an American engineering and construction firm, and his latest assignment has him building a dam that is intended to bring power to the developing nation. The ELT is a radical Marxist faction gearing up for political revolution in Tecala that has turned to kidnapping as a way to raise capital, and Peter is chosen as its next target. When Peter is ambushed on his way to work, his firm brings in Terry Thorn (Russell Crowe), a former Australian intelligence operative who now works as a private "kidnapping and ransom" negotiator. Alice is told Terry is her best hope for bringing Peter back safe and sound, but when Terry's employers run into a tight squeeze financially, they cancel their K&R insurance (which is considered a standard benefit for American employees assigned to South America), leaving Alice to rehire Terry on her own, especially since she can't possibly pay the $3 million ransom demanded by the kidnappers. As Terry and his partner Dino (David Caruso) map out a rescue plan, Alice and Terry find themselves increasingly attracted to each other. Alice's marriage to Peter was going through a rough patch when he was kidnapped, and while she's deeply concerned for his safety, she must reconcile her fears for Peter's life with her new feelings for Terry. Proof of Life is based on Adventures in the Ransom Trade, an article by journalist William Prochnau that was published in Vanity Fair, as well as on the case of real-life kidnapping victim Tom Hargrove. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi