Rodolfo Beban Movies

In this story about an arms dealer, the ostensible backdrop is a bloody gunfight between hundreds of leftists and rightists on June 20, 1973 near a bridge leading to the international airport in Buenos Aires. The spark that set off the shootings -- a full disclosure and death toll were never given -- was the return of former dictator Juan Dominguéz Perón from exile. After this moment in history is evoked by still photographs, the story switches to the distant San Martín de los Andes, far to the southwest of Buenos Aires. An arms dealer of German descent rules over his household there with an autocratic, dictatorial hand, and when a man comes, by invitation, to visit him and complete a deal for weapons (it is understood that these weapons are intended for one of the sides in the June 20th incident), the two men start an uneasy relationship. The visitor is actually more interested in the arms dealer's attractive daughter, and as the tensions build between the two men, a confrontation is sure to be the result. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

In this amazing and complex Argentine historical drama, much of the true story of the 19th-century assassin Juan Moreira comes to the screen. At the time of its release, this Argentine film was the most popular locally made film ever to be shown there. Juan Moreira was a popular folk hero on a par with Billy the Kid in the U.S., and many stories and songs have been written about him over the years. In the movie, the innocent herdsman Moreira (Rodolfo Beban) is thrown into jail at the behest of an important cattle-baron. He emerges from jail a changed man. After killing the cattleman who had him sent to jail, he at first hides among a tribe of native peoples then moves into a brothel. Fueled by drink, he kills a man whom he did not know. Because the victim was an important politician, politicians from an opposing faction hire Moreira to work for them as an assassin. When that faction fails to deliver on the promise of an amnesty for him, he starts working for the other side. This continues until the two groups of politicians temporarily make peace, which proves fatal for Juan Moreira. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Ricardo (Rodolfo Beban) steps out on his wife Carmen (Sonia Bruno) after less than two years of marriage to taste the forbidden fruit of extramarital sex in this offbeat comedy. He returns to his wife after learning from his mother-in-law that Carmen has only a few months to live. Ricardo quits racing cars, dumps his model girlfriend, and neglects his business dealings to attend to the needs of the dying Carmen who demands sex, lavish luxuries, and forgiveness for her infidelity for sleeping with Ricardo's friend. When Ricardo learns that the illness is a ruse, he makes plans to murder his conniving wife. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Patrons of a hotel used for extramarital affairs are the subjects of this Argentine sex comedy. Thirteen separate episodes compile the feature that contains nudity and adult situations. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide