Maricarmen Arrigorriaga
Acting
Biography
Maricarmen Arrigorriaga Aguirre (born 1957 in Santiago) is a popular Chilean film and soap opera actress.
Known For
Reunión de Superados
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In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
El Presidente
Sergio Jadue, a lowly director of a small-town soccer club in Chile, unexpectedly finds himself at the head of the Chilean soccer association. Drunk with power, he becomes the protégé of soccer godfather Julio Grondona, as well as the FBI’s key to undoing the largest corruption scheme in the world of soccer.
Family Holidays
The Kellys are a bourgeois family that have fallen into hard times. Deprived of the bragging rights of their typical summer vacation at a posh Chilean beach resort town, they pretend that they are instead going to Brazil for their vacation. They feign leaving on vacation but instead spend the time locked up at home and avoiding the suspicions of a nosy neighbor.
The Wandering Soap Opera
The film revolves around the concept of soap opera. Its structure is based on the assumption that Chilean reality does not exist, but rather is an ensemble of soap operas.
No tan lejos de Andrómeda
After a long period ofexile, Félix and Magui return to their country. Magui's fathers take them to one of the houses of the family. Félix resistance to adapt himself to the social reality of the country and the presence of "aliens" on the region start to trouble the chief of the family.
Sres. Papis
Three very different parents meet day after day at the door of a kindergarten, each have different difficulties. By sharing their experiences together they form a close friendship.
Amnesia
Dreaming of a better life, a young woman leaves her country home and moves to the city where she only finds trouble.
Profugos
Four men become fugitives after a failed drug deal, running from north to south of Chile.
Life Kills Me
Gaspar is a young, lonely cinematographer. Unable to deal with his sister and sick grandfather he spends his time with Susana, an actress working on a opera. When he meets Alvaro, an idealistic traveler, Gaspar's life changes. They embark on a adventure that help them unearth the fragility and value of human existence
Filmography
as Anita
as Martha Herrera
as Laura / Manuela / Leonor
as Leticia Hurtado
as María Teresa Velasco
as Magdalena
as Berta Bonfante
as Susana Tocornal
as Self (archive footage)
as Sonia Arce
as Gendarmerie Chief
as Senator
as Yolanda Sanhueza
as Pola Amunátegui
as Blanca Cifuentes
as Old Widow
as María Paz
as Irma
as Sofía
as Josefina
as Elisa San Juan
as Teresa
as Estela Salazar
as Amanda
as Alicia
as Luisa
as Bernardita Álvarez
as Raquel Garay de Moraga
as Victoria Díaz Hidalgo
as Rosa
as Bernardita Arancibia
as Ramírez's Wife (voice)
as Regina Agüero
as Ana Cruchaga
as Teresa García