Rafael Soliwoda
Acting
Biography
Rafael Soliwoda is a Uruguayan actor and writer, known for God's Favorite Animal (2017), Grey Eyes (2018) and Cortos Interruptus (2011).
Place of Birth: Libertad, San José, Uruguay
Known For
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
The story, told by the survivors, of a group of young men, members of a Uruguayan rugby team, who managed to survive for 72 days, at an altitude of almost 4,000 meters, in the heart of the Andes Mountains, after their plane, en route to Chile, crashed there on October 13, 1972.
A Twelve-Year Night
Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.
El animal preferido de Dios
A woman arrives at a couple's country house looking to charge on her phone. Inside it, she texts a man.
Verlust
Isolated on the beach, the powerful business woman Frederica prepares an awaited New Year`s party. In the middle of a marriage crisis with photographer Constantin, which affects directly her teenage daughter, she has to manage her life and the career of pop icon Lenny, who decided to write a mysterious work alongside writer João Wommer. When a strange creature appears from the bottom of the sea, the crisis takes place in the web of affections, and Frederica will have to face her biggest fear: loss.
Leo's Room
Leo, a young man coming to terms with his own sexuality, runs into Caro, a primary school friend he fancied when they were kids, who's now trying to ward off her own personal demons. This casual re-encounter will affect their personal conflicts without either truly grasping the other's problem.
Amigas de Sorte
Nelita, Nina and Rita are all in their seventies and have been friends since childhood, and for fifty years they play the lottery weekly and are used to losing, until one day they win. Not too much money but enough to fix their lives, as long as their husbands don't find out beforehand.
The Plague
Rosa's father escapes from a nursing home and comes back to his former house. He hides a secret, and he's not coming alone.
Roads in February
Driven by childhood memories and the hope of a reencounter, Sarah visits her paternal grandmother in her village in Uruguay. She takes long to understand the prevailing unease… But she is soon faced with the gap between her fantasy regarding the place of origin and that village of old people forgotten by Modernity where the heat is overwhelming and the days seem to last forever. Cultural shock, humor, tenderness and sadness give shape to this bitter-sweet film.
Grey Eyes
In a post-apocalyptic future, mankind is color blind. A brilliant scientist suddenly dies, leaving his precious briefcase-filled with a highly-addictive synthetic drug that allows people to see colors again-to Ana, a mere 12-year-old girl. Possession of the briefcase makes her the target of a doctor with wicked plans for the drug, and her only hope to escape his pursuit relies on the aid of the dead scientist's two devoted bodyguards. Together, their epic, perilous journey pivots on a tremendous secret: Ana herself could be the key to salvaging a world in ruins.
Variations
Stefanía is isolated in her apartment. Without being able to express her feelings or find refuge in her partner, a dream appears, pushing her to leave her confinement. Only by moving away she will be able to face the pain and regain her bond with herself and with the outside world.
Filmography
as Vecino
as Gerente Hotel Punta
as Ambientalista
as Juan
as Carlitos
as Hermida
as Jota
as Rodriguez
as Felipe