Acting
Oct 29, 1941
Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Leonor Benedetto
Acting
Biography
Leonor Benedetto was born on October 30, 1941 in Argentina as Luisa Leonor Benedetto. She is an actress and director, known for Herederos de una venganza (2011), A Place in the World (1992) and Time's Up! (2001). She is married to José Sacristán. They have three children.
Feature Films (21)
Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
A Place in the World
A romantic reimagining of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream set against the turbulent backdrops of the 1962 Argentinian military coup and the 1982 war for the Falkland Islands.
Amapola
The stories of five railroad workers who have been sacked as a consequence of the economic crisis.
Proxima salida
Vicente Duarte commits his first crime. The victim is a young, attractive woman whom the criminal had never met. From his initial foray into the world of crime, Duarte feels a kind of inner serenity, which will drive him to continue committing more crimes.
Secretos compartidos
Silvia is incarcerated in a corrupt women prison and forced to participate in drug distribution. When she refuses she is punished and her sister murdered. She will try to get free and get her revenge.
Condemned to Hell
A man becomes convinced that he is being persecuted by a conspiracy of blind people.
The Power of Darkness
Aspects of the life of General Manuel Belgrano since he took command of the Army of the North until, together with his men, he defeated the enemy in the battle of Salta in February 1813.
Bajo el signo de la patria
Television & Series (9)
An idealistic man unknown to the townspeople is accused of murder. To avenge his name he pretends to be the priest and discovers a story full of betrayals and misery.
Padre Coraje
After their mother's suspicious death, three siblings inherit a vast estate. As they investigate the mystery with their staff, greed and pride threaten to divide them. Yet, love may be the key to bringing the family back together.
The Rich Do Not Ask for Permission
"Stockholm: Lost Identity" narrates over 13 chapters with almost surgical detail the criminal, judicial and media research about the disappearance of a young woman by a network of trafficking. An attorney general, an undercover agent and a journalist will be immersed in a police plot that mixes suspense, drama and action where law and justice are two different sides of the same coin.
