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María Alché

Date of birth: 1983-04-23

Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for: Directing

Also known as: María Alchéa, Мария Альче

María Alché

Biography

María Alché (born 23 April 1983; Buenos Aires) is an Argentian actress, director, scriptwriter, who starred in "The Holy Girl" by Lucrecia Martel (2004). Her first feature film "A Family Submerged" premiered in Filmmakers of the Present at Locarno Festival 2018 and won the Horizons Award at San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018, Best Screenplay at Lima Latin American Film Festival 2019, Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at Gothenburg Film Festival 2019, Critics’ Award at Barcelona D’A Film Festival 2019 and Best Director at FICUNAM International Cinema Festival 2019, among others.

Movie Credits

The Holy Girl
3.3

The Holy Girl

2004-05-06

Amalia is an adolescent girl who is caught in the throes of her emerging sexuality and her deeply he

Muta
2.8

Muta

2011-08-11

Directed by Argentinean Lucrecia Martel, MUTA, meaning both “mute” and “transformation”, is a beauti

Luminaris
3.5

Luminaris

2011-06-06

In a world controlled and timed by the light, a common man has a plan that could change the destiny.

Left for Dead
2.5

Left for Dead

2007-03-04

Set in Mexico, Left For Dead is a bloody and sick dream ... A spaghetti western in terror. A despera

Condón Express
1.5

Condón Express

2005-01-01

Paco is a Spanish boy who lives in Buenos Aires. After many efforts have achieved that always wanted

Faith and Fidelity
0

Faith and Fidelity

2016-08-01

A secular man, married outside his faith but living in an ultra-Orthodox area of London, questions h

El Parque de la Muerte Súbita
0

El Parque de la Muerte Súbita

2005-08-01

La mañana de Navidad
0

La mañana de Navidad

2012-08-01

Three minutes
3

Three minutes

2008-02-21

"Three minutes" is a film in the fantasy genre. It is the love story between Alex, a journalist who,

Easy Sex, Sad Movies
2.8

Easy Sex, Sad Movies

2014-10-16

Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pablo, a screenwriter, is hired to write a new romantic comedy.

Puertas adentro
0

Puertas adentro

2007-08-01

Lejos del sol
0

Lejos del sol

2005-08-01

She Wolf
0

She Wolf

2013-08-01

Feeling indirectly responsible for the motorcycle death of a Hollywood actress, a notorious paparazz

Cañones Ocultos Entre Las Flores
0

Cañones Ocultos Entre Las Flores

2012-08-01

An epic and dreamlike image of a man playing a French horn on some rocks in the sea break. A state o

La hermana menor
0

La hermana menor

2008-08-01

Hotel Y
0

Hotel Y

2012-08-01

Two strangers meet up at a sex hotel during their lunch breaks.

Signs of a Struggle
2.5

Signs of a Struggle

2015-01-01

A hungover day and the twists and turns of a relationship are condensed in a conversation between tw

When Clouds Hide the Shadow
3.8

When Clouds Hide the Shadow

2025-06-19

Maria travels to Puerto Williams to star in a movie. But the film crew won't be able to arrive due t

Somewhere Beautiful
5

Somewhere Beautiful

2017-04-21

Two emotionally charged love triangles collide as Elena accompanies her photographer husband on a wo

The Man of the Future
3

The Man of the Future

2019-07-03

Michelsen, an older trucker who is lonely and sick, while traveling through Patagonia meets someone

Chuquiragua
0

Chuquiragua

2016-10-12

Agustín escaped to the moor to finish his thesis, he spends his days writing, feeding himself and gi

The Holy Girl: Making Of
0

The Holy Girl: Making Of

2005-07-25

Making of documentary

I Married a Dumbass
2.6

I Married a Dumbass

2016-03-17

Florencia, a rising actress, ends up falling in love with her co-star, a famous film star. When they

My First Wedding
3

My First Wedding

2011-09-01

On her wedding day, Adrian, nervous, make a small mistake that aims to hide Leonora, his girlfriend,

The Faculties
4

The Faculties

2019-07-04

Students of different careers prepare to take final exams. Botany, anatomy, sociology, medieval phil

After The Silence
0

After The Silence

2021-03-04

“What future are we in?” Asks one of the leading girls in the short film by María Alché, a memorable

Valijero
0

Valijero

Tres Cinematecas
0

Tres Cinematecas

2022-11-11

The ghosts of a 19th-century slaughterhouse haunt the Cinemateca Brasileira: where cows once died, f