José Luis Torres Leiva Movies

In the south of Chile on the Chiloé Island, Carlos Ruiz works as an operator in an industrial cannery. He is one of the cogs that makes the...

The title comes from Sergei Yesenin's last poem before comiting suicide. Using Virginia Woolf's last letters as a base, this film is meditation on...

The clouds over a couple give rise to a story about the small everyday gestures of a world that stops around the disturbing spaces of everyday life.

A film of people who daydream. A special dream that marked something in their lives, either because it was premonitory or prophetic, because it took...

Is set in the figure of a transhumant muleteer who once a year takes more than a thousand sheep up into the heart of the Andes Mountains. Accompanied...

A beautiful homage to Raúl Ruiz, the great Chilean filmmaker who died last summer.

Alfonso is an old farmer who has returned home to tend to his son, who is gravely ill. He rediscovers his old house, where the woman who was once his...

An atmospheric portrait of four women who leave the factory where they work to go to the beach.

Experimental film about form and sound, with music by Steven R. Smith.

A young girl must fulfill a mission entrusted to her by the moon: to find her father's letter. Wandering the streets of her neighborhood, she begins...

Based on the book by author Marcelo Matthey, this short film narrates his own life in a style reminiscent of school compositions. His constant...

Two women who have spent their whole lives together must deal with the illness affecting one of them. The sick woman decides not to have treatment...

Stark formal choices counterbalance profound emotions and vulnerability in this poignant lover’s goodbye.

Ten segments linked to a primary idea: an evocation of the early cinema images.

Maria travels to Puerto Williams to star in a movie. But the film crew won't be able to arrive due to a strong storm. Alone, she'll seek help for...

Leo Quinteros music is the base to this film in which filmmakers, actors and actresses and other creators reunite in different hotel rooms.

As she and her family embark on a short vacation, a young Chilean girl slowly comes to the realization that her parents might be splitting up.

After reading in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial.

No Place in Anywhere can deal with many issues. It is a personal journey through image and time. It is the portrait of the "La Matriz" neighborhood...