Аватар персоны Néstor Cantillana

Néstor Cantillana

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Néstor Igor Cantillana (born July 19, 1975 in Santiago) is a Chilean actor in theater, movies and TV. He made his debut in the Soap Opera world in the role of Patricio Tepano in Iorana (1998) from TVN, he then performed some other characters, among them, an AIDS victim, a common employee, a frustrated detective and a young homosexual doctor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Néstor Cantillana, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

19-06-1975

Birthday

Gemini

Zodiac Sign

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Genres

34

Total Films

Also known as (male)

Santiago, Chile

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

34 Works

producer

0 Works

director

5 Works

writer

2 Works

other

2 Works

A Yard of Jackals

A Yard of Jackals

Follows a modest middle-aged man who's neighborhood's peace is disrupted when a gang of menacing neighbors take over the street.
0.0

Year:

2025

In Her Place

In Her Place

After Chilean writer María Carolina Geel murders her lover, the case captivates shy legal secretary Mercedes, sparking a connection between the two women.
6.0

Year:

2024

No One

No One

The most successful and famous bank robber in Chilean history. Now, convinced that he has been the victim of other people's mistakes, he decides to return to crime to take revenge for his fate.
0.0

Year:

2023

The Character

The Character

Transvestite is the character David must play for the annual school play. Bullying will be his main enemy as he plays the character.
0.0

Year:

2023

Fever

Fever

Nino is a spoiled child who, immersed by a strong fever, is absorbed by a mysterious painting. Even though his mother had warned him, the trick that made him fall prey of the painting is unleashed. And so, Nino does nothing but get lost in a maze of images trying to return home.
4.0

Year:

2022

El castigo

El castigo

An infant disappears from his parents sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.
6.5

Year:

2022

El retrato de ella

El retrato de ella

0.0

Year:

2022

Mensajes privados

Mensajes privados

Stories from the intimacy of a private space launched to the screen. How we are as mothers, as fathers or as children. Stories of pain, of hope, of love, or of facing that which was never faced. Disturbing testimonies, but also full of humanity. Crises make us reflect and leave a record of who we are, in case we cease to exist. Visual notes that make up a film about our being and what we say when all certainties collapse.
0.0

Year:

2022

Apps

Apps

Four stories where an app will open the doors to horror. A young woman in the hands of a sinister network dedicated to the online transmission of abuse for high spheres of power. A voyeur will discover that his neighbors are hiding dark secrets that he wishes he had never heard. A little boy, used by his father to find dates online, will discover an enormous power within himself. A group of friends on their way to a beautiful cabin rented online, will fall into the hands of a sinister occult group.
4.8

Year:

2021

Codes

Codes

Camila is a Law student who will take an exam where a teacher who abused her a year ago will be present. A round of questions will change the paradigm of the protagonists because Camila decides to tell the truth
0.0

Year:

2020

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

A man whose wife has committed suicide, appears to him as a ghost. The ghost follows him everywhere, under the bed, under tables… After seeing the ghost so frequently, the man begins to resemble her.
6.0

Year:

2020

No basta con amar

No basta con amar

A couple decides to end their relationship and look for the perfect way to tell their son Samir, who surprises them, because he actually knows a lot more than they think they do about what is happening.
3.5

Year:

2019

Spider

Spider

Three friends are part of a fascist opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incidentally involves them in a betrayal that separates them forever.
6.9

Year:

2019

This Is Cristina

This Is Cristina

Cristina and Susana have been best friends since high school. Now, both over 30 years old, they are still living like they did in their teenage years. Or maybe they never grew up.
6.0

Year:

2019

Enigma

Enigma

Ten years after her daughter was the victim of a hate crime, brutally beaten in the streets of Santiago for being a lesbian, Nancy is asked to participate in an unsolved mysteries TV show that will recreate the incident. Nancy, a hairdresser who has worked very hard to move on with her life, will have to decide if finding justice for her deceased daughter is worth exposing herself and her family on television.
5.4

Year:

2018

Un día cualquiera

Un día cualquiera

A story that highlights the charm of a chance and the magic of an unexpected encounter. A new opportunity to fall in love. 5 romantic stories.
2.0

Year:

2017

Secos

Secos

Chile is the only country that has privatized its waters, in favor of large corporations, to the detriment of homes in rural and urban communities. Secos is a short that makes this reality visible, through the dialog between anonymous fighters from the most heavily affected provinces, with renowned actors and actresses in the country. The objective is to activate the topic of water as a human right, to achieve in the future the recovery of this vital element as a common good for all communities and territories.
0.0

Year:

2017

A Fantastic Woman

A Fantastic Woman

Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.
7.0

Year:

2017

Neruda

Neruda

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.
6.3

Year:

2016

The Memory of Water

The Memory of Water

After the tragic loss of their 4-year-old son, Javier and Amanda struggle to make sense of their lives together.
6.3

Year:

2015

No

No

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.
7.2

Year:

2012

Santos

Santos

Santos, a failed comic book artist, lives in a parallel universe where he's a superhero who has to save the world.
3.5

Year:

2008

Radio Corazón

Radio Corazón

Radio Corazón recreates Chile's most successful radio show of all time. Composed of 3 fun, sexy and romantic short films based on true stories as told by the show's listeners to "Rumpy", an unparalleled radio host.
7.0

Year:

2007

12 Minutes

12 Minutes

A young director is commissioned with the task of doing a short film for a watch company.
0.0

Year:

2007

The Sacred Family

The Sacred Family

It's Easter in the beach house of a Chilean well-to-do and nowadays family. A self-centered and successful father, a disoriented mother and a son overshadowed by his successful father. The three of them, wait for the arrival of the son's first official girlfriend; a disturbing and rebellious young lady who will invade the house with her powerful sexual load and other "gifts", breaking loose an emotional cataclysm with no stepping back.
5.5

Year:

2006

Time Off

Time Off

When Camilo and his girlfriend, Pola, start to struggle in their relationship, she asks for a week away from him to assess the situation. Although Camilo agrees, he feels confused, as his undemanding life is made uncomfortable for the first time. Soon he meets Mikela, a disaffected teenage girl whom he befriends. However, when Camilo discovers Mikela's past diagnosis as a schizophrenic, he begins to worry about her safety.
5.5

Year:

2005

The Newcomers

The Newcomers

The story of two brothers who get involved with a sexy stripper and her boss, the nightclub king of Santiago, as told from three perspectives.
4.0

Year:

2003

Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

An experimental four-part 2002 Franco-Chilean digital video series written and directed by Raúl Ruiz. The first part won a FIPRESCI Award at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2002 "for the director's personal exploration into his homeland, using DV in a rigorous yet playful manner".
6.3

Year:

2002

Gracia y el Forastero

Gracia y el Forastero

The fatal relationship between Gracia, the teenage daughter of a retired general officer and Gabriel, an outsider who has just come back to his home at the beach with his father, a leftist militant.
0.0

Year:

2002

Fragmentos urbanos

Fragmentos urbanos

Anthology film composed of six standalone shorts.
0.0

Year:

2002

Un ladrón y su mujer

Un ladrón y su mujer

A thief asks his wife to visit him in prison, she goes without imagining that he is planning his escape.
0.0

Year:

2001

El pozo

El pozo

0.0

Year:

2001

Soccer Stories

Soccer Stories

Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.
5.6

Year:

1997

The Wave

The Wave

Julia, a dedicated music student, gets involved in the growing feminist movement on her university campus – a group effort where women step up to bring attention to the widespread harassment and abuse suffered by many of their peers. Amid the excitement of protest marches, Julia joins her friends in dancing and singing, revisiting her own experiences of mistreatment. As she gathers the courage to share her story, she unexpectedly becomes a central figure in the movement-a role she didn't foresee, which forces her to address her identity as a survivor in a society that promises change but remains resistant to it.
0.0

Year:

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