THE BOOK (Novella): Naturaleza muerta con cachimba (Still Life with Pipe) (1990)
THE MOVIE Cachimba (2004)
Directed by Silvio Caiozzi
Starring Pablo Schwarz, Mariana Loyola, and Julio Jung
THE MOVIE PLOT (Comedy/Romance)
As part of his plan to achieve a more open sex life, a bank employee takes his girlfriend to the Chilean town of Cartagena – a charming refuge for artists. While there, the couple discovers a dilapidated museum commemorating the unknown painter Larco, whom the man decides to promote as a national treasure.
THE BOOK Coronación (1986)
THE MOVIE (2000)
Directed by Silvio Caiozzi
Starring Maria Canepa, Julio Jung, Adela Secall, Gabriella Medina, and Myriam Palacios
THE MOVIE PLOT (Drama)
An aging bachelor becomes obsessed with the 17-year-old girl he hired to take care of his senile grandmother. When the girl begins a passionate affair with a destitute young man, her employer becomes jealous.
THE BOOK El lugar sin límites (Place Without Limits) (1966)
THE MOVIE (1978)
Directed by Arturo Ripstein
Starring Roberto Cobo, Lucha Villa, and Don Fernando Soler
THE MOVIE PLOT (Drama)
A regular customer of a Mexican-village whorehouse, which is run by an elderly transvestite and his daughter, loses control.