Rafael Benavente

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles

#1State of Siege

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m as Brazilian Consul Campos

7.2 / 10
ThrillerDrama

Assigned to South America, US official Philip Michael Santore is employed by a counterinsurgency agency. His position makes him a target for a local band of guerrillas, and, before long, Santore is kidnapped. As a prisoner, he undergoes interrogation, shedding light on the violent situation in the country. Once the insurgents are done with their questioning, they must decide whether Santore lives or dies.

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#2The Witnesses

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.5 / 10
Drama

This stark Chilean melodrama concerns itself with the plight of slum dwellers living outside Santiago. For many years they have, with great difficulty, been faithfully paying small sums to a real estate man. This man has said that by doing so they can obtain title to the miniscule plots of land their houses stand on. In fact, he has been swindling them and does not even own the land he has been "selling." One of the aggrieved slum dwellers confronts him about this while he is visiting the slum, and the real estate agent shoots him before everyone's eyes. The question confronting these witnesses is whether testifying against this monster will make their lives even more precarious.

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#3Julio Begins in July

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Prior Franciscano

6.5 / 10
Drama

This is the story of a teenager at the turn of the century in the conservative higher classes of Chile and the initiation rites in his society.

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#4Jackal of Nahueltoro

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Prison Warden

6.8 / 10
DramaThriller

Based on an actual murder case that ignited a furious debate over the death penalty in Chile in 1960, this experimental social drama portrays the life and death of an illiterate peasant who, while drunk, murdered the woman with whom he had a relationship and her five children.

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#5The Promised Land

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

4.6 / 10
Drama

During the socialist government of Marmaduke Grove in 1932, a group of villagers decide to take some land in the area of ​​Palmilla. Almost like a mythical journey, problems arise when seated and in a position to bring the socialist ideal in the population. Everything becomes more complicated with rumors that the reactionary forces have overthrown the socialist government. A movie that because of the coup was not released in Chile and was only terminated by Littin in exile in Mexico.

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#6Voto + Fusil

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.4 / 10
DramaHistory

The political evolution in Chile seeing from three different times: 1937, 1947 and 1970. A film that shows how a revolution cannot be accomplished by electoral means, and how the wealthy class will always attempt to destroy that revolution, with the help of the armed forces, as soon as their privileges are threatened.

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#7Un viaje a Santiago

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
Drama

The film narrates the problems faced by a small group from the small imaginary town of Tunco that arrives in Santiago to ask their representative in parliament for the construction of a road to improve communication alternatives for the inhabitants of the southern hamlet.

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#8The Moon in the Mirror

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Don Arnaldo

6.4 / 10
Drama

An aged former sailor, ill and confined in his bed, maintains his firm grip on his house and his son, who is having an affair with the widowed next door, through many mirrors displayed in his room and all around the house.

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