Gabriel Retes

{{Short description|Mexican film director (1947–2020)}} {{Infobox person | name = Gabriel Retes | image = Gabriel Retes (2010).jpg | caption = Retes in March 2010 | birth_name = José Ignacio Gabriel Jorge Retes Balzaretti | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|03|25}} | birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|20|1947|03|25|mf=y}} | othername = | homepage = | occupation = Director | years_active = 1970–2020 | partner = }} '''José Ignacio Gabriel Jorge Retes Balzaretti''' (March 25, 1947 – April 20, 2020) was a Mexican film director, writer, producer, and actor. His 1977 film ''Paper Flowers'' was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144928/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for Paper Flowers |accessdate=2010-08-07 |work=imdb.com}}</ref> His 1979 film ''Broken Flag'' was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1979">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 |title=11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979) |accessdate=2013-01-20 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102012/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 |archivedate=2014-04-03 |df= }}</ref> His 1999 film ''A Sweet Scent of Death'' was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1999 |title=21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999) |accessdate=2013-03-24 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322163246/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1999 |archivedate=2013-03-22 |df= }}</ref>

==Filmography== *''Arresto domiciliario'' (2008) *''Bienvenido-Welcome II'' (2006) *''@festival.ron'' (2003) *''Despedida de amor'' (2003) *''La mudanza'' (2003) *''Un dulce olor a muerte'' (Spanish and Argentinian co-production – 1998) *''Bienvenido-Welcome'' (1994) *''El Bulto'' (1991) *''El nacimiento de un guerrillero'' (1989) *''La ciudad al desnudo'' (1988) *''Los náufragos del Liguria II: Los piratas'' (1985) *''Los náufragos del Liguria'' (1985) *''Mujeres salvajes'' (1984) *''The Recourse to the Method'' (1978) *''Bandera rota'' (1978) *''Flores de papel'' (1977) *''Nuevo mundo'' (1976) *''Chin Chin el teporocho'' (1975) *''Los bandidos'' (1974) *''Los años duros'' (1973) *''Tribulaciones en el seno de una familia burguesa'' (1972) *''El asunto'' (1972) *''Fragmentos'' (1971) *''Comunicados de insurgencia obrera'' (1971) *''El paletero'' (1970) *''Sur'' (1970)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0720510|name=Juan Corpus}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051201172210/http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/directores/gabriel_retes.html Cine Mexicano ITESM]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Retes, Gabriel}} Category:1947 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Mexican film directors Category:Mexican people of Italian descent