Adrián Biniez (Buenos Aires, August 28th, 1974), is an Argentine director, screenwriter, actor and rock singer who resides in Uruguay. Starting his career as a musician, after a small part in the Uruguayan hit film Whisky (2004) he became involved in filmmaking, and in 2009 he directed his first feautre, Giant.
Known for
A Moonless Night
A divorced taxi driver shows up with a black eye at the home of his ex-wife’s new family; he’s been invited to dinner and he desperately wants to reconnect with his young daughter. A professional magician’s car breaks down and he ends up spending an emotionally intense night with a young, widowed toll booth worker. A singer songwriter serving a lengthy prison sentence is released for one night to perform at a local community centre. These three deeply engaging stories about yearning for connection unfold in parallel, one New Year’s Eve in a small town in central Uruguay, balancing the universality of human suffering with a powerful sense of hope.
On his birthday, Luciano waits for Agustín in Plaza Zabala. He sends him voice messages downplaying the hours going by, but the wait begins to weigh on him more than he lets on.
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.