Jesús Fernández

Jesús Fernández was born in 1950 in Spain as Jesús Fernández García. He is an actor and director.

Tristana (1970)

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Fernando Rey  •  Franco Nero  •  Lola Gaos

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Fernando Rey  •  Franco Nero  •  Lola Gaos

Nazarin (1959)

After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Francisco Rabal  •  Marga López  •  Rita Macedo  •  Jesús Fernández

After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Francisco Rabal  •  Marga López  •  Rita Macedo  •  Jesús Fernández

A House Without Boundaries (1972)

Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so taken ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Olea
CAST:  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Tony Isbert  •  Viveca Lindfors  •  José Orjas

Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so taken ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Olea
CAST:  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Tony Isbert  •  Viveca Lindfors  •  José Orjas

The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987)

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  Emma Penella  •  José Luis Gómez  •  José Luis Manzano  •  Maribel Verdú

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  Emma Penella  •  José Luis Gómez  •  José Luis Manzano  •  Maribel Verdú

Lulú de noche (1986)

German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that was killed in London by Jack the ripper. While looking for the protagonist, Rufo appears, an introvert jazz musician. He could play Jack the ripper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Martínez Lázaro
CAST:  Imanol Arias  •  Amparo Muñoz  •  Antonio Resines  •  Assumpta Serna

German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that was killed in London by Jack the ripper. While looking for the protagonist, Rufo appears, an introvert jazz musician. He could play Jack the ripper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Martínez Lázaro
CAST:  Imanol Arias  •  Amparo Muñoz  •  Antonio Resines  •  Assumpta Serna

Year of Enlightment (1986)

April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant in the Army, to a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis, situated on the border with Portugal. Once in the sanatorium, Manolo, surrounded ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Trueba
CAST:  Jorge Sanz  •  Verónica Forqué  •  Maribel Verdú  •  Rafaela Aparicio

April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant in the Army, to a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis, situated on the border with Portugal. Once in the sanatorium, Manolo, surrounded ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Trueba
CAST:  Jorge Sanz  •  Verónica Forqué  •  Maribel Verdú  •  Rafaela Aparicio

Simon of the Desert (1965)

Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Silvia Pinal  •  Claudio Brook  •  Enrique Álvarez Félix  •  Hortensia Santoveña

Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Silvia Pinal  •  Claudio Brook  •  Enrique Álvarez Félix  •  Hortensia Santoveña

Compañeros (1970)

Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Tomas Milian  •  Jack Palance  •  Fernando Rey

Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Tomas Milian  •  Jack Palance  •  Fernando Rey

Beyond the Walls (1985)

This 1985 Spanish film reveals one of the many terrible aspects of 16th century Spain, still plagued by the radical Christian Inquisition, one of a plethora of difficulties Spaniards faced at the time. Spanish super star Carmen Maura plays a nun who agrees to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Picazo
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Mercedes Sampietro  •  Aurora Bautista  •  Assumpta Serna

This 1985 Spanish film reveals one of the many terrible aspects of 16th century Spain, still plagued by the radical Christian Inquisition, one of a plethora of difficulties Spaniards faced at the time. Spanish super star Carmen Maura plays a nun who agrees to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Picazo
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Mercedes Sampietro  •  Aurora Bautista  •  Assumpta Serna

¡Se armó el belén! (1969)

An old priest, who has old ideas, is intended to exercise the apostolate in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Madrid. There the revolutionary climate and anti-religious character of the congregation thwarts all his attempts to attract them. The Archbishop admonishes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
CAST:  Paco Martínez Soria  •  Germán Cobos  •  Irán Eory  •  Julia Caba Alba

An old priest, who has old ideas, is intended to exercise the apostolate in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Madrid. There the revolutionary climate and anti-religious character of the congregation thwarts all his attempts to attract them. The Archbishop admonishes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
CAST:  Paco Martínez Soria  •  Germán Cobos  •  Irán Eory  •  Julia Caba Alba

The Champions of Justice (1971)

Blue Demon and pals square off against the Black Hand's army of super powered midgets. Five luchadores (Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, El Medico Asesino, La Sombra Vengadora, Tinieblas plus Black Shadow) face off against a mad scientist and his army of powerful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Curiel
CAST:  Blue Demon  •  Aarón Rodríguez Arellano  •  El Médico Asesino  •  Alejandro Cruz

Blue Demon and pals square off against the Black Hand's army of super powered midgets. Five luchadores (Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, El Medico Asesino, La Sombra Vengadora, Tinieblas plus Black Shadow) face off against a mad scientist and his army of powerful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Curiel
CAST:  Blue Demon  •  Aarón Rodríguez Arellano  •  El Médico Asesino  •  Alejandro Cruz

Blood and Passion (1976)

Pamplona (Spain), 1975: Dr. Navarro, a famous doctor in the city, feels strongly attracted to Juana, his nurse, who is also in love with the doctor. Navarro, however, moved by his strong religious convictions (in fact, he is a numerary member of Opus Dei) remains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Grau
CAST:  María José Cantudo  •  Frederick Stafford  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Ángel del Pozo

Pamplona (Spain), 1975: Dr. Navarro, a famous doctor in the city, feels strongly attracted to Juana, his nurse, who is also in love with the doctor. Navarro, however, moved by his strong religious convictions (in fact, he is a numerary member of Opus Dei) remains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Grau
CAST:  María José Cantudo  •  Frederick Stafford  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Ángel del Pozo

Luto Riguroso (1978)

After the death of the Father, the women of the family gather at an old isolated house. Old rivalries surface causing nobody to notice the youngest daughter, Loli, sneaking out to meet up with a local hermit. The naïve girl quickly ends up pregnant. After Loli is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Ramón Larraz
CAST:  Charo López  •  Carlos Ballesteros  •  Cristina Ramón  •  Cipe Lincovsky

After the death of the Father, the women of the family gather at an old isolated house. Old rivalries surface causing nobody to notice the youngest daughter, Loli, sneaking out to meet up with a local hermit. The naïve girl quickly ends up pregnant. After Loli is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Ramón Larraz
CAST:  Charo López  •  Carlos Ballesteros  •  Cristina Ramón  •  Cipe Lincovsky

Check to the Queen (1979)

After Paula's suicide, her best friend, Ana, recalls the circumstances that united both women in the past and how they lived a close relationship that could have become more than just a friendship if social conventions had not prevented it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
CAST:  Concha Velasco  •  Ana Belén  •  Pedro Díez del Corral  •  Heinrich Starhemberg

After Paula's suicide, her best friend, Ana, recalls the circumstances that united both women in the past and how they lived a close relationship that could have become more than just a friendship if social conventions had not prevented it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
CAST:  Concha Velasco  •  Ana Belén  •  Pedro Díez del Corral  •  Heinrich Starhemberg

Viva la clase media (1980)

Drama based on the true life of a group of middle class and members of the Communist Party of Spain, who were involved in clandestine political activities during the sixties.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María González Sinde
CAST:  Emilio Gutiérrez Caba  •  María Casanova  •  Irene Gutiérrez Caba  •  Enriqueta Carballeira

Drama based on the true life of a group of middle class and members of the Communist Party of Spain, who were involved in clandestine political activities during the sixties.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María González Sinde
CAST:  Emilio Gutiérrez Caba  •  María Casanova  •  Irene Gutiérrez Caba  •  Enriqueta Carballeira

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DIRECTION:  Tomás Aznar
CAST:  Llorenç Santamaria  •  Ángela Molina  •  Juan Simone  •  Jesús Fernández