Daniel Medrán

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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Benpar
CAST:  Marta Belmonte  •  Jesús Ángel Domínguez  •  Víctor Jerez  •  Tunet Vila

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Benpar
CAST:  Marta Belmonte  •  Jesús Ángel Domínguez  •  Víctor Jerez  •  Tunet Vila

Cowards (2008)

A young victim of bullying at school realizes that even the adult world is dominated by fear similar to his own. He pays a high price when he decides to fight back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Corbacho  •  Juan Cruz
CAST:  Eduardo Garé  •  Eduardo Espinilla  •  Elvira Mínguez  •  Blanca Suárez

A young victim of bullying at school realizes that even the adult world is dominated by fear similar to his own. He pays a high price when he decides to fight back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Corbacho  •  Juan Cruz
CAST:  Eduardo Garé  •  Eduardo Espinilla  •  Elvira Mínguez  •  Blanca Suárez

Barcelona (A Map) (2007)

Six characters, contemporary archetypes of urban solitude, meet in an old apartment located in the city centre of Barcelona. An elderly married couple, her brother and three tenants: a blonde woman who gives French classes, a young security guard, an ex-football ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ventura Pons
CAST:  Josep Maria Pou  •  Núria Espert  •  Rosa María Sardà  •  Jordi Bosch

Six characters, contemporary archetypes of urban solitude, meet in an old apartment located in the city centre of Barcelona. An elderly married couple, her brother and three tenants: a blonde woman who gives French classes, a young security guard, an ex-football ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ventura Pons
CAST:  Josep Maria Pou  •  Núria Espert  •  Rosa María Sardà  •  Jordi Bosch

Freedomfighters (1996)

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Aranda
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Victoria Abril  •  Ariadna Gil  •  Miguel Bosé

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Aranda
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Victoria Abril  •  Ariadna Gil  •  Miguel Bosé

Life in the Abyss (2007)

This film evokes Valencia illegal gaming back in the seventies. A young peasant -Ferran- plays cards not much to make a living but as a distraction of his daily routine. Ferran meets a larger-than-life character -el chino- who happens to play cards for a living. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ventura Pons
CAST:  Óscar Jaenada  •  José Sospedra  •  Antonio Valero  •  Juli Mira

This film evokes Valencia illegal gaming back in the seventies. A young peasant -Ferran- plays cards not much to make a living but as a distraction of his daily routine. Ferran meets a larger-than-life character -el chino- who happens to play cards for a living. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ventura Pons
CAST:  Óscar Jaenada  •  José Sospedra  •  Antonio Valero  •  Juli Mira

Nudos (2003)

Barcelona, 2002. A coffin is carried to the cemetery of Montjuïc in a chariot drawn by horses. The lifeless is Pep Grau, an old fisherman found drowned and subject to his boat by a complicated knot sailor. The Pep voiceover Grau, portrayed with affection and humor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lluís María Güell
CAST:  Goya Toledo  •  Charo López  •  Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa  •  Santi Millán

Barcelona, 2002. A coffin is carried to the cemetery of Montjuïc in a chariot drawn by horses. The lifeless is Pep Grau, an old fisherman found drowned and subject to his boat by a complicated knot sailor. The Pep voiceover Grau, portrayed with affection and humor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lluís María Güell
CAST:  Goya Toledo  •  Charo López  •  Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa  •  Santi Millán

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DIRECTION:  Albert Saguer
CAST:  El Gran Wyoming  •  Anna Galiena  •  Juan Luis Galiardo  •  Santi Millán

Miss Dalí (2018)

Anna Maria Dalí is four years younger than her brother Salvador and they love each other. Both enjoy the great progressive atmosphere of republican Spain, fraternizing with great creators, García Lorca, Buñuel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ventura Pons
CAST:  Marta Angelat  •  Joan Carreras  •  Claire Bloom  •  Siân Phillips

Anna Maria Dalí is four years younger than her brother Salvador and they love each other. Both enjoy the great progressive atmosphere of republican Spain, fraternizing with great creators, García Lorca, Buñuel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ventura Pons
CAST:  Marta Angelat  •  Joan Carreras  •  Claire Bloom  •  Siân Phillips

A Thief's Daughter (2019)

Action-packed

Sara has been alone all her life. She’s 22, has a baby, and wants to form a normal family with her young brother and the father of her child. Her own father, Manuel, decides to come back into their lives after years of absence and his release from prison. Sara ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Belén Funes
CAST:  Eduard Fernández  •  Greta Fernández  •  Àlex Monner  •  Tomás Martín

Sara has been alone all her life. She’s 22, has a baby, and wants to form a normal family with her young brother and the father of her child. Her own father, Manuel, decides to come back into their lives after years of absence and his release from prison. Sara ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Belén Funes
CAST:  Eduard Fernández  •  Greta Fernández  •  Àlex Monner  •  Tomás Martín

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DIRECTION:  Ignacio F. Iquino
CAST:  Emilio Soriano  •  Andrea Albani  •  Albert Dueso  •  Eva Robin

La cripta (1981)

A patient is released from a mental hospital to help the police find a student who disappeared a few days ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cayetano Del Real
CAST:  José Sacristán  •  Blanca Guerra  •  Rafaela Aparicio  •  Carlos Lucena

A patient is released from a mental hospital to help the police find a student who disappeared a few days ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cayetano Del Real
CAST:  José Sacristán  •  Blanca Guerra  •  Rafaela Aparicio  •  Carlos Lucena

El fascista, doña Pura y el follón de la escultura (1983)

The consortium of the people approve a proposal from the Mayor; instruct Ramon, a ruined sculptor, an equestrian statue of Franco. Luis, one of the councilors, visit Ramon and proposes the commission, Ramon rejects for ideological grounds, but after thinking it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Coll Espona
CAST:  José Luis López Vázquez  •  José «Saza» Sazatornil  •  Ovidi Montllor  •  Nieves Navarro

The consortium of the people approve a proposal from the Mayor; instruct Ramon, a ruined sculptor, an equestrian statue of Franco. Luis, one of the councilors, visit Ramon and proposes the commission, Ramon rejects for ideological grounds, but after thinking it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Coll Espona
CAST:  José Luis López Vázquez  •  José «Saza» Sazatornil  •  Ovidi Montllor  •  Nieves Navarro

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble (1983)

In the middle of the first world war, Barcelona is the center of multiple operations related to war, although Spain is a neutral country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoni Ribas
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Xabier Elorriaga  •  Norma Duval  •  Pau Garsaball

In the middle of the first world war, Barcelona is the center of multiple operations related to war, although Spain is a neutral country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoni Ribas
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Xabier Elorriaga  •  Norma Duval  •  Pau Garsaball

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DIRECTION:  Antoni Ribas
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Xabier Elorriaga  •  Norma Duval  •  Eva Cobo

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DIRECTION:  Antoni Ribas
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Xabier Elorriaga  •  Norma Duval  •  Carme Elias

Fanny Straw-Top (1984)

In the slums of Barcelona, Fanny, a woman just released from prison, tries to carry out a revenge that has nourished for years: to kill "El Gallego", the corrupt and brutal policeman who killed her boyfriend  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Aranda
CAST:  Fanny Cottençon  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Francisco Algora  •  Berta Cabré

In the slums of Barcelona, Fanny, a woman just released from prison, tries to carry out a revenge that has nourished for years: to kill "El Gallego", the corrupt and brutal policeman who killed her boyfriend  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Aranda
CAST:  Fanny Cottençon  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Francisco Algora  •  Berta Cabré

Memorias del general Escobar (1984)

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Madrid
CAST:  Antonio Ferrandis  •  Elisa Ramírez  •  Luis Prendes  •  José Antonio Ceinos

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Madrid
CAST:  Antonio Ferrandis  •  Elisa Ramírez  •  Luis Prendes  •  José Antonio Ceinos

I, 'The Heifer' (1985)

Juan Jose Moreno Cuenca, alias the Heifer, is 23 years old and tells his story as a criminal offender from 1 Ocaña Toledo. Fatherless, the offender has his childhood and how everything changed when her mother went to prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Antonio de la Loma  •  José Antonio de la Loma Jr.
CAST:  Raúl García Losada  •  Teresa Giménez  •  Carmen de Lirio  •  Juan José Moreno Cuenca

Juan Jose Moreno Cuenca, alias the Heifer, is 23 years old and tells his story as a criminal offender from 1 Ocaña Toledo. Fatherless, the offender has his childhood and how everything changed when her mother went to prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Antonio de la Loma  •  José Antonio de la Loma Jr.
CAST:  Raúl García Losada  •  Teresa Giménez  •  Carmen de Lirio  •  Juan José Moreno Cuenca

Scapegoat (1985)

While a youth group led by Daniel causes the explosion of a truck loaded with materials to build a nuclear power plant, Laura accidentally kills his mistress, Judge. Both cases will cross.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Benpar
CAST:  Francisco Rabal  •  Ovidi Montllor  •  Craig Hill  •  José Gras

While a youth group led by Daniel causes the explosion of a truck loaded with materials to build a nuclear power plant, Laura accidentally kills his mistress, Judge. Both cases will cross.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Benpar
CAST:  Francisco Rabal  •  Ovidi Montllor  •  Craig Hill  •  José Gras
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