Javier Bódalo

The Devil's Backbone (2001)

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Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guillermo del Toro
CAST:  Eduardo Noriega  •  Federico Luppi  •  Marisa Paredes  •  Fernando Tielve

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guillermo del Toro
CAST:  Eduardo Noriega  •  Federico Luppi  •  Marisa Paredes  •  Fernando Tielve

Ghost Graduation (2012)

A teacher with paranormal abilities helps a group of ghosts graduate high school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Javier Ruiz Caldera
CAST:  Raúl Arévalo  •  Alexandra Jiménez  •  Andrea Duro  •  Javier Bódalo

A teacher with paranormal abilities helps a group of ghosts graduate high school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Javier Ruiz Caldera
CAST:  Raúl Arévalo  •  Alexandra Jiménez  •  Andrea Duro  •  Javier Bódalo

Fallen Cape (2015)

Magno, the Great Spanish superhero, vanished from public life after his implication in a child molestation scandal. 20 years have passed and now a documentary filmmaker follows the trail of the fallen hero to make a movie about him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santiago Alvarado
CAST:  Juanjo Pardo  •  Rafa Delacroix  •  Josep Seguí  •  Javier Bódalo

Magno, the Great Spanish superhero, vanished from public life after his implication in a child molestation scandal. 20 years have passed and now a documentary filmmaker follows the trail of the fallen hero to make a movie about him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santiago Alvarado
CAST:  Juanjo Pardo  •  Rafa Delacroix  •  Josep Seguí  •  Javier Bódalo

Faraday (2013)

Faraday is a weirdo telepath who is starting to lose his faith in the paranormal. His girlfriend, Diana, is a blogger whose highest aspiration in life is to be famous on the internet. When they decide to move in together they opt for a suspiciously cheap flat which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norberto Ramos del Val
CAST:  Javier Bódalo  •  Diana Gómez  •  Alba García  •  Daniela Costa

Faraday is a weirdo telepath who is starting to lose his faith in the paranormal. His girlfriend, Diana, is a blogger whose highest aspiration in life is to be famous on the internet. When they decide to move in together they opt for a suspiciously cheap flat which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norberto Ramos del Val
CAST:  Javier Bódalo  •  Diana Gómez  •  Alba García  •  Daniela Costa

El florido pensil (2002)

"El Florido Pensil" is a humorous reflection of the education of several generations of Spaniards from the 1940s to the 1960s. Based on the book of the same name by Andrés Sopeña, it evokes, from the present, his memories of that time: everyday school, local radio, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan José Porto
CAST:  Daniel Maturana  •  El Gran Wyoming  •  Chus Lampreave  •  Natalia Dicenta

"El Florido Pensil" is a humorous reflection of the education of several generations of Spaniards from the 1940s to the 1960s. Based on the book of the same name by Andrés Sopeña, it evokes, from the present, his memories of that time: everyday school, local radio, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan José Porto
CAST:  Daniel Maturana  •  El Gran Wyoming  •  Chus Lampreave  •  Natalia Dicenta

The Network of Freedom (2017)

France, beginning of World War II. Hélène Studler is a nun who has been dedicated to the care of orphans and the abandoned people. But the times have changed, the people are living a whole revolt, the Germansoldiers have entered their city and the reality that now ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pablo Moreno
CAST:  Assumpta Serna  •  Pablo Santamaría  •  Pablo Viña  •  Luisa Gavasa

France, beginning of World War II. Hélène Studler is a nun who has been dedicated to the care of orphans and the abandoned people. But the times have changed, the people are living a whole revolt, the Germansoldiers have entered their city and the reality that now ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pablo Moreno
CAST:  Assumpta Serna  •  Pablo Santamaría  •  Pablo Viña  •  Luisa Gavasa

Scratch (2017)

JM is a young DJ with an intellectual disability, which makes him live unaware of the marginal world surrounding him. One night he will witness a brutal beating.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Valero
CAST:  Javier Bódalo

JM is a young DJ with an intellectual disability, which makes him live unaware of the marginal world surrounding him. One night he will witness a brutal beating.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Valero
CAST:  Javier Bódalo

Skins (2017)

In a strange world where people share numerous deformities, the same problem we all face challenges each of them: to find someone who accepts you as you are. Sometimes, that means finding yourself first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo Casanova
CAST:  Ana Polvorosa  •  Carmen Machi  •  Macarena Gómez  •  Candela Peña

In a strange world where people share numerous deformities, the same problem we all face challenges each of them: to find someone who accepts you as you are. Sometimes, that means finding yourself first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo Casanova
CAST:  Ana Polvorosa  •  Carmen Machi  •  Macarena Gómez  •  Candela Peña

The Night of the Virgin (2016)

A virgin looking to get laid instead gets a nightmare full of blood, sweat, ... and various discharges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto San Sebastián
CAST:  Javier Bódalo  •  Víctor Amilibia  •  Miriam Martín  •  Ignatius Farray

A virgin looking to get laid instead gets a nightmare full of blood, sweat, ... and various discharges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto San Sebastián
CAST:  Javier Bódalo  •  Víctor Amilibia  •  Miriam Martín  •  Ignatius Farray

Some Time Later (2018)

Planet Earth, 9177. The remains of humankind live in a post-apocalyptic environment divided into only two social classes: the ruling king and the oligarchs who inhabit the Representative Building and the poor of the world who hardly survive in the slums built around it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Cuerda
CAST:  Arturo Valls  •  Berto Romero  •  Roberto Álamo  •  Blanca Suárez

Planet Earth, 9177. The remains of humankind live in a post-apocalyptic environment divided into only two social classes: the ruling king and the oligarchs who inhabit the Representative Building and the poor of the world who hardly survive in the slums built around it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Cuerda
CAST:  Arturo Valls  •  Berto Romero  •  Roberto Álamo  •  Blanca Suárez

21 con 40 (2014)

A mature woman and a young man share a bed - but not the same intentions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Béjar  •  Gabriel Beitia
CAST:  Chiqui Fernández  •  Javier Bódalo

A mature woman and a young man share a bed - but not the same intentions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Béjar  •  Gabriel Beitia
CAST:  Chiqui Fernández  •  Javier Bódalo

Los demonios (2013)

Javi, Fer and Miguel are three friends who roam the city looking for fun. Tonight they have prepared something special.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Azurmendi
CAST:  Fernando Tielbe  •  Javier Bódalo  •  Adrián Viador

Javi, Fer and Miguel are three friends who roam the city looking for fun. Tonight they have prepared something special.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Azurmendi
CAST:  Fernando Tielbe  •  Javier Bódalo  •  Adrián Viador

The Nanny's Night (2022)

Teenager Bianka is the coolest babysitter in town, until one night, it is discovered that she belongs to a satanic sect and needs to sacrifice a young virgin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igna L. Vacas
CAST:  Ana Garberí  •  Juan Carlos Vellido  •  Diana Peñalver  •  David M. Santana

Teenager Bianka is the coolest babysitter in town, until one night, it is discovered that she belongs to a satanic sect and needs to sacrifice a young virgin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igna L. Vacas
CAST:  Ana Garberí  •  Juan Carlos Vellido  •  Diana Peñalver  •  David M. Santana

The Last Game (2020)

Alvaro and his friends are about to play one of their RPGs, but a disturbing discovery will change the game forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Belda
CAST:  Teo Planell  •  Nuno Gallego  •  Miguel Millán  •  Javier Bódalo

Alvaro and his friends are about to play one of their RPGs, but a disturbing discovery will change the game forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Belda
CAST:  Teo Planell  •  Nuno Gallego  •  Miguel Millán  •  Javier Bódalo

Meatballs (2022)

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DIRECTION:  Julen Higuera Lozano
CAST:  Javier Bódalo  •  Karmele Larrinaga  •  Iván Ros

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DIRECTION:  Julen Higuera Lozano
CAST:  Javier Bódalo  •  Karmele Larrinaga  •  Iván Ros

Useless (2022)

Tito, a neighborhood boy that everyone is always teasing, wants to prove his worth. He’s already been through several initiation tests, and he is now doing car donuts in a vacant lot around his neighborhood with his new “friends” after pulling an all-nighter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raquel Guerrero
CAST:  Iván Pellicer  •  Javier Bódalo  •  Alberto Raw  •  Arantxa Zambrano

Tito, a neighborhood boy that everyone is always teasing, wants to prove his worth. He’s already been through several initiation tests, and he is now doing car donuts in a vacant lot around his neighborhood with his new “friends” after pulling an all-nighter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raquel Guerrero
CAST:  Iván Pellicer  •  Javier Bódalo  •  Alberto Raw  •  Arantxa Zambrano

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DIRECTION:  Miguel Azurmendi
CAST:  Laura de la Isla  •  Teresa del Olmo  •  Javier Bódalo