Joaquín Climent

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Kika (1993)

When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Almodóvar
CAST:  Verónica Forqué  •  Victoria Abril  •  Peter Coyote  •  Rossy de Palma

When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Almodóvar
CAST:  Verónica Forqué  •  Victoria Abril  •  Peter Coyote  •  Rossy de Palma

Mondays in the Sun (2002)

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After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando León de Aranoa
CAST:  Javier Bardem  •  Luis Tosar  •  Nieve de Medina  •  Enrique Villén

After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando León de Aranoa
CAST:  Javier Bardem  •  Luis Tosar  •  Nieve de Medina  •  Enrique Villén

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Almodóvar
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Julieta Serrano  •  María Barranco

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Almodóvar
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Julieta Serrano  •  María Barranco

As Luck Would Have It (2011)

Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Álex de la Iglesia
CAST:  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Santiago Segura  •  Carolina Bang  •  Blanca Portillo

Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Álex de la Iglesia
CAST:  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Santiago Segura  •  Carolina Bang  •  Blanca Portillo

What Makes Women Laugh? (1997)

Luci, Graci and Mar­, three sisters that make a comedy trio, go to the wedding of their father with a woman who is 45 years younger than him. During the feast Luci's husband dies in an accident. Despite the tragedy, the trio have to fulfill their commitment acting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Oristrell
CAST:  Verónica Forqué  •  Candela Peña  •  Adriana Ozores  •  Jorge Sanz

Luci, Graci and Mar­, three sisters that make a comedy trio, go to the wedding of their father with a woman who is 45 years younger than him. During the feast Luci's husband dies in an accident. Despite the tragedy, the trio have to fulfill their commitment acting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Oristrell
CAST:  Verónica Forqué  •  Candela Peña  •  Adriana Ozores  •  Jorge Sanz

The Last Circus (2010)

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Álex de la Iglesia
CAST:  Santiago Segura  •  Antonio de la Torre  •  Raúl Arévalo  •  Fran Perea

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Álex de la Iglesia
CAST:  Santiago Segura  •  Antonio de la Torre  •  Raúl Arévalo  •  Fran Perea

Of Love and Other Demons (2009)

Based on Gabriel García Márquez's novel, this is the unsettling story of 13-year-old noble Sierva and the dog bite that changes her life forever. Abandoned, displaced, in the midst of a sexual awakening and finally exorcised, Sierva finds an unlikely ally in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hilda Hidalgo
CAST:  Pablo Derqui  •  Eliza Triana  •  Jordi Dauder  •  Joaquín Climent

Based on Gabriel García Márquez's novel, this is the unsettling story of 13-year-old noble Sierva and the dog bite that changes her life forever. Abandoned, displaced, in the midst of a sexual awakening and finally exorcised, Sierva finds an unlikely ally in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hilda Hidalgo
CAST:  Pablo Derqui  •  Eliza Triana  •  Jordi Dauder  •  Joaquín Climent

El niño invisible (1995)

A group of children find a magic stone that transports them to the XII century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Monleón
CAST:  Laura Cepeda  •  Sergio Martín  •  Pilar López de Ayala  •  Estela Sala

A group of children find a magic stone that transports them to the XII century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Monleón
CAST:  Laura Cepeda  •  Sergio Martín  •  Pilar López de Ayala  •  Estela Sala

La reina anónima (1992)

Anna Luz, a married woman, rethinks her life when she receives the visit of a stranger who claims to be her neighbor from the floor below. His arrival coincides with the entry of a series of extravagant characters who, as in a dream, invade his house. Ana is then ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gonzalo Suárez
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Marisa Paredes  •  Juanjo Puigcorbé  •  Jesús Bonilla

Anna Luz, a married woman, rethinks her life when she receives the visit of a stranger who claims to be her neighbor from the floor below. His arrival coincides with the entry of a series of extravagant characters who, as in a dream, invade his house. Ana is then ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gonzalo Suárez
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Marisa Paredes  •  Juanjo Puigcorbé  •  Jesús Bonilla

The Other Side (2000)

Suspected of murder, fifteen year-old Ramón Fortuna is held in a detention centre. He feels as if he has woken from a dream, a dream lived in Vallecas, a working-class neighborhood in Madrid. His childhood is over. His mother and sister have dedicated their lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvador García Ruiz
CAST:  Àlex Casanovas  •  Jorge Alcázar  •  Alberto Ferreiro  •  Pepa Pedroche

Suspected of murder, fifteen year-old Ramón Fortuna is held in a detention centre. He feels as if he has woken from a dream, a dream lived in Vallecas, a working-class neighborhood in Madrid. His childhood is over. His mother and sister have dedicated their lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvador García Ruiz
CAST:  Àlex Casanovas  •  Jorge Alcázar  •  Alberto Ferreiro  •  Pepa Pedroche

Modesty (2007)

Pudor is about intimacy, about the desires, obsessions, secrets and fears that we keep hidden, even from those we love most. The characters in this story are a man who is going to die, a woman who receives anonymous erotic notes, an older man who is offered a last ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tristán Ulloa  •  David Ulloa
CAST:  Nancho Novo  •  Elvira Mínguez  •  Natalia Rodríguez  •  Celso Bugallo

Pudor is about intimacy, about the desires, obsessions, secrets and fears that we keep hidden, even from those we love most. The characters in this story are a man who is going to die, a woman who receives anonymous erotic notes, an older man who is offered a last ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tristán Ulloa  •  David Ulloa
CAST:  Nancho Novo  •  Elvira Mínguez  •  Natalia Rodríguez  •  Celso Bugallo

Kisses for Everyone (2000)

Three students are sent by their families to Cadiz in 1965, his last chance to pass and become what is expected of them. The appearance of some dancers disrupts their commitments: boys lose the course and girls, their work. But together they learn to decide their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Chávarri
CAST:  Emma Suárez  •  Eloy Azorín  •  Roberto Hoyas  •  Chusa Barbero

Three students are sent by their families to Cadiz in 1965, his last chance to pass and become what is expected of them. The appearance of some dancers disrupts their commitments: boys lose the course and girls, their work. But together they learn to decide their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Chávarri
CAST:  Emma Suárez  •  Eloy Azorín  •  Roberto Hoyas  •  Chusa Barbero

Héctor (2004)

Adolescent Hector faces a major lifestyle change after moving into his aunt's flat in a blue-collar suburb of Madrid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gracia Querejeta
CAST:  Adriana Ozores  •  Nilo Zimmerman  •  Núria Gago  •  Unax Ugalde

Adolescent Hector faces a major lifestyle change after moving into his aunt's flat in a blue-collar suburb of Madrid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gracia Querejeta
CAST:  Adriana Ozores  •  Nilo Zimmerman  •  Núria Gago  •  Unax Ugalde

The Color of the Clouds (1997)

Clementina befriends Lola’s nerdy lawyer, Valerio, and slowly a romance develops between them. Meanwhile, old fisherman and model-maker Colo has found a consignment of drugs floating in the sea and tries to get rid of them to raise money to save Lola’s house. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Camus
CAST:  Julia Gutiérrez Caba  •  Ana Duato  •  Antonio Valero  •  Blanca Portillo

Clementina befriends Lola’s nerdy lawyer, Valerio, and slowly a romance develops between them. Meanwhile, old fisherman and model-maker Colo has found a consignment of drugs floating in the sea and tries to get rid of them to raise money to save Lola’s house. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Camus
CAST:  Julia Gutiérrez Caba  •  Ana Duato  •  Antonio Valero  •  Blanca Portillo

Sleeping luck (2003)

Amparo, a lawyer working as an advisor in an insurance company in Madrid is grieving over a traumatic event in her past. She will have to react, however, to the world surrounding her when a young man of her acquaintance dies mysteriously while working in a mine. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángeles González-Sinde
CAST:  Adriana Ozores  •  Félix Gómez  •  Pepe Soriano  •  Pilar Castro

Amparo, a lawyer working as an advisor in an insurance company in Madrid is grieving over a traumatic event in her past. She will have to react, however, to the world surrounding her when a young man of her acquaintance dies mysteriously while working in a mine. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángeles González-Sinde
CAST:  Adriana Ozores  •  Félix Gómez  •  Pepe Soriano  •  Pilar Castro

Going Down in Morocco (1989)

A girl, who lives together with her cousin who earns some money by dealing and her boyfriend who is a policeman, is regularly transporting some drugs from Marocco for her cousin. As all of them smoke grass from time to time there is need for more. Deciding to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Colomo
CAST:  Verónica Forqué  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Juan Echanove  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

A girl, who lives together with her cousin who earns some money by dealing and her boyfriend who is a policeman, is regularly transporting some drugs from Marocco for her cousin. As all of them smoke grass from time to time there is need for more. Deciding to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Colomo
CAST:  Verónica Forqué  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Juan Echanove  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Everyone Off to Jail (1993)

A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. The reunion proves more raucous than the organizers intended.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis García Berlanga
CAST:  José «Saza» Sazatornil  •  José Sacristán  •  Agustín González  •  Chus Lampreave

A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. The reunion proves more raucous than the organizers intended.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis García Berlanga
CAST:  José «Saza» Sazatornil  •  José Sacristán  •  Agustín González  •  Chus Lampreave

Goya in Bordeaux (1999)

Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He continues to paint ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Saura
CAST:  Francisco Rabal  •  Jose Coronado  •  Dafne Fernández  •  Maribel Verdú

Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He continues to paint ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Saura
CAST:  Francisco Rabal  •  Jose Coronado  •  Dafne Fernández  •  Maribel Verdú

To Steal from a Thief (2016)

Valencia, Spain. On a rainy morning, six armed men in disguise assault a bank. But what seemed like an easy heist, quickly goes wrong with nothing unfolding as planned, and mistrust quickly builds between the two leaders of the gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Calparsoro
CAST:  Luis Tosar  •  Raúl Arévalo  •  Marian Álvarez  •  Nani Jiménez

Valencia, Spain. On a rainy morning, six armed men in disguise assault a bank. But what seemed like an easy heist, quickly goes wrong with nothing unfolding as planned, and mistrust quickly builds between the two leaders of the gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Calparsoro
CAST:  Luis Tosar  •  Raúl Arévalo  •  Marian Álvarez  •  Nani Jiménez

The Apostate (2015)

A young man navigates the bureaucracy of the Catholic Church when he tries to renounce his faith.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Veiroj
CAST:  Andrés Gertrúdix  •  Vicky Peña  •  Bárbara Lennie  •  Marta Larralde

A young man navigates the bureaucracy of the Catholic Church when he tries to renounce his faith.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Veiroj
CAST:  Andrés Gertrúdix  •  Vicky Peña  •  Bárbara Lennie  •  Marta Larralde
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