Antonio Betancourt

The Minister's Wife (1981)

Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  Amparo Muñoz  •  Simón Andreu  •  María Martín  •  Irina Kuberskaya

Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  Amparo Muñoz  •  Simón Andreu  •  María Martín  •  Irina Kuberskaya

Hidden Pleasures (1977)

A middle-aged, closeted homosexual banker from a wealthy family, falls in love with a much younger heterosexual man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  Simón Andreu  •  Charo López  •  Tony Fuentes  •  Beatriz Rossat

A middle-aged, closeted homosexual banker from a wealthy family, falls in love with a much younger heterosexual man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  Simón Andreu  •  Charo López  •  Tony Fuentes  •  Beatriz Rossat

Pals (1982)

The plot follows the misadventures of two young friends who are forced into street hustling and ever-expanding life of crime when one impregnates the sister of the other and they need to get the money to pay for her to have an abortion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  José Luis Manzano  •  José Manuel Cervino  •  Queta Ariel  •  José Luis Fernández 'Pirri'

The plot follows the misadventures of two young friends who are forced into street hustling and ever-expanding life of crime when one impregnates the sister of the other and they need to get the money to pay for her to have an abortion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  José Luis Manzano  •  José Manuel Cervino  •  Queta Ariel  •  José Luis Fernández 'Pirri'

Navajeros (1980)

A chronicle of the life of Jaro, the leader of a juvenile delinquent gang, depicting his rise from street urchin to outlaw anti-hero on the way to his inevitable end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  José Luis Manzano  •  Isela Vega  •  Verónica Castro  •  Jaime Garza

A chronicle of the life of Jaro, the leader of a juvenile delinquent gang, depicting his rise from street urchin to outlaw anti-hero on the way to his inevitable end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  José Luis Manzano  •  Isela Vega  •  Verónica Castro  •  Jaime Garza

Afraid to Go Out at Night (1980)

A bank employee, shy and skittish, is falling into the web of fear of the events he sees around him and the crime wave that seems to invade the city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  José Sacristán  •  Antonio Ferrandis  •  Claudia Gravy  •  Tina Sainz

A bank employee, shy and skittish, is falling into the web of fear of the events he sees around him and the crime wave that seems to invade the city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  José Sacristán  •  Antonio Ferrandis  •  Claudia Gravy  •  Tina Sainz

El poderoso influjo de la luna (1981)

The film is an image of the Spanish society in form of various anecdotes which happen to the inhabitants and their neighbours of a finca in Madrid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio del Real
CAST:  Alfredo Landa  •  Adolfo Marsillach  •  Concha Cuetos  •  Mabel Escaño

The film is an image of the Spanish society in form of various anecdotes which happen to the inhabitants and their neighbours of a finca in Madrid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio del Real
CAST:  Alfredo Landa  •  Adolfo Marsillach  •  Concha Cuetos  •  Mabel Escaño

1919, Chronicle of Dawn (1983)

In 1939, José Garcés is in French prison camp after the defeat of Spain's Republicans. To entertain and inspire his fellow prisoners, he tells the story of becoming a man in 1919, the year he realized that learning to live is the same as learning to die. His stiff ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio José Betancor
CAST:  Miguel Molina  •  Cristina Marsillach  •  Walter Vidarte  •  Antonio Betancourt

In 1939, José Garcés is in French prison camp after the defeat of Spain's Republicans. To entertain and inspire his fellow prisoners, he tells the story of becoming a man in 1919, the year he realized that learning to live is the same as learning to die. His stiff ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio José Betancor
CAST:  Miguel Molina  •  Cristina Marsillach  •  Walter Vidarte  •  Antonio Betancourt

Dos mejor que uno (1984)

Rafa and Jeromo are a curious couple of friends. Their friendship began in childhood as well as his love for Silvia, which have been in love since childhood. Silvia Jeromo elected, and Rafa decided to disappear. Years later he returns and finds that the couple is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Llorente
CAST:  José Sacristán  •  Antonio Resines  •  Carme Elias  •  Agustín González

Rafa and Jeromo are a curious couple of friends. Their friendship began in childhood as well as his love for Silvia, which have been in love since childhood. Silvia Jeromo elected, and Rafa decided to disappear. Years later he returns and finds that the couple is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Llorente
CAST:  José Sacristán  •  Antonio Resines  •  Carme Elias  •  Agustín González

El pico 2 (1984)

Following the events of El pico, the heroin-addicted Paco faces jail time due to his involvement in a double murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  José Luis Manzano  •  Fernando Guillén  •  Andrea Albani  •  Jaume Valls

Following the events of El pico, the heroin-addicted Paco faces jail time due to his involvement in a double murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  José Luis Manzano  •  Fernando Guillén  •  Andrea Albani  •  Jaume Valls

Caso cerrado (1985)

Cesar and Isabel just got married for the Jewish rite, their religion. He is a director of a banking company. She works in a bookstore owned by her mother-in-law. The couple sees their happiness truncated when César discovers financial anomalies in the entity where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Caño Arecha
CAST:  Marisol  •  Patxi Bisquert  •  Encarna Paso  •  Isabel Mestres

Cesar and Isabel just got married for the Jewish rite, their religion. He is a director of a banking company. She works in a bookstore owned by her mother-in-law. The couple sees their happiness truncated when César discovers financial anomalies in the entity where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Caño Arecha
CAST:  Marisol  •  Patxi Bisquert  •  Encarna Paso  •  Isabel Mestres

Sexperiencias (1968)

The film has no clear plot. It deals with the reactions of an older man and a young woman to the news stories that occur in 1968: the May student protests, Vietnam, Biafra. It is scattered, apparently disconnected. The characters find themselves in illogical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Nunes
CAST:  Antonio Betancourt

The film has no clear plot. It deals with the reactions of an older man and a young woman to the news stories that occur in 1968: the May student protests, Vietnam, Biafra. It is scattered, apparently disconnected. The characters find themselves in illogical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Nunes
CAST:  Antonio Betancourt

The Creature (1977)

Tender and erotic love story of a respectable bourgeois housewife and a large black Alsatian dog. Shot in 1977, the film employs bestiality as a symbol of Spain's political landscape. It makes references to the massacre of Atocha and to political right wing groups ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Juan Diego  •  Claudia Gravy  •  Luis Ciges

Tender and erotic love story of a respectable bourgeois housewife and a large black Alsatian dog. Shot in 1977, the film employs bestiality as a symbol of Spain's political landscape. It makes references to the massacre of Atocha and to political right wing groups ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eloy de la Iglesia
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Juan Diego  •  Claudia Gravy  •  Luis Ciges