Antonio Hernández

Antonio Hernández Núñez is a Spanish film director, actor and screenwriter. He studied Image Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid. He became known with the movie "F.E.N." released in 1979. In 2003 he won the Goya for Best Original Screenplay for his film "The City of No Limits", co-written with Enrique Brasó.

The City of No Limits (2002)

Victor is a man who gets to Paris to join his family around their seriously ill father, Max. As the chance of selling the family business begins to disrupt the family relationships, Victor is desperately asked for help by Max. What seems in the beginning mere ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Leonardo Sbaraglia  •  Fernando Fernán Gómez  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Ana Fernández

Victor is a man who gets to Paris to join his family around their seriously ill father, Max. As the chance of selling the family business begins to disrupt the family relationships, Victor is desperately asked for help by Max. What seems in the beginning mere ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Leonardo Sbaraglia  •  Fernando Fernán Gómez  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Ana Fernández

The Hidden (2005)

At a conference of dream interpretation, the lives of three people will become inescapably entangled: Beatriz, hired to do public relations for the conference; Alex, a writer for an Internet publication covering the event; and Natalia, an audience member whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Laia Marull  •  Leonardo Sbaraglia  •  Angie Cepeda

At a conference of dream interpretation, the lives of three people will become inescapably entangled: Beatriz, hired to do public relations for the conference; Alex, a writer for an Internet publication covering the event; and Natalia, an audience member whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Laia Marull  •  Leonardo Sbaraglia  •  Angie Cepeda

The Borgia (2006)

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's “The Prince,” his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Sergio Peris-Mencheta  •  Paz Vega  •  Lluís Homar  •  María Valverde

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's “The Prince,” his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Sergio Peris-Mencheta  •  Paz Vega  •  Lluís Homar  •  María Valverde

Lisboa (1999)

Joao sells video tapes in road bars between Portugal and Spain. One day he finds a middle aged woman in the middle of nowhere. Somebody is looking for her and she has to escape to Lisboa. But what is the secret of this woman? Why does she want to go to Lisboa?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Federico Luppi  •  Sergi López

Joao sells video tapes in road bars between Portugal and Spain. One day he finds a middle aged woman in the middle of nowhere. Somebody is looking for her and she has to escape to Lisboa. But what is the secret of this woman? Why does she want to go to Lisboa?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Federico Luppi  •  Sergi López

Matar el tiempo (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Ben Temple  •  Yon González  •  Aitor Luna  •  Alfonso Torregrosa

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DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Ben Temple  •  Yon González  •  Aitor Luna  •  Alfonso Torregrosa

Captain Thunder (2011)

The story of "Captain Thunder and the Holy Grail" is set during the Third Crusade in Palestine, when Captain Thunder finds in the dungeons of a fortress a dying Christian named Juan de Ribera, who entrustes him the mission to restore to Spain a cup which is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Natasha Yarovenko  •  Sergio Peris-Mencheta  •  Gary Piquer  •  Adrián Lamana

The story of "Captain Thunder and the Holy Grail" is set during the Third Crusade in Palestine, when Captain Thunder finds in the dungeons of a fortress a dying Christian named Juan de Ribera, who entrustes him the mission to restore to Spain a cup which is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Natasha Yarovenko  •  Sergio Peris-Mencheta  •  Gary Piquer  •  Adrián Lamana

Sofía (2011)

Telefilm on Spain Queen Sofia. It all starts in Corfu (Greece), in the summer of 1961. The Royal Palace of Mon Repos, summer residence of the Greek royal family, he wakes up at work. The service strives to prepare the house for some illustrious guests: the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Jorge Suquet  •  Nadia de Santiago  •  Juanjo Puigcorbé  •  Emma Suárez

Telefilm on Spain Queen Sofia. It all starts in Corfu (Greece), in the summer of 1961. The Royal Palace of Mon Repos, summer residence of the Greek royal family, he wakes up at work. The service strives to prepare the house for some illustrious guests: the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Jorge Suquet  •  Nadia de Santiago  •  Juanjo Puigcorbé  •  Emma Suárez

Al alcance de su mano (2002)

Olga, a girl around 25, comes to Madrid from the village she used to live in with her father, in order to have a new start in life. Her father suffers from a deep depression since her mother died, and she does all she can to help him. She works with advertising, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Alfredo Díaz  •  Roberto Enríquez  •  Mónica Estarreado  •  Marta Molina

Olga, a girl around 25, comes to Madrid from the village she used to live in with her father, in order to have a new start in life. Her father suffers from a deep depression since her mother died, and she does all she can to help him. She works with advertising, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Alfredo Díaz  •  Roberto Enríquez  •  Mónica Estarreado  •  Marta Molina

El gran marciano (2001)

The group of fourteen contestants from the television program "Big Brother" becomes a privileged witness to the most extraordinary event that the austere region of Extremadura has experienced in its history. Charred remains of what doesn't look like a man-made ship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Ismael Beiro  •  Cari Antón  •  Marta Belenguer  •  Paco Hernández

The group of fourteen contestants from the television program "Big Brother" becomes a privileged witness to the most extraordinary event that the austere region of Extremadura has experienced in its history. Charred remains of what doesn't look like a man-made ship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Ismael Beiro  •  Cari Antón  •  Marta Belenguer  •  Paco Hernández

F. E. N. (1980)

Two former students of a strict religious school decide to return there during the summer holidays to make those who were their teachers experience all the suffering they experienced as students, beginning a sinister game in which the buried violence, the dark ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Héctor Alterio  •  Yolanda Ríos  •  May Heatherly  •  José Luis López Vázquez

Two former students of a strict religious school decide to return there during the summer holidays to make those who were their teachers experience all the suffering they experienced as students, beginning a sinister game in which the buried violence, the dark ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Héctor Alterio  •  Yolanda Ríos  •  May Heatherly  •  José Luis López Vázquez

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DIRECTION:  Antonio Hernández
CAST:  Virginia Mataix  •  Antonio Hernández  •  Chema Muñoz  •  Amparo Baró

Baliw (2007)

Angelo (Eigenmann) is an orphan who turns into a serial killer. Despite the efforts of rehabilitation, psychological turmoil still haunts and prevents him from living a peaceful and ordinary life. Faced with this reality, Angelo searches for a way to exorcise his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Redd Ochoa
CAST:  Ryan Eigenmann  •  Joshua Deocareza  •  Jaime Fabregas  •  Joel Torre

Angelo (Eigenmann) is an orphan who turns into a serial killer. Despite the efforts of rehabilitation, psychological turmoil still haunts and prevents him from living a peaceful and ordinary life. Faced with this reality, Angelo searches for a way to exorcise his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Redd Ochoa
CAST:  Ryan Eigenmann  •  Joshua Deocareza  •  Jaime Fabregas  •  Joel Torre

The Critic (2022)

Carlos Boyero is one of Spanish cinema's most followed and feared figures. Controversy has hounded him since he published his first article more than forty years ago, and he has remained in the eye of the hurricane ever since. Is he the last representative of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Zavala  •  Javier Morales Pérez
CAST:  Carlos Boyero  •  Pepa Blanes  •  Icíar Bollaín  •  Elio Castro

Carlos Boyero is one of Spanish cinema's most followed and feared figures. Controversy has hounded him since he published his first article more than forty years ago, and he has remained in the eye of the hurricane ever since. Is he the last representative of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Zavala  •  Javier Morales Pérez
CAST:  Carlos Boyero  •  Pepa Blanes  •  Icíar Bollaín  •  Elio Castro