Francisco Maestre

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La Mauvaise Éducation
7.4
Deux garçons, Ignacio et Enrique, découvrent l'amour, le cinéma et la peur dans une école religieuse au début des années soixante. Le père Manolo, directeur de l'institution et professeur de littérature, est témoin et acteur de ces premières découvertes. Les trois personnages se reverront deux autres fois, à la fin des années 70 et en 1980. Cette deuxième rencontre marquera la vie et la mort de l'un d'entre eux.
Drama
L'Échine du diable
7.3

L'Échine du diable

Apr 20, 2001
En Espagne, durant la guerre civile, Carlos, un garçon de douze ans dont le père est décédé, débarque à Santa Lucia, un établissement catholique pour orphelins. Il est remis au bons soins de Carmen, la directrice, et du professeur Casares. Mais il doit faire face à l'hostilité de ses camarades et de Jacinto, l'homme à tout faire. Par ailleurs, ce lieu hostile dissimule derrière ses murs deux secrets : l'or de la cause républicaine, et le fantôme d'un enfant qui hante le sous-sol. Carlos aperçoit dès la première nuit cet esprit errant et s'efforce de communiquer avec lui par tous les moyens. Le petit orphelin découvre très vite que ce spectre n'est autre que celui de Santi, un ancien pensionnaire de Santa Lucia disparu dans de mystérieuses circonstances.
Fantasy
Le Territoire des Ombres : Le Secret des Valdemar
6
1874. Lazaro Valdemar, riche photographe, s’installe avec sa famille dans une vaste demeure victorienne pour y fonder un orphelinat. Il apprend alors que la bâtisse a été édifiée à un emplacement décrit par de nombreux ouvrages ésotériques. Lorsque sa femme tombe malade, il se livre bientôt à d’étranges expériences occultes dans le but de la guérir. Les forces qu’il va réveiller alors dépassent tout ce qu’il peut imaginer…
Horror
El aliento del diablo
5.5

El aliento del diablo

Oct 29, 1993
A small family of travelers arrives after a long journey at a village hut, which they claim as home. The family consists of Damian, a mute but skilled hunter, his wife Priscila, and their two children, a mute son named Pablo and a beautiful daughter named Agueda. Before long, Don Rodrigo, the feudal lord of the village, sets his sights on both Priscila and Agueda.
Drama
Atilano, presidente
4

Atilano, presidente

Sep 24, 1998
Atilano Bermejo is a petty crook who gets involved in the scam of his life: to be Prime Minister. His charisma and lack of social concern make him an ideal political candidate for a group of bankers looking for a good public image behind which to hide and disguise their ambitions.
Comedy
Action mutante
6.2

Action mutante

Feb 03, 1993
Dans le futur, la société ne prend en compte que les personnes favorisées et marginalise tous les autres. Action Mutante, un groupuscule réunissant des personnes handicapés, décide de passer à... l'action. Emmené par Ramon Yarritu, le groupe kidnappe la fille d'un riche industriel...
Action
El Lute : Marche ou crèvre
5.9
Un homme humble parcourt l'Estrémadure avec son fils, Eleuterio Sánchez, mieux connu sous le nom de El Lute. Il vole des poulets et est condamné à six mois de prison. Des années plus tard, il est impliqué dans le vol d'une bijouterie au cours duquel un agent de sécurité est tué. El Lute est jugé pour cela et condamné à mort, une peine qui est commuée en réclusion à perpétuité. Finalement, lors d'un transfert en train, il parvient à s'évader, devenant l'homme le plus recherché d'Espagne.
Drama
Le Jour de la bête
7.3

Le Jour de la bête

Oct 20, 1995
Le prêtre Ángel Beriartúa a décodé les Évangiles et est parvenu à déterminer le jour de la naissance de l'Antéchrist. Selon ce message, l'Antéchrist naîtra le 25 décembre 1995 à Madrid, où débute une vague de vandalisme et de criminalité. En revanche, il ignore tout du lieu où il viendra au monde. Convaincu qu'il faut arrêter cette naissance satanique, le prêtre se joint à un fan de death metal, José Maria (Santiago Segura), d'essayer par tous les moyens à trouver où l'événement aura lieu. Il va donc tout mettre en œuvre pour le découvrir, en cherchant à s'attirer les faveurs du Diable. Dans un Madrid survolté, il va trouver deux compagnons pour l'aider dans sa tâche : le hard rockeur José María et le professeur Cavan.
Horror
Eso
2

Eso

Jun 05, 1997

Eso

Since he began to work, Domingo lives against the trend: he sleeps during the day, care for her younger sister in the afternoon and at night vacuums in a department store.
Comedy
Barrio
6.7

Barrio

Oct 02, 1998
Bored 15-year-old school chums Rai Manu and Javi dream of sexual adventures and exotic resorts while the well-off population of Madrid flock to the beaches on a summer holiday. The youths hang around the concrete wasteland killing time by reading the sex classifieds and pushing their luck. They masturbate, thieve, fight with their families and get involved in a drug bust. Finally Rai, the most daring and restless of the trio - gets shot while trying to steal stereo gear from a car. Each adolescent faces a dreary home life but when they get together they enjoy each other's company to the full. The film is an engaging mixture of comedy drama and the pathos of life in a Madrid neighborhood.
Drama
Taxi
5.2

Taxi

Sep 09, 1996
A young girl, after failing an exam, is forced by her father, a taxi-driver, to learn his profession. Soon she discovers that her father is not only a driver but also a member of a racist group eliminating immigrants, homosexual, transvestite, etc. people. She also falls in love with a boy, also a taxi-driver and a "socio" of the group.
Crime
Tuno negro
4.8

Tuno negro

Jul 19, 2001
Students of the university of Salamanca are brutally murdered by a black masked minstrel. Alex, an architecture student who has recently moved to Salamanca discovers a pattern behind the killings; it seems as if the killer strikes regularly after the exams to free the campus from lousy students.
Thriller
Matías, juez de línea
4.3
Matias is a soccer referee. He promised his dying mother never to lie. When he referees a match of the spanish national team and there is a clear penalty against Spain in the last minute of the game he has no choice and marks the foul. As a result Spain does not qualify for the world championship and Matias is forced to escape from the rage of the people. He hides in the town of his father which he hasn't visited since his childhood.
Comedy
Libertarias
6.3

Libertarias

Apr 19, 1996
En 1936, le déclenchement de la guerre civile espagnole oblige Maria, une bonne soeur, à quitter son couvent. Elle trouve refuge dans un bordel, où elle fait connaissance avec un groupe de femmes anarchistes qui luttent contre le régime franquiste, mais aussi, plus généralement contre l'ordre établi.
War
Todos a la cárcel
6.1

Todos a la cárcel

Dec 22, 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.
Comedy
La mujer más fea del mundo
4.5
Somebody has decided to celebrate New Year's Eve 2011 in a very twisted way - by dressing as a nun and brutally dismembering a little old lady. Lt. Arribas, a bald, toothless, one-eyed and lonely detective is called in on the case. His investigations lead him to the door of renegade Doctor Werner, who tells him the strange story of "The Beautiful Otero" the most beautiful woman in the world (former Spanish model Galera) who, before Werner s miraculous surgery, was the ugliest woman in the world! But Lt. Arribas now has a new problem - he is falling in love at a distance with his principle suspect who, because of her traumatic childhood, is planning her vengeance - to sabotage the Miss Spain Beauty Pageant, leaving behind her a trail of dead beauty queens. A super-slick science fiction thriller with a dark and bizarre finale.
Science Fiction
Cosa de brujas
5.2

Cosa de brujas

Jan 17, 2003
The night of San Juan, Miguel murders his associate. Two elderly people are witness to the crime and predict that all of his dreams will come true thereafter. He will know the price he has to pay when he sees a black cat with a moon shaped mark on its forehead. Twenty-two years later a messenger begins to see all his dreams come true...
Drama
Faust
4.9

Faust

Nov 01, 2000
La légende de Faust refait surface. Lorsque sa fiancée est sauvagement assassinée, John Jaspers, profondément meurtri, décide de se suicider. Apparaît alors l'étrange Mister M. qui, en échange de son âme, lui propose la force et les armes pour la venger.
Horror
América
6.5

América

May 26, 2011
In a Portuguese village by the sea, a family sees their house become a transit point to innumerous migrants due to a passport forgery business created by its patriarch, Vítor, and his Spanish ex-wife Fernanda. His Russian wife Liza and his son Mauro—who stops talking—see the newcomers alter the dynamics, relationships and aspirations of the house's residents.
Drama
La marrana
5.8

La marrana

Nov 06, 1992
After spending three years in captivity in Tunis, Bartolomé returns home Extremadura with the only hope to eat his favorite dish: the pork. Along the way he meets a deserter who is traveling with a sow.
Comedy
Bésame, tonta
3

Bésame, tonta

Apr 05, 1982
A young bank clerk is transferred, in view of his special way of being, to a branch for misfits, where he will meet a whole series of very strange characters.
Comedy
Romanza final (Gayarre)
5.7
Biography of Julian Gayarre (1844-1890), one of the best tenors of all times. At 19, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid heard him singing for the first time and offered him a scholarship to continue his studies. His artistic life runs between continued success, becoming the world's greatest tenor. But in 1890, while singing at the Teatro Real in Madrid, a failure in his voice is like a cruel reminder of what would happen a few days later: his death at a young age. The doctors gave a diagnosis, but his friends know that Julian Gayarre died because he could not sing anymore.
Drama
La mitad del cielo
6.3

La mitad del cielo

Oct 09, 1986
After the civil war, Rosa, a beautiful and hard worker woman falls in love with a sharpener who turns out to be a con man. When she becomes a widow, she emigrates to Madrid with her daughter beginning to work as a nurse in the home of Don Pedro, an influential food manager.
Drama
Desde que amanece apetece
5.4
Pelayo is leaving to work for his uncle Lorenzo and to find a nice girl to settle down with. Pelayo arrives to find out that Lorenzo's "business" is in fact a male strip show and Lorenzo's dancers are a laughing stock. Lorenzo has all his money tied up in his wedding with ex-prostitute Palmira. With Pelayo arriving life turns upside down. Can Lorenzo keep his infidelities a secret and his crew off the streets? Can Pelayo keep from falling for a prostitute on his way to finding a wife?
Comedy