Jesús Alcaide

Pendant le régime franquiste, Berta est accusée de fraude et envoyée derrière les barreaux. En prison, elle se lie d'amitié avec Xenta, une femme énigmatique au passé torturé.

Ignacio Costa is a tyrannical businessman with a conflictive personal life. He has a large family, a woman he abuses and humiliates and five children with whom he does the same, except for Mariana one of the girls. Tired of so many vexations, his wife will begin to influence his children until together they will plot the murder of the father

Luciano has been working in an important company for fifteen years without be rewarded for his efforts, his fidelity and submission. On the recommendation of a cousin, he acts as front man for the shameful business of his managers. They get it so far as to force him to marry the former mistress of one of the directors. Finally, because of a fire in the chalet where he lives and where they cook the dirty business of which he is not responsible for, Luciano ends up in jail for covering up and taking on some responsibilities that are not his, fulfilling his role of straw man until the end.

Gálvez is a bumbling journalist investigating a real state shady business.

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.

Justino was working in a bull-ring but now he is retired. For him it is very difficult to adapt to the new situation although he will find soon a hobby without forgetting his profession.

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.

Quelque part en Amérique du Sud, la liberté est au prix de la vie. Léonidas Orevalo est un dictateur qui fait régner la terreur. Celui-ci fait assassiner les leaders de l’opposition et fait emprisonner des milliers d’hommes coupables selon lui de « délits politiques ». Aristides Ungria, un brillant mathématicien, se retrouve ainsi à passer plusieurs années derrière les barreaux de San Justo. Il finit par s’évader, avant d’être malencontreusement repris par ses poursuivants. Mais un heureux concours de circonstances lui donne une seconde chance qu’il ne va pas louper. Traqué par Sancho et son imposant Berger allemand, Aristide va pourtant parvenir à mettre hors d’état de nuire le soldat, qui va avant de mourir ordonner à son chien de tuer le fugitif. Obsédé par la vengeance, le redoutable animal va alors se lancer dans une chasse à mort…

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.

Spain, August 1936, the first days of the Spanish Civil War. During the painful pilgrimage of the Andalusian writer Blas Infante (1885-1936) from prison to prison, always on the verge of death, various images cross his mind: people, dreams, remnants of his past.

After the death of Franco, the nostalgic fascist regime attempts to preserve the 1936's order.

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.

Lorca, a great Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He was executed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Nickolas Grace gives a fabulous interpretation in the title role and he even bears a remarkable resemblance to Lorca.