Fernando Guillén

Luisa Is Not Home (2012)

Luisa's washing machine has stopped working. After the initial misfortune this will represent, it will actually become her perfect alibi to slip away from her slow daily routine. To her husband, the absence of the washing machine will become a greater abse ...

Windows on the Sea (2012)

A story about the unexpected meeting of two couples in a seaside hotel, one formed by two young Mexicans and the other two foreign retirees. The four decide to wait together for the arrival of a hurricane that never comes; this allows them to have a profou ...

El gènere femení (2011)

E.S.O (Entitat Sobrenatural Oculta) (2009)

In a secondary school, a group of students (Maria, Sonia, Paula, Pol and Esteban) form a tight-knit bunch. Axia, a girl obsessed with supernatural issues, leaving them mesmerized and included in the group. For the 50th anniversary of the center, start some ...

Dos billetes (2009)

Expulsados 1609. La tragedia de los moriscos (2009)

Today, John, a young professor of history, hidden in a cupboard at his home in Almonacid de la Sierra (Zaragoza) an ancient manuscript. After trying to read a few pages you realize that these texts aljamiados, a form of writing in Spanish but with Arabic s ...

Brain Drain (2009)

Emilio, a shy, not too brilliant pupil at a humble local secondary school, has always harboured a secret love for Natalia, the cutest, brightest girl in the class. On the last day of the school year, when he finally decides to declare his love, Natalia is ...

14, Fabian Road (2008)

Argentine writer Camila Ponte is on a promotional tour for her first novel, which has become a real success. In one of the acts, Vega, a mysterious woman, approaches her and convinces her to go to a hotel. Camila is thought to be working for her publisher ...

Mort prématurée (2007)

Jo, el desconegut (2007)

Arnau is a seventeen year old with a totally carefree life. In high school, falls in love with Olga. From there his life changes. To make merit with Olga, pointing to all those involved in activities, including going to care for elders at the weekend that ...

Otros días vendrán (2005)

Alicia (Cecilia Roth) is a school teacher in his forties who begins a relationship online with Zaz (Nacho Aldeguer), 17. When the affair begins to leak, the story takes a turn of 180 degrees. ...

Killing Words (2004)

A mild-mannered psychopath plays mind-games with a woman he has tied to a chair in his basement. ...

Los abajo firmantes (2003)

The first actor of a theater company on tour in Spain dies in a car accident. A new actor, Jorge Ruiz, is to relieve you. He's handsome, young and revolutionary. His arrival creates tension, jealousy and distrust in the rest of the cast, is-especially in M ...

Promoción (Prohibida su venta) (2003)

Vicente is given a promotional gift, but he is not prepared for such an experience. ...

El florido pensil (2002)

"El Florido Pensil" is a humorous reflection of the education of several generations of Spaniards from the 1940s to the 1960s. Based on the book of the same name by Andrés Sopeña, it evokes, from the present, his memories of that time: everyday school, l ...

You're the One (2000)

Julia, an only child of an affluent, bank owning family living in Madrid, escapes from her family to get over her grief that her boyfriend has been imprisoned. Julia is a well educated woman, having studied in Switzerland and England, who wants to become a ...

Año Mariano (2000)

Operación Fangio (2000)

Cuba, February 24, 1958. The second Grand Prix International Automobile City of Havana is scheduled for this date. The great Argentinean driver Juan Manuel Fangio, five times world champion, is expected with open arms by all Cubans and the Batista governme ...

All About My Mother (1999)

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled ac ...

The Grandfather (1998)

After his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true, and which one is bastard. ...

La herida luminosa (1997)

Dr. Molinos, a prestigious cardiologist, and his wife Isabel are going through a serious marital crisis. They live in Oviedo, in the oppressive Spain of the 50s, in the company of two maids: Escolástica and Jovita. His only daughter, Maribel, entered a co ...

Más allá del jardín (1996)

Palmira, a woman belonging to the Sevillian aristocracy, as well known for her decrepitude and hypocrisy as the rest of her population, enters into an emotional crisis when she reaches maturity. ...

La vida privada (1996)

Corsarios del chip (1996)

A blind detective and his assistant were hired to unmask some young hackers. Under the circumstances, the two investigators joined forces with young "hackers" to fight against a powerful businessman who set up a large telecommunications and computer networ ...

Ship of Fools (1995)

In a small town in Patagonia (Southern Argentina), a Mapuche Indian chief sets a tourist complex under construction on fire. He denies all attempts to defend himself. Locked up, he waits for the arrival of "Caleuche," the Ship (Nave) of Fools (de los locos ...

Sálvate si puedes (1994)

The Legend of the Handmaiden (1994)

Legend has it that, a long time ago in Galicia (Spain), witches were transformed into hornets to harm men and change the destiny of their lives. ...

Banderas, the Tyrant (1993)

In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally. ...

The Devil's Breath (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 ...

La febre d'or (1993)

La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez (1993)

Havanera 1820 (1993)

The year is 1820, and trade between Cuba and Catalonia is a booming business, although the goods that arrive to Cuba are not always the products that were shipped, in some cases, they simply arrive "lumps" or "coal". As it appears in the logbooks of the sh ...

The Bilingual Lover (1993)

Joan Mares obsession for the lovely and luscious Norma Valenti takes epic proportions because he cannot let go of her. After he is injured by some skin heads, he uses his scars to pursue his life as a street musician. He devices a plan to get to Norma and ...

Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex? (1993)

Gloria is a porn artist that performs live-sex. When his mate gets sick he brings her a young substitute, Manu. The boy works surprisingly well and then Gloria decides to go into business with him. Things get complicated when Gloria discovers that Manu is ...

Mutant Action (1993)

Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite at her elaborate wedding reception. ...

Don Juan in Hell (1991)

While the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as his pr ...

Martes de carnaval (1991)

Writer in need of money returns to his hometown to try to write a new book. But his addiction to alcohol causes strange dreams that take him 50 years back to a Mardi Gras tuesday, when he was a teenager. ...

El invierno en Lisboa (1991)

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro, every summer. ...

What Do You Bet, Mari Pili? (1991)

Sole, Mari Pili and Marta are the twenty three young people hanging around who share a flat in Barcelona before the Olympics. Tired of sacrificing to find romance, wonder what need have expected the weekend to go to a nightclub and rolled with the first gu ...

La teranyina (1990)

In 1909, the Rigau brothers are the owners of the most important textile factory in Feixes. When Francesc dies, Julià, a dark and ambitious ex-military man, takes over the steamer and confronts everyone to make uniforms for the Spanish army that is fighti ...

The Black Moon (1990)

After experiencing a series of traumatic, seemingly unrelated, accidents, Eva begins to notice that her daughter Luna is behaving in increasingly strange ways. ...

Doblones de a ocho (1990)

Continental (1989)

At the end of the 50s, after assassinating the legendary capo Goncalves and dividing their domains, Ventura and Otálora, rival and old friends, fight with their bands for the control of prostitution and contraband. Anabel, Ventura's favorite prostitute a ...

The Dark Night of the Soul (1989)

Pantheon filmmaker Carlos Saura bounced back from a handful of failures with 1989's La Noche Oscura (The Dark Night). Juan Diego stars as San Juan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross), the legendary 16th-century poet-prophet. Galvanized into action by the sp ...

Too Old to Die Young (1989)

Two friends just find any temporary jobs to get by. One of them quits his job as a waiter to move to work as a messenger; the other is working as a taxi driver. The messenger, in his comings and goings at night, go through many offices, private homes and b ...

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events. ...

Barcelona Connection (1988)

A young, honest cop investigates the arrival of international crime in Barcelona just before the Olympic Games. ...

The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987)

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two fr ...

Adela (1987)

Andrés Reyes is a police inspector of renowned prestige in Barcelona. After his intervention in the kidnapping of a young girl (who is finally freed by her captor), the head of the police force promotes the protagonist to commissioner. In this new role, A ...

Redondela (1987)

4,000 tons of oil have been stolen from a Galician deposit. The alleged thieves are defended by the lawyer Ramos, but the witnesses die and suspicions point to Franco's brother. ...

Law of Desire (1987)

Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director an ...

El gran Serafín (1987)

A group of peoples decide to go to relax to a hotel near the sea. He hotel's owner is an enigmatic woman who lives with her distant daughter, a young pianist and a naive waitress. When the media inform about the end of the world only reaction the waitress ...

The Crime of Captain Sánchez (1985)

Madrid, Spring 1913. During a visit to the casino, a beautiful 20 year-old woman catches the eye of a 50 year-old rich widower. But the gamble he is about to commit is far greater than he suspects. ...

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. ...

Memorias del general Escobar (1984)

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antoni ...

La gran quiniela (1984)

A young woman wins 200 million pesetas at the 'quiniela' football pool with 14 successfull 'aciertos' and begins to help everybody with the fortune. ...

El caso Almería (1984)

When a Spanish judge has the courage to look into a political murder... ...

Assault at Central Bank (1983)

Film adaptation of a real event that occurred on May 23, 1981, in which a TV broadcaster, director of a major newspaper, and a deputy were involved ...

The Victor of Olot (1981)

In a small Catalan village take advantage of the visit of an ecclesiastical authority of Rome, during vacations, to organize a conference on the topic of religion and sex. This causes the people to divide into two camps, those who favor and those against t ...

Dos pillos y pico (1981)

The Latest Scams of El Torete (1980)

While the Torete rob banks, the Heifer, another delinquent who has not noticed it, enters the same place to rob him. After failing the coup, both decide to associate. ...

Un millón por tu historia (1979)

Chely (1977)

A gang of criminals, composed entirely of young people, bases its unique fun on stealing from rich elders with the help of the charms of one of the members of the band, Pepi (Nadiuska). They are misunderstood young people looking for an assimilation of soc ...

El adúltero (1975)

Obsesión (1975)

Una mujer prohibida (1974)

Love Starts at Midnight (1974)

Ricardo and Elena have been known in the clinic where he spent his last days their spouses. Now widowed, begin a passionate romance that leads them to marriage. ...

Luisa Fernanda (1973)

A 1973 TV adaptation of the classic spanish zarzuela ...

Estudio 1: La vida en un hilo (1973)

La venganza de Don Mendo (1972)

Film version of Pedro Muñoz Seca's play. ...

First Surrender (1971)

Giallo about a man plotting to kill his wife for her money. ...

¡Vente a Alemania, Pepe! (1971)

Peralejos, a quiet village in Upper Aragon, is a place where nothing ever happens. One day Angelino returns home to spend the holidays, an immigrant who drives a Mercedes and tells great wonders of Germany and their women. Pepe, fascinated by the stories o ...

La decente (1971)

El árbol de los Linden (1970)

El mejor alcalde, el rey (1970)

Una señora estupenda (1970)

Matrimonios separados (1969)

In a police station in Madrid, four married couples receive shocking news. ...

Pepa Doncel (1969)

Un día es un día (1968)

Prohibido suicidarse en primavera (1967)

Doctor Ariel comes from a family that for several generations, once they reach old age, have decided to commit suicide because they lose the will to live. This situation affects the doctor greatly and therefore he decides to study the psychology of the fat ...

Todos eran mis hijos (1967)

A Spanish film adaptation of the 1946 American play All My Sons by Arthur Miller. ...

Don Juan Tenorio (1966)

The infamous Don Juan Tenorio, a reckless and charming libertine, engages in various amorous exploits and challenges morality in his pursuit of pleasure and conquest. A wager between Don Juan and his rival Don Luis Mejía is established, laying the groundw ...

Operation Double Cross (1965)

In Barcelona, secret agent Antoine Donadieu thwarts the plans of a Nazi scientist. ...

Life Goes On (1965)

Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent policeman; her sanctimonious son, who spends his life studying and praying to atone for the sins of his family; and he ...

Vida de familia (1965)

Luis and Rosa convince an aunt to allow them to use the former summer residence of the family. ...

Find Me That Girl (1964)

Sixteen-year-old Marisol sings her way across Spain with her father, chasing dreams and survival. On a sunlit campsite in Mallorca, she meets two students and dares to perform at a bullfighting event—hoping to be discovered. When talent scout Mr. Morriso ...

La boda (1964)

A man whose wife was murdered on the wedding night returns to town to marry another and is resisted by the locals. ...

Las de Caín (1959)

Adapted from a comedy of the brothers Alvarez Quintero, raised in a spirit rather routine and a remarkable lack of imagination. The minor nature of the adapted work greatly limited their chances, but there was no resolution film the slightest hint of creat ...

La frontera del miedo (1958)

Un día perdido (1955)

Journey to Jakobsland (1989)

On his way to Santiago de Compostela, a pilgrim recounts his experiences through the letters he writes to his friend. ...