Gerardo Vera

Extortion (2017)

A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn. ...

Second Skin (1999)

When Elena finds a hotel bill in her husband's pocket, she begins to suspect that he's having an affair — but not that it's with a man. ...

The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)

During the Spanish Civil War, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers is invited to shoot a film at UFA studios in Nazi Germany. ...

La Celestina (1996)

The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Celestina to further the romance. However Calisto's other servant Parmeno is suspicious of Celestina, as he ...

King of the River (1995)

An air-hostess is pregnant but she does not know the name of the father, a foreigner. When the baby is born, she gives it to her sister that has already two children. The child grows up as another member of the family. Although the adults keep the secret, ...

La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez (1993)

Azabache (1992)

A homage to the Andalusian Copla produced for the Seville Expo 92. The so-called musical featured four of the most prominent Copla singers: Imperio Argentina, historic actress and then retired singer, Rocío Jurado, the biggest name at the time, Juanita Re ...

Una mujer bajo la lluvia (1992)

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt (1991)

Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on her company wh ...

Carmen by Georges Bizet (1991)

Bizet's masterwork, Carmen, directed for stage by the Spanish actress Núria Espert. Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 1989. ...

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 ...

El Dorado (1988)

The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado. ...

Divine Words (1987)

A work of Valle-Inclán, the story takes place in Galicia in the early twentieth century. To escape poverty, the wife of a sacristan uses a hydrocephalic child as a sideshow attraction. This causes a confrontation with her sister-in-law. ...

Hay que deshacer la casa (1986)

Ana is a middle aged woman who many years ago decided to start a new life in Paris. Now she must return to her hometown after the death of her parents, since they have left her an inheritance. There she meets Laura, her only sister, with whom she has to sh ...

El amor brujo (1986)

In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he is stabbed to death. Carmelo, who secretly loves Candela since ...

Move Over, Mrs. Markham (1985)

Pablo and Fernando, owners of a children's book publishing company about to go bankrupt, have managed through unorthodox means to contract the country's best-selling author, Adela Mora. The evening of the official signing, Paco asks his friend to let him u ...

The Most Beautiful Night (1984)

Federico, an executive of national television, begins to suspect that his wife Elena, an actress who retired prematurely after marriage, is cheating him with another man. The symptoms are that Elena sighs, looks far into heaven and is aware of the exact ti ...

Ferocious (1984)

After Pablo runs away from being shackled in a cabin, he spends the winter in a cave and emerges as a bear. With the help of a writer, Pablo tries to renter human society. ...

El viaje de Julieta (2023)

King of the River (1995)

An air-hostess is pregnant but she does not know the name of the father, a foreigner. When the baby is born, she gives it to her sister that has already two children. The child grows up as another member of the family. Although the adults keep the secret, ...

Berlin Blues (1988)

In Cold War-era West Berlin, Lola (Julia Migenes-Johnson), an American blues singer with a nightclub band, falls for the piano player, David (Jose Coronado). Their romance is cut short when David must return to his native East, and Lola soon begins an affa ...

A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)

A political prisoner in a South American dictatorship escapes and is pursued throughout the country by a bloodthirsty dog. ...