María Luisa Ponte

La Regenta (1995)

The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores's life unbearable and inevitably tragic. ...

Cradle Song (1994)

A group of nuns find an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent. ...

El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? (1994)

The argument between Enrique and Javier, his best friend and Marta's husband, his lover, ends with the accidental death of Javier. Faced with the difficulty of proving his innocence, Enrique decides to start, along with Marta and the corpse of Javier, a tr ...

Ni contigo ni sin ti (1992)

Guillermo is a lonely old man who sees his methodical existence interrupted with the appearance of a new neighbor. ...

Spanish Actress for Russian Minister (1990)

A love story between a mythical Russian minister and an opportunist TV series actress. ...

Moors and Christians (1987)

A peculiar family, which owns a nougat factory, decides to set out on a trip to Madrid in order to advertise its products in a Food Fair. Besides the disapproval from the family head and company founder, events are not as expected. ...

Madrid (1987)

Hans, a German director, is in Madrid to film a television production about the capital and the Civil War, 50 years after it occurred. Accompanied by Lucía, his editor, and Goyo, his cinematographer, he films shots of the modern city, searching for spaces ...

Voyage to Nowhere (1986)

The Iniesta-Galván family is a theatre company that goes from town to town offering its performances. Over the years, its members will have to adapt to changes and make decisions, like that of whether or not to continue performing. One day, unexpectedly, ...

The Court of the Pharaoh (1985)

In the early Spanish Civil Post-war, in Madrid, during the most hard times of the Franco dictatorship, a group of second-rate players try to get out of their wretched lives taking advantage of the artistic caprices of the son of a rich man who supports the ...

The Heifer (1985)

During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby village. In addition to ruining the Nationalist faction's celebration they w ...

De hombre a hombre (1985)

El pan debajo del brazo (1984)

Total (1983)

"Total" opens the trilogy that close "Amanece que no es poco" and "Así en el Cielo como en la Tierra" Year 2598. Three days ago, the world has come to the end in London, a lost and a small Castilian village atmosphere. Lorenzo, a shepherd, tells a series ...

Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor! (1983)

National III (1982)

In order to solve economic problems, "Leguineche" family decide to move to France with their limited belongings. ...

El gran mogollón (1982)

In a western and Mediterranean country, very fond of bullfighting and soccer, legislative elections are held, that is, "El Gran Mogollón" is elected from the bosses. Each leader feels that his position is secure, and some are preparing to take the preside ...

The Beehive (1982)

As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, survi ...

Life, Love and Death (1982)

Divided into three grotesque stories of absurd humor that, as the title suggests, are based on life, love and death. ...

¡Caray con la viejecita! (1982)

A mature woman frequently goes to the lower floors of Azca to connect with the spirit of youth. Upon being assaulted by an attractive young man, she proposes to him to share the soft drugs that she carries in her purse. ...

Hooray for Divorce! (1982)

David is married and has no children. However, outside of marriage, he has longstanding relationships with Susi and Laly, with whom he has had a child with each. He has promised both of then, separately of course, that when the divorce is permitted in Spa ...

La tía de Carlos (1982)

The father of his girlfriend does not want her to spend a few days with Carlos, so he needs a companion. Therefore, he asks a friend to pretend to be his aunt. This will create endless trouble and confusion, especially when the real aunt of Charles arrive ...

127 millones libres de impuestos (1981)

Es peligroso casarse a los 60 (1981)

A confirmed bachelor, over his sixties, is finally decided to marry, with the primary objective of having a son to inherit his business of coaches for tourists. Held the wedding, descendants don't arrive, but what comes into the house of the protagonist is ...

The Magic Garter Belt (1980)

A solicitor's secretary goes to a creepy mansion to hand an inheritance to the deceased's niece. The house's service is trying to terrify the girl out of the house, where they know a treasure is hidden. ...

Spoiled Children (1980)

This satirical comedy follows the strict older generation pitting themselves against the pleasure-seeking youths, both in 1947 and in 1978. ...

The Nest (1980)

In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric widower, aged 60, is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13 year old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita) the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his b ...

Él y él (1980)

A young college student from a good family feel great vocation as an actor. One day, you're invited to a party at the home of a well-known film producer, fifties and homosexual. Since then, his life will never be the same. ...

La campanada (1980)

La paloma azul (1980)

A film that focuses on the sexual changes that occur in the minds and bodies of adolescent boys and girls. It explains the process from sexual contact to childbirth, as well as contraception. ...

The Imaginary Invalid (1979)

From Maid to Lady (1979)

Rubina arrives in Rome from the high mountain in search of her boyfriend Carlo, who refuses to keep her word of marriage, in view of which she falsely accuses him of having raped her and the boy is imprisoned. Rubina is placed as a maid in David's house. D ...

¡Vaya par de gemelos! (1978)

Pedro and Lucas are two twin brothers, residents of Tarazona, whom fortune smiles very differently. Luke is married to the owner of a modest supermarket and works as dependent, porter and whatever is needed ... Moreover, unlike his brother, he has never le ...

El fascista, la beata y su hija desvirgada (1978)

Juan, before the economic problems arising as a result of the arrival of democracy in Spain, decides to go to Venezuela, with Jaime, his brother, who has made ​​his fortune in that country. Juan hopes that Jaime will make him a loan, hoping that also G ...

Black Litter (1977)

Tatin is a young man of fifteen years old who joins a violent group of extreme right-wing ideology, led by Blanca, a mature woman of influential personality. ...

The Clear Motives of Desire (1977)

A morbid curiosity leads Andrea and her friends to spy on a couple of young people during their amorous outings. Javi, the boyfriend, feels bothered because that situation, but ignores that Andrea is attracted to him. ...

La mujer es un buen negocio (1977)

The Kidnapping (1976)

Inspired by the famous Patty Hearst case, this thriller centers around a young woman who's kidnapped and brainwashed by a crime ring and ends up succumbing to Stockholm Syndrome. ...

La petición (1976)

An ambitious young woman from a wealthy family, but unsatisfied with her social position, will not hesitate to use all that is within her reach to achieve her ascent in society. ...

The Education in Love of Valentin (1976)

This sex comedy concerns the efforts of Julien to get his timid, "backward" 20-year-old son to take an interest in sex and get married. After a series of adventures with women (arranged by papa), Valentin finally gets married to a woman who appears to be a ...

Los caciques (1976)

The Regent's Wife (1974)

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Clarín, which narrates the difficulties of Ana Ozores to adapt to the sordidness of life in Vetusta, a provincial city of northern Spain inspired in Oviedo. The young Ana, married to a retired regent, lives oppre ...

La Celestina (1974)

Life Size (1974)

Michel is a middle-aged man with money and social standing. But he dreams of owning a doll to be his lover. When he finally gets one, he realizes he has become a slave to his own fantasy. ...

La madrastra (1974)

In Segovia at the beginning of the thirties the hoarder widower and Marcos must be prudent but has relations with the sterile prostitute Mercedes every week. ...

Las señoritas de mala compañía (1973)

Celos, amor y Mercado Común (1973)

The film follows the adventures of several couples in Spain in the early 70s, whose stories intermingle: Luis is an unfaithful husband to his wife Juana, Felipe is a plumber who seeks extra-spousal adventures to hidden from his wife, Rosario, who works as ...

Mi profesora particular (1973)

Loris is a young man who begins a romance with Francisca, his piano teacher, a forty-year-old who lives dominated by her mother, who was a successful soprano in her youth. Loris goes to live at Francisca's house. They will have as neighbor a sexual obsessi ...

Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1973)

A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote recalls some of the adventures they've shared. ...

El padre de la criatura (1972)

Eduardo and Antonia are a mature couple excited about their daughter expecting their first grandchild. But life will change completely when some laboratory tests confirm that it is Antonia who is pregnant and not her daughter. This unexpected situation str ...

La graduada (1971)

Naive small town girl, Benita, moves to the capital to start a new life, but things don't go as planned - until she meets Don Carlos, a handsome doctor. ...

The Seven Lives of the Cat (1971)

Guillermo's family has been living for years a terrible curse. All the women in his family have died because of love and murdered by men of the clan. The funny thing is that before each death a cat appeared. One day, while Guillermo prepares the papers for ...

Me debes un muerto (1971)

El dinero tiene miedo (1970)

John is a rogue that convinces two friends to be trusted with your money, ensuring that you will place in Switzerland in very good condition, but his plan will encounter some difficulties. ...

Hamlet (1970)

Hamlet, the young and indolent prince of Denmark, who is sure that his father, the king, has been treacherously murdered by those closest to the throne, decides to take revenge, so he cleverly manipulates the hearts of the members of the court in search of ...

¿Por qué pecamos a los 40? (1970)

Alejandro Quesada, an eminent doctor successful with women, drives his old friends Federico and Enrique to change their attitude towards life. The death of a common friend, Luis, reaffirmed in the attempt to enjoy their existence and seek the association o ...

Después de los nueve meses (1970)

On the same day, at the same time, several babies are born in a hospital. ...

Fortunata y Jacinta (1970)

Shows the unfailing love of two women for the same man, one as his mistress, the other as his wife. The lives of these characters intertwine and are determined by the variegated fabric of delicate tradition and established vices shaky politics and intrigue ...

Eugenie (1970)

A young woman is lured to an island paradise, where she is drawn into a dark world of pleasure, pain, and murder under the control of a sinister figure. ...

La revoltosa (1969)

El turismo es un gran invento (1968)

After a vacation to a seaside resort, a Spanish mayor attempts to modify his small rural town for tourists in an attempt to make money. ...

Las secretarias (1968)

Three young and attractive secretaries, Julia, Paula and Doli, work in an insurance company. ...

Los chicos con las chicas (1967)

After the rock band Los Bravos take a holiday at a mountainside camp situated next to a girls' school, their singer, Mike, ends up falling in love with one of the students there. ...

Club de solteros (1967)

Next Fall (1967)

Filmed in 1963, but not released in Spain until 1967, the film depicts the failed romance between a bourgeois French tourist girl and a Spanish working class boy. ...

Crónica de nueve meses (1967)

Three couples, three journeys, one life-changing moment. From newlyweds Alejandro and Mercedes to seasoned partners Margarita and Enrique, and hopeful dreamers Inés and Luis, each pair faces the joy, chaos, and wonder of expecting their first child. As cr ...

With the East Wind (1967)

The life of Sebastián, a 28-year-old Roma, changes drastically after he kills a man. From that moment, he must flee, experiencing the torments of loneliness, guilt, and the rejection of his people. ...

Lucky, the Inscrutable (1967)

An American secret agent is sent to Europe to track down a ring of counterfeiters. His investigation takes him from Rome to Albania, where he gets involved with a sexy Albanian police commissioner. ...

El último sábado (1967)

José Luis is a young man from a modest family of Barcelona and he feels genuine passion for motorcycles. His dream is to buy one of a large cylinder capacity, although his economic situation does not allow him by a long shot. Watching a race in the circui ...

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. ...

Camino del Rocío (1966)

Esperanza and Maria Jesús are two orphans because their father, Don Fernando, dies. He shared his buissines with Martina Echave, an old lover, who hated him because she has always wanted to marry him. Esperanza and Maria Jesús fall almost into ruin for M ...

Las viudas (1966)

Comedy consists of three stories about the sudden death of three husbands: a newly married man dies as a result of the excessive enthusiasm of his wife ("Honeymoon"), another because of a fling with a girl too fiery ("The Anniversary" ), and finally, a hus ...

La ciudad no es para mí (1966)

Agustin, a widower who lives in a village in Aragon, where he is much loved by all neighbors, is lonely and decides to go to the big city, where his son, a famous doctor, lives with his wife and daughter. Agustineis received by his children with great cool ...

Les Combinards (1966)

Léo and Claude, two penniless friends turned con artists, answer matrimonial classified ads to trap women. But one of the friends soon finds his own game turned against him. ...

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 ...

Amador (1965)

After killing his girl friend, Ana, Amador (a dark and strange man) joins his family (which he can't stand) in Torremolinos, where he gets involved in the assassination of a foreigner woman. It is also in Torremolinos, where Amador meets Laura, a woman who ...

Vacaciones para Ivette (1964)

Andrés' parents, in Madrid, and Pierre's parents, in Paris, have agreed to a school exchange for their children during the summer. However, when they go to the station to pick up Pierre, 10 years old, they meet an attractive young woman who takes his plac ...

Strange Voyage (1964)

In a small town near Madrid, Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and with a childish personality, live under the shadow of their bossy older sister, Ignacia, a grumpy old maid. ...

Llegar a más (1964)

Despite his youth, Daniel is not happy with his luck. He works in an auto repair shop and his job does not offer him any prospects of progress. Influenced by the large number of workers who are leaving Spain for Germany, he decides to emigrate as well. ...

Aquella joven de blanco (1964)

Júrame (1964)

Alberto wants to conquer the artist Laura Céspedes and invites her to a student party at the Faculty of Medicine. After being rejected, he decides to go to Africa. ...

Samson and His Mighty Challenge (1964)

Four muscular heroes fight the evil ruler of an oppressed people. ...

Ensayo general para la muerte (1963)

A playwright boasts he can commit a perfect crime in front of his friends, a police chief, a physician and a theater owner. Later, when the playwright's wife disappears, foul play is suspected. Did he murder her? ...

The Executioner (1963)

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement. ...

Those Who Did Not Go to War (1962)

First World War. In a largely rural area of neutral Spain, two families confront one another and play a part in embarrassing situations because they don't support the same side in the war. This will influence the breakup of an engagement. ...

Mentirosa (1962)

Nina, secretary of the lawyer Mr. Mendoza, is an imaginative liar. Because of her work, she has access to the will of an old millionaire who died naming as the sole beneficiary his daughter, the fruit of a love affair of youth. Only the millionaire's sist ...

Rogelia (1962)

Sueños de mujer (1961)

based-on-novel ...

La venganza de Don Mendo (1961)

Don Mendo, Marquess of Cabra, gallant and dashing knight of medieval Castilian, is also a virtuous mandoline player and a specialist in climbing towers. But he has a bad run, all played and all lost at seven-thirty (card game), and lost his honor playing i ...

The Wheelchair (1960)

Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. ...

Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960)

Claudio is a kind mand who works as cashier in a company for several years. Whe he finds closed the bank where he has to deposit a millon of pesetas, he decides to go to a friends party. Due to alcohol effects, he share out the money to the people who need ...

Streetcar for Sale (1959)

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such ...

La vida alrededor (1959)

Josephine and Antonio have reached a delicate economic balance after marriage. The salary of lawyer from him, and wins her in the hospital, allows them to survive and fantasize about some freak. The situation is complicated by the news that Josephine is pr ...

The Little Apartment (1959)

Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have a little apartment (or "pisito", in Spanish dialect). Unfortunately their low salaries prevent them from acquiring one. Soon, Rodolfo's co-workers urge him to m ...

We Are 18 Years Old (1959)

Comedy about the surreal holiday of two teenage Spanish girls, where they meet a bizarre assortment of villains and new friends. ...

¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? (1959)

Alfonso de Borbón and his cousin María de las Mercedes de Orleans fall in love and, although both families do not maintain good relationships, young people marry when Alfonso became king of Spain. ...

Los chicos (1959)

Four young men are cited in a kiosk during a rainy afternoon. One has to study and the other three go to the cinema, although they are not allowed to entry because their young age. The group consists of Andrés, who works as bellboy in a hotel and dreams o ...

Life Ahead (1958)

Finished their careers of Law and Medicine, respectively, Antonio Redondo and Josefina Castro, a pair of young Spanish newlyweds, are looking for work to buy an apartment and start a life together, but they will face enormous difficulties throughout the pr ...

Ha pasado un hombre (1956)

Educando a papá (1955)

Emigre returns to Spain to visit family; reunites with long-lost illegitimate son and rescues his brother-in-law from a gold-digging gigolette. ...

Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952)

The Great Galeoto (1951)

A young musician and dreamy, called "Ernesto", is forced to live in Madrid to die his father, in the house of executor of the testament, "don Julio Villamil", who is married to actress Teresa Labisbal, of which "Ernesto Acedo" was enamored platonic. Althou ...

FFG: un retrato (1976)

An experimental portrait of Fernando Fernán Gómez, one of the most renowned Spanish artists of all time. ...