Roberto Álvarez

La bala (2025)

Si todas las puertas se cierran (2023)

La suite nupcial (2020)

Grandfathers (2019)

In a globalized world where youth and technology reign supreme, three aged friends refuse to give up and dare to launch a business from scratch: a daycare center. But is modern society ready enough to embrace their venture? ...

Neckan (2017)

Nothing in Return (2015)

One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations living to ...

Captain Thunder (2011)

The story of "Captain Thunder and the Holy Grail" is set during the Third Crusade in Palestine, when Captain Thunder finds in the dungeons of a fortress a dying Christian named Juan de Ribera, who entrusts him the mission to restore to Spain a cup which is ...

Sofía (2011)

Telefilm on Spain Queen Sofia. It all starts in Corfu (Greece), in the summer of 1961. The Royal Palace of Mon Repos, summer residence of the Greek royal family, he wakes up at work. The service strives to prepare the house for some illustrious guests: the ...

Tarancón, el quinto mandamiento (2010)

Biography of Cardinal Tarancón, a key figure during the Transition period due to his efforts to reconcile the "two Spains." The assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco by ETA on December 20, 1973, prompted the cardinal to leave Madrid after receiving death t ...

Mediterranean Food (2009)

Sofia's story, the best chef in the world, and the two men who helped her to become a legend. ...

El menor de los males (2007)

Eduardo is a middle-aged man, married with children; He lives in Madrid and is dedicated to politics. His sister Julia awaits his visit in the old Galician family house. But the meeting of the two brothers has a reason. ...

The Borgia (2006)

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia. ...

Callas & Onassis (2005)

Maria Callas, one of the most talented opera singers of her time, seemed to have it all. Coming from humble origins, she always felt slighted by her mother's preference for her sister. She grew up in an unhappy environment, until her career in the operatic ...

The Food (2005)

In this black comedy about a man in a surreal restaurant somewhere up in the mountains, where Papandreu the chef makes him enjoy his best dishes. ...

Nobody's Life (2002)

With a prestigious job and a loving family, Emilio (José Coronado) has the kind of life someone would kill for. But beneath it all is a horrible lie. Emilio's wife, Ágata (Adriana Ozores), becomes suspicious when Emilio picks up a guest pass to enter the ...

Talk to Her (2002)

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas. ...

Mad Love (2001)

The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria. ...

Sugar Times (2001)

Miguel is a child that loves her neighbour Ángela and enjoy working in the pastry-cook's shop of his family. He don't tell Ángela his feelings, and when they grow Ángela marry with another man and has two sons with him, but she continues her friendship ...

Lena (2001)

Set in Galicia in northwest Spain - an area famed for its beauty and smuggling - this film shows a once-thriving fishing and shipbuilding culture fallen on hard times. Feisty, street smart Lena, 18, lives in semi-penury with her hard-drinking slob of a fat ...

Historia de un Buho (2001)

The Goalkeeper (2000)

Ramiro Forteza is a Premier League goalkeeper whom the Civil War and the rigors of the war led to make a living visiting villages and challenging locals to mark him penalty goals. One evening he arrives to a town in Asturias and meets Manuela, a young wido ...

Km. 0 (2000)

Located in Madrid's Plaza del Sol, Km. 0 is the point from which all distances in Spain are measured from the capital. In Km. 0, it is also the meeting point for a gallery of characters. Bored, affluent housewife Marga meets up with gigolo Miguel, who co-h ...

The Ugliest Woman in the World (1999)

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 ...

Verbal Assault (1999)

A feature film composed of seven independent short films. Teo, a playwright, and Pepa are two friends in their thirties chatting against a spectacular backdrop. Jorge is a recently divorced executive who moves into an empty apartment. Ángel is recovering ...

Manolito Four Eyes (1999)

The usually absent father of a chubby kid shows up to take him on a road trip. ...

Between Your Legs (1999)

A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts. ...

Nada en la nevera (1998)

Carlota is an ambulance driver who becomes infatuated with porno-comic artist Number One, whom she meets after the latter suffers indigestion from eating ten hard-boiled eggs. A trail of misunderstandings between them ensue. ...

Amor de hombre (1997)

Set in Madrid, Spain, this engaging comedy chronicles the complex relationship between single female Esperanza, who can't buy a date, and her best friend Ramón, a gay divorce attorney whose bed is never empty. The pair's friendship is put to the test when ...