William Layton

Autumn Rain (1989)

A writer named Daniel is going through a crisis, aggravated by the unexpected success of his wife in her professional career as an actress. ...

La conquista de Albania (1983)

King Carlos II of Spain (r. 1665-1700) once sent his brother Luis to lead a military expedition into Albania and conquer that land for the Spaniards. Since Albania was a part of the dowry of Luis' wife, it seemed like a reasonable idea at the time. While t ...

Bearn (1983)

Mallorca, 1865. Mr Bearns' funerals, "better to dye thant to mix blood". ...

F. E. N. (1980)

Two former students of a strict religious school decide to return there during the summer holidays to make those who were their teachers experience all the suffering they experienced as students, beginning a sinister game in which the buried violence, the ...

Memoria (1978)

In the year 2000, in a world where nations exercise strict control over their populations, Dr. Ulop is researching a way to transfer human memories to another brain. ...

Las locuras de Jane (1978)

An unstable young woman commits crazy actions both inside and outside the mental institution in which she lives. ...

Till Divorce Us Do Part (1977)

Miguel is a young Spanish naval engineer in love with an American student of History of Art. When she becomes pregnant, she decides that the easiest solution to her situation is to marry her civilly. However, in Spain in the 1970s, prior to the passage of ...

La Gioconda está triste (1977)

The Mona Lisa loses her famous smile, and so does the rest of the world. ...

The Birds of Baden-Baden (1975)

It's summer and Madrid is almost deserted. Elisa, a young bourgeois woman who is preparing her doctoral thesis, needs the services of a photographer to illustrate her work. She hires Pablo, a somewhat bohemian, strange, and solitary man who lives with his ...

Los nuevos españoles (1974)

A Spanish insurance company is absorbed by a multinational, so that, in order to modernize, its employees are obliged to carry out some training courses to adapt to the new situation and the new objectives. Given the relevance of what is at stake, the wive ...

Open Season (1974)

Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a v ...

The Scarlet Letter (1973)

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her ...

Travels with My Aunt (1972)

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover. ...

A House Without Boundaries (1972)

Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so ...

Man in the Wilderness (1971)

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and ...

Wrath of the Wind (1970)

A mute gunslinger takes on an oppressive landlord in 19th century Valencia and falls in love with a local woman. ...

Transplant (1970)

To satisfy his wife, an elderly man has to have a penis transplant and is willing to pay a lot to do so. Three men are selected, who, for different reasons, are forced to accept; but giving up one's manhood can be more complicated than expected. ...

Life Goes On (1969)

A promising goalkeeper of Real Madrid sees his chance when a teammate is injured and is summoned to replace him. But the misfortune is primed with him when an untimely car accident damaged her spine and is forced to give up that had to be the game of his l ...

Esa mujer (1969)

At the end of the 19th century, Soledad Romero, a well-known singer, is accused of murder. During the trial her tragic story is revealed. ...

Los que tocan el piano (1968)

Cayetana, her boyfriend Paco and Venancio, her foster brother, commit small thefts and, from time to time, spend a few days in jail. Until they meet with Federico, a thief who has traveled abroad and convince them that using European methods success is gua ...

Las que tienen que servir (1967)

Juana and Francisca are serving at the Stevens house, an American couple. Both of them have a boyfriend, one is an egg-carrier and the other is a transporter with his own motorcycle. And both with a totally totalitarian and macho concept regarding male-fem ...

Lola, espejo oscuro (1966)

Confidencias de un marido (1963)

Siempre es domingo (1961)

In a sector of Madrid inhabited by families of a well-off class, a gang of boys and girls has continuous fun, sleep and drink, while their parents ignore practically everything. However, each of these young people has, to a greater or lesser degree, a prob ...