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Julio Diamante
Born December 27, 1930 · Cádiz, Spain
Died August 1, 2020 · aged 89
Julio Diamante (27 December 1930 – 1 August 2020) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter . He directed ten films between 1959 and 1976. His 1965 film The Art of Living was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival . He died on 1 August 2020 in Madrid at the age of 89.
Known For
Sex o no sex · 1974Sex o no sex
★ 5.01974
MovieComedy
Paco, a frustrated office worker, goes to the office of a psychologist, to whom he tells his most delirious sexual fantasies in the hope that he will apply a curative therapy. Unfortunately, the doctor will end up confessing that he can not help, because he lives with a doll that has become his companion sentimental.
They Paid with Bullets: Chicago 1929 · 1969They Paid with Bullets: Chicago 1929
★ 5.81969
MovieActionCrime
Country bumpkin Frank runs into a gangland shooting, driving the victims to the gang's headquarters. He soon earns a place in Erik's mob. Syndicate head Big John wishes to unite the four gangs in Chicago, but Erik defies them, wishing to remain independent. An assassination attempt forces him to reconsider, and his gang isn't impressed with what they take for his cowardice. This is the point that allows the ambitious Frank to muscle in on Erik's mob, and his moll, Lucie. Frank's first move is to hire outside pros, and shoot up a casino of Big John's, challenging the entire syndicate. Erik, meanwhile, harbors feelings of revenge.
Neurosis · 1970Neurosis
★ 9.01970
MovieMysteryDrama
Inspired by the French classic Les diaboliques (1955), this psycho-thriller copies that film rather closely. In Barcelona, a couple falls apart and the husband falls in love with his wife's cousin. To hide the former‘s accidental death, the cousin takes her identity. But one evening the husband thinks he recognizes his wife in the street...
Those Who Did Not Go to War · 1962Those Who Did Not Go to War
★ 6.51962
MovieComedy
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.
El arte de vivir · 1966El arte de vivir
★ 6.31966
MovieDrama
After graduating in Economics, Luis is seeking to burst through in life. His partner Ana sees how his way of being is changing by the standards of his company into a different person. Ana tries to draw his attention in a failed suicide attempt.
El proceso · 1955El proceso
★ 3.01955
MovieDrama
Taking Franz Kafka's "The Process" as a source of inspiration, a poetic approach is made to his plot, to his characters and sets turned into icons, a meta-theatrical reflection where the gestural language and the surrealist elements imply a very personal reading of the Czech author.
Tiempo de amor · 1964Tiempo de amor
★ 5.81964
MovieRomanceDrama
Three stories in which love plays a decisive role intersect. The first of them is led by a couple who decides to break with the chastity they have been keeping until then. In the second Mary discovers that the man with whom he wants to lose his virginity is a ruffian and in the third, and last, a marriage tries to maintain happiness despite the miseries of his daily life. Second film by director and screenwriter Julio Diamante , composed of three autonomous episodes, minimally chained, called " The sunset ", " The night " and " The morning ". The three chapters are very influenced by the social realism that invaded the Spanish literature of the time and by the badly assimilated cinema of Michelangelo Antonioni. This means that, for example.
La Carmen · 1976La Carmen
★ 6.01976
MovieDramaCrime
A young ex-seminarian named José is doing his military service in Córdoba. There he meets Carmen, a beautiful flamenco dancer who falls madly in love, to the point that he steals to get money for her, so he will be imprisoned. José does not support the separation and, when he is driven by the Civil Guard on a train, he runs off by jumping out the window. He then left for Madrid in search of Carmen, who now lives in the company of his uncle, the lame, master of dancers. The woman welcomes José coldly, although they engage in a strange and tense relationship behind the back of El Morao, her former pimp, who lives with her again.
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