Alfonso Ungría

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Alfonso Ungría

Born March 30, 1946 · Madrid, Spain (age 80)

Alfonso Ungría (born March 30, 1946, in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish film and television director and screenwriter. After beginning his career in independent cinema in the late 1960s, he directed numerous films and television productions, including El hombre oculto (1970), Gulliver (1976), Soldados (1978), La conquista de Albania (1983), África (1996), and El deseo de ser un piel roja (2002). He al…

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ÁfricaÁfrica · 1996
África
6.31996
MovieDrama
Martín (Zoe Berriatúa) is a teenager living in the San Blas district of Madrid. He is upset with his father Arturo (Imanol Arias) because he blames him for his mother's death. With the help of his girlfriend África (Elena Anaya), who will become his stepsister, he tries to get revenge on him.
Querido AbrahamQuerido Abraham · 1968
Querido Abraham
1968
MovieComedy
A girl falls in love with Abraham Lincoln.
LazosLazos · 1994
Lazos
1994
MovieDramaTV Movie
Luz, the daughter of an ambassador living in Madrid, discovers that she is HIV-positive. At the same time, she meets Luis, an advertising executive leading an AIDS awareness campaign. As their relationship develops, both are forced to confront the realities of living with the disease.
With Good ReasonWith Good Reason · 2004
With Good Reason
4.72004
MovieDramaComedy
A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. fire in Baghdad, and the manipulation of the media.
The Impeccable SinnerThe Impeccable Sinner · 1987
The Impeccable Sinner
6.31987
MovieComedy
Honorio Sigüenza is a man in his forties who has always lived under the yoke of his possessive mother. When his mother dies, he undergoes a radical transformation that will lead him to live numerous love affairs in the face of the disapproval of his cousin Veni, who wanted to marry him.
La conquista de AlbaniaLa conquista de Albania · 1983
La conquista de Albania
5.21983
MovieAdventureDrama
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 that expedition and its final battle is the subject of this historical film, the scale involved can hardly do justice to the concept. The protagonists talk incessantly, and by the time they get down to the final grand battle, it turns out to be a skirmish between several dozen men.
Erotic StoriesErotic Stories · 1980
Erotic Stories
4.11980
MovieComedy
A set of nine stories whose central theme is eroticism. The different directors of the film deal from philosophical aspects to others that are almost pornographic, but always with a common denominator: sensuality.
SoldadosSoldados · 1978
Soldados
6.51978
MovieDramaWar
Dramatic portrait of men and women discouraged in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, after the odyssey of a group of Republican soldiers trying to reach the east coast to go into exile. Agustín must bear that his libertine father lives with the ironer Remedios, although she does not love him. She escapes and he goes to war; when they finally meet again, anxious amid bursts, it will be impossible to consummate their desires repressed for so long.

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