Directing
Pere Joan Ventura
Born January 29, 1946 · Castellar del Vallés, Catalonia
Died July 28, 2025 · aged 79
No biography available.
Known For
Vampir Cuadecuc · 1972Vampir Cuadecuc
★ 6.11972
MovieDocumentary
An atmospheric essay, which is an alternative version of Count Dracula, a film directed by Jess Franco in 1970; a ghostly narration between fiction and reality.
If They Tell You I Fell · 1989If They Tell You I Fell
★ 4.71989
MovieDramaThriller
In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). These tales mix war stories, local gossip, comic book characters, fantasy and real events. The "aventis" told in this film are told in flashback. In the mid 80s, 45 or so years after the age of the "aventis," a doctor and a nurse-nun (who grew up together, and now are co-workers in a hospital) identify the corpse of one of the main characters of the "aventis" of their childhood and adolescence. Besides the interesting flashbacks - a chronical of the Civil War in a "typical" Barcelona microcosm itself, the discovery of this body (belonging to someone long presumed dead) leads to other surprises and unresolved doubts, several decades later
The Bilingual Lover · 1993The Bilingual Lover
★ 4.01993
MovieComedyDrama
Joan Mares obsession for the lovely and luscious Norma Valenti takes epic proportions because he cannot let go of her. After he is injured by some skin heads, he uses his scars to pursue his life as a street musician. He devices a plan to get to Norma and she never catches on to his deceit, except she realizes that as Juan Faneca his performance in bed is exactly what she had experienced with Joan Mares because she concludes they were taught sex by the same prostitute.
Dragon Rapide · 1986Dragon Rapide
★ 6.51986
MovieWarTV Movie
The two weeks leading up to the Spanish Civil War in 1936 are dramatized from many different locations in Spain, Morocco and London.
Tiempo de silencio · 1986Tiempo de silencio
★ 5.61986
MovieDrama
Pedro Martín, a young and ambitious doctor, is studying the effect of cancerous cells on mice, but he has run out of mice in his laboratory, since they do not breed there, and he has no funds to purchase more of these expensive laboratory animals from the United States. Nevertheless, his assistant, Amador, informs him that he gave some of the mice to an old trapper, nicknamed “el Muecas”, who lives in precarious conditions in a shanty town outside Madrid, and that this poor man has successfully bred them with the help of the natural heat of his daughters. The incredulous scientist goes to the shanty town to obtain the mice. There, Pedro meets Muecas, Muecas's wife Ricarda and their two daughters Florita and Conchi. With the warmth of the women’s breasts, as the flirtatious Florita shows Pedro, the mice are able to reproduce.
With Good Reason · 2004With 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.
Un vas d'aigua per a l'Elio · 2023Un vas d'aigua per a l'Elio
2023
MovieDocumentary
After the defeat of fascism in the Second World War, some idealists in Spain continue the struggle against Franco's dictatorship. seventy years later, Enrica Volpi and the rest of her family will discover the mystery of how and why Elio disappeared without a trace.
El efecto Iguazú · 2003El efecto Iguazú
★ 7.52003
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Documentary about the so-called "hope camp", which narrates the long protest carried out by the Sintel workers camped in the middle of Castellana Street in Madrid in defence of their labour rights. The documentary follows the evolution of the events during 4 months, from April to August 2001, reflecting the life of these people during their encampment and the negotiations between the government and the trade unions.
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