Production
Elías Querejeta
Born October 27, 1934 · Hernani, Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
Died June 9, 2013 · aged 78
Elías Querejeta was born on October 27, 1934 in Hernani, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain as Elías Querejeta Gárate. He was a producer, director and writer, known for A través de San Sebastián (1960), The City of Lost Children (1995), Stories from the Kronen (1995), Mondays in the Sun (2002) and Seven Billiard Tables (2007). He was married to the costume designer Maiki Marín and his daughter is th…
Known For
The City of Lost Children · 1995The City of Lost Children
★ 7.31995
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
The Spirit of the Beehive · 1973The Spirit of the Beehive
★ 7.71973
MovieDramaFantasy
In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.
Cria! · 1976Cria!
★ 7.51976
MovieDrama
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
Faster, Faster · 1981Faster, Faster
★ 6.41981
MovieCrimeDrama
Angela is a young waitress who turns her back on society when she meets and falls in love with Pablo, a reckless criminal delinquent. Along with Pablo’s gang of car thieves, the pair embark on a drug and disco-fueled robbery spree as they hurtle toward oblivion.
Mondays in the Sun · 2002Mondays in the Sun
★ 7.22002
MovieDramaComedy
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.
El Sur · 1983El Sur
★ 7.71983
MovieDrama
A woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship with her father.
Anna and the Wolves · 1973Anna and the Wolves
★ 6.91973
MovieDrama
The young but traveled Ana arrives in a manor in the countryside of Spain to work as nanny of three girls and finds a dysfunctional family.
Peppermint Frappé · 1967Peppermint Frappé
★ 6.61967
MovieDramaThriller
Julián, a middle-aged single doctor, is reunited with Pablo, a childhood friend who has just married Elena, a beautiful young woman.
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