Directing
Mario Camus
Born April 19, 1935 · Santander, Cantabria, España
Died September 18, 2021 · aged 86
Camus started studying Law, but soon left his studies to enter the IIEC (now EOC) in 1956, where he got a director's diploma in 1963 with the training film El borracho (1962) and, finally, ended up as a professor. He worked with Carlos Saura in several screenplays during the early 60s (The Delinquents (1960), Llanto por un bandido (1964)), and also directed some shorts. His first feature films wer…
Known For
After the Dream · 1992After the Dream
★ 5.51992
MovieDrama
Amós is a sailor and owner of a ship. He is impatient with the arrival of his uncle who returns from the Soviet Union, after having exiled there after the Civil War. They have no time to meet because the old man unexpectedly dies. Amos knows, thanks to the letters his mother received, that his uncle had a treasure. However, this one is not among the objects that were in the old man's room.
Prince of Shadows · 1991Prince of Shadows
★ 5.21991
MovieThrillerCrime
Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.
Suburbs · 1996Suburbs
★ 4.81996
MovieDrama
A young auditor live peacefully in a residential block consisting of identical townhouses. However, a purely casual visit to the veterinarian on duty with his dog, causes a chain of lies under which the auditor notices the hidden face of all his daily life, starting with the true meaning of the silence of his wife .
La vieja música · 1985La vieja música
★ 6.01985
MovieDrama
The new coach of the basketball team of Lugo arrives from Uruguay. He really knows nothing about training a basketball team so he keeps the previous coach on and in the meantime tries to learn from videos and books, but his real reason for coming to Spain was to find out about an old lost love.
La Femme et le Pantin · 1990La Femme et le Pantin
★ 4.31990
MovieComedyDrama
Matthieu, a mature and wealthy French businessman, meets Estrella in Barcelona, a teenager with a humble family, who is subjugated by his youth, spontaneity, candor and mischief.
Crooks · 1983Crooks
★ 5.51983
MovieComedy
A man of a certain social position falls in jail and request protection to a pickpocket and con man during his stay. On his release he promises to help his friend what then creates many problems.
La rusa · 1987La rusa
★ 6.31987
MovieDramaThriller
A man falls in love with a terrorist.
Los farsantes · 1963Los farsantes
★ 6.61963
MovieDrama
Movies
After the Dream · 1992After the Dream
★ 5.51992
MovieDrama
Amós is a sailor and owner of a ship. He is impatient with the arrival of his uncle who returns from the Soviet Union, after having exiled there after the Civil War. They have no time to meet because the old man unexpectedly dies. Amos knows, thanks to the letters his mother received, that his uncle had a treasure. However, this one is not among the objects that were in the old man's room.
Prince of Shadows · 1991Prince of Shadows
★ 5.21991
MovieThrillerCrime
Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.
Suburbs · 1996Suburbs
★ 4.81996
MovieDrama
A young auditor live peacefully in a residential block consisting of identical townhouses. However, a purely casual visit to the veterinarian on duty with his dog, causes a chain of lies under which the auditor notices the hidden face of all his daily life, starting with the true meaning of the silence of his wife .
La vieja música · 1985La vieja música
★ 6.01985
MovieDrama
The new coach of the basketball team of Lugo arrives from Uruguay. He really knows nothing about training a basketball team so he keeps the previous coach on and in the meantime tries to learn from videos and books, but his real reason for coming to Spain was to find out about an old lost love.
La Femme et le Pantin · 1990La Femme et le Pantin
★ 4.31990
MovieComedyDrama
Matthieu, a mature and wealthy French businessman, meets Estrella in Barcelona, a teenager with a humble family, who is subjugated by his youth, spontaneity, candor and mischief.
Crooks · 1983Crooks
★ 5.51983
MovieComedy
A man of a certain social position falls in jail and request protection to a pickpocket and con man during his stay. On his release he promises to help his friend what then creates many problems.
La rusa · 1987La rusa
★ 6.31987
MovieDramaThriller
A man falls in love with a terrorist.
Los farsantes · 1963Los farsantes
★ 6.61963
MovieDrama
Los días del pasado · 1977Los días del pasado
★ 6.51977
MovieDrama
A woman arrives in town to work as a teacher. It is the time of the 'maquis', the anti-Franco guerrilla that fights with little hope in some regions of Spain just after the end of the civil war. She has a love affair with one of the guerrillas, but their relationship will have an impossible future because of the past.
Let Them Talk · 1968Let Them Talk
★ 7.01968
MovieDramaComedy
Raphael plays a singer who searches for his classical pianist brother in Buenos Aires, with the brother eventually revealed playing in the squalid bar.
Bohemian Nights · 1985Bohemian Nights
★ 6.81985
MovieDrama
In the empty house of his family, Ramon, a poet, remembers the last day of the life of his master: the last time he went out with his friend don Latino de Hispalis, his talk with a minister and his dinner with Ruben Dario.
Paco, mi padre · 1992Paco, mi padre
★ 9.01992
MovieDocumentary
Benito Rabal takes us on a journey through his memories to bring us closer to the endearing figure of the actor Paco Rabal, his father. Through interviews, voiceovers, reenactments, and family photographs and films, we discover the humble origins and undeniable career of one of the most important actors in the history of Spanish cinema.
Mañana podría estar muerto · 2012Mañana podría estar muerto
★ 6.52012
MovieAction
No blood, no money! Fights, acrobatics, jumps and death were the daily routine of the "old school" Spanish stuntmen and their coordinators. Their profession did put a price on their lives: the higher the risk, the higher the reward.
The Holy Innocents · 1984The Holy Innocents
★ 7.81984
MovieDrama
In 60s Extremadura, Paco el Bajo and his relatives work during day in a farmhouse, and silently suffer submission to their masters, who exploit them and treat them almost like animals. Meanwhile, Paco dreams that one day his children will be able to study.
Wrath of the Wind · 1970Wrath of the Wind
★ 5.11970
MovieDrama
A mute gunslinger takes on an oppressive landlord in 19th century Valencia and falls in love with a local woman.
Weeping for a Bandit · 1964Weeping for a Bandit
★ 5.81964
MovieHistoryDrama
José María "El Tempranillo" fleeing from justice, takes refuge in Sierra Morena. After a period of hard learning, he becomes the leader of a group of bandits.
The Beehive · 1982The Beehive
★ 6.41982
MovieComedyDrama
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
Canticle · 1972Canticle
★ 4.51972
MovieDrama
While conducting interviews with women working in local brothels, Fernando, a journalist, meets Elisa. The woman will tell him her dramatic story, which begins at age 14 when she is raped by her godfather.
Más allá del jardín · 1996Más allá del jardín
★ 5.01996
MovieDrama
Palmira, a woman belonging to the Sevillian aristocracy, as well known for her decrepitude and hypocrisy as the rest of her population, enters into an emotional crisis when she reaches maturity.
The House of Bernarda Alba · 1987The House of Bernarda Alba
★ 6.91987
MovieDrama
After the death of her husband Bernarda Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house.
La vuelta del Coyote · 1998La vuelta del Coyote
★ 7.01998
MovieDramaWestern
In the mid-19th century, California, a Mexican territory, became part of the United States. Faced with the possibility of being dispossessed of his land by the new authorities, Don César de Echagüe, a Spanish nobleman, asks his son César, a capricious and insufferable fop, for help.
Roma · 2004Roma
★ 6.52004
MovieDramaHistory
Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.
City of Wonders · 1999City of Wonders
★ 4.91999
MovieDramaRomance
A young man, Onofre Bouvila, arrives in Barcelona escaping the troubles of his family. Knowing no one, his only objective is to build a new life. But Barcelona is a city run by warlords and mafias. And it doesn't take Onofre long to understand that in order to move forward has to adapt to the prevailing order of things: only power and money have value. The rest doesn't matter. His ambition is endangers his only love, Delifina.
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea · 1973La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
★ 8.51973
MovieDrama
TV Shows
Curro Jiménez · 1976Curro Jiménez
★ 7.31976
SeriesComedy
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
Los camioneros · 1973Los camioneros
★ 6.51973
SeriesComedyDrama
Fortunata and Jacinta · 1980Fortunata and Jacinta
★ 6.71980
SeriesDrama
The aristocrat Juan de Santa Cruz meets Fortunata, a girl of humble origins, and a passionate love arises between them; but his mother decides to marry him to her niece Jacinta.
La Forja de un Rebelde · 1990La Forja de un Rebelde
★ 6.41990
SeriesDrama
An autobiographical account that is also the history of Spain during the dark years of the first half of the twentieth century. Spanish writer Arturo Barea (1897-1957) narrates his childhood in Madrid, his harsh experiences in Morocco during the Rif War and his political commitment to the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.
Lorca: Death of a Poet · 1987Lorca: Death of a Poet
★ 5.11987
SeriesDrama
Lorca, a great Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He was executed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Nickolas Grace gives a fabulous interpretation in the title role and he even bears a remarkable resemblance to Lorca.
Los desastres de la guerra · 1983Los desastres de la guerra
★ 7.01983
SeriesDrama
The painter Francisco de Goya is witness to the disasters and horrors caused by the bloody resistance of the Spanish people to the French occupation during the Napoleonic wars.