Acting
Asunción Balaguer
Born November 8, 1925 · Manresa, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Died November 23, 2019 · aged 94
No biography available.
Known For
Brain Drain · 2009Brain Drain
★ 5.12009
MovieComedyRomance
Emilio, a shy, not too brilliant pupil at a humble local secondary school, has always harboured a secret love for Natalia, the cutest, brightest girl in the class. On the last day of the school year, when he finally decides to declare his love, Natalia is awarded a scholarship to study Medicine at Oxford. It would seem that all is lost for Emilio, but his drop-out school-pals are not ready to throw in the towel. After faking qualifications and scholarships, this band of brainless nuts land in Oxford, causing havoc in the normally peaceful campus existence.
Twisted Obsession · 1989Twisted Obsession
★ 5.51989
MovieThrillerMystery
An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and manipulative pretty sister, his life starts to unravel and he realizes that he's been used.
Barcelona Christmas Night · 2015Barcelona Christmas Night
★ 6.32015
MovieRomanceComedy
Multiple love stories unfold in Barcelona during Christmas's Eve.
The Baby's Room · 2006The Baby's Room
★ 6.82006
MovieDramaHorror
Juan and Sonia arrive at a large old house, an ideal place to raise their newborn son. When, one night before going to bed, they check the operation of the monitoring device installed in the baby's room, they discover that someone is sitting next to the crib.
Broken Silence · 2001Broken Silence
★ 5.72001
MovieDrama
Winter, 1944. Lucía at 21 returns to her small village in the mountains. She again meets Manuel, a young iron-smith who helps "those in the mountain", the "maquis", the anti-Franco resistance. Lucía is attracted to Manual, because of his smile and the bravery of those men who continue fighting for their ideas, even at the cost of their own lives. When Manuel is pursued (by Franco's Civil Guard) he flees to the mountain and Lucía discovers the reality of political repression, the silence, the horror and fear.
Caiman's Dream · 2001Caiman's Dream
★ 7.02001
MovieComedyDrama
Iñaki, a petty thief, is forced to leave Spain because of a crime that got complicated. He decides to go to Mexico to meet his father, and realizes that he has lived a life of lies, but also discovers other things, within a group of guys with little luck.
Abstenerse agencias · 2011Abstenerse agencias
2011
MovieDrama
A young couple visits a widow named Amparo on Christmas Eve to possibly buy her floor. But Amparo seems more interested in their lives than a flat sale.
El hermano bastardo de Dios · 1986El hermano bastardo de Dios
★ 6.01986
MovieDrama
This drama concerns a seven-year-old boy, Pepe Luis (Lucas Martin, as the younger Pepe and Paco Rabal Cerezales as Pepe at ten) who lives through the rise of Franco and the ensuing years under the fascist dictator. Presented from the perspective of the young Pepe, the Civil War and Franco are irrelevant to his own concerns: daydreaming about a pretty girl he likes, fighting with other boys, helping the priest at a funeral service, and similar activities. Pepe lives with his uncle and grandparents, and whether he is aware of it or not, the war impinges on their lives in several ways. The title of the film derives from little Pepe's contention that God is not responsible for the war, just some "bastard brother" of the Creator.
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