Achero Mañas

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Achero Mañas

Born September 5, 1966 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain (age 60)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Juan Antonio Mañas Amyach, knoen as Achero Mañas (Madrid, September 5, 1966) is a Spanish film director. He is a former actor that had filmed several successful short films before receiving awards and recognition with his feature film debut El Bola. Description above from the Wikipedia article Achero Mañas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors…

Known For

OutrageOutrage · 1993
Outrage
★ 5.61993
MovieActionDrama
Marco Vallez (Antonio Banderas) is possessed by the beauty of a circus sharp shooter, and from the second they meet he is willing to give up everything to be with her. But one horrifying night sends them both down a road of revenge leaving behind a trail of bodies to the ultimate showdown with justice.
El BolaEl Bola · 2000
El Bola
★ 7.12000
MovieDrama
El Bola is a 12-year-old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The arrival of a new boy at school changes his attitude towards his classmates and friendship.
La punyaladaLa punyalada · 1990
La punyalada
★ 7.01990
MovieThriller
Tales of the Stinking Military ServiceTales of the Stinking Military Service · 1994
Tales of the Stinking Military Service
★ 5.41994
MovieComedy
Anything You WantAnything You Want · 2010
Anything You Want
★ 5.52010
MovieDrama
Leo is immediately set adrift by his new found responsibilities as a single parent, a feeling that is made doubly distressing when Dafne, herself understandably confused and heartbroken by her mother's absence, asks for an "artificial" mother to help her fall asleep at night. It is here that Mañas takes the road less traveled, but to write any more about the plot line he introduces would be unfair to both the viewer and filmmaker alike. Suffice it to say that Leo's actions are both surprising and potentially dangerous, as they require Leo to subsume his own identity to the point where he nearly loses it.
The Adventures of Enrique and AnaThe Adventures of Enrique and Ana · 1981
The Adventures of Enrique and Ana
★ 6.81981
MovieComedyAdventure
Enrique is a gym teacher who along with his sister want to start a musical career with the support of their grandfather, a great scientist who wants to stop an evil despot from getting an artifact that would endanger the entire world.
King of the RiverKing of the River · 1995
King of the River
★ 6.01995
MovieDrama
An air-hostess is pregnant but she does not know the name of the father, a foreigner. When the baby is born, she gives it to her sister that has already two children. The child grows up as another member of the family. Although the adults keep the secret, the children know that he is different.
The Frontier LawThe Frontier Law · 1995
The Frontier Law
★ 4.81995
MovieAdventure
Barbara, a journalist in the beginning of the 20th century, searches in the border between Portugal and Galicia a bandit called El Argentino. In her travel she meets two men that say that they belong to his gang.

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NovemberNovember · 2003
November
★ 7.12003
MovieDramaThriller
Impelled by a spirit which still preserves a patina of idealism, Alfredo arrives to Madrid with the intention to create "a performance that is free, straight from the heart, capable of making people feel alive". His concept of what acting should be begins beyond the stage, out in the streets face to face with the public. Outdoors, in any town square, in a park or in the city's most commercial street, Alfredo and his troupe November start the show; demons to provoke passers-by, displays of social conscience, actions taken to the extreme to put the forces of law and order on full alert. There are no limits, no censorship; only ideas which are always valid so long as the public ceases to be the public and becomes part of the show swept by surprise, fear, tears or laughter. Theater as life, life as theater… there is no longer any difference.

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