Writing
David Trueba
Born September 10, 1969 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain (age 56)
David Rodríguez Trueba was born on 10 September 1969 in Madrid, the youngest of 8 siblings. In 1987, he joined the Complutense University of Madrid to study journalism. He later took a 1-year course on scriptwriting at the American Film Institute, where he penned the base script of The Worst Years of Our Lives.
Known For
Madrid, 1987 · 2012Madrid, 1987
★ 6.62012
MovieDrama
In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.
Ilusión · 2013Ilusión
★ 5.02013
Movie
Daniel, a Spanish filmmaker would like to give his country back some of the hope it has lost due to the financial crisis. He's determined to shoot an inspirational movie about the Moncloa Pact, the agreement that brought back Democracy to Spain after the Franco era. The thing is he wants the film to be a musical.
Dance with the Devil · 1997Dance with the Devil
★ 6.51997
MovieActionThriller
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.
I Come · 2000I Come
★ 7.02000
MovieDramaMusic
Caco is a proud, handsome man, head of a family, and very powerful in the local community. Yet he has been torn to pieces by the death of his beloved daughter. He constantly visits her grave, weeps silently at her photo and has transferred all his wildly protective love and attention onto his mentally challenged nephew, Diego. It seems that Diego's father, Caco's brother, is in hiding after having killed a man from the Caravaca family, who are equally powerful in the community. They are looking for vengeance and have come to Caco for justice. When he refuses to betray his brother, the Caravacas grow impatient. When they realize they are getting nowhere, they threaten to kill Diego. Despite his fierce pride, Caco eventually realizes that the cycle of killing and revenge must be broken. But how can he achieve this and protect everyone he loves?
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law · 1998Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
★ 6.51998
MovieComedyCrime
A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.
The Queen of Spain · 2016The Queen of Spain
★ 5.22016
MovieComedy
After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Francoist Spain to star a Hollywood blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. (A sequel to The Girl of Your Dreams, 1998.)
The Girl of Your Dreams · 1998The Girl of Your Dreams
★ 6.51998
MovieComedyDrama
During the Spanish Civil War, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers is invited to shoot a film at UFA studios in Nazi Germany.
¿Qué (diablos) es España? · 2022¿Qué (diablos) es España?
★ 6.02022
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