Carlos Tristancho

Acting

Carlos Tristancho

Born May 3, 1955 · Badajoz, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain (age 71)

No biography available.

Known For

JarrapellejosJarrapellejos · 1988
Jarrapellejos
4.91988
MovieDrama
Pedro Jarrapellejos is a ladies man who cannot turn the heads of Isabel or her beautiful daughter. When both peasant women are found raped and murdered in a brutal scene, a schoolteacher is falsely accused. Pedro knows his own nephew and his friend participated in the killings, but he uses his considerable influence over the police and courts to intimidate the witnesses into silence.
The HitThe Hit · 1984
The Hit
6.51984
MovieDramaThriller
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Street WarriorsStreet Warriors · 1977
Street Warriors
6.61977
MovieActionDrama
Based on the juvenile delinquency of the 1970s and 80s in Spain. Set in Barrio de la Mina in Barcelona, one of the most conflict neighbourhoods in Spain. it follows real juvenile delinquents all with criminal records, used to give the film a realistic touch.
Light My PassionLight My Passion · 1994
Light My Passion
5.01994
MovieDrama
The relationship that botanist Angel establishes in his mind between plants, their stems, petals and pistils and the legs and feet of women, is the common thread of a plot that mixes sexual passion, love, greed and picaresque through a study of characters and situations.
If They Tell You I FellIf They Tell You I Fell · 1989
If They Tell You I Fell
4.71989
MovieDramaThriller
In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). These tales mix war stories, local gossip, comic book characters, fantasy and real events. The "aventis" told in this film are told in flashback. In the mid 80s, 45 or so years after the age of the "aventis," a doctor and a nurse-nun (who grew up together, and now are co-workers in a hospital) identify the corpse of one of the main characters of the "aventis" of their childhood and adolescence. Besides the interesting flashbacks - a chronical of the Civil War in a "typical" Barcelona microcosm itself, the discovery of this body (belonging to someone long presumed dead) leads to other surprises and unresolved doubts, several decades later
Pepi, Luci, BomPepi, Luci, Bom · 1980
Pepi, Luci, Bom
6.31980
MovieComedyDrama
After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends.
Star KnightStar Knight · 1985
Star Knight
4.11985
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
A medieval alchemist (Klaus Kinski), knight (Harvey Keitel) and priest (Fernando Rey) mistake a flying-saucer alien for a dragon.
The HeiferThe Heifer · 1985
The Heifer
6.71985
MovieComedyWar
During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby village. In addition to ruining the Nationalist faction's celebration they want the animal in order to butcher it and feed their famished troops. They get caught in the process and have to go through a series of funny and pathetic incidents before they can get back to their side.

Movies

JarrapellejosJarrapellejos · 1988
Jarrapellejos
4.91988
MovieDrama
Pedro Jarrapellejos is a ladies man who cannot turn the heads of Isabel or her beautiful daughter. When both peasant women are found raped and murdered in a brutal scene, a schoolteacher is falsely accused. Pedro knows his own nephew and his friend participated in the killings, but he uses his considerable influence over the police and courts to intimidate the witnesses into silence.
The HitThe Hit · 1984
The Hit
6.51984
MovieDramaThriller
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Street WarriorsStreet Warriors · 1977
Street Warriors
6.61977
MovieActionDrama
Based on the juvenile delinquency of the 1970s and 80s in Spain. Set in Barrio de la Mina in Barcelona, one of the most conflict neighbourhoods in Spain. it follows real juvenile delinquents all with criminal records, used to give the film a realistic touch.
Light My PassionLight My Passion · 1994
Light My Passion
5.01994
MovieDrama
The relationship that botanist Angel establishes in his mind between plants, their stems, petals and pistils and the legs and feet of women, is the common thread of a plot that mixes sexual passion, love, greed and picaresque through a study of characters and situations.
If They Tell You I FellIf They Tell You I Fell · 1989
If They Tell You I Fell
4.71989
MovieDramaThriller
In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). These tales mix war stories, local gossip, comic book characters, fantasy and real events. The "aventis" told in this film are told in flashback. In the mid 80s, 45 or so years after the age of the "aventis," a doctor and a nurse-nun (who grew up together, and now are co-workers in a hospital) identify the corpse of one of the main characters of the "aventis" of their childhood and adolescence. Besides the interesting flashbacks - a chronical of the Civil War in a "typical" Barcelona microcosm itself, the discovery of this body (belonging to someone long presumed dead) leads to other surprises and unresolved doubts, several decades later
Pepi, Luci, BomPepi, Luci, Bom · 1980
Pepi, Luci, Bom
6.31980
MovieComedyDrama
After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends.
Star KnightStar Knight · 1985
Star Knight
4.11985
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
A medieval alchemist (Klaus Kinski), knight (Harvey Keitel) and priest (Fernando Rey) mistake a flying-saucer alien for a dragon.
The HeiferThe Heifer · 1985
The Heifer
6.71985
MovieComedyWar
During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby village. In addition to ruining the Nationalist faction's celebration they want the animal in order to butcher it and feed their famished troops. They get caught in the process and have to go through a series of funny and pathetic incidents before they can get back to their side.
La duquesa rojaLa duquesa roja · 1997
La duquesa roja
5.31997
MovieComedy
An Andalusian duchess has the dilemma of what to do with a grove, whether to convert it into a natural reserve or to make a luxury urbanization. The duchess, who is torn between her aristocratic privileges and a social commitment that has cost her more than one dislike in the past, must make a decision about her lands, to which she wants to get some money without harming the people. On the other hand, An ambitious Basque financier, Antónón Ibarrondo, intends to build a luxury urbanization in the Marbella style in the grove. Around the duchess, the businessman, environmentalists and other members in the conflict, problems begin to arise and everything will be decided in a referendum, convened with the idea that it is the people who decide, which coincides with the annual celebration of the Pilgrimage del Pueblo.With a cast "
Lute: Forge On or DieLute: Forge On or Die · 1987
Lute: Forge On or Die
5.71987
MovieDrama
In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.
Bicycles Are for the SummerBicycles Are for the Summer · 1984
Bicycles Are for the Summer
6.91984
MovieDrama
In Madrid, the family of Don Luis, his wife Dolores and their children, Manolita and Luisito, share the daily life of the Civil War with their maid and neighbours. Despite having failed his exams, Luisito wants his father to buy him a bicycle. However, the situation forces them to delay the purchase and the delay, like the war itself, is to last much longer than expected.
Hay que deshacer la casaHay que deshacer la casa · 1986
Hay que deshacer la casa
6.61986
MovieComedy
Ana is a middle aged woman who many years ago decided to start a new life in Paris. Now she must return to her hometown after the death of her parents, since they have left her an inheritance. There she meets Laura, her only sister, with whom she has to share the money received and, especially, an old house located in the center of Guadalajara. Now, the two women will have to leave the differences and problems behind that have arisen in the past to catch up and recover the fraternal relationship. Written by lament
La quinta del porroLa quinta del porro · 1981
La quinta del porro
5.51981
MovieComedy
Tu novia está locaTu novia está loca · 1988
Tu novia está loca
6.01988
MovieComedy
Amaya is a modern girl, independent, who runs an advertising gency. The business is doing well and is enmaorada of her boyfriend, a lawyer of lost causes somewhat confused. Its stable and happy life is shattered with the appearance of a famous movie star, party animal and womanizer.
Murder in the Central CommitteeMurder in the Central Committee · 1982
Murder in the Central Committee
4.71982
MovieThriller
The plot follows a private detective, an ex communist and former CIA agent, who travels from Barcelona to Madrid to discover the identity of the assassin of the leader of the Spanish Communist party who was stabbed during a blackout while presiding over a meeting of the party's central committee. The film is a thriller with ironic political overtones.
La nueva MarilynLa nueva Marilyn · 1976
La nueva Marilyn
4.71976
MovieDrama
The ImmoralsThe Immorals · 1975
The Immorals
8.01975
MovieComedy
The Battle of ReeferThe Battle of Reefer · 1981
The Battle of Reefer
6.21981
MovieComedy
TerroristasTerroristas · 1987
Terroristas
6.01987
Movie
DeseoDeseo · 1976
Deseo
6.31976
MovieDrama
Everybody Calls Me 'The Cat'Everybody Calls Me 'The Cat' · 1980
Everybody Calls Me 'The Cat'
7.31980
MovieCrimeDrama
Tarzan and the Kawana TreasureTarzan and the Kawana Treasure · 1975
Tarzan and the Kawana Treasure
7.51975
MovieAdventure
Femenino singularFemenino singular · 1982
Femenino singular
10.01982
MovieComedy
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte7 cabalgan hacia la muerte · 1979
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
9.01979
MovieWestern

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