Josean Bengoetxea

Acting

Josean Bengoetxea

Born September 4, 1964 (age 62)

Josean Bengoetxea was born on September 4, 1964 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain. He is known for his work on Loreak (2014), Ilargi Guztiak (2020) and Adú (2020).

Known For

Cell 211Cell 211 · 2009
Cell 211
★ 7.42009
MovieActionThriller
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
The Last CircusThe Last Circus · 2010
The Last Circus
★ 6.72010
MovieAdventureComedy
A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
May God Save UsMay God Save Us · 2016
May God Save Us
★ 6.82016
MovieThrillerCrime
Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.
A Man of ActionA Man of Action · 2022
A Man of Action
★ 6.42022
MovieDramaHistory
Loosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist 'Robin Hood,' who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America's largest bank, when he managed to obtain a huge amount of money by forging traveler's checks to invest in causes he believed in.
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White CityTwin Murders: The Silence of the White City · 2019
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City
★ 5.72019
MovieDramaThriller
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades.
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the DevilErrementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil · 2018
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
★ 6.42018
MovieDramaFantasy
Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.
GoldGold · 2017
Gold
★ 5.72017
MovieAdventureHistory
Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold.
The Skin of the WolfThe Skin of the Wolf · 2018
The Skin of the Wolf
★ 5.52018
MovieRomanceDrama
Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he’s convinced to take a wife, a decision intended to soften his calloused soul—but in some ways his real struggle is only just beginning.

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The Longest Penalty Shot in the WorldThe Longest Penalty Shot in the World · 2005
The Longest Penalty Shot in the World
★ 5.42005
MovieComedy
Fernando (Fernando Tejero) is a loser. A gray type, without ambition, that works like bookcases distributor in a supermarket of the quarter. In his free short whiles, he is a substitute keeper of a football team, a third regional one. In all the season he has not played a single minute. But the last Sunday of the league the referee indicates penalty and the regular keeper injures itself. Fernando must occupy the goal for the first time. If penalty scores, the team of the district will proclaim champion. If no, all the effort of a year will not have been worth for anything. When the penalty is just about to be kicked, a group of indignant fans with the referee invades the field and prevents the kick. The competition committee decides that the penalty must play the following Sunday, in the same goal, with same players and the field closed to the public. El Penalti más largo del mundo, (The Longest Penalty Shot in the World) is exactly the history of that week of delay.

Lino

AdúAdú · 2020
Adú
★ 6.92020
MovieDrama
In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an elephant, dead and fangless. Not only do you have to fight against poaching, but you will also have to meet the problems of your newly arrived daughter from Spain. Thousands of kilometers to the north, in Melilla, a group of civil guards prepare to face the furious crowd of sub-Saharan people who have begun the assault on the fence. Three stories linked by a central theme, in which none of its protagonists know that their destinies are doomed to cross and that their lives will no longer be the same.

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