Juan José Ballesta
出生 : 1987-11-12, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
略歴
Juan José Ballesta debuta en la pequeña pantalla, en 1997, con sólo 8 años en la serie ‘Querido maestro’, protagonizada por Imanol Arias. Dos años después se une al reparto de la ficciónn televisiva ‘Compañeros’. Pero será en el año 2000 cuando empieza a ser popular entre el público tras conseguir el papel protagonista en el drama de Achero Mañas ‘El bola’, por el que se alza con el Goya al mejor actor revelación. En 2003, interpreta a un niño enfermo de cáncer que saca fuerzas para seguir adelante en ‘Planta 4ª’, de Antonio Mercero. Después de un tiempo alejado del cine, regresa en 2005 con ‘7 vírgenes’, por la que gana al Conchad de Plata al mejor actor. En 2010, el actor protagoniza el drama histórico ‘Bruc. El desafío’, y regresa a la pequeña pantalla para unirse al reparto de la ficciónn histórica ‘Hispania’, donde da vida a Paulo.
Lútalo
Lucio
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.
Gym Guy
Between astonishment and despair, Baldo, a courier, sees how, slowly and inexorably, he sinks into the asphalt.
Iturbe
Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold.
Dani
Joaquin, kuzyn Michała
Lasting is an emotional love story about Michał and Karina, a pair of Polish students who meet and fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare brutally breaks into their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos.
Bruc
Spain, 1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the enemy troops into a panicked retreat. When the news reaches Napoleon, he furiously orders the captain of the Imperial Guard to bring back the head of the young hero responsible for his army's defeat…
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja
Entre lobos (Among Wolves) tells the remarkable story of a poor country boy named Marcos, who at the age of 7 is handed over to his father's employer, a rich landowner, who in turn delivers him to a life of labor with a hermetic goatherd in an isolated valley. The old man, who lives in a cave, is unused to human company and at first seems not very interested in having a live-in apprentice. The boy, who was abused by his parents, is frightened and equally aloof initially. Despite this, the shepherd begins teaching Marcos how to herd the goats, as well as how to care for himself and how to survive in the wilderness by trapping and fishing.
Gaizka Garay
A businessman returns his family home after eight years in exile avoiding the terrorism of the ETA.
Ladrón
The main character is a nameless boy (Juan Jose Ballesta) who was taught to steal wallets by his absent mother. He is able to do the trick effortlessly, using his "earnings" to survive while he looks for his mom. As he runs into an antique store owner, he might have found a trace that will lead to her. First, however, he will have to pull off a few "jobs" for the store owner, and he can't do it alone: enter a nameless girl (Maria Valverde) who gets to learn all the secret techniques the young boy has been using all his life.
Himself
How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prepare and feel? Spanish actors and directors talk about the most intimate side of acting, about the tricks and work methods when narrating exposed sex. In Spain the general rule is that there are no rules. Each film, each interpreter, faces it in very different ways.
Young Tomás
After the sudden death of his wife, Tomás, a successful elderly writer who has been out of Spain during the last forty years, unexpectedly receives an old tarot card which seems to have for him a disturbing meaning, so he decides to return to the small village where he grew up.
Samuel
A drama about a boy who lives in a bubble because of a rare brain disease.
Tono
Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedding of his brother. In the two days he recounts his neighborhood in a section of Sevilla.
Miguel Angel
Three friends in wheelchairs welcome a new patient at a children's hospital.
Growing up together. All emotions pass the revue. Friendship and hope survive all.
A popular writer looking for a peaceful environment in which to finish his latest novel gets an unexpected surprise upon arriving at the remote summer home he once shared with his ex-wife.
Tomiche
Spain, 1938, during the Spanish Civil War. Carol, a 12-year-old Spanish-American girl, arrives in her mother's hometown and transforms the secretive family environment. Her innocence and rebellious nature drive her at first to reject a world that is at once foreign and completely new.
Finito Chacón
A fourteen year old lad discovers his first love at the point of his pencil whilst drawing the portrait of a sickly but coquettish fifteen year old girl. In the neighbourhood an old freedom-fighter pits himself against bad types, a pretty cinema-ticket girl takes to the streets at night and a young anarchist dedicates himself to telling tall stories. Far away, in Shanghai, a hero of the Republic meets a beautiful femme fatal with oriental eyes. Reality and fiction become fused in an embrace.
Bola
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. The heart of the story is the change in El Bola's life, at almost all levels, after befriending this new classmate.
