Imanol Arias

A delicate portrait of the longing for security amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

An account of the life and work behind the camera of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Olea, whose very personal viewpoint, interested in all kinds of subjects, approached in very different ways, but always with a very characteristic style, has analyzed the social and political life of Spain for more than five decades.

Amaia investiga rituais macabros e a morte de vários bebês enquanto as pessoas ao seu redor ficam em perigo. Parte 3 da Trilogia Baztán.

Christmas 1969: the upcoming sale of Velvet brings the former and current staff together in Madrid for good memories, a second chance and a new beginning.

Um ano depois de solucionar uma série de assassinatos, a inspetora Amaia se vê diante de um novo mistério relacionado ao caso.

Norte de Espanha, Outubro de 1944. Vários grupos de guerrilheiros, antigos soldados republicanos exilados em França após o fim da guerra civil espanhola, infiltram-se no país para provocar uma revolta popular contra a ditadura do General Franco…

Um gerente de uma empresa de telecomunicações está prestes a enfrentar a semana mais importante da sua vida mas todos os planos serão interrompidos pela aparição de um personagem excêntrico que vai fazer de sua semana um inferno.

O Caos e a Ordem é um documentário sobre a vida e obra do artista abstrato Manuel Felguérez, um dos mais importantes pintores e escultores mexicanos do século XX e a principal referência da Geração da Ruptura.

Conhecido como o "Mágico Pop", o ilusionista Antonio Díaz viaja pelo mundo surpreendendo celebridades e pessoas comuns com truques de cair o queixo.

Conhecido como o "Mágico Pop", o ilusionista Antonio Díaz viaja pelo mundo surpreendendo celebridades e pessoas comuns com truques de cair o queixo.

The last train travel of the year from Barcelona to Madrid, suddenly stops by a voltage drop in the middle of nowhere during a fierce snowstorm. Because of the peculiarity of its passengers, will begin to emerge hilarious conflicts between them.

Em 1952, Evita Péron, a Primeira Dama da Argentina, morre de câncer, aos 33 anos de idade e seu corpo é embalsamado. Três anos depois, o presidente Juan Perón sofre um golpe de estado e o corpo de Evita é enviado para a Europa, com o intuito de apagar o legado dela da memória popular. Seu corpo então vira o centro de um confronto de poder que dura vinte e cinco anos.

Um jovem em uma vida monótona e chata descobre que seu pai que não vê há 20 anos é um famoso agente secreto. Imerso em uma grandiosa trama internacional cheia de assassinos e segredos de estado, Adolfo decidirá então assumir a identidade de seu pai para tentar salvar sua vida e a vida de sua amada Kátia. Adaptação do mítico personagem dos quadrinhos criado por Manuel Vázquez.

Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he knew.

Isaki Lacuesta presents a social satire in which five common or garden citizens, from a country pretty much identical to our own, see their lives ripped apart by the economic crisis. With nothing more to lose, they come up with a crazy plan to save the Spanish and world economy: kidnap the chairman of the Central Bank and demand that he return everything to the way it used to be.

Five years after the passing of the iconic filmmaker Humberto Solas, one of the founders of the New Latin American Cinema, partners, friends and family gather to evoke aspects of the life and work of Cuban artist of universal size.

Vicente Ferrer traveled to India in his youth as a member of a Jesuit mission. Years later, he returns to the Asian country in the company of a group of collaborators to develop his humanitarian work. Agustín Crespi directs this biographical film that takes place in India and reviews the last 30 years of the Spanish aid worker and his struggle to help the most disadvantaged . Vicente Ferrer was a figure admired for his humility, his perseverance and his dedication to others, work that was recognized with prestigious awards as the Prince of Asturias de la Concordia. Manuel Arias takes on the challenge of embodying the former curator of Barcelona, a man whose complex idiosyncrasies try to reveal this work. A personality impossible to understand completely without the figure of Anna Ferrer, played by Aída Folch. Folch incarnates the English girl who fell in love with the worker, given in body and soul, from the age of 21, to the cause of her future husband.

O filme conta a vida de Simón Bolívar (1738 - 1830). Bolívar foi fundamental na luta da América Latina pela independência do Império Espanhol, sendo hoje considerado um dos mais influentes políticos e emancipadores da história americana.

On her wedding day, Adrian, nervous, make a small mistake that aims to hide Leonora, his girlfriend, to avoid problems. But far from avoiding them, complicates the matter and the party runs the risk of end badly, like the future marriage of the couple.

No final da Guerra Civil Espanhola, os membros de um grupo de artistas de vaudeville foram despojados de tudo: tudo o que lhes resta é a fome e o instinto de sobrevivência. Dia após dia, agonizantemente, perdidos e indefesos entre os vencedores e os vencidos, o músico Jorge, o ventríloquo Enrique, o cupletista Rocío e o órfão Miguel procuram incansavelmente algo para comer e um lugar seguro para viver.

Homage to Fernando Pessoa and the city that lies next to the Tagus River.

Manuel Horrillo has visited for 7 years the fields where the clashes between the Spanish troops and the rebels of the protectorate took place during the so-called Rif War, a forgotten war of the Spanish collective imaginary.

In the aging orphanage the days pass very uneventfully, but the nights are something quite different; at least for Tim they are. The light reflected from the stars is the only cure for his fear of the dark. One night this fear leads him to the orphanage rooftop. Where he discovers that his favorite star has disappeared, and unfortunately it´s not going to be the last one. Tim also discovers...

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.

Judeia, alguns dias antes do nascimento do Messias. Sob o domínio da águia imperial romana, Herodes, ajudado por Belial, o seu fiel conselheiro e mágico, exerce o poder de forma tirânica, com a obsessão de provar os seus direitos sobre um trono que usurpara. Melchior, Gaspar e Baltasar, três homens com poderes nas artes da magia, esperam há anos um sinal que lhes indique quando e onde deverão mudar o curso da História. Guiados por uma nova estrela, os três reis magos vão unir os seus poderes e encontrar, antes deles, os tesouros reais destinados a reconhecer a realeza suprema do Rei dos Reis.

Fran, a successful lawyer with a comfortable life but lacking in communication with his family, arrives at his house for dinner. That night his daughter Carlota has not returned yet, somewhat unusual for her, so Fran, pressed by his wife, goes out to search for her.

Spanish drama about anti-immigrant racism and family problems. Berta is a single nurse raising her deceased sister's three teenage children in a Spanish port city. The two boys are neo-Nazis with a flaming hatred for African immigrants, and the girl has a boyfriend who runs an underground business smuggling illegal aliens from Africa. Into this time bomb comes a cop, Eduardo, who is investigating the vicious assault of a black man. He and Berta fall for each other and make tigerish love in scenes that are much hotter than you might expect from middle-aged actors.

In the foothills of the Andes, the dreams of a widowed father and his son shelter their quiet relationship from the cruelty of neighbors, until a desperate act of violence tears them apart. It takes the brave intervention of a stranger to reunite them once again in the place of their dreams.

Basque Country, Spain, 1980s. In Bilbao, a gray city dominated by political corruption and nationalist terrorism, Charli works as a chauffeur for Oliveira, a businessman engaged in shady deals. Alarmed by a series of threats and attacks, Oliveira decides to entrust Charli with the protection of his daughter Marta.

Employed as a spy and given the task of investigating the threat posed by John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene is overwhelmed by John's powerful message of the coming of the Messiah. Gazing into John's eyes before he dies, Mary is left with the certainty that her place is at the side of this great man, Jesus Christ.

Focuses on the lives of six young people whose paths intersect on the opening night of La Nave, where the extravagant Countess Pavlova is a transvestite who claims to be Lenin's granddaughter.

In the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, a young man comes of age sexually, through a string of relationships with a wide range of mature, older women.

Spanish TV reporters covering the War in Bosnia. Based on true experience.

Maqroll, Ilona, and Abdul all share a common dream: to sail the world in a tramp-steamer. But who could afford such a thing? Over the years they have become separated. Alone in Panama City, smuggler Maqroll is finding neither great success nor happiness — until the tropical rains come, bringing Ilona: friend, lover, and partner in crime. Abdul, in Morocco, has found a steamer to suit them. In Panama, Ilona and Maqroll begin a new scheme, in search of impossible wealth. But fate has further twists in store.

Alex is a famous singer who lives in a big mansion. One quiet night, a hooded stranger comes into his home, shoots the butler and then takes the mask out. Surprisingly, it's a woman. At the beginning she just want to have dinner with him.

Martín (Zoe Berriatúa) is a teenager living in the San Blas district of Madrid. He is upset with his father Arturo (Imanol Arias) because he blames him for his mother's death. With the help of his girlfriend África (Elena Anaya), who will become his stepsister, he tries to get revenge on him.

At the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young pupil, Balthasar,is castrated to preserve the purity and beauty of his voice. The Duchess dies and her son, the Duke of Arcos, takes charge of the inheritance, which includes Balthasar. With the entrance of Maria Loffredo, former lover of the Duke, a triangle is established that unchains tragic consequences to the allegedly callous life of Balthasar.

A romancista de meia-idade Leo escreve usando um pseudônimo e despreza o próprio trabalho. Em casa, ela também se sente miserável. Seu marido trabalha no exterior e é distante física e emocionalmente. No entanto, a aparição de um novo editor oferece a Leo a oportunidade de reavaliar sua vida.

Three divorced men who share a flat live together without trouble until they hire a cleaning lady.

In childhood and youth, the three were "the inseparables." Luisa married Ángel, then two years later, she left him to marry Ramiro. After ten years, Ángel reappears, back from South America, broke and ill. Luisa is overcome with sentimentality and, over Ramiro's objections, takes Ángel into their house. Ángel is bitter, he and Ramiro have shifted from best friends to enemies. Luisa wants to be in love with both. Ramiro hopes he can wait out Ángel's declining health, and Luisa wants to heal Ángel through force of will. What is Ángel's plan? Observing the roiling emotions are Luisa and Ramiro's precocious young children. Who's in danger here?

Tango, um dos primeiros astros do rock argentino, leva uma vida repleta de glória e conflitos pessoais durante um período crítico da história do seu país.

Joan Mares obsession for the lovely and luscious Norma Valenti takes epic proportions because he cannot let go of her. After he is injured by some skin heads, he uses his scars to pursue his life as a street musician. He devices a plan to get to Norma and she never catches on to his deceit, except she realizes that as Juan Faneca his performance in bed is exactly what she had experienced with Joan Mares because she concludes they were taught sex by the same prostitute.

A youngster recently arrived to Spain from Russia falls in love with his own cousin who is an astonishingly beautiful actress and, besides, much older than him.

An old man teaches a young man to live in the forest and to understand the wild world.

A blind woman is the witness of a murder.

This is the story of a man fighting with all his might for his life and his freedom. Eleuterio (”El Lute”) embarks upon an action-packed future, fuelled by the notions of freedom and dreams of living just as his countrymen, ever-growing in his mind. Nothing and no-one can stop him. After escaping the Puerto de Santa María prison, the reunion with his family is just the beginning of what will become an endless escape.

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.

A work of Valle-Inclán, the story takes place in Galicia in the early twentieth century. To escape poverty, the wife of a sacristan uses a hydrocephalic child as a sideshow attraction. This causes a confrontation with her sister-in-law.

Pedro Martín, a young and ambitious doctor, is studying the effect of cancerous cells on mice, but he has run out of mice in his laboratory, since they do not breed there, and he has no funds to purchase more of these expensive laboratory animals from the United States. Nevertheless, his assistant, Amador, informs him that he gave some of the mice to an old trapper, nicknamed “el Muecas”, who lives in precarious conditions in a shanty town outside Madrid, and that this poor man has successfully bred them with the help of the natural heat of his daughters. The incredulous scientist goes to the shanty town to obtain the mice. There, Pedro meets Muecas, Muecas's wife Ricarda and their two daughters Florita and Conchi. With the warmth of the women’s breasts, as the flirtatious Florita shows Pedro, the mice are able to reproduce.

German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that was killed in London by Jack the ripper. While looking for the protagonist, Rufo appears, an introvert jazz musician. He could play Jack the ripper.

The movie is based on a popular tale from the Basque Country and tells the story of a woman that becomes a widow the same day she gets married, and decides to keep living with the husband's dead body for 6 years.

In Buenos Aires of the 1840s, a young Jesuit and a wealthy socialite fall in love and begin a torrid affair. They escape from the city, and, in disguise, set up house in a village, assuming they are safe and beyond the cares of anyone. However, both the church and Camila's family are enraged, vowing to hunt down the lovers for a capital crime. Based on a true story.

Opening at the funeral mass for Mikel, we flashback to those that played a part in Mikel's life and death; his estranged wife, his traditional Basque mother, a female impersonator and friend to Mikel in his coming out, and even the local priest.

Mallorca, 1865. Mr Bearns' funerals, "better to dye thant to mix blood". Juan Mayol, orphan unknow his past and decides to rebuild his family history

Juan is the handsome, irresponsible, best-loved second son. When his older brother, who runs the family's black-market business with their steel-willed mother, marries Juan's lover Ana, Juan heads for Madrid to work for Franco. Juan also leaves behind his impoverished cousin, Ángela, pregnant with his son. Jump ten years. Juanito, the lad, has rheumatic fever. The doctor says to pamper the boy. Ángela, Ana, and his grandmother comply. As Juanito recovers, his father returns in desperate need of cash; Juanito witnesses a theft blamed on his innocent mother. Things come to a head at a saint's-name party for father and son. Jealousies, betrayals, and a bullet converge.

As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.

Madrid, anos 80. Uma cidade incômoda, selvagem e divertida. Nela acontece uma história de amor incomum entre uma jovem ninfomaníaca e o filho de um imperador árabe. Ela, membro de um violento grupo musical, e ele, preocupado em se manter escondido de terroristas de seu país de origem, são o fio condutor de uma série de relações entre os personagens mais díspares que se pode encontrar. Música, violência verbal, perseguições, paixão, sexo... e acima de tudo, o amor e suas dificuldades.

The story of Cecilia is a story of the society that dominated 19th-century Cuba, a society divided between whites, blacks, and those who were mixed, the mulattos. (Since the Spanish conquistadors killed off the Indian population in Cuba not long after they took over the island, there are no mestizos, or those of mixed-Indian blood in Cuba as in other Caribbean nations.) At any rate, the drama about the life and loves of Cecilia (Daisy Granados) takes place against the backdrop of graphically violent mistreatment of slaves and the rumors of a slave rebellion after the Cubans hear of slaves turning against their captors in Haiti.

Toni is a seventeen year old young man who comes to Madrid from a little village in search of work. A friend from the same village of Toni puts him in touch with Charo, "La Corea", a mature woman dedicated to facilitating contacts and boys to American men at the military base of Torrejón.