Manuel Martín Cuenca

Nascimento : 1964-11-30, El Ejido, Spagna

Filmes

O acordo
Writer
Grávida aos 15 anos, Irene deixa a instituição para menores em que vive para morar na casa de Javier, um dos educadores do abrigo. Em troca, ele e sua mulher, Adela, pedem para ficar com o bebê. Mas, quando Irene começa a sentir que não pode abandonar a filha que está esperando, a jovem precisa convencer o casal a fazer um novo acordo.
O acordo
Director
Grávida aos 15 anos, Irene deixa a instituição para menores em que vive para morar na casa de Javier, um dos educadores do abrigo. Em troca, ele e sua mulher, Adela, pedem para ficar com o bebê. Mas, quando Irene começa a sentir que não pode abandonar a filha que está esperando, a jovem precisa convencer o casal a fazer um novo acordo.
O Autor
Screenplay
Alvaro se separa de sua esposa, autora de romances de grande sucesso. Ele então decidiu trabalhar duro para realizar seu sonho de escrever um grande romance, mas ele tinha um grande obstáculo a superar: ele não tinha talento e imaginação. No entanto, um dia, ele percebe que este grande romance deve ser retirado da realidade e começa a manipular amigos e vizinhos, a fim de desenvolver um enredo intrigante. A situação, porém, logo ficará fora de controle e a história terá uma curva cada vez mais cinza.
O Autor
Producer
Alvaro se separa de sua esposa, autora de romances de grande sucesso. Ele então decidiu trabalhar duro para realizar seu sonho de escrever um grande romance, mas ele tinha um grande obstáculo a superar: ele não tinha talento e imaginação. No entanto, um dia, ele percebe que este grande romance deve ser retirado da realidade e começa a manipular amigos e vizinhos, a fim de desenvolver um enredo intrigante. A situação, porém, logo ficará fora de controle e a história terá uma curva cada vez mais cinza.
O Autor
Director
Alvaro se separa de sua esposa, autora de romances de grande sucesso. Ele então decidiu trabalhar duro para realizar seu sonho de escrever um grande romance, mas ele tinha um grande obstáculo a superar: ele não tinha talento e imaginação. No entanto, um dia, ele percebe que este grande romance deve ser retirado da realidade e começa a manipular amigos e vizinhos, a fim de desenvolver um enredo intrigante. A situação, porém, logo ficará fora de controle e a história terá uma curva cada vez mais cinza.
La baldosa
Producer
La cara B
Writer
La cara B
Director
Canibal
Screenplay
Carlos é um homem respeitável, o alfaiate de maior prestígio em Granada, Espanha. Sua vida é reduzida ao trabalho e seu principal hobby é comer; mas não qualquer coisa.
Canibal
Producer
Carlos é um homem respeitável, o alfaiate de maior prestígio em Granada, Espanha. Sua vida é reduzida ao trabalho e seu principal hobby é comer; mas não qualquer coisa.
Canibal
Director
Carlos é um homem respeitável, o alfaiate de maior prestígio em Granada, Espanha. Sua vida é reduzida ao trabalho e seu principal hobby é comer; mas não qualquer coisa.
Half of Oscar
Producer
A reunion with his family provides a clue into the cause of one man's lonely life in this drama from filmmaker Manuel Martin Cuenca. Oscar lives in a barren section of Almeria, Spain, where he works as a guard at a salt mine. Oscar's days are governed by a monotonous routine: he goes to work, has lunch with fellow guard Miguel, finishes work, visits his dying grandfather at a hospice, and then goes home. While he sometimes spends his evenings with a woman, it's clear their relationship is not a close one. One day, Oscar gets word that grandfather has been transferred to a hospital, and his sister Maria, who now lives in Paris, comes to Almeria to pay the old man a visit. Maria, who is expecting a baby, is accompanied by her boyfriend Jean , who tries to keep a distance between the two siblings. It becomes clear that Oscar and Maria share an ugly secret that she wants to keep hidden at all costs, leading to an grim tension that grows between her and her brother.
Half of Oscar
Screenplay
A reunion with his family provides a clue into the cause of one man's lonely life in this drama from filmmaker Manuel Martin Cuenca. Oscar lives in a barren section of Almeria, Spain, where he works as a guard at a salt mine. Oscar's days are governed by a monotonous routine: he goes to work, has lunch with fellow guard Miguel, finishes work, visits his dying grandfather at a hospice, and then goes home. While he sometimes spends his evenings with a woman, it's clear their relationship is not a close one. One day, Oscar gets word that grandfather has been transferred to a hospital, and his sister Maria, who now lives in Paris, comes to Almeria to pay the old man a visit. Maria, who is expecting a baby, is accompanied by her boyfriend Jean , who tries to keep a distance between the two siblings. It becomes clear that Oscar and Maria share an ugly secret that she wants to keep hidden at all costs, leading to an grim tension that grows between her and her brother.
Half of Oscar
Director
A reunion with his family provides a clue into the cause of one man's lonely life in this drama from filmmaker Manuel Martin Cuenca. Oscar lives in a barren section of Almeria, Spain, where he works as a guard at a salt mine. Oscar's days are governed by a monotonous routine: he goes to work, has lunch with fellow guard Miguel, finishes work, visits his dying grandfather at a hospice, and then goes home. While he sometimes spends his evenings with a woman, it's clear their relationship is not a close one. One day, Oscar gets word that grandfather has been transferred to a hospital, and his sister Maria, who now lives in Paris, comes to Almeria to pay the old man a visit. Maria, who is expecting a baby, is accompanied by her boyfriend Jean , who tries to keep a distance between the two siblings. It becomes clear that Oscar and Maria share an ugly secret that she wants to keep hidden at all costs, leading to an grim tension that grows between her and her brother.
Últimos testigos
Director
A film work made up of two different documentaries based on the same concept, made about and with the participation of Manuel Fraga and Santiago Carrillo.
El tesoro
Director
Hard Times
Writer
When the troubled son of an NGO worker refuses to take a test and announces that he is not leaving his room, his concerned mother asks one of her clients, a Cuban exile, for help in setting the boy straight. Gonzalo has decided to drop out of school, and his mother Ana isn't sure how to convince the boy that he's making a crucial mistake. Ana's client Carlos is a Cuban exile who makes his living selling cigars and artwork on the black market. When Carlos learns of Ana's dilemma, he calls on recently released convict Mikel to teach the boy how to play chess. Perhaps is young Gonzalo can master the game, he can learn to start living again. As the lessons get underway, each of these characters learns that in order to truly move on with their lives they much first break free of the bonds that prevent them from being who they really are.
Hard Times
Director
When the troubled son of an NGO worker refuses to take a test and announces that he is not leaving his room, his concerned mother asks one of her clients, a Cuban exile, for help in setting the boy straight. Gonzalo has decided to drop out of school, and his mother Ana isn't sure how to convince the boy that he's making a crucial mistake. Ana's client Carlos is a Cuban exile who makes his living selling cigars and artwork on the black market. When Carlos learns of Ana's dilemma, he calls on recently released convict Mikel to teach the boy how to play chess. Perhaps is young Gonzalo can master the game, he can learn to start living again. As the lessons get underway, each of these characters learns that in order to truly move on with their lives they much first break free of the bonds that prevent them from being who they really are.
Madrid 11-M: todos íbamos en ese tren
Director
Adiós
Producer
Jorge and Laura are about to divorce. Helpless, he witnesses the last moments of Laura's presence in his life: he hears how she packs her things, luggage closing for the last time, the conversation with whoever is picking her up... She says goodbye, affectionate yet firm, and she leaves. And that's it. Jorge stays alone, hearing the sound of the house.
The Weakness of the Bolshevik
Screenplay
After getting into a minor traffic accident, Pablo attempts to make light of the situation by asking the driver of the other car, Sonsoles, out on a date. When she refuses and instead files an injury report, Pablo snaps and begins stalking her. He soon discovers that Sonsoles has a beautiful teenage sister, Maria, with whom Pablo is immediately infatuated -- a lust that soon turns dark. Can Pablo control his obsession, or will it consume him?
The Weakness of the Bolshevik
Director
After getting into a minor traffic accident, Pablo attempts to make light of the situation by asking the driver of the other car, Sonsoles, out on a date. When she refuses and instead files an injury report, Pablo snaps and begins stalking her. He soon discovers that Sonsoles has a beautiful teenage sister, Maria, with whom Pablo is immediately infatuated -- a lust that soon turns dark. Can Pablo control his obsession, or will it consume him?
Cuatro puntos cardinales
Director
It tells the story of a long journey: one that makes the immigrant from leaving his country of origin until it reaches its goal, geographical and personal. There are many faces of this person coming from outside, leaving his country abroad for an uncertain and unknown. The reasons are different, too. The course, however, is very similar ...
The Cuban Game
Director
A documentary depicting Cuba/US relations through baseball.
Plenilune
Casting
Romance and murder walk side by side in this psychological drama from Spain. A serial killer has been plying his grisly trade in a small town in Spain, murdering young girls and leaving their bodies in a nearby forest.
Flowers From Another World
Casting
Patricia, a woman from Dominican Republic, needs a home and an economic security that her illegal status in Madrid does not provide her. Milady, twenty, born in Havana and dying to travel the world. Marirosi has a job, a home, and the most complete solitude... just like Alfonso, Damián and Carmelo, men from the St. Eulalia, a village lacking both marrying women and future. A bachelors' party forces the encounter between them and the beginning of this bittersweet story of sharing a living.
Grandes ocasiones
Script Supervisor
Grandes ocasiones
Secretario Juzgado
Menos que cero
First Assistant Director
Shooting Elizabeth
Second Assistant Director
Before a man can kill his nagging wife as planned, she disappears and he's charged with murder.
La viuda negra
Assistant Director
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
Assistant Director
Paul has left his wife and children. Now his wife and ex-mistress is on the hunt for him.
Oro en la pared
Assistant Director
El amor de Andrea
Writer
El amor de Andrea
Director