Juan Luis Galiardo
1940 - 2012
Familia
Fernando León de Aranoa
Amparo Muñoz, Ágata Lys
Santiago wakes up like any other morning. He goes down to the kitchen and his whole family is waiting for him: it's his birthday. They all sing "Happy Birthday to You" and give him presents. But when he opens the present of his youngest son, he gets angry and says he doesn't like it. The boy starts crying and saying that he loves him, but Santiago answers that he doesn't believe him and he tells the boy that he is fired and that he wants another son, who is thinner, who doesn't need glasses and who resembles him more. Written by Pablo Montoya
Family
El arte de vivir
Julio Diamante
Luigi Giuliani, Elena María Tejeiro
After graduating in Economics, Luis is seeking to burst through in life. His partner Ana sees how his way of being is changing by the standards of his company into a different person. Ana tries to draw his attention in a failed suicide attempt.
El arte de vivir
High Voltage
Julio Buchs
Marisa Mell, Gabriele Ferzetti
José, a young mechanic, arrives in Madrid to make it big. After being conned he loses his savings, and is taken in by Elisa, a photographer. She introduces him to Pablo and Laura. Laura makes him an offer he cant refuse and then his troubles really begin.
High Voltage
7 uomini d'oro
Marco Vicario
Philippe Leroy, Rossana Podestà
After bungling a job in London, Albert, an international thief, masterminds a plan to rob a Geneva bank of 7 tons of gold. Assisted by the seductive Giorgia, who works from within the bank, and six other accomplices, Albert sets himself up in an expensive hotel with a battery of electronic devices to supervise the operation.
Seven Golden Men
El límite del amor
Rafael Romero Marchent
Carmen Albéniz, Juan Luis Galiardo
Manuela and Juan, a young couple who has been married for four years, likes to practice sexual games. As part of that games they want to include Juan's secretary, an old nun, secretly in love with Manuela.
El límite del amor
Snakes and Ladders
Manuel Summers
Sonia Bruno, María Massip
Jose Antonio Amor co-stars with Sonia Bruno and Maria Blanco in this comedy drama about a married man with three children. When his family leaves on vacation, the man has an affair with a pretty office worker. The relationship between the two develops slowly before they end up in bed together. Speeded up shots are used effectively to illustrate the thoughts of the characters. Technical aspects and performances are fine and overshadow some uneven editing.
Snakes and Ladders
El disputado voto del señor Cayo
Antonio Giménez Rico
Francisco Rabal, Iñaki Miramón
Based on Miguel Delibes novel. Rafael Corral, socialist member, decide to attend to the funeral of a friend although they had recomended him not to go for politic reasons. He finds there some friends and talking with them makes him to change his mind.
El disputado voto del señor Cayo
Stress-es tres-tres
Carlos Saura
Geraldine Chaplin, Juan Luis Galiardo
Set in one-day, three people embark together on a car trip from Madrid to Almeria. Antonio (Cebrián) is a successful industrialist, however he is dismayed that his personal life does not reflect his glittering career. He is insecure about his faltering marriage to Teresa (Chaplin), whom he believes is having an affair with his best friend, Antonio (Galiardo).
Stress Is Three
Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
Santiago Segura
Santiago Segura, Gabino Diego
For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most successful box-office film in Spanish film history beating out only the first Torrente film.
Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
