José Sacristán Movies

Magical Girl

73/100

The father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese TV series. The request will drive him into a journey within his city's dark underbelly.

Toro - Pfad der Vergeltung

59/100

A former con man must be back to his old habits to save his older brother and niece from his ex boss and mentor.

A Place in the World

79/100

Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a... See full summary »

Madrid, 1987

65/100

Two characters: old and young; teacher and pupil; man and woman. Four walls within which they conjure intellectualism, relive the profession (journalism), explore politics and discover each other.

The Heifer

76/100

A platoon of mismatched republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the saint patron date of the village. In addition to ruining the ... See full summary »

Roma

74/100

Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.

Voyage to Nowhere

77/100

The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. ... See full summary »

Ogro

71/100

As 1973 winds down, Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Opposition parties are forbidden; labor movements are repressed; and Basque nationalists are mercilessly hunted down. ... See full summary »

Todos a la cárcel

62/100

In the celebration of the day of the political prisonner the victims of the Franco repression meet in the jail of Valencia. Among them are parvenues, mafiosi, bankers, and a communist ... See full summary »

The Dead Man and Being Happy

59/100

El Muerto is the story of a Spanish man in Argentina who one day becomes aware on the upper floor of a hospital in Buenos Aires of his approaching death. He decides to escape, to flee ... See full summary »

El diputado

69/100

Sex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician...

Unfinished Business

67/100

Two old friends meet each other 10 years after they spent summers vacations together when they were young. He was secretly in love with her.

Don Erre que erre

52/100

Don Rodrigo goes to the bank and when he is going to take his money there is a robbery. Then the bank refuses to give him his money back (257 pesetas, a small amount of money) with the ... See full summary »

Alone in the Dark

69/100

La tonta del bote

46/100

Susana is an unappreciated, naive and somewhat clumsy orphan who has lived since she was a child at doña Engracia's house, because her mother died a few days after she was born. In this ... See full summary »

Vulcania

51/100

Vulcania is a small isolated community led by an enigmatic leader where nothing is quite what it seems.

A Man Called Autumn Flower

67/100

Lluis de Serracant leads a double life. By day he's a young lawyer, scion of a Catalan bourgeois family. At night he's a transvestite performer known to his fans as "Flower of Autumn".

El abuelo tiene un plan

48/100

El pájaro de la felicidad

66/100

Madregilda

63/100

Madrid in the 40s: in an old neighborhood tavern, every first Friday of the month at nightfall Moor Hauma organizes a unique and secret card game. The Caudillo, Francisco Franco, meets with several friends of Africa's campaign for a game.

Siete mil días juntos

70/100

Living Together

67/100

Two single men in their late forties spend regular weekends in a semi-derelict house on the Paraná river delta near Buenos Aires...

Epílogo

65/100

Hail Hazana

61/100

Several inconformities begin to develop at a catholic boys school in the transitional Spain of the seventies. After three students are expelled, a new director arrives with new liberal ... See full summary »

La noche más hermosa

60/100