Juan José Ballesta Movies

El Bola

73/100

El Bola, a 12 year old boy a.k.a. "Pellet" 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 ... See full summary »

7 Virgins

64/100

It is summertime in a blue-collar, marginal district of a city in the South of Spain. Tano, a teenager currently serving a sentence in a juvenile reform center, is given a 48-hour leave to ... See full summary »

Planta 4ª

71/100

Growing up together. All emotions pass the revue. Friendship and hope survive all.

Spectre

58/100

An elderly writer visits the small village where he grew up and as he walks through he catches a glimpse of the same woman he fell in love with in his youth but she has not aged at all! He follows her, but is not ready for what he finds

Carols Reise

68/100

Carol, a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, ... See full summary »

Wolfsbrüder

69/100

A child who lived alone with wolves for 12 years.

Thieves

62/100

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 ... See full summary »

Bruc - Napoleons blutige Niederlage

56/100

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 ... See full summary »

Lasting

53/100

An idyllic summer job holiday in Spain suddenly turns traumatic for a couple of young Polish students in love.

Cabeza de perro

62/100

A drama about a boy who lives in a bubble because of a rare brain disease.

Black Listed

54/100

A businessman returns his family home after eight years in exile avoiding the terrorism of the ETA.

San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero

53/100