Gabino Diego
Biography: Gabino Diego was born on September 18, 1966 in Madrid. He started in cinema at the age of seventeen by chance, when he auditioned for a role in Las bicicletas son para el verano. Titles such as El viaje a ninguna parte, ¡Ay, Carmela! or El rey pasmado made him a figure of Spanish cinema. He won the Luis Buñuel Award for El viaje a ninguna parte and a Goya Award for ¡Ay, Carmela! He was also nominated for a Goya as best leading actor for El rey pasmado, as supporting actor for Belle Epoque and again as leading actor in Los peores años de nuestra vida. In 1996 he worked in El amor perjudica seriamente la salud, directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira, and in 1998 he starred in Antonio Mercero's La hora de los valientes, obtaining a Goya Award nomination for best leading male performance. Santiago Segura hired him for his film Torrente 2: misión en Marbella (Gabino also made a cameo in the 1st part of the saga Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley). In 2018, he premiered Tiempo Después, directed by José Luis Cuerda. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Birthday: September 18, 1966
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Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
2001-03-30
Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-03-30
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FFG, el último gran conversador
2021-08-27
FFG, el último gran conversador
Overview: Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007), actor, writer, playwright and film director, was for decades one of the most important figures in Spanish culture. His close friends and relatives reveal another facet in which he stood out above all: that of being an excellent conversationalist, capable of hypnotizing and seducing those who listened to him.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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Belle Époque
1992-12-04
Belle Époque
Overview: In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-12-04
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Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing
1989-01-17
Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing
Overview: Teodoro, a Spanish engineer working as a professor in the United States, returns to Spain to enjoy a sabbatical year.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1989-01-17
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La viuda del capitán Estrada
1991-09-06
La viuda del capitán Estrada
Overview: After the Second World War, the United Nations has declared the blockade of Franco's Spain. In this historical context, for a time little known, lies the story of the widow of a Spanish army captain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-09-06
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On Earth as It Is in Heaven
1995-11-03
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
Overview: Matacanes dies and goes to heaven just to discover that it was not as he expected, and everyone there is revolutionized lately. Peter explains that God was concerned about the progress of the world, and decided to send a second son to Earth. However, Jesus hears and does not agree, as they would have to rewrite history.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-11-03
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Ay, Carmela!
1990-03-16
Ay, Carmela!
Overview: Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. He arranges a performance for his troops, bargaining with Paulino to stage a burlesque of the republic in exchange for the actors' freedom. Will the fiery and patriotic Carmela consent?
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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Two Much
1995-12-01
Two Much
Overview: Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job leads to an engagement with a rich divorcee. He gets in deeper when he falls for her sister, and invents a twin brother to be her beau; and deeper still when his fiancée's ex-husband comes looking for revenge.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-01
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Midsummer Dream
2005-10-29
Midsummer Dream
Overview: Based on William Shakespeare's novel.
Genres: Adventure Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-10-29
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The Sea and the Weather
1989-06-15
The Sea and the Weather
Overview: Jesus returns to Spain after a long exile in Argentina. The family he meets is very different from the one he left: they live under the sadness of being the losers of the war, Marcela, before a beautiful young woman, is now an alcoholic, and the youngest can not even understand them. Jesus wants to start a new life in Spain but he feels out of place; Time has turned him into an inhabitant of the other side of the 'puddle'.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1989-06-15
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Eliminators
1986-01-31
Eliminators
Overview: A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-31
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Bicycles Are for the Summer
1984-01-20
Bicycles Are for the Summer
Overview: In Madrid, the family of Don Luis, his wife Dolores and their children, Manolita and Luisito, share the daily life of the Civil War with their maid and neighbours. Despite having failed his exams, Luisito wants his father to buy him a bicycle. However, the situation forces them to delay the purchase and the delay, like the war itself, is to last much longer than expected.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-01-20
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Moscow Gold
2003-03-28
Moscow Gold
Overview: In an odd destiny coincidence and hospital employee reiceives some important and confident information from a dying old man. He shares it with one friend and both start a crazy and extravangant adventure.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
1997-07-01
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Overview: Madrid, 1965. When The Beatles arrive in the city, Diana goes to great lengths to meet them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-07-01
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The Longest Night
1991-09-23
The Longest Night
Overview: Fifteen years after the plot a lawyer and a military ex-attorney meet and recall the intense days of 1975 when both participated in the decission of war or peace. The film is told in flashbacks of the two protagonists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-23
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A Time for Defiance
1998-12-18
A Time for Defiance
Overview: After the Spanish Civil War breaks out, the Prado Museum is being evacuated. One of the guards finds a painting by the master, Goya, and takes it to prevent damage to the work of art. In the interim, he meets a young lady with whom he falls in love. Assisted by her and her family members, the soldier attempts to save Goya's masterpiece intact amidst the war and violence.
Genres: War Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-18
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Desde que amanece apetece
2006-07-21
Desde que amanece apetece
Overview: Pelayo is leaving to work for his uncle Lorenzo and to find a nice girl to settle down with. Pelayo arrives to find out that Lorenzo's "business" is in fact a male strip show and Lorenzo's dancers are a laughing stock. Lorenzo has all his money tied up in his wedding with ex-prostitute Palmira. With Pelayo arriving life turns upside down. Can Lorenzo keep his infidelities a secret and his crew off the streets? Can Pelayo keep from falling for a prostitute on his way to finding a wife?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-07-21
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Los peores años de nuestra vida
1994-09-09
Los peores años de nuestra vida
Overview: Alberto lives with his parents and his brother Roberto, quite attractive, who tells him there are lots of girls. Alberto is a romantic guy, and doesn't find a girl for his own. He knew he was in love as soon as he saw Maria, although he was not very sure of what she thought. His brother told him he would help with her, but things get difficult when Roberto also likes Maria.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-09
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Voyage to Nowhere
1986-10-15
Voyage to Nowhere
Overview: The Iniesta-Galván family is a theatre company that goes from town to town offering its performances. Over the years, its members will have to adapt to changes and make decisions, like that of whether or not to continue performing. One day, unexpectedly, a son that he has fathered on his travels presents himself to Carlos Galván.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-10-15
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Ekipo Ja
2007-01-19
Ekipo Ja
Overview: The Ekipo Ja, a group of sane gypsies led by the gypsy Juan De Dios, is in possession, unknowingly, of a sacred seal able to make wishes to him who possesses it. And who wants to possess above all is the Marquesa, a wealthy stranger who does not hesitate to use cunning Italian art dealer persecuted by the police and associated with the Russian mafia, to remove the seal from Juan de Dios. But neither the Marquesa, neither the Italian nor the Russian, not even the Spanish Police, known the capacity Juan de Dios and his men to mess things up and, incidentally, become involved themselves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-01-19
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The Stone Raft
2002-09-19
The Stone Raft
Overview: An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate itself from the calamity, and panic ensues among tourists and residents attempting to escape. When Spain and Portugal physically separate from the continent, the detached Iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-09-19
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Dreaming of Julia
2003-10-24
Dreaming of Julia
Overview: The year is 1958, and in Holguín, Cuba, a boy's world is about to change forever.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-24
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El rollo de septiembre
1985-02-28
El rollo de septiembre
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1985-02-28
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Our Lovers
2016-02-08
Our Lovers
Overview: Carlos is a professionally frustrated screenwriter, and Irene is not sure what she wants to do with her life. When Irene meets Carlos at a coffee shop, she approaches him and, although she doesn't know him, proposes to play a game.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-02-08
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The Dumbfounded King
1991-11-01
The Dumbfounded King
Overview: Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.
Genres: History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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1:58
2014-10-03
1:58
Overview: A careless driver gets into serious difficulties when she runs into a mysterious group of assailants on an abandoned road.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-03
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Los hombres siempre mienten
1995-02-03
Los hombres siempre mienten
Overview: When Martin is about to be expelled from some literature courses, an unexpected event gives a turn to his uncertain future as a writer. Taking advantage of the absence of his neighbor, a consecrated novelist who entrusts him with the care of his cat, Martín steals his identity and some pages of his latest novel, presented in the school as a result of his own work. As a result of this, the teacher congratulates him publicly and the girl he is in love begins to look at him with different eyes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-02-03
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Dollar Mambo
1993-01-02
Dollar Mambo
Overview: Music and dance nurture the story of a group of people who live in a popular neighborhood. The invasion of North American soldiers to Panama will break the tranquility of the place bringing a wave of violence with them.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-01-02
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Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas
1993-01-28
Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-01-28
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Offsides
1991-09-22
Offsides
Overview: Comedy as six pensioners in residence take on the sponsorship of the FOOTBALL team in the neighbouring orphanage with unexpected consequences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-09-22
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Ovejas negras
1990-05-04
Ovejas negras
Overview: Adolfo reunites with his old teacher, Father Benito, to confess him the crimes he committed when he was a young boy just to save the soul of the people he loved.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-05-04
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Cha Cha Chá
1998-09-06
Cha Cha Chá
Overview: This Spanish romantic comedy focuses on ad-agency career girl Lucia and her best friend, dance-teacher Maria. Maria's boyfriend is the sexist Pablo. One night Lucia puts away too much alcohol, sleeps with Pablo, and hatches a plan to have Pablo to herself by finding a new man for Maria.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-09-06
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Some Time Later
2018-12-28
Some Time Later
Overview: Planet Earth, 9177. The remains of humankind live in a post-apocalyptic environment divided into only two social classes: the ruling king and the oligarchs who inhabit the Representative Building and the poor of the world who hardly survive in the slums built around it.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-12-28
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Supernova
1993-02-26
Supernova
Overview: Count Nado, is in love with Fénix, an intergalactic singer. Unable to achieve it with traditional methods, the evil Nado kidnaps the scientist Avelina to make a replica of the singer, creating Supernova.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-02-26
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Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
1998-03-13
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
Overview: A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-03-13
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El crimen de Don Benito
1991-03-06
El crimen de Don Benito
Overview: July 18, 1902. A woman and her daughter are brutally murdered in the Extremaduran town of Don Benito. Everybody knows the depraved town boss was responsible, but nobody dares to declare against him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-03-06
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