Joan Potau
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Biography: Joan Potau was born in 1945 in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) as Joan Potau Martínez. He was a writer and actor, known for El rey pasmado (1991), No respires: El amor está en el aire (1999) and Belle Epoque (1992). He was married to the actress Carme Elias. He died on February 3, 2015 in Barcelona.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Birthday: February 03, 1945
Deathday: February 03, 2015
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Gender: Male
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Spanish Fly
Overview: A woman journalist, Zoe, knows better than to go into a story with her mind already made up. But that's exactly what she does when she heads off to Spain to write about its men and their macho take (as she sees it) on relationships. As she tries to prove her thesis, she soon realizes that she doesn't know as much about the male sex as she thought. She also finds herself involved in relationships with the wrong men.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-10
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Airbag
Overview: Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival gangster Souza sends femme fatale Fatima to check things out. Juantxo and his friends are trying to get the ring back and in the process get involved in the war between gangs.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-06-20
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Parabellum
Overview: Garrote, Chago and Molero are three criminals who have ended up in prison after the misdeed. Each of them offers its particular version of what happened.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-01
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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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Between Your Legs
Overview: A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-01-14
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Too Old to Die Young
Overview: Two friends just find any temporary jobs to get by. One of them quits his job as a waiter to move to work as a messenger; the other is working as a taxi driver. The messenger, in his comings and goings at night, go through many offices, private homes and bars and will be in the most varied situations: some of them dark, sometimes sinister and pathetic and some even pleasant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1989-01-17
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Barcelona sur
Overview: Obsessed with finding her old boyfriend, Gumer, a 25-year-old girl, is released from jail in Barcelona, one of Europe's most sought-after port cities for drug trafficking and prostitution. Charo, her best friend, tries to help her, although she is not free, since depends on her pimp "Toni". But Gumer will persuade Charo to abandon Toni and form, along with other friends, a band to start businesses on their own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-03-26
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Makinavaja, el último choriso
Overview: A movie based on the Spanish comic strip of the same name.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-05-08
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¡Semos peligrosos! (Uséase Makinavaja 2)
Overview: As soon as he is released from prison, Maki goes to look for his friend Popeye. Together they rescue the grandfather from a dangerous form of "Russian roulette" played in the asylum, and decide to take a vacation at the beach.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-05-14
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Kill Me Tender
Overview: Do all men want the same thing? Nestor, recently widowed, runs a bakery near Barcelona, has a bank account and a bad heart, and swims in the sea every day. He also has a daughter and a two-timing son-in-law. Nestor's maid asks him to hire her 20-something daughter, Maribel, as a shop assistant.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-02-13
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Don Juan in Hell
Overview: While the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as his pride. His conviction, eternal. His name, a legend: Don Juan. Free adaptation of "Don Juan" by Moliere.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-06-25
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All Men Are the Same
Overview: Three divorced men who share a flat live together without trouble until they hire a cleaning lady.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1994-02-25
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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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Stico
Overview: Leopoldo Contreras, a professor emeritus of Roman law has serious economic problems. His translations of classical authors do not give enough money to live and had to sell even their floor. To remedy the situation is offered as a slave to a former student in exchange for room and board.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1985-03-04
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Soul Ache
Overview: Aitor is a director making a film about a lonely man looking for love, called “Soul Ache.” While he uses his auditions to meet women, he really longs to cast actress Myriam Mezieres in the film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-08-14
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What Makes Women Laugh?
Overview: Luci, Graci and Mar, three sisters that make a comedy trio, go to the wedding of their father with a woman who is 45 years younger than him. During the feast Luci's husband dies in an accident. Despite the tragedy, the trio have to fulfill their commitment acting during August in Benidorm. The widow discovers thanks to a notebook that her husband cheated on her, so she decides to flirt with everyone.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-02-25
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