José Sancho
Also Known As: Pepe Sancho, Пепе Санчо, Хосе Санчо
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia José Asunción Martínez Sancho is a Spanish actor. Over a period of fifty years he has appeared extensively in Spanish television and films. He was born in Manises, Valencia in 1944. He divorced the singer María Jiménez, with whom he has a son named Alejandro. He is currently married to the journalist Reyes Monforte. His first film role was when he was aged just four in Si te hubieses casado conmigo (If you had been married to me)(1948), directed by Viktor Tourjansky. He became popular thanks to his role as The Student, in the TVE series, Curro Jiménez (1977–1978), directed by Pilar Miró, Mario Camus, Antonio Drove, Marchent Rafael Romero, Francisco Rovira Beleta and others. Twenty years later he returned to star in another TV series, Carmen y familia (1995), together with Beatriz Carvajal and her former partner in Curro Jiménez, Álvaro de Luna. A year later, he joined up with Rocío Dúrcal Los negocios de mamá (1997), also for television. Among his many roles in film is his collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar Live Flesh along with Javier Bardem, winning the Goya Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in 1997. In 2000 he guest-starred as Don Rafael Alvarado who is murdered in the first episode causing his daughter, Tessa, to take up arms as the title character in the syndicated TV series The Queen of Swords. His involvement in several films and theatrical activity has been intense, but his role of Don Pablo, in the TVE series, Cuéntame (Tell Me!), brought him great popularity and recognition from 2001 to 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article José Sancho, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Manises, Valencia, Spain
Birthday: November 11, 1944
Deathday: March 03, 2013
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Live Flesh
Overview: When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-10-10
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Stranded
Overview: A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Earth. With no other recourse, and help millions of miles away, the crew is forced to make desperate choices in order to stay alive. Will they be able to survive as the minutes slip away?
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-24
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Arachnid
Overview: Mercer's brother, an amateur pilot, crashes on an island and is killed by a giant spider. A year later, when Mercer goes in search of him, she discovers a breed of poisonous arachnids ready to attack.
Genres: Adventure Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-29
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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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Hijos del viento
Overview: As part of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, Rodrigo, a Spanish shipwreck falls in love with Tizcuitl, the young and beautiful Aztec daughter of Nezuhual, king of Tlacopan, powerful under the emperor Moctezuma.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-06-16
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La Lola se va a los puertos
Overview: 1860, in the Bay of San Fernando, Cadiz. Lola is an Andalusian singer who all men that meet her love. Along with guitarist Heredia, a man who is resigned to love her in silence, she travels to the farmhouse of the wealthy Don Diego, which is also in love with her, to sing in the compromise party of his son Jose Luis and Rosario, his fiancée of childhood. Lola, a woman who never loses her head, is disturbed by the presence of the handsome young gentleman José Luis. Both are attracted and inadvertently awaken the jealousy of Rosario and the envy of Don Diego ... Remake of an eponymous film directed in 1947 by Juan de Orduña
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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Flowers From Another World
Overview: Patricia, a woman from Dominican Republic, needs a home and an economic security that her illegal status in Madrid does not provide her. Milady, twenty, born in Havana and dying to travel the world. Marirosi has a job, a home, and the most complete solitude... just like Alfonso, Damián and Carmelo, men from the St. Eulalia, a village lacking both marrying women and future. A bachelors' party forces the encounter between them and the beginning of this bittersweet story of sharing a living.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-05-28
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Jugando a morir
Overview: Blas Romero "El Platanito" is a bullfighter who begins to take its first steps in Merida. After a long journey, one day he is lucky enough, his performance is showed on TV and that brings him to top of the charts. From now on, his problems will be centered with the dilemma of having to give up their dreams of making serious classical bullfighting, or jump to a false bullfighting, between slapstick and temerity, which will give offer him numerous well-paid contracts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-11-24
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The Witch Affair
Overview: The night of San Juan, Miguel murders his associate. Two elderly people are witness to the crime and predict that all of his dreams will come true thereafter. He will know the price he has to pay when he sees a black cat with a moon shaped mark on its forehead. Twenty-two years later a messenger begins to see all his dreams come true...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-01-17
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Compassionate Sex
Overview: Dolores is a mature and kind woman whose husband abandons her because he can't stand her uncanny generosity. Desperate to get her husband back, she devotes her life to works of charity, which is to go to bed with the other men of the town. Dolores, now "Lolita", becomes so famous that all men seek out her help now. It is through her compassionate sex that she brings back the colour and the happiness to a town that was immersed in sadness. Written by HoMordomo.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-30
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Washington Wolves
Overview: Alberto and Miguel have a bar, but things are not going very well. They need to get out of this black hole and they need money to do it. Alberto is divorced and alcoholic, Miguel has a big secret... Their old friend Claudio is very rich. Why not steal some of his money? Troubles grow when Claudio's wife is planning to steal this money too... The Washington wolfs, in a circus near all this, are the silent witnesses of all that happens that night.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-08-27
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Arroz y tartana
Overview: Manuela de Fora, an elegant woman, widow of Pajares, lives with the sole obsession of marrying well her two daughters from her second marriage, Concha Blanca Jara and Amparo. She also has Juanito, son from her first marriage, but she despises him for wanting to be a merchant, like his father. Who really appreciates the laborious Juanito is his uncle Juan, a man of austere habits that blames his sister Manuela for wasting money to pretend being of high social position.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-11-20
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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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Besos de gato
Overview: Fran, a successful lawyer with a comfortable life but lacking in communication with his family, arrives at his house for dinner. That night his daughter Carlota has not returned yet, somewhat unusual for her, so Fran, pressed by his wife, goes out to search for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-05-09
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Saint Anthony: The Miracle Worker of Padua
Overview: Depiction of the life of St. Anthony, beginning with his initial calling to the priesthood as a young Portugese nobleman, and following him as he becomes a Franciscan monk and preaches across Africa and Europe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-04-01
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Kibris, la ley del equilibrio
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-07-22
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Tarancón, el quinto mandamiento
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-11-21
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Avisa a Curro Jiménez
Overview: Córdoba, Spain. Lord Killarney, representative of the British Museum, acquires an Arabic incunabulum at an auction; but he is murdered and the book disappears. All suspicions fall on El Lince, an antique dealer with a shady background, who asks his nephew to warn Curro Jiménez.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-09-04
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Siempre Habana
Overview: Ignacio and his nephew Tomasín are two Galician businessmen sharing a family inheritance bonus with their cousin Divina Luz, cuban-born, but of Galician descent. The division of the property is notarized in Santiago de Compostela, where Divina Luz is received by his unknown family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-10-26
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El deseo de ser piel roja
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-01-04
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Kasbah
Overview: A young man who lives in Morocco, his father and his half-sister are the characters. When the girl disappears in Kasbah, a night club, her half brother becomes the prime suspect.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-09-22
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Wheels on Meals
Overview: Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
Genres: Romance Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-08-17
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...And the Third Year, He Resuscitated
Overview: On November 20, 1978 a truck driver picks up a man on the road, that tells him to take him to Pardo's Palace. Soon, the truck driver begins to realize who this person is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-03-01
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La mujer de mi vida
Overview: Ramón, an egocentric and successful film producer, is only interested in money and women. Shortly after receiving a Goya for his latest film, he learns that his friend Enrique, a forgotten actor who is going through a rough patch, needs help. He has contacted Faby, an undocumented Peruvian waitress who works in the slum where Enrique has felt ill. Fascinated by the girl, Ramón decides to solve her problems, marrying her to Enrique.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-10-05
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¡Ja me maaten...!
Overview: An honest and humble gypsy lives in a poor neighborhood with his family until something unexpected changes his life forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-12-22
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Las llaves de la independencia
Overview: Lázaro Expósito is a young revolutionary in mid-nineteenth century Mexico. This story tells us the life of a boy who, from his very birth, is adopted by Javier Artal a member of a Spanish landowning family but within this family he is repudiated by his father’s elder brother because of his race and origin. This fact will mark him as he grows up in a comfortable environment although he is aware he does not really form part of it. The continuous in-and-outs of the story allow us to get to know Lázaro who is strong in fighting and tender in love but who will never get to know his true origins. The story takes place on an estate run-down from constant fighting which was the famous Artal Brothers Estate before the war. They arrived with their wives from Spain and their descendants were already born on the other side of the Atlantic.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-01-13
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En fuera de juego
Overview: Diego, an Argentine doctor traumatized by the soccer since his childhood, is not satisfied with his life. Javi is a representative of kids who start playing soccer, a Spanish third division manager who dreams of an opportunity to change their fate. Suddenly, the discovery of a young Argentinian star, will join Diego and Javi in a common adventure, full of surprises and and picaresque.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-06-01
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El virgo de Visanteta
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-02-15
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Speaking of Buñuel
Overview: Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou, Exterminating Angels, and That Obscure Object of Desire, yet his personal life was clouded in myth and paradox. Though sexually diffident, he frequently worked in the erotic drama genre; though personally quite conservative, his films are florid, flamboyant, and utterly bizarre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-06-09
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Visanteta, estáte quieta
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-08-27
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Father Cami's Wedding
Overview: A Jesuit priest in 1950s Spain becomes disillusioned with his faith, swapping religion for politics and carnal knowledge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-12-20
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The Outcome
Overview: Film director Mikel de Garay and the attractive young producer Andrea Bilbao, who hide an obscure past, are going to make a film based on the latest novel by Rosendo Carballo, a successful writer with homosexual tendencies who has put an end to his marriage of convenience and is sharing his life with a young gay man. Rosendo is going to meet with Mikel and Andrea, and three friends of the writer, Fernando, Beatriz and Nacho, join the group. Conflict arises unexpectedly when the characters start to play a dangerous game: digging around in their respective pasts in the hope that this will produce a catharsis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-10-06
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Peribáñez y el Comendador de Ocaña
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-04-25
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Viento del pueblo: Miguel Hernández
Overview: The life and tragical death of the young Spanish poet Miguel Hernández.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-02-28
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Cartas de Sorolla
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-11-13
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Codo con codo
Overview: Bruno and Micky are two young people who abandon their studies to dedicate themselves to song. When Bruno meets Mayte and becomes a fashionable singer, he forgets about his closest friends. But success is short-lived ... One of the most delirious manifestations that Spanish cinema saw of the 'ye-yé' hatching, with an absolutely priceless Micky, half-self-interpreting, like Bruno Lomas and Massiel. The story revolves around the desire to succeed that drives the trio, as well as the romantic relationships established between them. Seen today, it must be as delicious as it is moving, especially considering that it premiered a year before Massiel caused a national earthquake by winning at the Eurovision Song Contest with the famous "La, la, la".
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-07-10
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Freedomfighters
Overview: At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-04-19
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Everyone Off to Jail
Overview: A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. The reunion proves more raucous than the organizers intended.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-12-22
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Trileros
Overview: Two disgraceful fifty year old men accept the job of their lives by carrying drugs to Perpignan in exchange for a million Euros. A whole mess comes about as the journey starts...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-12-01
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The 3 Wise Men
Overview: A brilliantly animated adaptation of the classic Christian story, 3 WISE MEN features the voices of Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, and Mexican television star Jaci Velasquez. Created by the same artists who animated FANTASIA 2000, HERCULES, and TARZAN, the family-friendly film artfully brings to life the journey of Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar--the Three Kings who traveled to baby Jesus' birthplace under the guidance of the Star of Bethlehem.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-12-19
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Suena el clarín
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Massacre at Fort Grant
Overview: Story of a group of settlers and how they had to take refuge in a fort when they were attacked by Indians, as told by the only survivor
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-12-04
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Life Goes On
Overview: A promising goalkeeper of Real Madrid sees his chance when a teammate is injured and is summoned to replace him. But the misfortune is primed with him when an untimely car accident damaged her spine and is forced to give up that had to be the game of his life. Tired of so much bad luck, he retreats to a seaside hotel, where chance will go up to the stage.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-12-22
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Amor a todo gas
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-09-05
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Con ella llegó el amor
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-01-05
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El Dorado
Overview: The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
Genres: Adventure History Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1988-04-20
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