José Luis Baringo

No One Could Live Here

A caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.

Cuéntame cómo pasó

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.

Los energéticos

A couple of rival farmers discover the plan to build a nuclear power plant on their lands, and decide to ally to avoid it.

Romanza final (Gayarre)

Biography of Julian Gayarre (1844-1890), one of the best tenors of all times. At 19, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid heard him singing for the first time and offered him a scholarship to continue his studies. His artistic life runs between continued success, becoming the world's greatest tenor. But in 1890, while singing at the Teatro Real in Madrid, a failure in his voice is like a cruel reminder of what would happen a few days later: his death at a young age. The doctors gave a diagnosis, but his friends know that Julian Gayarre died because he could not sing anymore.

Soldados

Dramatic portrait of men and women discouraged in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, after the odyssey of a group of Republican soldiers trying to reach the east coast to go into exile. Agustín must bear that his libertine father lives with the ironer Remedios, although she does not love him. She escapes and he goes to war; when they finally meet again, anxious amid bursts, it will be impossible to consummate their desires repressed for so long.

¡Qué gozada de divorcio!

El insólito embarazo de los Martínez

One man becomes each day more and more fat. The exercise does not help him. Finally he goes to the doctor that finds out his problem: he is pregnant.

The Case of Cabaret

Police are alerted to a series of murders all surrounding an old cabaret.

The Tunnel

A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by one of his works.

Nosotros, los decentes

A businessman's sex life is null because of his sick wife. So he hires a young widow to take care of her. He finds her very attractive and falls in love, so he seeks the consent of his children to be able to marry again.