Pepo Oliva
Acting
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Known For
The Countryside
A group of urbanites flee the city for different reasons: existential, economic crisis, need for fresh air, search for peace, inspiration to compose ... The intention of these strangers is to settle in an abandoned town and start their lives from scratch, but when they arrive they discover that there are still some neighbors: rural people with a very different way of seeing life.
Mondays in the Sun
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.
La unidad
A secret unit of cops is assembled to stop a terrorist band from attacking Spain after their leader is arrested there.
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.
Barrio
Bored 15-year-old school chums Rai Manu and Javi dream of sexual adventures and exotic resorts while the well-off population of Madrid flock to the beaches on a summer holiday. The youths hang around the concrete wasteland killing time by reading the sex classifieds and pushing their luck. They masturbate, thieve, fight with their families and get involved in a drug bust. Finally Rai, the most daring and restless of the trio - gets shot while trying to steal stereo gear from a car. Each adolescent faces a dreary home life but when they get together they enjoy each other's company to the full. The film is an engaging mixture of comedy drama and the pathos of life in a Madrid neighborhood.
Impávido
Ray, a man without family addicted to the game, dedicated to steal cars and for love will end up in jail.
A Time for Defiance
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.
A Love That Kills
The two million Spanish women who are victims of domestic violence and the death each week of a woman at the hands of her partner is not fiction but pure reality.
Soy el solitario
The true story of bank robber Jaime Giménez Arbe, also known as "El Solitario.”
Soccer Days
A comedic romp that celebrates the power of friendship to turn your life around, Dias de Futbol introduces us to Antonio, an ex-convict and amateur shrink who convinces his pals that the best way to overcome their midlife crises and lack of success with women is to reassemble their old soccer team and win something in life, even if only a local championship. Directed by David Serrano. Starring Alberto San Juan, Natalia Verbeke (Dot the I, Son of the Bride), Pere Ponce, and Fernando Tejero.
Filmography
as Alberto Torres
as Señor Mediavilla
as Manolo
as Luis María Ansón
as Manrique
as Herrero Tejedor
as Justo Sanz
as Jaime Giménez Arbe
as Judas
as Paco "El Tigre"
as Padre
as Tomás
as Tomás
as Tomás
as Padre de Estrella
as Enrique Porcela
as Samuel
as Gregorio Forneda
as Sierra
as Luis Bermejo
as José
as Ismael
as Padre
as Charly
as Jefe de Brigadilla
as Padre de Rai
as Requena
as Toni
as Luis
as Director del colegio
as Marido Virginia
as Lucas
as Pereda
as Paquito