Movies: Chema de la Peña

Will love compromise one man's devotion to heavy rock? That's the all-important question behind this broad comedy from Spain. Isi (Santiago Segura) and Disi (Florentino Fernandez) are two best friends who live in a lower middle-class neighborhood nea...

A tale about the fragile lives of four characters during a month of their lives. One of them, Ana, is waiting for a kidney donor....

The child prodigy Marisol was immortalized almost daily, in an overexposure that ended up erasing the limits between the character and her own life. This is the first rigorous approach to the figure and myth of Marisol that includes her international...

...

...

LOVE ABOVE ALL THINGS is a passionate love story that unfolds over the course of five years. In it we witness the trials and tribulations Of Teo and Ana, their separations, reunions, euphoria, disappointments and joy. Ana cannot love any man other th...

Salamanca director Chema de la Peña recalls in this feature documentary professionals early filmmakers like Fernando Colomo, Fernando Trueba, Imanol Uribe, Carmen Maura and Antonio Resines, protagonists of the so called 'New Spanish Cinema' in the 80...

An account of the childhood and youth of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, and how the hard experiences he lived during these formative years led him to write and publish his first major work when he was only...

The failed coup d'état of February 23, 1981, which began with the capture of the Congress of Deputies and ended with the release of parliamentarians, put at serious risk the Spanish democracy....

Human portrait of a generation of filmmakers, born as a result of the Salamanca Conversations (1955), who tried to show throughout the 60s the social reality of our country. Beyond the review of some times, or a description of the facts, we have trie...

Luciano (Álex Angulo), a sewner from a small provincial city, will cause a series of incidents that will end the suspension of the feasts of the Virgin. All for an omelet sandwich that his mother prepared for him to go to work....

A glimpse into the lives of those who live alongside the Sud Express, a train line running from Paris to Lisbon....

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....

"La Tama" is a troubled teenager. Tired of constantly fighting with her mother, she takes off on a journey with no return....

Felix and Lucas make a living by cleaning car windows in Madrid. With the desire to increase their profits, they consider different businesses and ways to make them grow. Finally, they resort to less lawful methods with the help of their dog Gonzalo....

Spanish actress Charo López finds it hard to talk about herself; but she only needs to start reminiscing to discover that her life has been truly exceptional. The story of a legendary actress told by herself....

Carmelo, a dunk from a good family and ex-photographer, promises his girlfriend Fabiola that everything will change. He will stop the drugs and next Monday he will mount an exhibition of photos of bridges under the pseudonym of Madison. But Carmelo d...