Ricardo Franco

Directing

Ricardo Franco

Born 1949-05-24

Acting credits

Pepi, Luci, Bom poster
6.3

After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends.

Pepi, Luci, Bom

1980

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gospel

1969

Compañero de viaje poster
7.0

A tale of hate in a town in the Venezuelan Andes where the conflicts and passions of those who live enclosed in the mountains make violence an inevitable destiny.

Compañero de viaje

1979

The Remains from the Shipwreck poster
6.4

Whatever his reasons or intent, when the young man carrying a cello begins working at the old-folks home, he strikes up an acquaintance with the man known as "the Maestro" (Fernando Fernan Gomez), who is full of plans to produce a play based on a Caribbean love affair and adventure in his youth. As he listens to the old man's reminiscences of love, he thinks of his own girlfriend (both are played by Angela Molina). Eventually, the beloved eccentric's play is produced, accompanied by the boy's cello music.

The Remains from the Shipwreck

1978

La madre poster
5.3

Winner of a Goya Award for best shortfilm

La madre

1995

Somnambulists poster
5.1

Ana works side by side with her mother Maria Rosa in the fight to save the anti-Franco militants from the death penalty during the process of Burgos. Ana's mother is a former actress and Ana, her mother and a few other actors prepare an act of protest in the theater where an international festival on Strinberg is being held. But there are more things in Ana's life. The mother lives with her uncle, the brother of his father, Norman, an old doctor of devious methods. Helped by Fatima, an old nurse who loves her father, the doctor will try to experiment with Ana's ideas and feelings as well

Somnambulists

1978

After All These Years poster
5.7

Twenty years after having talked about death, the world and their problems in "El desencanto", the Panero brothers reflect about their actual situation at the moment and what has happened since the last movie.

After All These Years

1994

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

El desastre de Annual

1970

Ginebra en los infiernos poster
NR

Iván and Ginebra meet in a purely casual way and soon discover that there is a powerful attraction between them; but the constant presence of Ivan's roommate, Toby, a strange boxer who is afraid to step into the ring, forces them to redefine their relationship.

Ginebra en los infiernos

1970

Behind the camera

Black Tears poster
5.8

A mentally unbalanced woman captures the heart of an already-engaged admirer.

Black Tears

1998

Black Tears poster
5.8

A mentally unbalanced woman captures the heart of an already-engaged admirer.

Black Tears

1998

Blood and Sand poster
5.0

Remake of the tale of an acclaimed matador who finds himself involved with a beautiful woman, jeopardizing both his marriage and career.

Blood and Sand

1989

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gospel

1969

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gospel

1969

In 'N Out poster
6.7

A man goes to Mexico to attend his father's funeral, 30 years after his father supposedly died.

In 'N Out

1984

In 'N Out poster
6.7

A man goes to Mexico to attend his father's funeral, 30 years after his father supposedly died.

In 'N Out

1984

Bilbao Blues poster
10.0

Beatriz is an attractive young lawyer who enjoys an enviable position thanks to the influence of her father, a prominent businessman. Lucas, a young man with a rather shady past, is struggling to emerge from the unfavorable situation in which life has placed him. When Lucas is arrested with a stash of adulterated cocaine, he becomes a client of Beatrice. He has hidden the pure cocaine with the intent to share it only with his associate Uriarte; and to do so he has had to deceive another one of his accomplices, making him believe that the business has failed.

Bilbao Blues

1986

Lucky Star poster
6.6

Rafael, a lonely 40-something butcher, saves a pregnant Marina from an assault by her boyfriend Daniel. Rafael agrees to take Marina in and they happily raise the child together. Years later, Daniel re-enters their lives and turns them upside down.

Lucky Star

1997

Lucky Star poster
6.6

Rafael, a lonely 40-something butcher, saves a pregnant Marina from an assault by her boyfriend Daniel. Rafael agrees to take Marina in and they happily raise the child together. Years later, Daniel re-enters their lives and turns them upside down.

Lucky Star

1997

The Remains from the Shipwreck poster
6.4

Whatever his reasons or intent, when the young man carrying a cello begins working at the old-folks home, he strikes up an acquaintance with the man known as "the Maestro" (Fernando Fernan Gomez), who is full of plans to produce a play based on a Caribbean love affair and adventure in his youth. As he listens to the old man's reminiscences of love, he thinks of his own girlfriend (both are played by Angela Molina). Eventually, the beloved eccentric's play is produced, accompanied by the boy's cello music.

The Remains from the Shipwreck

1978

The Remains from the Shipwreck poster
6.4

Whatever his reasons or intent, when the young man carrying a cello begins working at the old-folks home, he strikes up an acquaintance with the man known as "the Maestro" (Fernando Fernan Gomez), who is full of plans to produce a play based on a Caribbean love affair and adventure in his youth. As he listens to the old man's reminiscences of love, he thinks of his own girlfriend (both are played by Angela Molina). Eventually, the beloved eccentric's play is produced, accompanied by the boy's cello music.

The Remains from the Shipwreck

1978

Pascual Duarte poster
5.3

In Extremadura, Spain, Pascual Duarte, a humble, simple and ignorant peasant, condemned to a boring and humiliating existence with no future, commits a horrible act during a day of such heat that enervates his disturbed mind and his anger, which he will not be able to calm down until, after following a bloody path of senseless violence, he faces his own tragic destiny.

Pascual Duarte

1976

Pascual Duarte poster
5.3

In Extremadura, Spain, Pascual Duarte, a humble, simple and ignorant peasant, condemned to a boring and humiliating existence with no future, commits a horrible act during a day of such heat that enervates his disturbed mind and his anger, which he will not be able to calm down until, after following a bloody path of senseless violence, he faces his own tragic destiny.

Pascual Duarte

1976

¡Oh, cielos! poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

¡Oh, cielos!

1995

¡Oh, cielos! poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

¡Oh, cielos!

1995

El sueño de Tánger poster
4.3

Three friends get involved with arms traffickers in Tangiers.

El sueño de Tánger

1991

El sueño de Tánger poster
4.3

Three friends get involved with arms traffickers in Tangiers.

El sueño de Tánger

1991

El crimen del expreso de Andalucía poster
3.8

Madrid, 1924. A ne'er-do-well in his 30s, perpetual disappointment to his aging military father, hatches a plan to rob the mail train to Andalusia. He intends the hit to be bloodless, but complications arise soon.

El crimen del expreso de Andalucía

1991

After All These Years poster
5.7

Twenty years after having talked about death, the world and their problems in "El desencanto", the Panero brothers reflect about their actual situation at the moment and what has happened since the last movie.

After All These Years

1994

Berlin Blues poster
6.5

In Cold War-era West Berlin, Lola (Julia Migenes-Johnson), an American blues singer with a nightclub band, falls for the piano player, David (Jose Coronado). Their romance is cut short when David must return to his native East, and Lola soon begins an affair with Huessler (Keith Baxter), the bandleader. But any guilt Lola may feel for betraying David is assuaged when Huessler saves her from unexpected misfortune.

Berlin Blues

1988

Berlin Blues poster
6.5

In Cold War-era West Berlin, Lola (Julia Migenes-Johnson), an American blues singer with a nightclub band, falls for the piano player, David (Jose Coronado). Their romance is cut short when David must return to his native East, and Lola soon begins an affair with Huessler (Keith Baxter), the bandleader. But any guilt Lola may feel for betraying David is assuaged when Huessler saves her from unexpected misfortune.

Berlin Blues

1988

La mujer perdida poster
10.0

A woman is lost.

La mujer perdida

1990

La mujer perdida poster
10.0

A woman is lost.

La mujer perdida

1990