Writing
Joan Potau
Born — Died
1945-02-03 — 2015-02-03
Place of birth
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Known for
Writing
Credits
30 titles
Joan Potau was born in 1945 in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) as Joan Potau Martínez. He was a writer and actor, known for El rey pasmado (1991), No respires: El amor está en el aire (1999) and Belle Epoque (1992). He was married to the actress Carme Elias. He died on February 3, 2015 in Barcelona.
Known for
6.7In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Belle Époque
1992
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Sota el signe de...
1999
6.6A man gets involved in a series of mishaps while frantically searching for his lost wedding ring.
Airbag
1997
5.4A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.
Between Your Legs
1999
4.7Do all men want the same thing? Nestor, recently widowed, runs a bakery near Barcelona, has a bank account and a bad heart, and swims in the sea every day. He also has a daughter and a two-timing son-in-law. Nestor's maid asks him to hire her 20-something daughter, Maribel, as a shop assistant.
Kill Me Tender
2004
5.9As soon as he is released from prison, Maki goes to look for his friend Popeye. Together they rescue the grandfather from a dangerous form of "Russian roulette" played in the asylum, and decide to take a vacation at the beach.
¡Semos peligrosos! (Uséase Makinavaja 2)
1993
Film credits
1990s · 12 titles
6.7In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Belle Époque
1992
6.6A man gets involved in a series of mishaps while frantically searching for his lost wedding ring.
Airbag
1997
5.4A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.
Between Your Legs
1999
5.9As soon as he is released from prison, Maki goes to look for his friend Popeye. Together they rescue the grandfather from a dangerous form of "Russian roulette" played in the asylum, and decide to take a vacation at the beach.
¡Semos peligrosos! (Uséase Makinavaja 2)
1993
5.7A movie based on the Spanish comic strip of the same name.
Makinavaja, el último choriso
1992
6.5Three divorced men who share a flat live together without trouble until they hire a cleaning lady.
All Men Are the Same
1994
3.2A woman journalist, Zoe, knows better than to go into a story with her mind already made up. But that's exactly what she does when she heads off to Spain to write about its men and their macho take (as she sees it) on relationships. As she tries to prove her thesis, she soon realizes that she doesn't know as much about the male sex as she thought. She also finds herself involved in relationships with the wrong men.
Spanish Fly
1998
6.0Luci, Graci and Mar, three sisters that make a comedy trio, go to the wedding of their father with a woman who is 45 years younger than him. During the feast Luci's husband dies in an accident. Despite the tragedy, the trio have to fulfill their commitment acting during August in Benidorm. The widow discovers thanks to a notebook that her husband cheated on her, so she decides to flirt with everyone.
What Makes Women Laugh?
1997
5.9Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.
The Dumbfounded King
1991
5.4While the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as his pride. His conviction, eternal. His name, a legend: Don Juan. Free adaptation of "Don Juan" by Moliere.
Don Juan in Hell
1991
4.8Aitor is a director making a film about a lonely man looking for love, called “Soul Ache.” While he uses his auditions to meet women, he really longs to cast actress Myriam Mezieres in the film.
Soul Ache
1998
10.0Garrote, 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.
Parabellum
1998
1980s · 3 titles
4.4Obsessed with finding her old boyfriend, Gumer, a 25-year-old girl, is released from jail in Barcelona, one of Europe's most sought-after port cities for drug trafficking and prostitution. Charo, her best friend, tries to help her, although she is not free, since depends on her pimp "Toni". But Gumer will persuade Charo to abandon Toni and form, along with other friends, a band to start businesses on their own.
Barcelona sur
1981
6.4Leopoldo Contreras, a professor emeritus of Roman law has serious economic problems. His translations of classical authors do not give enough money to live and had to sell even their floor. To remedy the situation is offered as a slave to a former student in exchange for room and board.
Stico
1985
6.0Two friends just find any temporary jobs to get by. One of them quits his job as a waiter to move to work as a messenger; the other is working as a taxi driver. The messenger, in his comings and goings at night, go through many offices, private homes and bars and will be in the most varied situations: some of them dark, sometimes sinister and pathetic and some even pleasant.
Too Old to Die Young
1989
Series credits
Behind the camera
5.4No synopsis available yet.
Tales of the Stinking Military Service
1994
5.8Antonio, a taxi driver, his wife, and two chidren arrive one fine afternoon at a solitary beach, looking for sea-shells. However, they will find more than expected: namely, Ombasi and Yambo, two illegal African immigrants, apparently thrown back to the ocean from where they came, in search of a better life in Spain. The sun sets, and the evening, night and morning which follow see other bizarre characters entering the scene, before the Africans' and the other characters' fates are finally decided.
Bwana
1996
5.6For many years, Rocabruno and Ditirambo co-authored their novels, and they were both in love with the same woman; but one day they went their separate ways. Ten years later, Ditirambo visits Rocabruno with the intention of asking him to write one last novel together.
Epilogue
1984
8.0No synopsis available yet.
La última cena... del 88
1988
5.1A secret and deep passion marks the life of a young doctor, and threatens the existence of those around him.
Those Who Love
1998
4.6This is a hilarious look at contemporary Madrid from the point of view of ten year old Manolito. Witty, funny and moving, the film has crossed-over from Spain to become a classic family entertainment.On this particular occasion, Manolito is in the middle of Chrismas break and ready to celebrate the holidays with his nutty family: his mother, Cata, his father, Manolo, Grandpa and Imbecile. This year holds a big surprise: Uncle Nico, his mother's brother who lives an works in Oslo as a waiter. Uncle Nico shows up in an unbelieveable motor home to spend Christmas Eve with the family. He is accompanied by his flashy Norwegian fiancée, Trudi Bergenkoklass, who is something like part fairy, part Viking and part Pippi Long Stocking. This lady immediately catches Manolito's eye.
Manolito Four Eyes: The Mischievous Holidays
2001
4.6This is a hilarious look at contemporary Madrid from the point of view of ten year old Manolito. Witty, funny and moving, the film has crossed-over from Spain to become a classic family entertainment.On this particular occasion, Manolito is in the middle of Chrismas break and ready to celebrate the holidays with his nutty family: his mother, Cata, his father, Manolo, Grandpa and Imbecile. This year holds a big surprise: Uncle Nico, his mother's brother who lives an works in Oslo as a waiter. Uncle Nico shows up in an unbelieveable motor home to spend Christmas Eve with the family. He is accompanied by his flashy Norwegian fiancée, Trudi Bergenkoklass, who is something like part fairy, part Viking and part Pippi Long Stocking. This lady immediately catches Manolito's eye.
Manolito Four Eyes: The Mischievous Holidays
2001
5.7No synopsis available yet.
No respires, el amor está en el aire
1999
5.7No synopsis available yet.
No respires, el amor está en el aire
1999
8.0A woman brings ill luck to the man that loves her.
La mujer gafe
1994
3.8Miguel believes that it's needful that he helps people(specially women) for trying to improve her lifes. He decides to begin a love story with a lame woman for helping her to overtake the happiness, but after that he begins (for the same reason)new relationships with other girls that have some problems in her lifes.The problem for him begins when he meets the love with a beutiful girl, and it will have bad consequences for all (especially for the other girls).
San Bernardo
2000
3.8Miguel believes that it's needful that he helps people(specially women) for trying to improve her lifes. He decides to begin a love story with a lame woman for helping her to overtake the happiness, but after that he begins (for the same reason)new relationships with other girls that have some problems in her lifes.The problem for him begins when he meets the love with a beutiful girl, and it will have bad consequences for all (especially for the other girls).
San Bernardo
2000
7.0The goblin woman.
La mujer duende
1994