Gustavo Salmerón

Acting

Gustavo Salmerón

Born

1970-08-27 (56)

Place of birth

Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 11 titles

The Titan poster
5.3

On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

The Titan

2018

V/H/S: Viral poster
4.8

As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought to exploit the suffering of others for amusement on the Internet become the stars of a gruesome viral video from which no one gets out alive.

V/H/S: Viral

2014

Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle poster
7.3

Julita expressed her three greatest wishes shortly after getting married: lots of children, a monkey and a castle she can call her own. That all of these wishes have become a reality is probably down to the immense stubbornness of this charismatic and equally hilarious matriarch who has a weakness for collecting crazy objects. When financial circumstances force the family to sell their castle, her adult children are left sifting through a lifetime of peculiarities in search of a few lost bones… Spanish actor and neo director Gustavo Salmerón paints a deliciously absurd family portrait that just happens to reveal a lot about Spain, Catholicism and the economic crisis.

Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle

2017

Bestezuelas poster
NR

In present day Spain, between the fixed races at the greyhound track, in a world of outsiders, a love triangle begins between Perla, Fabio and Lillo. A thriller about stolen money pulls us through this story about our three characters learning to start again.

Bestezuelas

2011

The Path poster
4.5

In an attempt to recover his marriage, Raul will go with Ana and her son Nico to celebrate Christmas in a cabin away from it all. During the celebration of Christmas his life will change forever. During his strange experiences Raul begins traveling through his memories and faces the reality of his actions.

The Path

2012

People in Places poster
5.0

A fragmented view of contemporary Spain, drawing conclusions about the persistence of the human condition, strangeness, and the chaos within relationships.

People in Places

2013

Wedding in New York poster
7.8

A man takes his friend's place at a wedding in New York and falls in love with the bride.

Wedding in New York

2015

That Wasn't Me poster
5.5

Aquél no Era Yo [That Wasn't Me] is a 2012 Spanish short film directed by Esteban Crespo. It tells the story of Paul and Kaney. Two characters, an African child and a Spanish woman, who could have nothing in common, but will get to join their lives forever through a life-giving shot. Kaney is an African child soldier. He lives with many child soldiers and obeys the orders given by the man who has become like their father, the General of the Rebel Army. Paula is a Spanish aid worker who moved to Africa following her boyfriend, Juanjo, in order to bring help and to rescue the child soldiers who live there. In a border crossing point, Paula and Kaney meet each other and this will be the starting point of this dramatic story, full of fear, violence and redemption. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

That Wasn't Me

2012

No artwork available
NR

Although Emma and Carlos does not seem able to cope with conflicting points of their relationship they agree to meet to try to resolve it. Their meeting turns into a fierce quarrel that will make them see the absurdity of situation and start from scratch.

¿Bailas?

2011

The Tip poster
NR

A retired movie star turns a flower delivery boy into a millionaire.

The Tip

2014

Loving poster
5.1

Laura and Carlos love each other as if every day was the last, and perhaps that first love intensity is what will tear them apart a year later.

Loving

2017

2000s · 12 titles

Queens poster
6.0

In Spain, a couple of days before a collective gay wedding, the lives of five mothers, whose sons will get married, become entwined.

Queens

2005

Body Armour poster
5.2

A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience to keep the assassin alive in the face of constant danger.

Body Armour

2007

The Art of Dying poster
5.5

Four years after his disappearance, the mysterious case of Nacho, a young and promising painter, is reopened by the police.

The Art of Dying

2000

Asfalto poster
6.2

Three young and desperate inhabitants of Madrid attempt to rise above their circumstances by any means available to them in that sun-drenched city. This tight-knit trio must scramble when their hasty plans become derailed by a demanding matriarch, an abusive older brother, and the entire corrupt underclass with which they deal.

Asfalto

2000

Remake poster
5.9

Friends get together in a country house and reminisce about the "good old times." Some now have grown-up children who accompany them and life is different... or is it? The story unravels quite well with good dialog and superior acting from the entire cast. The movie is philosophical without being bogged down by the some times heavy content. A very refreshing look at life, getting old, being free and always finding ways to share, appreciate and enjoy.

Remake

2006

Carlitos and the Chance of a Lifetime poster
6.6

Carlitos is a heartfelt story about one young boy's fight for his right to play soccer, while keeping his very essence intact.

Carlitos and the Chance of a Lifetime

2008

Operación Fangio poster
6.3

Cuba, February 24, 1958. The second Grand Prix International Automobile City of Havana is scheduled for this date. The great Argentinean driver Juan Manuel Fangio, five times world champion, is expected with open arms by all Cubans and the Batista government, the event organizer. But Fidel's revolutionary group "July 26" has other plans for Fangio, not exactly fly. The group's intention is that Fangio boycott a government that has very little time in power.

Operación Fangio

2000

La playa de los galgos poster
6.0

Martín tries to find his brother Pablo, who disappeared after a terrorist incident to which he was apparently linked. In the course of his investigation, he meets Berta, a mysterious woman who leads him to an Argentinean psychiatrist exiled in Denmark who may have information about Pablo's whereabouts.

La playa de los galgos

2002

Lala poster
5.3

Once upon a time: a return, a town, a dead person, a family ... and a story.

Lala

2009

Ten Minutes poster
5.8

A desperate man makes a call to customer service looking for an answer.

Ten Minutes

2004

Body Confusion poster
6.0

Bruno, a young traffic agent of the Spanish Guardia Civil, is abandoned by his wife after having an affair. Bruno, devastated, discovers one night, by chance, a strange passageway that leads him to another level of reality.

Body Confusion

2004

La explicación poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La explicación

2005

1990s · 12 titles

The Man with Rain in His Shoes poster
5.0

Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend. However, Victor is about to embark on an unexpected emotional journey which will make him confront his future and his past mistakes.

The Man with Rain in His Shoes

1998

99.9: The Frequency of Terror poster
4.7

Lara, the host of a radio call-in show dealing in psychic phenomena, discovers that her estranged lover has been found dead in a small Spanish village.

99.9: The Frequency of Terror

1997

Todo es mentira poster
5.2

Pablo hates everything. When Lucia comes into his life, he thinks she's the woman he dreams of, and sees the solution to all his problems. But Lucia, who is rather manipulating, is just what will make Pablo explode. Nobody believes in the ideal couple, not even Pablo's friends, who live all in couples, and all with problems: Between Ariel and Lola there is a professional rivalty they don't know how to cope with; Claudio lives on Natalia, and none of them feels good about it; what's wrong with Alejandro and Beatriz is just the big age difference between them two. Nobody is happy with his partenaire, but everyone will let it be, maybe for conformism, maybe for fear, maybe for lazyness, or maybe because Everything is false.

Todo es mentira

1994

Pulp Ration (Ración de pulpo) poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pulp Ration (Ración de pulpo)

1996

Pictures poster
5.1

Azucena is 22 years old and lives with her mother, who, due to a past trauma, can no longer speak. Azucena works in a photography lab with her best friend Paqui, and has just broken up with her latest boyfriend Dani. Azucena lives in fear of sex and physical contact, hiding in her own sheltered world. Cesar, a plastic artist feels an obsessive attraction for Azucena, as a result, making her his inspiration. This obsession is painfully observed by Jacinto, the unstable artist's lover, who is himself involved in a violent and destructive relationship with Cesar.

Pictures

1996

Mambí poster
7.0

At the end of the 19th century, Goyo, a young laborer from the Canary Islands, is forced to enlist in the Spanish army to fight the Cuban independence revolt. During the war, Goyo will share hardships with his comrades Galleguito and Sevillano, and fall in love with a young Cuban woman...

Mambí

1998

King of the River poster
6.0

An air-hostess is pregnant but she does not know the name of the father, a foreigner. When the baby is born, she gives it to her sister that has already two children. The child grows up as another member of the family. Although the adults keep the secret, the children know that he is different.

King of the River

1995

Mensaka poster
5.4

A group of young twentysomethings face a fall in their lives undergo a major transformation when the time came to take on adult responsibilities. David is 27 and has long been working as a messenger, enough to know it's time to quit.

Mensaka

1998

El dominio de los sentidos poster
8.0

Five women directors offer their own very idiosyncratic view of sensuality and eroticism through the five senses of sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.

El dominio de los sentidos

1996

Atómica poster
8.0

The lives of four people involved in dysfunctional relationships change when a porn star moves to Spain.

Atómica

1998

O camiño das estrelas: Galicia poster
9.0

Commissioned for the 1993 Xacobeo, a love story between a werewolf and a mermaid is an excuse to show different aspects of Galician culture.

O camiño das estrelas: Galicia

1993

Not Love, Just Frenzy poster
5.8

A group of enthusiastic teenagers embark on a journey to find love in Madrid's hottest discotheques but find themselves tangled in a web of sex, drugs and crime.

Not Love, Just Frenzy

1996

Series credits

Behind the camera

Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle poster
7.3

Julita expressed her three greatest wishes shortly after getting married: lots of children, a monkey and a castle she can call her own. That all of these wishes have become a reality is probably down to the immense stubbornness of this charismatic and equally hilarious matriarch who has a weakness for collecting crazy objects. When financial circumstances force the family to sell their castle, her adult children are left sifting through a lifetime of peculiarities in search of a few lost bones… Spanish actor and neo director Gustavo Salmerón paints a deliciously absurd family portrait that just happens to reveal a lot about Spain, Catholicism and the economic crisis.

Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle

2017

Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle poster
7.3

Julita expressed her three greatest wishes shortly after getting married: lots of children, a monkey and a castle she can call her own. That all of these wishes have become a reality is probably down to the immense stubbornness of this charismatic and equally hilarious matriarch who has a weakness for collecting crazy objects. When financial circumstances force the family to sell their castle, her adult children are left sifting through a lifetime of peculiarities in search of a few lost bones… Spanish actor and neo director Gustavo Salmerón paints a deliciously absurd family portrait that just happens to reveal a lot about Spain, Catholicism and the economic crisis.

Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle

2017

Salad Days poster
7.5

A mixed salad and a trout meet on death row: The cold storage of a restaurant. They decide to unite in a single dish that will lead them to eternal love.

Salad Days

2001