
Acting
Álvaro Báguena
Born 1961-01-01 · Valencia, Spain
Acting credits
10.0Teresa Pla, an intersex individual assigned female at birth, navigates the rigid Spanish society of the early-mid 20th century while facing persecution for living as a man from guerrillas, bandits, and civil guards.
Els mals noms
2025
6.0Ramon, a twelve year old visit a bicycle shop to fix a puncture. There he meets an old man named Mario, a former amateur cyclist, and was fascinated by a bike that just built with parts from different models. The old man decides to give it away.
La bicicleta
2006
NRThe story of a family over fifty years, told without leaving the hall of their home.
Bienvenido a casa
2017
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Un domingo cualquiera
2017
Heras Victor is a young man who works as a journalist. Among his occupations is responsible for the obituary section. One day, out of curiosity is one of the burials that have appeared under his name and there he meets a mysterious woman who will become an obsession for him. Try to find out more about it, because the attraction was immediate and totally absorbing.
Entre esquelas
2012
6.1After an absence of three years, Aitana makes a surprise return home with Gabi, her Brazilian partner, and their son. The reception from her parents is surprisingly cold. Only her wheelchair-bound brother is pleased to see her. But what affects Aitana most of all is the presence of a stranger her age sleeping in her bed, wearing her clothes, living in her house, and being treated by her parents as if she were their daughter. From that moment on, torn by jealousy, suspicion, and misunderstanding, Aitana tries to find out what is happening and who the intruder is until she discovers an unexpected and disturbing truth darker than she would ever have thought possible.
You Are Not Me
2024
6.0After the Turia River overflows its banks, journalist Olvido and police sergeant Fermín investigate the appearance of six bodies with strange scars that point to a dark conspiracy.
Olvido
2023
NRTwo inseparable friends, Pepe and Víctor, fall in love the same girl, Patricia. Bibiana, is a woman of career, who meets obliged to choose between the success and the maternity. Sandra, a faithful wife, finally dares to face the infidelity of his husband. Arturo, a homosexual neighbour, shelters a secret. Matilde doubts about the sexuality of her son. A reflection in key of comedy, on the life and his circumstances, where the hopes and dreams converge on a supermarket of neighborhood.
Comida para gatos
2008
4.5Spain, the era of dictator Franco. Two female teachers are in love, but in those years and in that regime the love is not only forbidden but also a crime. To avoid their child been in prison, the parents of the one teacher, force her to be confined in a clinic for mental diseases, where she is heavily abused, the main treatment been electroshocks. After Franco's fall, and the change of things, she is free to return to her home, under the surveillance of her mother. Her father, more compassionate, helps her escape and find her lover. But the years of been under electroshocks have damaged her health, and make it impossible to live a normal life.
A Love to Keep
2006
3.7This film evokes Valencia illegal gaming back in the seventies. A young peasant -Ferran- plays cards not much to make a living but as a distraction of his daily routine. Ferran meets a larger-than-life character -el chino- who happens to play cards for a living. This other guy is depicted as a Toni Manero look alike but his charisma an arrogance lead the innocent Ferran to join him in his schemes to make money to end up betting all on the next card table. At some point the action moves to Madrid and Ferran steps down losing track of El chino who takes on more dangerous games making a living out of Russian Roulette until the round gets loaded. Based on real events this is no Hollywood epic but it captures the desperation of the characters very effectively.
Life in the Abyss
2007
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Las cerezas del cementerio
2005
6.4Pascual is a seventy-year-old man who lives in a small town in Spain. He owns an old house and a little store. He earns just enough to live. He can't get used to being old and lonely. To him this is rather difficult because he has not seen his daughter for years and he misses his wife, who died short after her daughter left home. A Jazz band plays in a brasserie in the city of Marseille. The owner, Aline, is a Spanish thirty year old woman, who is divorced and has a son...
Awaking from a Dream
2010
10.0No synopsis available yet.
100 maneras de acabar con el amor
2005
Amparo, a sixty-five woman, has to face a new life after the death of her husband. Amparo end up living at home with his son, married with a son, but given the dominant nature of Amparo, eventually clashing with Teresa, the daughter, which gradually will look like her mother interfering in your life to deteriorate relationships .
La madre de mi marido
2004