Directing
Paulino Viota
Born
1948-06-20 (78)
Place of birth
Santander, Spagna
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Film director and professor. Born in Santander, in 1948. He studied Economics at the University of Bilbao, and then at the Complutense in Madrid. He has directed three feature films, and several medium-length and short films, and written numerous articles and other publications. He currently teaches in various schools and universities.
Known for
6.0The second feature length movie of Paulino Viota, this is a disillusioned and biting look at the years of Spanish democratic transition, narrated in a dry and scrawny style that shows the political intrigues, struggles and frustrated hopes of the first years of Spanish transition to democracy.
Tooth and Nail
1977
5.0Short film about an aimless young man.
José Luis
1966
5.3A man and a woman living in the same pension, but different rooms, grow intimate behind the landlady's back.
Contactos
1970
The story of various, diverse relationships among different generations near Santander. The film uses flashbacks taken from Viota's earlier film Fin de un invierno, and follows elements of his first feature Contactos.
Cuerpo a cuerpo
1984
Short film, shot in 16mm. Visually, the second hand sweeping the face of a clock. Audibly, the ticking of a clock. The passing of 10 minutes of time.
Duration
1970
6.0The story of a couple whose relationship is falling apart, with voiceover by two of their friends.
Jaula de todos
1974
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.0The second feature length movie of Paulino Viota, this is a disillusioned and biting look at the years of Spanish democratic transition, narrated in a dry and scrawny style that shows the political intrigues, struggles and frustrated hopes of the first years of Spanish transition to democracy.
Tooth and Nail
1977
5.0Short film about an aimless young man.
José Luis
1966
5.3A man and a woman living in the same pension, but different rooms, grow intimate behind the landlady's back.
Contactos
1970
The story of various, diverse relationships among different generations near Santander. The film uses flashbacks taken from Viota's earlier film Fin de un invierno, and follows elements of his first feature Contactos.
Cuerpo a cuerpo
1984
Short film, shot in 16mm. Visually, the second hand sweeping the face of a clock. Audibly, the ticking of a clock. The passing of 10 minutes of time.
Duration
1970
6.0The story of a couple whose relationship is falling apart, with voiceover by two of their friends.
Jaula de todos
1974
6.0A documentary about traveling fairs in Spain.
Traveling Fairs
1966
4.0Short film shot in 16mm
End of a Winter
1968
5.0Santander, 1967. Tina's desire is to leave her hometown and move to London, but her mother does not approve her choice.
Tiempo de busca
1967
