Daniel Medrán

Acting

Daniel Medrán

Born

1957-07-10 (69)

Place of birth

Córdoba, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Away poster
6.7

Sergio, who has traveled to Utrecht with his family to attend a soccer match, suffers a panic attack just before taking the flight back to Barcelona.

Away

2025

The Dawn Rapists poster
5.0

Crime drama centering on a gang of rapists, the aftermath of their crimes on the victims and the gang members being brought to justice.

The Dawn Rapists

1978

Fanny Straw-Top poster
5.0

In the slums of Barcelona, Fanny, a woman just released from prison, tries to carry out a revenge that has nourished for years: to kill "El Gallego", the corrupt and brutal policeman who killed her boyfriend

Fanny Straw-Top

1984

Lute: Forge On or Die poster
5.8

In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.

Lute: Forge On or Die

1987

I, 'The Heifer' poster
5.6

Juan Jose Moreno Cuenca, alias the Heifer, is 23 years old and tells his story as a criminal offender from 1 Ocaña Toledo. Fatherless, the offender has his childhood and how everything changed when her mother went to prison.

I, 'The Heifer'

1985

The Gang poster
NR

Ayman, a teenager of Moroccan descent, is invited by Sara to a party at the same house where his mother works as a domestic worker. Along with Eric and Robert, his lifelong friends, they set off on a journey filled with confrontations and disappointments -with society and with themselves- putting their gang's friendship to the test. Once at the party, they discover that life isn't what they thought, and that wanting something doesn't always make it possible.

The Gang

2026

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 6 titles

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons poster
6.8

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

2005

Barcelona (A Map) poster
5.1

Six characters, contemporary archetypes of urban solitude, meet in an old apartment located in the city centre of Barcelona. An elderly married couple, her brother and three tenants: a blonde woman who gives French classes, a young security guard, an ex-football player and a young, pregnant South American girl. The old man, who was formerly a doorman at the opera and who likes to dress up in women's clothes, gets them all together and asks them to leave as he is going to die and wants to be alone for the last stage of his life. In this flat, incest, homosexuality and adultery are intertwined in the life of these characters whilst we simultaneously witness the passing of time in this Mediterranean city.

Barcelona (A Map)

2007

Dirty Vivancos III poster
5.0

The investigation of the murder of two policemen will pit Inspector Vivancos, a tough, hardened and incorruptible guy, against his superior, Lieutenant Pajarda.

Dirty Vivancos III

2002

Nudos poster
8.0

Barcelona, 2002. A coffin is carried to the cemetery of Montjuïc in a chariot drawn by horses. The lifeless is Pep Grau, an old fisherman found drowned and subject to his boat by a complicated knot sailor. The Pep voiceover Grau, portrayed with affection and humor the curious characters he met in life, recounts the difficult moments of his childhood during the Civil War, and finally, we are introduced to Lola, the woman of his life , which has a fish stall in the Boqueria Market beautiful and, after the death of Pep, begins receiving anonymous gifts. Silvia, a teenage ambitious and attractive, is the attorney for the insurance company. Mario, her boss and lover, asked to investigate the strange circumstances surrounding the death of the fisherman. Silvia's inquiries aa allow us to know other characters, like the maverick Dr. Cipriano Mera, Pep old comrade, and his son Gabino Mera.

Nudos

2003

Life in the Abyss poster
3.7

This 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

Cowards poster
5.7

A young victim of bullying at school realizes that even the adult world is dominated by fear similar to his own. He pays a high price when he decides to fight back.

Cowards

2008

1980s · 16 titles

Fanny Straw-Top poster
5.0

In the slums of Barcelona, Fanny, a woman just released from prison, tries to carry out a revenge that has nourished for years: to kill "El Gallego", the corrupt and brutal policeman who killed her boyfriend

Fanny Straw-Top

1984

Lute: Forge On or Die poster
5.8

In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.

Lute: Forge On or Die

1987

I, 'The Heifer' poster
5.6

Juan Jose Moreno Cuenca, alias the Heifer, is 23 years old and tells his story as a criminal offender from 1 Ocaña Toledo. Fatherless, the offender has his childhood and how everything changed when her mother went to prison.

I, 'The Heifer'

1985

El fascista, doña Pura y el follón de la escultura poster
4.8

The consortium of the people approve a proposal from the Mayor; instruct Ramon, a ruined sculptor, an equestrian statue of Franco. Luis, one of the councilors, visit Ramon and proposes the commission, Ramon rejects for ideological grounds, but after thinking it accepts as there are no marble equestrian statues. When Ramon finally finished the statue, the whole consortium believes it is past time to inaugurate a statue of Franco. To satisfy Ramon approve the making of a new statue. This is dedicated to democracy.

El fascista, doña Pura y el follón de la escultura

1983

El primer torero porno poster
4.5

A teacher whose true vocation is that of a bullfighter and, since bullfights are frowned upon in Catalonia, he is having a hard time working on what he likes. The crisis will force him to work in a theater performing a pornographic act to replace his partner's partner, whose social security problems have forced him to leave his job.

El primer torero porno

1986

Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17

1983

Memorias del general Escobar poster
10.0

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar decided to make an oath honoring the legally constituted government of the Second Spanish Republic against the military uprising led by Francisco Franco and supported by the Catholic Church. While waiting for his execution in prison, he recalls the beginning of the Civil War, the years of battles during which he ascended to the rank of General, and his own decisions, of which he has no regrets. With a clear conscience, Escobar waits his own execution with the calm of those who know they have done their duty. "If my life and that of all who have fallen serves to avoid this from happening again, our blood will not have been in vain" - Antonio Escobar Huerta.

Memorias del general Escobar

1984

Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa

1984

Scapegoat poster
8.0

While a youth group led by Daniel causes the explosion of a truck loaded with materials to build a nuclear power plant, Laura accidentally kills his mistress, Judge. Both cases will cross.

Scapegoat

1985

La cripta poster
6.0

A patient is released from a mental hospital to help the police find a student who disappeared a few days ago.

La cripta

1981

La desnuda chica del relax poster
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

La desnuda chica del relax

1981

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble poster
9.0

In the middle of the first world war, Barcelona is the center of multiple operations related to war, although Spain is a neutral country.

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble

1983

Los embarazados poster
4.6

No synopsis available yet.

Los embarazados

1982

The Blonde at the Bar poster
4.2

Mario is dominated by his castrating wife, and is also suffering from writer's block. He goes to a local (very mixed) bar where he meets an exhuberant blonde prostitute, through her room mate, a gay gigolo. With Mario's help, the blonde goes on to better jobs in the world of pornography, involving traveling abroad. This may not seem like good news for Mario, but he may also move on to a better phase in his life as a result.

The Blonde at the Bar

1987

Ojos sin luz poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

Ojos sin luz

1988

Little Andalucía poster
3.2

No synopsis available yet.

Little Andalucía

1988

1970s · 5 titles