Writing

Alfonso Sastre

Born

1926-02-20 (100)

Place of birth

Madrid, Spain

Known for

Writing

Credits

6 titles

Known for

Nothing Ever Happens poster
6.5

A French vedette is forced to leave her touring company behind after she suffers a medical emergency in a village near Burgos, Spain. Her arrival causes a commotion amongst the small-minded inhabitants, most notably her doctor and his wife.

Nothing Ever Happens

1963

L'uomo dai calzoni corti poster
7.2

Salvatore, known as "bread loaf", escapes from Caltanissetta's brewery to find his mother he never met. Before arriving in Venice, he stays in a small sea village where he meets people of various kinds.

L'uomo dai calzoni corti

1958

Whom God Forgives poster
5.6

Set in rural South of Spain in the 19th century, tells the story of group of outlaws, from very different origins, trying to survive, hiding from the law enforcement officers in caves in a hilly area, and their struggle against the evil mining company that exploits the poor people of their home village.

Whom God Forgives

1957

At Five in the Afternoon poster
5.5

A critical view of the world of bullfighting based on the antagonism between two bullfighters who take part in a bullfight that is crucial to both their careers. One is already in decline and fearful; the other is at the peak of his career.

At Five in the Afternoon

1961

La taberna fantástica poster
10.0

After the death of his mother, Rogelio, a wanted man for killing a police officer, meets with a gang of young criminals and friends in the tavern of Luis, located in a Madrid slum. As they're getting drunk, the situation becomes too tense.

La taberna fantástica

1991

La noche y el alba poster
5.6

Pedro, a street photographer who fought during the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, becomes obsessed with a young model.

La noche y el alba

1958

Behind the camera

Nothing Ever Happens poster
6.5

A French vedette is forced to leave her touring company behind after she suffers a medical emergency in a village near Burgos, Spain. Her arrival causes a commotion amongst the small-minded inhabitants, most notably her doctor and his wife.

Nothing Ever Happens

1963

L'uomo dai calzoni corti poster
7.2

Salvatore, known as "bread loaf", escapes from Caltanissetta's brewery to find his mother he never met. Before arriving in Venice, he stays in a small sea village where he meets people of various kinds.

L'uomo dai calzoni corti

1958

Whom God Forgives poster
5.6

Set in rural South of Spain in the 19th century, tells the story of group of outlaws, from very different origins, trying to survive, hiding from the law enforcement officers in caves in a hilly area, and their struggle against the evil mining company that exploits the poor people of their home village.

Whom God Forgives

1957

At Five in the Afternoon poster
5.5

A critical view of the world of bullfighting based on the antagonism between two bullfighters who take part in a bullfight that is crucial to both their careers. One is already in decline and fearful; the other is at the peak of his career.

At Five in the Afternoon

1961

La taberna fantástica poster
10.0

After the death of his mother, Rogelio, a wanted man for killing a police officer, meets with a gang of young criminals and friends in the tavern of Luis, located in a Madrid slum. As they're getting drunk, the situation becomes too tense.

La taberna fantástica

1991

La noche y el alba poster
5.6

Pedro, a street photographer who fought during the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, becomes obsessed with a young model.

La noche y el alba

1958