María Barranco

Acting

María Barranco

Born 1961-06-11 · Málaga, Andalucía, Spain

María Barranco, born María de los Remedios Barranco García, is a Spanish actress.

Acting credits

The Ages of Lulu poster
6.4

Fifteen-year-old Lulu has never known any affection from her family. But when she goes to a rock concert with Pablo, a friend of the family, he introduces Lulu to her first sexual experience. Years later, Pablo and Lulu have married; Pablo has created a sheltered, private world for Lulu, into which nothing intrudes. However, Lulu tires of her cloistered existence, and begins hanging out in shady bars, looking for vicarious thrills and danger.

The Ages of Lulu

1990

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown poster
7.4

After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! poster
6.8

After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1990

Witching & Bitching poster
6.4

A gang of gold thieves land in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual... and in need of a sacrifice.

Witching & Bitching

2013

Zafarinas poster
6.0

International Award Winning Actor Jorge Sanz, star of the Academy Award© winning picture, "Belle Epoque", stars in this action packed film in which a corporal of the guard is teamed with a young prisoner to solve the strange killings that have occurred in the walled city of Zafarinas. The young team finds themselves plunged into a world of drugs, deceit and passion where they find that all is not what it seems.

Zafarinas

1995

Heartlift poster
4.3

Pep Munné is an aging plastic surgeon who falls for a young female assistant (Mariana Anghileri) while attending a medical conference. Soon he begins inventing new reasons to spend more time with her. His wife Cristina (María Barranco) begins meeting with a psychiatrist (Jean Pierre Noher) in order to figure out what is going on in her marriage.

Heartlift

2005

Sálvate si puedes poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sálvate si puedes

1994

The Girl of Your Dreams poster
6.5

During the Spanish Civil War, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers is invited to shoot a film at UFA studios in Nazi Germany.

The Girl of Your Dreams

1998

Novios poster
5.7

Arturo, a successful restaurateur, is having an affair with his kitchen assistant Cristal. When he doesn't keep his promise of leaving his wife Paz, Cristal plots to seduce his sweet, simple son Arturito in retaliation.

Novios

1999

The Red Squirrel poster
6.5

Jota's suicide attempt is interrupted when a motorcyclist crashes off a bridge. After he rescues her, he decides to invent a life story for her — one of love and shared memories — creating a fragile web of deception that intertwines their fates.

The Red Squirrel

1993

The Butterfly Effect poster
6.4

Luis, a Spanish student, goes to London to get a course in Economics. He lives at a house the neighbor of her aunt, but when she broke up with her husband, Luis goes to live with her.

The Butterfly Effect

1995

El refugio poster
6.4

An actor in low hours and a young interpreter who threatens to displace the former thanks to the tricks of their agent; the owner of the high mountain hotel and her estranged sister, creator of a new and unique discipline that mixes yoga and fengshui; a group of children wanting to have fun, but also to discover hidden secrets; a taciturn bellboy who sees everything; and a tremendous storm that will leave everyone isolated just before Christmas. A weekend in which everything can happen, and in which everything will happen.

El refugio

2021

Don Juan, My Dear Ghost poster
6.2

Seville, November 1, 1990. Tenorio goes out of his grave, as every year. Similarly, Juan Marquina, a great actor, makes the general rehearsal of a musical version of the play. Since that moment, two worlds come together in a circle of adventures, facing both Don Juans, helped by four beautiful women with decisive influence on their destinies.

Don Juan, My Dear Ghost

1990

Atún y chocolate poster
5.4

Tres pescadores barbateños, Manuel (Pablo Carbonell), un hombre bueno al que apodan "Nadando con Chocos"; el Perra (Pedro Reyes), su amigo fiel, y El Cherif (Antonio Dechent), un paria iracundo y orgulloso, intentan sobrevivir como pueden a pesar de la crisis pesquera que vive la costa gaditana.Un día Manolín (Andrés Rivera), el hijo de Manuel, llega a casa con un problema más: quiere hacer la comunión. Algo que provocará más de una sorpresa. Primero porque no está bautizado y segundo porque sus padres ni siquiera están casados. Contagiados por la ilusión de su hijo, María y Manuel deciden ordenar su vida y casarse. María lo organiza todo: arregla con el singular cura del pueblo (Paco Vegara) para que oficie la ceremonia, busca los trajes, invita a los vecinos... Pero claro, no hay boda sin convite. Y eso cuesta dinero. ¿Cómo conseguirlo?

Atún y chocolate

2004

Gaudi Afternoon poster
4.9

Barcelona hasn’t turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra thought it would be. But just when she’s about to return to America, the mysterious Frankie offers her a large sum of money to track down her missing lover.

Gaudi Afternoon

2001

Mouth to Mouth poster
5.3

For financial reasons, an aspiring actor begins working for a phone-sex enterprise. Through his new line of work, he develops relationships with two regular clients: Bill, an elderly homosexual, and Amanda, a mysterious femme fatale.

Mouth to Mouth

1995

Todo por la pasta poster
5.3

After a robbery at a bingo hall, Azucena, the girlfriend of one of the thieves, decides to seize the money for herself. On the run she stumbles upon Verónica, the manager of a nursing home that wants a cut in exchange of helping her to evade the criminals and the cops.

Todo por la pasta

1991

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

The Seducer poster
4.6

Cosme, a 15-year-old boy, sets his sights and his libido on his new neighbor, Merche. After giving her a lift on his moped, and getting a glimpse of her underwear, he begins to look for excuses to wander next door. He manufactures illnesses to stay home from school and uses his free time to ogle her while she sunbathes outside. His efforts to sustain a relationship that leads to the bedroom are hampered by his amusing family, sabotaged by the maid, and jealously noted by his high school girlfriend.

The Seducer

1995

Harakiri, I Miss You poster
10.0

Three young men, restless and consumed by unfulfilled desires, drift through Madrid forming a volatile and toxic friendship. Their resentment toward women grows into a shared language of anger, pushing them into a spiral of reckless acts, broken relationships, and self-destruction. As their lives begin to unravel, each of them is forced to confront the darkness they’ve nurtured — and to face the uncomfortable truth about who they are and what they fear becoming.

Harakiri, I Miss You

2025

The Things of Love poster
7.0

In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge.

The Things of Love

1989

The Lame Pigeon poster
5.1

Little Felipe has been sick for a long time. To hasten his recovery, his parents send him to spend the summer of 1958 in the villa of his grandparents, located in the wealthy quarter of Cadiz. The warm climate of southern Spain is good for the boy, but the inhabitants of the great home may be a different story as all the relatives within are a tad strange. There Felipe meets his great-grandmother and her tough nurse Adoracion who patiently listens to grandmama's reminiscence's of the bandoleros who died for her. Felipe is not allowed to leave his bed, but his hours pass pleasantly thanks to the ministrations of the sexy Mari, a virgin, who loves to tease her four strapping aspiring lovers. As the summer progresses, Felipe interacts with all of his relatives and from their strange behavior finds himself learning an awful lot about life and love.

The Lame Pigeon

1995

Don Mendo Rock ¿La venganza? poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

Don Mendo Rock ¿La venganza?

2010

Cuernos de mujer poster
5.4

Ana works in an office where the things are going very badly. One night after having dinner with nasty rich people, she has a discussion with her husband. He dissapears and then the life of Ana changes: she has incredible luck in gambling.

Cuernos de mujer

1995