Fernando Guillén

Acting

Fernando Guillén

Born — Died

1932-11-29 — 2013-01-17

Place of birth

Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

74 titles

Fernando Guillén was born on November 22, 1932 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain as Fernando Gallego Guillén. He was an actor, known for Todo sobre mi madre(1999), Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" (1988) and La ley del deseo (1987). He was married to Gemma Cuervo. He died on January 17, 2013 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 11 titles

Brain Drain poster
5.1

Emilio, a shy, not too brilliant pupil at a humble local secondary school, has always harboured a secret love for Natalia, the cutest, brightest girl in the class. On the last day of the school year, when he finally decides to declare his love, Natalia is awarded a scholarship to study Medicine at Oxford. It would seem that all is lost for Emilio, but his drop-out school-pals are not ready to throw in the towel. After faking qualifications and scholarships, this band of brainless nuts land in Oxford, causing havoc in the normally peaceful campus existence.

Brain Drain

2009

Killing Words poster
6.6

A mild-mannered psychopath plays mind-games with a woman he has tied to a chair in his basement.

Killing Words

2004

Los abajo firmantes poster
6.8

The first actor of a theater company on tour in Spain dies in a car accident. A new actor, Jorge Ruiz, is to relieve you. He's handsome, young and revolutionary. His arrival creates tension, jealousy and distrust in the rest of the cast, is-especially in Mario Soto, which is responsible to lead in the absence of the author of the assembly, busy with an opera for the Teatro Real in Madrid . Already in the first trial of the work concerned the "Play Without a Title" by Federico Garcia Lorca, their personalities collide head. Morante Carmen, leading actress of the company, and Laura G. Reyna, which was secret lover of the deceased, witness the struggle between the two. As if that were not enough, the newcomer brings added conflict: reading at the end of the function of a manifesto for peace. Mario questioned that decision and the company is divided.

Los abajo firmantes

2003

You're the One poster
7.3

Julia, an only child of an affluent, bank owning family living in Madrid, escapes from her family to get over her grief that her boyfriend has been imprisoned. Julia is a well educated woman, having studied in Switzerland and England, who wants to become a writer. Julia drives to a little village in Asturias called "Corralbos del Sella" and there she stays in a mansion "llendelabarca" of an old childhood friend "Pilara" she had spent many a happy summer with. Also living there is Pilara's mother in law Tia Gala, and her grandson Juanito. Julia's relationship with caretakers, teacher and priest makes Julia, a woman of the spanish capital, perhaps for the first time to not feel so alone.

You're the One

2000

Otros días vendrán poster
6.8

Alicia (Cecilia Roth) is a school teacher in his forties who begins a relationship online with Zaz (Nacho Aldeguer), 17. When the affair begins to leak, the story takes a turn of 180 degrees. At that time Zaz's father (Antonio Resines) will take the center of the stage

Otros días vendrán

2005

Operación Fangio poster
6.3

Cuba, February 24, 1958. The second Grand Prix International Automobile City of Havana is scheduled for this date. The great Argentinean driver Juan Manuel Fangio, five times world champion, is expected with open arms by all Cubans and the Batista government, the event organizer. But Fidel's revolutionary group "July 26" has other plans for Fangio, not exactly fly. The group's intention is that Fangio boycott a government that has very little time in power.

Operación Fangio

2000

Año Mariano poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Año Mariano

2000

Promoción (Prohibida su venta) poster
NR

Vicente is given a promotional gift, but he is not prepared for such an experience.

Promoción (Prohibida su venta)

2003

Adrift poster
3.8

Anna returns from Africa, where he worked two years in an NGO, and is hired as a security guard at an exclusive health center on the outskirts of Barcelona. By breaking with her ​​boyfriend and go home, a colleague leaves a camper as temporary housing. Spend a few weeks on a wilderness camping and then installed in the parking lot of a service area of the highway. On a night patrol work meets a young, admitted by court order, do not walk because of paralysis and refuses to reveal his identity.

Adrift

2009

No artwork available
NR

Today, John, a young professor of history, hidden in a cupboard at his home in Almonacid de la Sierra (Zaragoza) an ancient manuscript. After trying to read a few pages you realize that these texts aljamiados, a form of writing in Spanish but with Arabic script. This is a diary that tells the story of a Moorish family expelled in 1609. Encouraged by his grandfather, John decides to investigate more on that story.

Expulsados 1609. La tragedia de los moriscos

2009

El florido pensil poster
6.2

"El Florido Pensil" is a humorous reflection of the education of several generations of Spaniards from the 1940s to the 1960s. Based on the book of the same name by Andrés Sopeña, it evokes, from the present, his memories of that time: everyday school, local radio, Roberto Alcázar's comics, Thursday cinema with Franco opening swamps and "Yon Güein" chasing and killing Indians. Through the childish eyes of a child Sopeña (Daniel Rubio) and his schoolmates, we discover a way of understanding the world, society and a Spain "of glories and flowery pensil", as the national anthem of those years used to sing.

El florido pensil

2002

1990s · 18 titles

All About My Mother poster
7.6

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

All About My Mother

1999

Mutant Action poster
6.3

Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite at her elaborate wedding reception.

Mutant Action

1993

Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex? poster
5.8

Gloria is a porn artist that performs live-sex. When his mate gets sick he brings her a young substitute, Manu. The boy works surprisingly well and then Gloria decides to go into business with him. Things get complicated when Gloria discovers that Manu is in trouble because of his gambling debts.

Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex?

1993

The Black Moon poster
6.6

After experiencing a series of traumatic, seemingly unrelated, accidents, Eva begins to notice that her daughter Luna is behaving in increasingly strange ways.

The Black Moon

1990

The Bilingual Lover poster
4.0

Joan Mares obsession for the lovely and luscious Norma Valenti takes epic proportions because he cannot let go of her. After he is injured by some skin heads, he uses his scars to pursue his life as a street musician. He devices a plan to get to Norma and she never catches on to his deceit, except she realizes that as Juan Faneca his performance in bed is exactly what she had experienced with Joan Mares because she concludes they were taught sex by the same prostitute.

The Bilingual Lover

1993

Havanera 1820 poster
4.7

The year is 1820, and trade between Cuba and Catalonia is a booming business, although the goods that arrive to Cuba are not always the products that were shipped, in some cases, they simply arrive "lumps" or "coal". As it appears in the logbooks of the ships. 'Havanera 1820' is a film that tells stories of love and adventure in a time when Cuba confronts the Spanish colonizers.

Havanera 1820

1993

Más allá del jardín poster
5.0

Palmira, a woman belonging to the Sevillian aristocracy, as well known for her decrepitude and hypocrisy as the rest of her population, enters into an emotional crisis when she reaches maturity.

Más allá del jardín

1996

What Do You Bet, Mari Pili? poster
3.9

Sole, Mari Pili and Marta are the twenty three young people hanging around who share a flat in Barcelona before the Olympics. Tired of sacrificing to find romance, wonder what need have expected the weekend to go to a nightclub and rolled with the first guy you meet. Then decide to take action and play a game: live an adventure with the first man who asks the name.

What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?

1991

Corsarios del chip poster
4.0

A blind detective and his assistant were hired to unmask some young hackers. Under the circumstances, the two investigators joined forces with young "hackers" to fight against a powerful businessman who set up a large telecommunications and computer network in order to defraud the stock market.

Corsarios del chip

1996

La punyalada poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La punyalada

1990

The Grandfather poster
6.4

After his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true, and which one is bastard.

The Grandfather

1998

The Devil's Breath poster
5.8

A small family of travelers arrives after a long journey at a village hut, which they claim as home. The family consists of Damian, a mute but skilled hunter, his wife Priscila, and their two children, a mute son named Pablo and a beautiful daughter named Agueda. Before long, Don Rodrigo, the feudal lord of the village, sets his sights on both Priscila and Agueda.

The Devil's Breath

1993

Banderas, the Tyrant poster
5.4

In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.

Banderas, the Tyrant

1993

La herida luminosa poster
6.0

Dr. Molinos, a prestigious cardiologist, and his wife Isabel are going through a serious marital crisis. They live in Oviedo, in the oppressive Spain of the 50s, in the company of two maids: Escolástica and Jovita. His only daughter, Maribel, entered a convent of nuns. The unexpected love felt by Dr. Molinos for Julia, a young doctor who is much younger than him, makes him feel alive again.

La herida luminosa

1997

The Legend of the Handmaiden poster
5.2

Legend has it that, a long time ago in Galicia (Spain), witches were transformed into hornets to harm men and change the destiny of their lives.

The Legend of the Handmaiden

1994

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Doblones de a ocho

1990

La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez

1993

Don Juan in Hell poster
5.4

While the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as his pride. His conviction, eternal. His name, a legend: Don Juan. Free adaptation of "Don Juan" by Moliere.

Don Juan in Hell

1991

1980s · 15 titles

Law of Desire poster
7.1

Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.

Law of Desire

1987

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

The Tobacconist of Vallecas poster
6.3

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and their 'hostages', the tobacconist and her niece Angeles, is relaxing, and a budding sympathy arises between them.

The Tobacconist of Vallecas

1987

Continental poster
3.8

At the end of the 50s, after assassinating the legendary capo Goncalves and dividing their domains, Ventura and Otálora, rival and old friends, fight with their bands for the control of prostitution and contraband. Anabel, Ventura's favorite prostitute and her young lover, will live their passion among the violence that surrounds the port city.

Continental

1989

The Latest Scams of El Torete poster
5.5

While the Torete rob banks, the Heifer, another delinquent who has not noticed it, enters the same place to rob him. After failing the coup, both decide to associate.

The Latest Scams of El Torete

1980

El caso Almería poster
6.5

When a Spanish judge has the courage to look into a political murder...

El caso Almería

1984

The Dark Night of the Soul poster
5.3

Pantheon filmmaker Carlos Saura bounced back from a handful of failures with 1989's La Noche Oscura (The Dark Night). Juan Diego stars as San Juan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross), the legendary 16th-century poet-prophet. Galvanized into action by the spirit of Santa Teresa de Jesus, San Juan fought to install reforms in the Carmelite Order. Like many another visionary, he was regarded as a heretic, and promptly subjected to the most appalling of tortures. Writer-director Saura manages to draw several parallels between the religious persecution of the 1700s and the political despotism of Fascist Spain.

The Dark Night of the Soul

1989

El pico 2 poster
6.4

Following the events of El pico, the heroin-addicted Paco faces jail time due to his involvement in a double murder.

El pico 2

1984

Dos pillos y pico poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Dos pillos y pico

1981

The Victor of Olot poster
5.7

In a small Catalan village take advantage of the visit of an ecclesiastical authority of Rome, during vacations, to organize a conference on the topic of religion and sex. This causes the people to divide into two camps, those who favor and those against the "Congress", until finally after a series of negotiations between both sides, we arrive at consensus. A large mosaic of characters carry the story to end happily, through critical situations with the conservative church.

The Victor of Olot

1981

Barcelona Connection poster
4.3

A young, honest cop investigates the arrival of international crime in Barcelona just before the Olympic Games.

Barcelona Connection

1988

Assault at Central Bank poster
6.5

Film adaptation of a real event that occurred on May 23, 1981, in which a TV broadcaster, director of a major newspaper, and a deputy were involved

Assault at Central Bank

1983

No artwork available
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

L’amor és estrany

1988

Too Old to Die Young poster
6.0

Two friends just find any temporary jobs to get by. One of them quits his job as a waiter to move to work as a messenger; the other is working as a taxi driver. The messenger, in his comings and goings at night, go through many offices, private homes and bars and will be in the most varied situations: some of them dark, sometimes sinister and pathetic and some even pleasant.

Too Old to Die Young

1989

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

1970s · 7 titles

1960s · 4 titles

Series credits

Hospital Central poster
4.7

Follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid.

Hospital Central

2000

Eurocops poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Eurocops

1988

Tales to Keep You Awake poster
7.6

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.

Tales to Keep You Awake

1966

¡Qué grande es el cine! poster
NR

TVE broadcasted this program on the occasion of the first centenary of the history of cinema, a feature film was broadcast weekly that, due to its characteristics, was of interest within the cinematographic world, directed and moderated by José Luis Garci, with the assistance of three experts , belonging to the world of cinema and literature, which debated following the screening of the chosen film.

¡Qué grande es el cine!

1995

Historias del otro lado poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Historias del otro lado

1988

Motivos personales poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Motivos personales

2005

El mundo de Juan Lobón poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

El mundo de Juan Lobón

1989

Cuentos de Borges poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cuentos de Borges

1993

Sabbath poster
NR

Exploring perspectives on witches from different angles, ranging from historical accounts to popular folklore, shedding light on the complex narratives surrounding these notorious figures.

Sabbath

1989

La Huella del Crimen poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Huella del Crimen

1985

Los jinetes del alba poster
4.9

The inhabitants of Las Caldas, a village in Asturias, in northern Spain, whose life revolves around a sumptuous spa, trace complicated personal relationships while the whole country is inexorably heading towards revolution and civil war.

Los jinetes del alba

1991

La saga de los Rius poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La saga de los Rius

1976

I Sell My Dreams poster
7.0

Telenovela in six chapters adapted from the original screenplay by Gabriel García Marquez, directed by Ruy Guerra and shot in Cuba in 1991.

I Sell My Dreams

1994

Le Grand Secret poster
7.0

A young woman searches for her biologist lover who disappeared after an Indian scientist made a discovery that could endanger humanity.

Le Grand Secret

1989