Joaquín Oristrell

Writing

Joaquín Oristrell

Born 1953-09-15 · Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Operation Mantis poster
3.5

A beautiful woman, apparently a sophisticated Miss, is killed while skiing in Candanchú, an accurate shot in the head. But she is more than a beautiful model. It is a secret service agent of the terrorist organization IAAT His death triggers the alarm at the headquarters of the organization and the supreme leader, the bold and elegant Mr. Alfa , decides to take matters into. Three super-they are called to investigate the case, it is the courageous Mayor Sam Stevenson (Paul Naschy), the shrewd Marcello Antonelli (JL Vazquez), and the beautiful and reckless Alferez Allyson Love (Anne Karin).

Operation Mantis

1984

África poster
6.3

Martín (Zoe Berriatúa) is a teenager living in the San Blas district of Madrid. He is upset with his father Arturo (Imanol Arias) because he blames him for his mother's death. With the help of his girlfriend África (Elena Anaya), who will become his stepsister, he tries to get revenge on him.

África

1996

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Libre

Extasis poster
5.8

Rober, Max and Ona, three young people living on the fringes of society, decide to commit a risky robbery.

Extasis

1996

The Dinner poster
6.9

Spain, April 15, 1939. With the Civil War concluded, and with the intention of celebrating his victory, General Franco attends a dinner with his generals at the Palace Hotel.

The Dinner

2025

El último mono poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

El último mono

2026

Between Your Legs poster
5.4

A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.

Between Your Legs

1999

Between Your Legs poster
5.4

A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.

Between Your Legs

1999

Off Key poster
4.9

A trio of opera singers are reunited by a wedding ten years after their stormy breakup.

Off Key

2001

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

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 Tribe poster
6.3

A cleaner woman with vocational street dancer tries to recover her long-stranded son that she gave for adoption, a former CEO who lost everything, including his memories.

The Tribe

2018

No artwork available
5.3

Following the dissolution of her 20-year marriage to a land developer, a middle-aged woman returns to her law practice and, plotting revenge, accepts as a client a young ecologist who has accused her ex-husband's company of corruption.

The Most Natural Thing

1991

The Champion poster
5.5

Diego has just been voted best young player in Europe and at the age of 20 he is on his way to making his team, Atlético de Madrid, champions of La Liga. But his impulsive and conflictive character makes the club, fed up with his excesses, hire Álex, a withdrawn and lonely psychology professor, to improve his behaviour. The two will have no choice but to learn to understand each other.

The Champion

2024

Hablar poster
6.0

An anthology film with 20 stories on the subject of words, communication, linked to one another over a 400-metre stretch: from Madrid's Lavapiés Square to the Sala Mirador. A journey between theatre and cinema, filmed in a single fixed shot running continuously over 80 minutes and half a kilometer, in Madrid's popular Lavapiés district. The characters talk, argue, laugh, cry, threaten, whisper, shout, steal, make dates, get angry with and hug one another, prompting the spectator to reflect on the immense power of words.

Hablar

2015

Hablar poster
6.0

An anthology film with 20 stories on the subject of words, communication, linked to one another over a 400-metre stretch: from Madrid's Lavapiés Square to the Sala Mirador. A journey between theatre and cinema, filmed in a single fixed shot running continuously over 80 minutes and half a kilometer, in Madrid's popular Lavapiés district. The characters talk, argue, laugh, cry, threaten, whisper, shout, steal, make dates, get angry with and hug one another, prompting the spectator to reflect on the immense power of words.

Hablar

2015

With Good Reason poster
4.7

A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. fire in Baghdad, and the manipulation of the media.

With Good Reason

2004

Lazos poster
NR

Luz, the daughter of an ambassador living in Madrid, discovers that she is HIV-positive. At the same time, she meets Luis, an advertising executive leading an AIDS awareness campaign. As their relationship develops, both are forced to confront the realities of living with the disease.

Lazos

1994

Alegre ma non troppo poster
5.1

Pablo is a twenty-year-old man who wants to be a musician in order to be appreciated by his mother and find a male partner he can share his love with. He finds one, but because of his demanding behaviour, he is soon alone again. He tries to become a French horn player in the Youth Spain National Orchestra, but the examiner turns out to be his father, who's been living apart from his family and doesn't really accept Pablo's sexual trends. Once Pablo fails in his exam, he feels very depressed. When another French horn player from Valencia hasn't got a place to sleep, Pablo takes him home to his house. The next morning, however, he finds a girl named Salome inside of his bed.

Alegre ma non troppo

1994

Va a ser que nadie es perfecto poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Va a ser que nadie es perfecto

2006

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health poster
6.1

Madrid, 1965. When The Beatles arrive in the city, Diana goes to great lengths to meet them.

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

1997

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health poster
6.1

Madrid, 1965. When The Beatles arrive in the city, Diana goes to great lengths to meet them.

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

1997

Going Down in Morocco poster
5.8

Chusa shares a flat in central Madrid with her cousin Jaime and her lover Alberto. The group makes ends meet by smuggling and selling drugs from Morocco. They take in a naive young woman, Elena, and decide to include her in their next scheme although this will prove complicated.

Going Down in Morocco

1989

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