3 Movies Starring Fernando Tielve

The Devil's Backbone

The Devil's Backbone

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-04-20

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, Mexico, Argentina

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (43442 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHorror

Cast:

Writer:

Guillermo del Toro

Antonio Trashorras

David Muèoz

Fullplot:

It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces. A ten-year-old boy named Carlos, the son of a fallen Republican war hero, is left by his tutor in an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. The orphanage is run by a curt but considerate headmistress named Carmen and a kindly Professor Casares, both of whom are sympathetic to the doomed Republican cause. Despite their concern for him, and his gradual triumph over the usual schoolhouse bully, Carlos never feels completely comfortable in his new environment. First of all, there was that initial encounter with the orphanage's nasty caretaker, Jacinto, who reacts even more violently when anyone is caught looking around a particular storage room the one with the deep well. Second, and more inexplicable, is the presence of a ghost, one of the former occupants of the orphanage named Santi. Not long after Carlos' arrival, Santi latches onto Carlos, badgering him incessantly at night and gloomily intoning, "Many of you will die." As if that wasn't enough to keep the orphanage's occupants in an unrelenting state of terror, there's the un-exploded bomb that dominates the orphanage's courtyard, still ticking away; With the orphanage left defenseless by its isolation, and the swift progression of Franco's troops, the ghost's prediction seems depressingly accurate. Nevertheless, with every step of the plot, it becomes apparent that the ghost's predictions as to who (or what) will die, the real source of danger and even the definition of death itself may be more ambiguous than first thought.

Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-04-16

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

Spain, UK, USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (2653 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lawrence Thornton (novel)

Christopher Hampton

Fullplot:

Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson star in this gripping political thriller about a man with the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.

Unmade Beds

Unmade Beds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-09-02

Languages:

English, French, Spanish, Italian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2008 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Alexis Dos Santos

Marianela Maldonado (collaborating writer)

Fullplot:

Axl wants to find his long-lost father and rediscover his past. Vera just wants to forget hers as she tries to move on from heartbreak. Their stories come together in the melting-pot of 21st century London.

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