Directing
Sep 4, 1966
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Achero Mañas
Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Juan Antonio Mañas Amyach, knoen as Achero Mañas (Madrid, September 5, 1966) is a Spanish film director. He is a former actor that had filmed several successful short films before receiving awards and recognition with his feature film debut El Bola. Description above from the Wikipedia article Achero Mañas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Feature Films (11)
A group of children tells to the camera how they torture various animals, such as lizards, cats or mice. One of them tells how last summer, after attacking a cat with his friends, he saw something that made him reflect on what they did.
Hunters
Enrique is a gym teacher who along with his sister want to start a musical career with the support of their grandfather, a great scientist who wants to stop an evil despot from getting an artifact that would endanger the entire world.
The Adventures of Enrique and Ana
An air-hostess is pregnant but she does not know the name of the father, a foreigner. When the baby is born, she gives it to her sister that has already two children. The child grows up as another member of the family. Although the adults keep the secret, the children know that he is different.
King of the River
On his way to Santiago de Compostela, a pilgrim recounts his experiences through the letters he writes to his friend.
Journey to Jakobsland
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
Marco Vallez (Antonio Banderas) is possessed by the beauty of a circus sharp shooter, and from the second they meet he is willing to give up everything to be with her. But one horrifying night sends them both down a road of revenge leaving behind a trail of bodies to the ultimate showdown with justice.
Outrage
Barbara, a journalist in the beginning of the 20th century, searches in the border between Portugal and Galicia a bandit called El Argentino. In her travel she meets two men that say that they belong to his gang.
The Frontier Law
Seville 1913. Juan is a weak-looking boy who has grown up in a marginal environment. But it transforms when at night it challenges bulls in fences. Calderón, an old bullfighter, looks at him, in his rare ways, in his passionate attitude, and guided by a strange obsession introduces Juan into the way of being a bullfighter. In a short time, Belmonte becomes a hero in his land, but his great challenge will be to face Joselito in the most important square: Madrid. Biographical film around one of the most emblematic bullfighters, Juan Belmonte.
