Filmography from : Alex De La Iglesia
Director :
Las brujas de Zugarramurdi, Álex de la Iglesia, 2013An absurd, racy comedy starring a group of desperate thieves who rob a Cash-for-Gold shop in Madrid's Puerta del Sol and make a crazy dash for Disneyland with one of the heister's sons in tow. But on the border with France, they fall into the hands of Basque witches who apply themselves diligently to the ancient customs of their craft and bringing the men down a peg or two....
La chispa de la vida, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 2011
An out-of-work publicist who suffers an accident looks to sell the exclusive interview rights to the highest bidder in an attempt to provide for his family....
Balada triste de trompeta, Álex de la Iglesia, 20101937 – Spain is in the midst of the brutal Spanish Civil War. A “Happy” circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single handedly massacres an entire platoon. Fast forward to 1973, the tail end of the Franco regime. Javier, the son of the clown, dreams of following in his father’s career footsteps,...
The Oxford Murders, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 2008...
La comunidad, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 2000Julia finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's house while selling an apartment. She's a 40-ish real estate agent (played by Carmen Maura) now forced to face the wrath of a very peculiar community (of neighbors), headed by an unscrupulous administrator. Black humour gives way to suspense, closely folowed by horror that doesn't take long in coming to a head in undisguised pandemonium....
Muertos de risa, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 1999Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame....
Perdita Durango, Álex de la Iglesia, 1997
Perdita Durango meets Romeo Dolorosa, a criminal who is some sort of priest of a satanic cult and keeps crossing the Mexican-US border safely. He's asked to do a job for crime boss Santos, involving the traffic of human foetuses for the cosmetic industry. Meanwhile, he needs to make a sacrifice to please his gods and a young American couple comes in his and Perdita's way. They are being followed by an unlucky DEA agent, the father of the...
El día de la bestia, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 1995A basque priest finds by means of a cabalistic study of the bible that the anti-christ is going to be born on Christmas day in Madrid. Helped by a heavy-metal fan and by the showman of a TV esoteric program, he will try to invoke the devil to find out the place of birth and kill the baby....
Acción mutante, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 1993...
Writer :
Las brujas de Zugarramurdi, Álex de la Iglesia, 2013An absurd, racy comedy starring a group of desperate thieves who rob a Cash-for-Gold shop in Madrid's Puerta del Sol and make a crazy dash for Disneyland with one of the heister's sons in tow. But on the border with France, they fall into the hands of Basque witches who apply themselves diligently to the ancient customs of their craft and bringing the men down a peg or two....
La chispa de la vida, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 2011
An out-of-work publicist who suffers an accident looks to sell the exclusive interview rights to the highest bidder in an attempt to provide for his family....
Balada triste de trompeta, Álex de la Iglesia, 20101937 – Spain is in the midst of the brutal Spanish Civil War. A “Happy” circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single handedly massacres an entire platoon. Fast forward to 1973, the tail end of the Franco regime. Javier, the son of the clown, dreams of following in his father’s career footsteps,...
The Oxford Murders, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 2008...
La comunidad, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 2000Julia finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's house while selling an apartment. She's a 40-ish real estate agent (played by Carmen Maura) now forced to face the wrath of a very peculiar community (of neighbors), headed by an unscrupulous administrator. Black humour gives way to suspense, closely folowed by horror that doesn't take long in coming to a head in undisguised pandemonium....
Muertos de risa, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 1999Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame....
Perdita Durango, Álex de la Iglesia, 1997
Perdita Durango meets Romeo Dolorosa, a criminal who is some sort of priest of a satanic cult and keeps crossing the Mexican-US border safely. He's asked to do a job for crime boss Santos, involving the traffic of human foetuses for the cosmetic industry. Meanwhile, he needs to make a sacrifice to please his gods and a young American couple comes in his and Perdita's way. They are being followed by an unlucky DEA agent, the father of the...
El día de la bestia, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 1995A basque priest finds by means of a cabalistic study of the bible that the anti-christ is going to be born on Christmas day in Madrid. Helped by a heavy-metal fan and by the showman of a TV esoteric program, he will try to invoke the devil to find out the place of birth and kill the baby....
Acción mutante, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 1993...
Actor :
Why Horror?, Nicolas Kleiman, Rob Lindsay, 2014Why Horror? Is a feature documentary following horror fan Tal Zimerman as he looks at the psychology of horror around the world in order to understand why we love to be scared....
Muertos de risa, Álex de la Iglesia (as Alex de la Iglesia), 1999Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame....