Juan Madrid (Writer)

Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores

Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cine quinqui (delinquent movies): films that rapidly became a big commercial success, showing things that were banned by the censorship not too long before.

Release Date2018-04-15

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

Brigada Central

Release Date1989-11-03

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Running Out of Time

Days before committing an attack, Antonio, a gunman of the terrorist gang ETA who has dedicated his life to a cause he no longer believes in, meets Charo, a young drug addict who, despite the sordid environment in which she lives, still retains her innocence.

Release Date1994-10-06

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count33

Tánger

Abdul Kader Torres (Jorge Perugorria), son of Ricardo Torres (Matterhorn), former Commissioner of the Social Political Brigade, and Fatima, a beautiful tangerine, just returned to London to work on his father's shady business dealings, "Executive Tangier ". In Tanger, Abdul was a teacher, but because of his addiction to alcohol was banned from teaching. When he meets Lidia (Ana Fernandez), the young bride of his father, feels an irresistible attraction that will force him to choose between her and his father.

Release Date2004-05-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Dark Cities

Adapted by writer/director Fernando Sariñana from the stories by Juan Madrid, Ciudades Oscuras (Dark Cities) tells a story of interwoven lives in the seedy underbelly of Mexico City. The several different story lines concern hooker Lola (Dolores Heredia); her drug addict son Fede (Diego Luna); her friend Zeze (Zaide Silvia Gutierrez); Zeze's daughter Susana (Jimena Ayala); and junkie Vicente (Roberto Sosa). Also on the scene are two corrupt cops (Alejandro Tommasi and Jesus Ochoa) and one good cop (Odiseo Bichir), while Chicken (Hector Suarez) and Casimiro (Alonso Echanove) each tell their separate stories to the same bartender (Demian Bichir). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Release Date2002-09-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenstory

Vote Count6

Al acecho

Release Date1987-10-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel