Below is an incomplete list of fictional feature films, short films or miniseries that have been filmed in locations of the Costa Brava.
Year | Original Title | Locations | Director / Studios | Country | Actors | Description/Notes |
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1914 | Amor de pescadora o Mercedes, la pescadora o La pescadora de Tossa | José de Togores and Giovanni Doria / Segre Films (Barcelona) | Luis Alcalde, Lola Ojeda, Lola París, Gerardo Peña, Domènec Ceret | A production based on a story by Eduard Marquina | ||
1915 | El amor hace justicia | Magí Murià / Barcinógrafo (Barcelona) | Margarida Xirgu, Guibernat, Dolors Puchol, Carles Capdevila, Ricardo Puga, Modesto Santaulària | Filmed by Fructuós Gelabert, with the cast of the theatre company run by Margarida Xirgu and Ricard Puga | ||
1916 | El secreto del mar | Josep de Togores and Giovanni Doria / Emporium Films (Barcelona) | Amèlia Grossi, Pere Portes, Geo Boronsky | Drama and adventures based on a plot and script by Josep Massot i Ventós | ||
1917 | La herencia del diablo | Tossa de Mar and other locations of the coast | Domènec Ceret and Joan Solà i Mestres / Studio Films (Barcelona) | Lolita París, Tina Jordi, Alberto Martínez, Antoni Casanovas, Assumpció Casals, Juli Nolla | Adventure series (eight episodes) | |
1921 | Lilian | Juan Pallejá / Good Silver Film Corporation (Barcelona) | Inocencia Alcubierre, Juan Pallejá | A drama with Llorenç Bau Bonaplata (whose second surname means good silver in English) and Antoni Cànovas | ||
1926 | Entre marinos | Lloret de Mar | Josep G. Barranco and Rafael Roca / Ralph Films (Barcelona) | - | Shot in the company's own studios and laboratory and based on the life of Catalan fishermen on the Costa Brava, with an American couple in the star roles. | |
1926 | Gent i paisatge de Catalunya | Josep Gaspar / Cinematogràfiques Ginesta (Barcelona) | - | |||
1927 | Baixant de la Font del Gat o La Marieta de l'ull viu | Josep Amich and Bert Amichatis / Ediciones J. Alfonso (Barcelona) | Josep Santpere, Jaume Devesa, Marina Torres, Alexandre Nolla, Enric Guitart, Rosita Hernáez, Ricard Alís, Francesc Tressols, Blanquita Muñoz | Based on a plot and script by Amichatis and Gastó A. Màntua, which draws on the popular Catalan song and cartoon. The Catalan language is used for the titles and the sung parts. It was released in Spanish as “La moza del cantar” | ||
1927 | Lo más sublime | Enrique Ponsá / Producciones ELA (Barcelona) | Mercè Domènech, Valeriano Cortés, Antoni B. de Vila, Antoni Granell, Eduard de C. Tarragó, Enric Filló, Jaume Reixach, Juli Payà, Luisa Vivarelli, Rosita Ponsá | Written, produced and artistically directed by the director himself | ||
1927 | La tía Ramona | Nick Winter and Francesc Gargallo / Edición Nacional Gaumont (Barcelona) | Ángeles Guart, María Luisa Rodríguez, Josep Acuaviva, Luisa Fernanda Sala, Maria Lluïsa Gargallo, Tomás Cola | Based on a plot by the latter, who also produced the sets | ||
1927 | La puntaire | Josep Claramunt and Fructuós Gelabert | Teresa Pujol, Joan Xuclà, Llorenç Adrià, Joan Formiguera, Teresa Martí, Carme Prats, Llorenç Gibert | Based on the comedy of the same title by Tomàs Ribas i Julià, which was inspired in its turn by the poem by Manuel Ribot i Serra | ||
1930 | L'Âge d'Or | Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem, Germaine Noizet, Duchange | Scripted by the director from the novel of the same title by Pedro Mata, concerning love-affair tangles | |||
1930 | Un chien andalou | Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff, Salvador Dalí, Robert Hommet | The second flagship film from Buñuel, the filmmaker from Calanda, produced by the French viscount and patron Charles de Noailles. Salvador Dalí made a substantial contribution to the script in the form of ideas, this being immediately apparent in the shots, symbolism and metaphors, which feature a strong surreal element. The initial title was “The icy water of egotistical calculation”, an expression borrowed from The Communist Manifesto. | |||
1932 | El hombre que se reía del amor | Benito Perojo / Star Film (Barcelona) | Rafael Rivelles, María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, Ricardo Núñez, Rosita Díaz Gimeno, Gabriel Algara and Antoñita Colomé | Scripted by the director from the novel of the same title by Pedro Mata, concerning love-affair tangles | ||
1933 | El cafè de la Marina | Domènec Pruna / Orphea Film (Barcelona) | Pere Vantaiols (Catalan version), Rafael Rivelles (Spanish version), Gilberta Rougé, Rafael Moragas, Moraguetes, Sebastià Gasch, Paquita Torres, Genoveva Ginestà, Ramon Tort, Teodor Busquets, Ricard Gascon, Rosita de Cabo | Based on the play of the same title by Josep Maria de Sagarra and adapted by the director, who was the brother of Pere Pruna, the latter taking charge of the café sets in which much of the story unfolds. The film was shot alternating Catalan and Spanish, with different actors for each. El Port de la Selva was the setting for much of the filming, particularly the beach and sea scenes with seamen, some of whom were the real thing and acting as extras. It is the first ever commercial film with the dialogue entirely in Catalan | ||
1935 | ¡Abajo los hombres! | Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Boulevard and around the hermitage of Sant Elm) | Josep Maria Castellví / Ediciones y Distribuciones Cinematográficas, SA (Barcelona) | Pierre Clarel, Carmelita Aubert, Alexandre Nolla, Tina Vidal, Libya Dimas, Samuel Crespo, Agustina Gratacós, Maruja Sanchiz | A musical comedy based on the operetta S.O.S. by Pierre Clarel, adapted for the screen by Valentín R. González | |
1940 | Muñequita | Ramon Quadreny i Orellana / Levante Films (Valencia) | Alfonsina de Saavedra, Rafael Durán, Leonor Fábregas, Francisco de A. Villagómez, Josita Hernán, Pedro Hidalgo, Pere Mascaró, Remée Meléndez, Teresa Molgosa, Luis Rocaberty, Amparo Romo, Amparo Saus, José Torró | Comedy based on the romantic novel of the same title by Rafael Pérez y Pérez. A princess falls in love with a sailor, who turns out to be the heir to a principality | ||
1944 | La llamada del mar | José Millán / Helios Films (Paris) | Jorge Mistral, Maraly Aloy, Juan Monfort, Ana Morera, César Delgado, Arturo Cámara, Mercedes Fusté, Miguel Garcia | A drama with a seafaring atmosphere. It was shot essentially in Cadaqués (Ció's trap appears – the one she used to bring milk from the Perafita farm to his customers in the village) | ||
1946 | Costa Brava o Tormenta de almas | Julio Fleischner / Concordia Films (Barcelona) | Josep Vivó, Alfonso Muñoz, Sílvia Morgan, Alfonso Cámara, Juan Muñiz | A drama to a script by Ricardo Mazo and Alonso Pesquera | ||
1947 | Las tinieblas quedaron atrás | Miquel Iglesias / Acor (Barcelona) | Rina Celi, Ángel Picazo, Oswaldo Genazzani, José María Lado, Sílvia Morgan | Based on the radio play “Sonrisa de terciopelo” by Lluís G. de Blain | ||
1947 | La sirena negra | Coves of Begur and a stately home in the town | Carlos Serrano de Osma / Producciones Boga | Fernando Fernán Gómez, Anita Farra, Ramon Martori, Isabel de Pomés, José María Lado, Maruja Asquerino, Fernando Sancho, Modest Cid | A drama based on the novel by Emilia Pardo Bazán | |
1948 | En un rincón de España | Jerónimo Mihura / Emisora Films-Procisa (Barcelona) | Shot in cinefotocolor and based on a story by Manuel Tamayo, Juli Coll and Joan Lladó | |||
1948 | Rostro al mar | Carlos Serrano de Osma / Titán Films (Barcelona) | Eulàlia Montero, Carlo Tamberlani, Camino Garrigó, Paco Megares, Lili Vicenti, Josep Bruguera, Antonio Bofarull, Fortunato Garcia, Francisco Melgares | Melodrama and maritime adventures ranging between Marseilles and the Costa Brava | ||
1948 | Mi hija Verónica | Enrique Gómez Bascuas / Aureliano Campa-Olimpia (Barcelona) | Margarita Andrey, Fernando Nogueras, Sílvia Morgan, Guillermo Marín, Maruchi Fresno | A drama based on the novel by Elisabeth Mulder | ||
1951 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | Albert Lewin / Romulus Film (USA) | That was filmed exclusively on the Costa Brava. This shooting also brought over Frank Sinatra himself, jealous at the relationship that was rumored to have arisen between the star and the bullfighter Mario Cabré | |||
1951 | Niebla y sol | José María Forqué / Producciones Ariel | The ballet of Antonio and Rosario, Carlos Muñoz, Asunción Sancho, José María Mompín, Paco Melgares, María Dolores Pradera and the ballet of Sacha Goudine | A tragedy based on the play “El infierno frío” by Horacio Ruiz de la Fuente, adapted by the film's director and Pere Lazaga | ||
1952 | Decameron Nights | Hugo Fregonese / Gate Studios (Hertfordshire) | An English production recounting various stories of gallantry by Bocaccio, the caravels originally built for the film Alba de América (1951, Juan de Orduña) were taken there from Barcelona | |||
1953 | Hochzeit auf Reisen | Paul Verhoeven and Erich Morawsky | A joint production with Germany | |||
1953 | La hija del mar | Antoni Momplet / IFISA (Barcelona) | Based on the text of the same title by Àngel Guimerà | |||
1954 | Contraband Spain | Lawrence Huntington and Juli Salvador / Balcazar Producciones Cinematográficas (Barcelona) and Diadem Films (California) | A spy crime film | |||
1954 | Mr. Arkadin (Confidential Report) | Sant Feliu de Guíxols S'Agaró, Hostal de La Gavina, the loggia and cliffs environments | A co-production between Spain, Switzerland and France | |||
1956 | Rapsodia de sangre | Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, (Barcelona) | Vicente Parra, Maria Rosa Salgado, Albert Helm, Lidia Baarova, Tomás Blanco, Jesús Colomer, Margarita Lozano, Carles Lloret | Hungary after the Soviet invasion | ||
1956 | The Spanish Gardener | Palamós | Philip Leacock / Pinewood Studios (Buckinghamshire) | Based on the novel by A. J. Cronin | ||
1956 | Juanillo, papá y mamá | Juli Salvador and Joan Alberto i Soler | Conrado San Martín, Lina Rosales, Josep Goula, Carmen Pardo, Jaime Avellán, Julia Caba Alba, Joan Capri, Carmen López Lagar, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | A “film starring a child” | ||
1958 | Su desconsolada esposa | Calella de Palafrugell, Palamós and Sant Feliu de Guíxols (beach of Sa Conca) | Miquel Iglesias / Concha Films (Barcelona) | Conrado San Martín, Conchita Ortiz, Michelle Cardy, Antonio Almorós, Marta Padován, Paco Martínez Soria, Jesús Colomer | A variety film written for the theatre by Antonio Paso and Salvador Martínez Cuenca | |
1958 | Spanish Affair | Don Siegel / co-production by CEA, Benito Perojo (Madrid) and Nomad (USA) | Richard Kiley, Carmen Sevilla, José Guardiola, José Nieto, Julio Peña, Jesús Tordesillas, Purita Vargas | In it, a flamboyant Yankee architect passing through Spain falls in love with a popular Spanish beauty | ||
1958 | Accusa del passato | Lionello De Felice | Alberto Closas, Luz Márquez, Gino Cervi, Rafael Durán, Lina Rosales, Maria Garcia Alonso, Luis Peña | Une coproduction entre Espagnols et Italiens | ||
1957 | Chase a Crooked Shadow | Melodrama with suspense | ||||
1958 | Un vaso de whisky | Castelló d’Empúries (Hotel Empúries), L'Escala and surrounding area | Juli Coll / Este Films and PEFSA (Barcelona) | A crime-genre production with a script by the director working with José Germán Huici | ||
1958 | Ooh... diese Ferien | Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Casino dels Nois) | Franz Antel / Cosmos-Film | Heidi Brühl, Georg Thomalla, Hans Moser, Hannelore Bollmann, Mara Lane, Michael Cramer, C.W. Fernbach, Rolf Olsen, Elke Aberle, Ossi Wanka | A German comedy written by John Andersen | |
1958 | Sea Fury | An English production | ||||
1958 | The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad | Sa Conca beach of Sant Feliu de Guíxols | Nathan Juran, Morningside / Columbia | Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Alec Mango, Torin Thatcher, Danny Green | A fantasy-adventure film | |
1958 | Ana dice sí | Castell-Platja d'Aro, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, S'Agaró (coasted road and Hostal de la Gavina), Tossa de Mar, Calella de Palafrugell and Llafranc (lighthouse of Sant Sebastià) | Fernando Fernán-Gómez, Analía Gadé, Elisa Montés, Antonio Ozores, Laura Valenzuela, Lucía Prado, Félix Fernández, Xan das Bolas | |||
1959 | Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge, Gary Raymond, Joan Young | A melodrama film, based on the play by Tennessee Williams. The shooting made a big impact while it was in progress on the Costa Brava, thanks in particular to the big-name stars | ||||
1960 | Crimen para recién casados | Pedro Luis Ramírez | ||||
1960 | The 3 Worlds of Gulliver | Based on a novel of the same title by Jonathan Swift | ||||
1961 | Mysterious Island | Beach of Sa Conca, turned into a tropical island. In Sant Feliu de Guixols, a boat and a cave in the old football field | Michael Craig, Herbert Lom, Joan Greenwood, Gary Merrill, Michael Callan, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert, Dan Jackson | Based on a novel of the same title by Jules Verne | ||
1961 | El último verano | Juan Bosch / Este Films (Barcelona) | María Asquerino, Roberto Camardiel, Arturo Fernández, Micaela Flores Amaya La Chunga, Jorge Rigaud, Jeanne Valérie | |||
1961 | Julia y el celacanto | Antonio Momplet | ||||
1962 | Dos años de vacaciones | Emilio Gómez Muriel / co-production Juan de Orduña (Madrid) and Mexico | Pablito Calvo, Alejandro Ciangherotti, José Moreno, Charito Maldonado, Antonio Vela, Paquita Vilanova, Juan Monfort | |||
1963 | Sol de verano | Juan Bosch / Ízaro Films (Barcelona) | Rafael Alonso, Arturo Fernández, Patricia Luján, Marcos Martí, Luz Márquez, José Sancho, Rosanna Yanni | A variety film written by its director and Ángel G. Gauna | ||
1964 | Los felices 60 | Jaime Camino / Tibidabo Films (Barcelona) | brothers Cobos, Margarita Lozano, Yelena Samarina | Melodrama | ||
1964 | Los pianos mecánicos | Cadaqués and surrounding area | Juan Antonio Bardem / Cesáreo González (Madrid) | Melina Mercouri, James Mason, Hardy Krüger, Didier Haudepin, Renaud Verley, Sophie Darès, Keiko Kishi, Maurice Teynac, Karin Mossberg, José María Mompín, Luis Induni, Rafael Luis Calvo, Jaumet Faixó | Based on a novel of the same title by Henri-François Rey | |
1964 | La barca sin pescador | José María Forn / Tibidabo Films (Barcelona) | A melodrama, based on the play of the same title by Alejandro Casona | |||
1965 | Muerte en primavera | Miguel Iglesias / Urania Films (Barcelona) | Luis Induni, Carlos Lemos, Patricia Loran, Paco Morán, Óscar Pellicer, Mónica Randall, Yelena Samarina, Carlos Miguel Solá | With dialogues by the playwright Jaume Salom | ||
1965 | Et demain? | Angela and Émile Degelin / Delta Film (Barcelona) | Jacques Dufilho and amateur actors Catalan theater | |||
1966 | Su nombre es Daphne | Germán Lorente | José Antonio Amor, Joaquín Díaz, Geneviève Grad, Patricia Loran | Melodrama | ||
1967 | Ditirambo | Palamós pier, beach of Castell, La Fosca and Albert Puig i Palau residence | A film d'auteur, to such an extent that the director also plays one of the parts | |||
1968 | En Baldiri de la costa | José María Font-Espina / Isasi, PC (Barcelona) | Joan Capri, Alicia Tomás, Pilar Velázquez, Carlos Saldaña "Alady", María Matilde Almendros, Enric Navarro, Luis Ciges, Montserrat Julió, Juan Fernández, Angel Álvarez, José Serrat, Isidro Novellas, Leonor Tomás, Francisco Vilardaga | Drawing on the play of the same title by Joaquim Muntañola. It deals with the flood of tourists and the building fever that hit the Costa Brava in the early years of the boom. The script is by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and the director, Paco Pérez-Dolz and José María Ricarte, the latter two also being behind “A tiro limpio” (1963). The film's main attraction lies in its star, Joan Capri, taking the role of Baldiri, written specifically for him, at the time when his popularity on Catalan stages was at its peak | ||
1968 | Un diablo bajo la almohada | Ingrid Thulin, Maurice Ronet, Vicente Bañó, Agustín Bescos, Ana Carvajal, Albert Chazel, José Luis Coll, Anne Doat, Enrique Echevarría, Gabriele Ferzetti, Víctor Israel | A comedy film, it is an adaptation of “El curioso impertinente” by Miguel de Cervantes, with a script by Jaime de Armiñán (Madrid) | |||
1968 | La dinamita está servida | Cap Sa Sal of Begur, S'Agaró, Hostal de la Gavina | Fernando Merino / Ágata Films (Madrid) | Tony Leblanc, Alfredo Landa, Manuel Gómez Bur, Laura Valenzuela, Rafael Alonso, María Silva, Francisco Piquer, Charles Stalnaker, Tomás Blanco, Chris Huerta, Fernando Sánchez Polack, Julia María Tiedra, Juan Antonio Arévalo, Guillermo Lanaro, Antonio Martín, Noel Claraso, Eric Chapman | A comedy film with a script by Noel Clarasó | |
1968 | Le Paria | Jean Marais, Nieves Navarro, Marie-José Nat, Horst Frank, José Castillo Escalona | A crime film | |||
1968 | Paraules d'amor | Antoni Ribas / PC Balcázar (Barcelona) | Based on a Catalan-language novel by Jaume Picas, with a script by Terenci Moix and a song by Joan Manuel Serrat | |||
1968 | Después del diluvio | Jacint Esteva Grewe / Filmscontacto (Barcelona) | ||||
1968 | Some Girls Do | Ralph Thomas / Great Britain's Rank Organisation Film Production | Action film | |||
1968 | Le malizie di Venere | Laura Antonelli, Régis Vallée, Loren Ewing, Renate Kasché, Werner Pochath, Mady Rahl, Wolf Ackva, Peter Heeg, Josil Raquel | It is an adaptation of the famous text of the same title by Sacher-Masoch. | |||
1968 | El extraño caso del doctor Fausto | Gonzalo Suárez / Hersua Interfilms | Another personal work from this author, which he produced himself | |||
1970 | Cabeças cortadas | Francisco Rabal, Pierre Clémenti, Víctor Israel, Emma Cohen, Luis Ciges, Manuel Esteban, Rosa Maria Penna | Written by its producer | |||
1970 | The Light at the Edge of the World | Kevin Billington / Jet Films (Barcelona) | Produced in English and featuring international stars such as Kirk Douglas (who also participated in the production work). The lighthouse is known locally as “the light of the edge of the world” | |||
1971 | In the Eye of the Hurricane | José María Forqué / Orfeo, PC and Arvo Film | Jean Sorel, Analía Gadé, Maurizio Bonuglia, Rosanna Yanni, Tony Kendall, Pilar Gómez Ferrer, Julio Peña | |||
1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Sant Feliu de Guíxols S'Agaró, Senya Blanca Gardens and Hostal de la Gavina, become Livadija residence in Crimea; beach of Sa Conca | Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Tom Baker, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Michael Bryant, Brian Cox, James Hazeldine, Fiona Fullerton, Harry Andrews, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick, Candace Glendenning, Jaime de Mora y Aragón | Historical film | ||
1972 | Los farsantes del amor | Joan Xiol / Films Canigó and Eurocine | Lynn Enderson, Ramon Pons, Olivier Mathot, Maite Carbonell, Monique Foskolos | Melodrama written by the director himself | ||
1972 | Morbo | Castell-Platja d'Aro and surroundings area of Santa Cristina d'Aro, Bell-lloc d'Aro | Gonzalo Suárez / Bocaccio Films (Barcelona) | Ana Belén, Víctor Manuel, Michael J. Pollard, María Vico | Based on a story by its director | |
1972 | Busco tonta para fin de semana | Ignacio F. Iquino / IFISA (Barcelona) | Casto Sendra "Cassen", Isabel Garcés, Santi Sans, Mirta Miller, Fanny Grey, Sílvia Solar | Drawing its inspiration from a comedy he had written with Francisco Prada, and with a script produced in conjunction with Jackie Kelly, his partner | ||
1972 | Erotic Family | Lloret de Mar and interiors of a house in Roca Grossa | Mario Siciliano / Films d'Ara (Barcelona), the Italian Medeus Film, SVL, and Llorca Films (Lloret de Mar) | Raquel Evans, Alfonso del Real, Karin Well, Giorgio Ardisson, Berta Cabré, Eva Lyberten, Antonio Campa | Through this film, its producer gained a reputation for having pioneered S-rated films in Spain | |
1975 | La noche de las gaviotas | Beaches of Empúries | Fourth movie in the series of Templar zombie | |||
1976 | Una loca extravagancia sexy | Enrique Guevara | Mireia Ros, Ángel Pavlovsky, Raquel Evans, Paule Bertrac, Tifanny & John | Isidor Llorca's second S-rated production, featuring the debut of the lady who was to go on to become the well-known actress and director Mireia Ros (real name: Lídia Senties i Tamborero; first feature film: La Monyos, 1995-1996). The film also features the great stand-up comedian who has rarely been involved in the cinema, Ángel Pavlovsky | ||
1977 | Borrasca | Miguel Ángel Rivas / Arte 7 | María Luisa San José, Antonio Ferrandis, Queta Claver, Héctor Alterio, Teresa Gimpera, Alfredo Landa, Verónica Miriel, Marta Flores | A drama written by its director and by Milagros Fernández and Rafael Feo | ||
1977 | Valentino | Sant Feliu de Guíxols beach of Sant Pol, S'Agaró and the village church | Ken Russell / Arte 7 | Starring the great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, recounting the life of Rodolfo Valentino | ||
1977 | Jill | Lloret de Mar Canaletes old square, bar Marina, nightclub Rosamar, Sa Caleta and interiors of Nova Ràdio Lloret | Enrique Guevara | Mireia Ross, Raquel Evans, Lynn Endersson, Maximo Valverde, Daniel Martin, Emma Cohen, Jaime Mir, Paul Bertrac, Alessandro Ricci, Ricard Reguant, Jordi Sentis, Alfredo Álvarez, Africa Mir, Pilar Losada, Manolo Castan | A production “for over-eighteens”, written by its director and the novelist Andreu Martín | |
1977 | Io sono mia | Sofia Scandurra | Stefania Sandrelli, Maria Schneider, Michel Placido, Rafael Machado, Paco Rabal, Anton Diffring | Based on the novel Donna in Guerra, by Dacia Maraini | ||
1977 | Les routes du sud | Hospital Torroella de Montgrí, Calella de Palafrugell: Can Batlle, les Voltes, beach of Port Bo | Joseph Losey / Profilmes (Barcelona) | Yves Montand, José Luis Gómez, Miou-Miou, France Lambiotte, Jeannine Mestre, Laurent Malet, Frances Vicens | With a script by Jorge Semprún | |
1977 | ¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal? | León Klimovsky / IFISA (Barcelona) and Pelimex (Mexico) | Valentín Trujillo, Verónica Miriel, Sílvia Solar, Ricard Massip, Joan Borràs, Sílvia Aguilar, Eva Lyberten, Ignacio López Tarso | Based on the novel by José Luis Martín Vigil | ||
1978 | Sensività | Enzo R. Castellari / Este Films (Barcelona) | Patricia Adriani, Vincent Gardenia,, Leonora Fani, Marta Flores, Luis Induni, Francisco Porcel, Wolfgang Soldati | |||
1978 | Las que empiezan a los quince años | Ignasi Iquino / IFISA (Barcelona) | Sonia Blanca, Patricia Becker, Judith Jamber, Jennifer James, Sílvia Solar, Jordi Serrat, Paco Morán, Rebeca Romer | Production, plot and script were all by Ignasi Iquino | ||
1978 | La isla de las vírgenes ardientes | Ignasi Iquino / Círculo Films (Barcelona) | Sita Sadafi, Roxana Dipre, Inka Maris, Maria Turriño, Alejandro de Enciso, Luis Induni, José Riesgo | With a plot and script by Manuel Cussó | ||
1978 | Alicia en la España de las maravillas | Carles Benpar / Swan Europea (Barcelona) | Ariadna Gil, Juan Luis Galiardo, Gunnel Lindblom, Manuel de Blas, Carme Elias, Joan Crosas, Joseph Maria Blanco, Jordi Bosch, Jaume Mir i Ferry | |||
1979 | Cariño mío, ¿qué me has hecho? | Enrique Guevara / Isidor Llorca (Lloret de Mar) and Catalònia Films (Barcelona) | Raquel Evans, Vicente Parra, Lynn Endersson, Emilio Álvarez, Mara Laso, Antonio Maroño, Alícia Orozco | With a plot and script by Manuel Cussó | ||
1980 | La caliente niña Julieta | Ignasi Iquino / IFISA (Barcelona) with Columbia Films | Andrea Albani, Antonio Maroño, Eva Lyberten, Jordi Miralles, Vicky Palma, Lluís Torner, Jordi Vila | An S-rated film and with a plot and script by the director | ||
1981 | Ai man niu huo bing gong fu liang (Made in China) | John Liu | John Liu, Mirta Miller, Raquel Evans, José María Blanco, Víctor Israel, Martin Garrido, Roger Paschy | A martial-arts film from Spain and Hong Kong, with the director playing the leading role | ||
1981 | Naftalina | Pep Callís / Teide, PC (Barcelona) | Silvia Tortosa, Tony Agusti, Pilar Dominguez, Marta Pujolar, Lluïsa Planella | Apart from her star role, Sílvia Tortosa also played a decisive role in directing the film as assistant director | ||
1981 | Un permiso para ligar | Enrique Guevara / Isidor Llorca (Lloret de Mar) and Egg Films (Barcelona) | Ricard Reguant, Carles Velat, Lynn Endersson, Rosa Romero, Juan Alejandro, Ester Ferrer, José Antonio Ceinos, Jordi Térmens | A production for “over-eighteens”, written by the director and Ricard Reguant, who also took one of the parts | ||
1981 | Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble | Castelló d’Empúries (Empuriabrava), where they filmed a war sequence | Helmut Berger, Xabier Elorriaga, Norma Duval, Craig Hill, Pau Garsaball, Carme Elias, Eva Cobo, Alfred Luchetti, Josep Maria Angelat, Teresa Gimpera, Paco Rabal, Jeannine Mestre | A three-part historical film, written in conjunction Antoni Ribas with Miquel Sanz, and featuring an extensive, star-studded cast | ||
1983 | Últimas tardes con Teresa | Gonzalo Herralde / Samba, PC, and Impala Films (Barcelona) | Maribel Martín, Ángel Alcazar, Patricia Adriani, Cristina Marsillach, Mónica Randall, Alberto Closas, Juanjo Puigcorbe, Charo López, Guillermo Montesinos, José Bódalo, José Manuel Cervino, Alfred Luchetti, Ángel Jové, Marta Molins | Based on a novel of the same title by Joan Marsé | ||
1983 | Pa d'àngel | Francesc Bellmunt / Òpal Films (Barcelona) | Eva Cobo, Llorenç de Santamaria, Josep Maria Cañete, Patrícia Soley, Pierre Oudry, Pepe Ponce, Francesc Albiol | Based on a story written by the director and by Juanjo Puigcorbé the actor, who was not involved in it as such; Jordi Balló also contributed to the script, and Quim Monzó to the dialogues | ||
1983 | Una rosa al viento | Miquel Iglesias Bonns / MAPSUM (Barcelona) | Xavier Cugat, Mònica Randall, Helga Liné, Sílvia Tortosa, Alfredo Landa, Sete Molas, Joan Borrás, Marta Balletbò-Coll | A comedy based on a story and script by Manuel Cussó | ||
1984 | Waka-waka | Portbou, Colera, Castelló d’Empúries, Empuriabrava, Sant Pere Pescador: school skiing, Roses and Girona: Devesa gardens and environments of the Cathedral | Joaquim Densalat | Josep Barceló, Alba Ceballos, José Coronado, Nathalia Doblas, José M. Ezquerro, Eduardo Fosalba, Antonio Gimeno, Jordi Ginebra, Maureen Herrero, Sandra Leenaars, Pere Llauger, Fabia Matas | Cinéma d'auteur in every respect: adventures, action and comedy. The director of photography, Paco Riba, and the stunt-man Joan Feliu, who was from Anglès, were both killed in an accident during the shooting | |
1985 | El lío de papá | Miquel Iglesias / MAC Fusion (Barcelona) | Eva Cobo, María Silva, Xevi Sala, Gil Vidal, Raquel Evans, Joan Borràs, Marta Flores, Josep Peñalver, Sergio Tula | A comedy written by Enric Josa and Miquel Cussó | ||
1986 | Una nit a Casa Blanca | Antoni Martí i Gich / Serveis Vídeo Empordà (La Bisbal d'Empordà) | Emma Vilarasau, Carles Pongiluppi, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Rosa Novell, Miquel Cors, Víctor Israel, Ferran Rañé, Alfred Lucchetti, Nadala Batista, Jordi Soler | The voyage of initiation of a young couple, starting in Portbou, going by way of Girona, Palamós, Castell-Platja d'Aro, etc., and taking them to Casa Blanca in the Ebro Delta area | ||
1987 | El Teatre-Museu Dalí tanca a les set | Josep Montalat / Giró Films (Figueres) | Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Empar Moreno, Josefina Güell, Mercedes Molina, Montserrat Domingo, Toni Montal, Jordi Serrat | A comedy, giving this director his first chance to direct a feature film | ||
1987 | Mi general | A group of elderly military generals, are required to attend a course in update technology, but secretly in a hidden place | ||||
1987 | Daniya, el jardí de l'harem | Girona, Arab Baths of Girona, Besalú, Santa Pau, Palamós, beach of Castell | Carles Mira / IMATCO (Barcelona) | Ramon Madaula, Laura del Sol, Paco Guijar, Marie-Christine Barrault, Paco Casares, Fermí Reixach, Joan Monleon, Carles Sabater, Carles Fontserè, Montserrat Salvador | A historical film written by its director | |
1987 | El gran Serafín | José María Díaz Ulloque / Mare Nostrum Films (Platja d’Aro) | Ana García Obregón, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Laura del Sol, Fernando Guillén, María del Puy, Ramon Madaula, Xevi Sala, Noel J. Samson | |||
1990 | An Angel at My Table | Kerry Fox, Karen Fergusson, Alexia Keogh, Kevin J. Wilson, Iris Churn, Melina Bernecker, Andrew Binns | A production of New Zealand, written by the producer, and portraying the life of the writer Janet Frame | |||
1990 | Lo más natural | Sant Feliu de Guíxols | Josefina Molina / Sabre TV (Madrid) | Miguel Bosé, Charo López, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Patrick Bauchau, Viviane Vives, Sonsoles Benedicto, Rosa Novell, Fernando Valverde, José Luis Alexandre, Virginie Ledoyen | Written by Joaquim Oristrell | |
1991 | Chatarra | Félix Rotaeta / Avanti Films (Barcelona) and Sabre TV (Madrid) | Carmen Maura, Rosario Flores, Mario Gas, Àlex Casanovas, Walter Vidarte, Pere Ponce, Maria Reniu, Marieta Orozco, Santi Ricart | Based on a novel of the same title by Michel Gaztambide | ||
1991 | Shooting Elizabeth | Girona-Costa Brava Airport, Sant Feliu de Guíxols: beach of Sa Conca, Hotel Eden Rock and Pedralta | Baz Taylor | Mimi Rogers, Jeff Goldblum, Juan Echanove, Simó Andreu, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Ernesto Alterio, Ricard Borràs, Santiago Álvarez | A Spanish and American production | |
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1992 | Le Journal de Lady M | Cadaqués | Written by the leading actress, | |||
1993 | Terra de canons | Antoni Ribas / Montornès Films and Ken Films (Barcelona) | Lorenzo Quinn, Cristina Pineda, Mario Guariso, Sydne Rome, Antoni Guinart, Amparo Muñoz, Anthony Quinn, Marina Rosell, Ferran Sesé, Carme Capdet | Completing the author's trilogy that had begun with La ciutat cremada and continued with “Victòria!” | ||
1993 | Bufons i reis | Sant Feliu de Guíxols Boadella Creek and Santa Clotilde Gardens | Lluís Zayas / Roxy Films, Zoom TV and Visual Films (Barcelona) | Antonio Valero, Vicky Peña, Jordi Dauder, Mercè Pons, Pepa López, Pep Cruz, Miguel Insua, Pep Martínez, Marian Varela | Written by the director himself | |
1995 | Costa Brava (Àlbum de família) | Marta Balletbò i Coll | Desi del Valle, Marta Balletbò i Coll, Montserrat Gausachs, Sergi Schaaff | A thoroughly personal production in every respect, though written in conjunction with Ana Simón Cerezo | ||
1995 | Stirb für mich/Tod in Spanien | Michael Gutmann | Kai Wiesinger, Ana Álvarez, Felix Eitner, Antonio Valero, August Schmölzer, Christine Velan, Michael Mendl, Nadia de Gallardo, Montserrat Alcoverro, Vincent Flood | A German television production, in the crime genre | ||
1996 | En brazos de la mujer madura | Manuel Lombardero / Sogetel and Lolafilms (Barcelona) | Juan Diego Botto, Faye Dunaway, Joanna Pacula, Carmen Elías, Rosana Pastor, Florence Pernel, Imanol Arias, Miguel Ángel García, Ingrid Rubio, Lorena García, Nacho Novo | Based on a novel by Stephen Vizinczey (In Praise of Older Women), adapted by Rafael Azcona and the director himself | ||
1997 | Carreteras secundarias | Emilio Martínez-Lázaro / Sogetel, Fernando Trueba, Kaplan and Olmo Films (Madrid) | Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo, Maribel Verdú, Miriam Díaz Aroca, Jesús Bonilla, Montserrat Carulla, Mayte Blasco | Script by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón is set in the Costa Brava | ||
1998 | La ciutat dels prodigis | Mario Camus / Institut del Cinema Català and Sogedasa (Madrid) | Olivier Martínez, Emma Suárez, François Marthouret, Joaquín Díaz, José María Sanz Beltrán, Tony Isbert, Empar Moreno, Lluís Homar, Ramón Langa, Montserrat Carulla, Marián Aguilera, Boris Ruiz | Based on a novel of the same title by Eduardo Mendoza, adapted by the director, Olivier Rolin, Gustau Hernández and Carme Cases | ||
1998 | Manolito Gafotas | Miguel Albaladejo / Sogedasa (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) | David Sánchez del Rey, Adriana Ozores, Roberto Álvarez, Antonio Gamero, Fedra Lorente, Marta Fernández-Muro, Gloria Muñoz, Alejandro Martínez, David Martínez, Laura Calabuig, Sergio del Pino, Álvaro Miranda, Belinda Washington | Based on a film plot by Elvira Lindo and books of the same title on the character involved | ||
2001 | Núvols d'estiu | Felipe Vega / Tornasol Films (Madrid) and Messidor Films (Barcelona) | A romantic comedy of suspense, written by its director with Manuel Hidalgo | |||
2001 | Les Mains vides | Portbou, Port-Vendres, l'Albera | Marc Recha / Eddie Saeta (Barcelona) and JBA Production (França) | Eduardo Noriega, Dominique Marcas, Jéremie Lippmann, El Verd, Olivier Gourmet, Jeanne Favre, Sébastien Viala, Eulalia Ramón, Mireille Perrier, Mireia Ros, Luis Hostalot, David Recha | Written by the author, Mireia Vidal and Nadine Lamari | |
2001 | Mi casa es tu casa | Miguel Álvarez / Tesela and Sogecine (Madrid) | Jorge Bosch, Fanny Gautier, Chete Lera, Rosana Pastor, Luis Marco, Iván Massagué, Ramón Langa, Mar Regueras, Juan José Ballesta | This romantic comedy was the feature-film debut of this film-maker who was born in Zurich in 1970, the son of Spanish immigrants, and who used to spend his summers in Begur, where he filmed it over the summer | ||
2003 | Soldados de Salamina | David Trueba / Lolafilms S.A. and Fernando Trueba P.C., S.A. | Based on a novel of Javier Cercas | |||
2003 | Las voces de la noche | Salvador García Ruíz | Based on a novel "Las palabras de la noche" of Natàlia Ginzburg | |||
2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Tom Tykwer / Andrew Birkin Bernd Eichinger Martin Moszkowicz | Based on a novel of Patrick Süskind | |||
2007 | Savage Grace | Girona | Tom Kalin / A Contraluz Films, ATO Pictures, Killer Films, Montfort Producciones | Based on true events. It tells the story of Barbara Daly (Julianne Moore), a woman who becomes part of American high society after marrying Brooks Baekeland (Stephen Dillane), heir to the Bakelite fortune | ||
2008 | El juego del ahorcado | Clara Lago, Álvaro Cervantes, Adriana Ugarte, Abel Folk, Victòria Pagès, Victor Valdivia, Boris Ruiz | ||||
2009 | Tres dies amb la família | Girona Church of Sant Feliu, funeral home and cemetery | Mar Coll | Nausica Bonnín, Eduard Fernández, Francesc Orella, Ramon Fontserè, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu | Léa suddenly have to travel to Girona where his grandfather has died. Waiting for his family, which he has barely seen since agents can he go abroad. The death of the patriarch of Vich i Carbó is the perfect excuse to force their descendants living | |
2010 | Agnosía | Eugeni Mira | Eduardo Noriega, Martina Gedeck, Sergi Mateu, Bàrbara Goenaga, Jack Taylor, Fèlix Gómez, Miranda Makaroff | Romantic thriller set in Barcelona in the late nineteenth century, which is preparing a conspiracy surrounding the mysterious illness of a young heiress | ||
2010 | Ermessenda | Girona Stairs of Sant Martí, Sant Daniel | Lluís Maria Güell | Laia Marull, Lluís Homar, Rosa Renom, Julio Manrique, Pau Durà, Dafnis Balduz, Álvaro Cervantes, Roger Coma, Francesc Garrido, Alba Sanmartí, Ricard Sales, Francesc Orella, Bea Segura, Marina Gatell, Joan Massotkleiner, Oriol Vila | Series TV3 (Catalonia Television). Novelized biography of the last years of the life of the Countess Ermessenda | |
2011 | Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Joséphine Japy, Sergi López, Catherine Mouchet, Jordi Dauder, Geraldine Chaplin, Roxane Duran, Frédéric Noaille, Javivi, Martine Vandeville, Pierre-Félix Gravière, Serge Feuillard, Ernst Umhauer, Jean-Francois Vendroux | The devil try to corrupt a young novice, Brother Ambrose, who, after being abandoned on the doorstep of a Cistercian monastery, is welcomed and educated by the monks | ||||
2011 | Passi el que passi | Robert Bellsolà / Aiguaviva Films (Aiguaviva) | Carlotta Bosch, Antonio De Matteo, Mireia Vallès, David Romero, Marcel Tomàs, Mavel de la Rosa, Katerina Kostalova | Alex is a writer who is writing a very personal film: the story of a weekend in which he proposed to make love four times with his wife | ||
2012 | Tengo ganas de ti | Fernando González Molina | Mario Casas, María Valverde, Clara Lago, Nerea Camacho, Diego Martín, Marina Salas, Andrea Duro, Luis Fernández, Antonio Velázquez, Ferrán Vilajosana, Álvaro Cervantes, Nerea Camacho, Carme Elías | |||
2013 | Menú Degustació | Roger Gual | With a year in advance, Marc and Rachel decide to dine at the best restaurant in the world, situated in an idyllic cove along the Costa Brava. The book is even more important when it announced that its table is for the night when the restaurant will close its doors forever. But Marc and Rachel are no longer together, take nearly a year apart. Nothing in the world will give up this last appointment, their reunion on a unique culinary event on a night when nothing will go as expected. | |||