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Francisco Lara Polop is a Director, Writer and Producer Espagnol born on 2 january 1932 at Bolbaite (Espagne)
Francisco Lara Polop, né à Bolbaite (Valence) en 1932 et mort à Cunit, (Tarragone) le 20 mai 2008, est un réalisateur, scénariste et producteur de cinéma espagnol.
Francisco Lara Polop termine sa vie comme guide touristique au monastère de l'Escurial.
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Francisco Lara Polop, né à Bolbaite (Valence) en 1932 et mort à Cunit, (Tarragone) le 20 mai 2008, est un réalisateur, scénariste et producteur de cinéma espagnol.
Biography
Francisco Lara Polop a d'abord travaillé comme directeur de production, jusqu'à ce qu'il fonde sa propre maison de production. Il tourne son premier film en 1972, avec Pedro Lazaga, qui s'appelle La Maison de la brune, puis deux ans plus tard, il tourne seul des films dramatiques comme La Perversion pour un adolescent en 1974, El Vicio y la virtud en 1975, Obsession où il fait découvrir Victoria Abril, Les Déracinées en 1976, Climax en 1977. En 1980, il est diplômé de l'école officielle de cinématographie (EOC), puis en 1983, il gagne le C.I.F.E.J. Award avec la mention « Honorable Film » pour son film El Cabezota.Francisco Lara Polop termine sa vie comme guide touristique au monastère de l'Escurial.
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The Monk (1990)
Directed by Francisco Lara Polop
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Paul McGann, Sophie Ward, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Isla Blair, Freda Dowie, Manuel de Blas
Rating49%
The film begins in 18th century Spain, with Father Lorenzo (Paul McGann) and Mother Agueda (Isla Blair) being tried before the Spanish Inquisition, and Lorenzo agreeing to confess and tell his story in order to escape torture. The setting then turns to the past, where Lorenzo is a charismatic and admired priest. He listens to a confession by a young nun named Sister Ines (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), who has become pregnant, and reports her to the covenant’s leader, Mother Agueda, despite the girl’s pleas for help.
Christina (1984)
Directed by Francisco Lara Polop
Genres Drama, Erotic, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Jewel Shepard, Karin Schubert, Emiliano Redondo
Rating42%
Christina Von Belle, a wealthy heiress, is kidnapped by a lesbian terrorist group and held for ransom. She escapes the lesbian terrorists only to fall into the clutches of a gang of gourmet chefs who want a piece of the ransom themselves.
Vice and Virtue (1975)
, 1h38Directed by Francisco Lara Polop
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Lynne Frederick, Teresa Gimpera Flaquer, José Vivó, Manuel de Blas, Fernando Hilbeck
Rating59%
Rosa, une jeune fille de 17 ans, part passer l'été avec sa mère Lina dans une maison prêté par l'amant de Lina près de Vigo. Rosa a terminé sa deuxième année dans une école pour religieuses, où il est resté pendant des années, puis un jour Rosa surprend sa mère avec son amant, ce que choquera la jeune fille.
Murder Mansion (1972)
, 1h23Directed by Pedro Lazaga, Francisco Lara Polop
Origin Espagne
Genres Horror
Actors Ida Galli, Analía Gadé, Franco Fantasia, Yelena Samarina, George Rigaud, Eduardo Fajardo
Rating51%
Un couple, égaré dans le brouillard, trouve un refuge dans une vieille bâtisse située près d'un cimetière. Des choses étranges et horribles commencent à se produire...
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The Monk (1990)
Directed by Francisco Lara Polop
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Paul McGann, Sophie Ward, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Isla Blair, Freda Dowie, Manuel de Blas
Roles Writer
Rating49%
The film begins in 18th century Spain, with Father Lorenzo (Paul McGann) and Mother Agueda (Isla Blair) being tried before the Spanish Inquisition, and Lorenzo agreeing to confess and tell his story in order to escape torture. The setting then turns to the past, where Lorenzo is a charismatic and admired priest. He listens to a confession by a young nun named Sister Ines (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), who has become pregnant, and reports her to the covenant’s leader, Mother Agueda, despite the girl’s pleas for help.
Vice and Virtue (1975)
, 1h38Directed by Francisco Lara Polop
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Lynne Frederick, Teresa Gimpera Flaquer, José Vivó, Manuel de Blas, Fernando Hilbeck
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Rosa, une jeune fille de 17 ans, part passer l'été avec sa mère Lina dans une maison prêté par l'amant de Lina près de Vigo. Rosa a terminé sa deuxième année dans une école pour religieuses, où il est resté pendant des années, puis un jour Rosa surprend sa mère avec son amant, ce que choquera la jeune fille.
Who's Afraid of Zorro (1975)
, 1h37Directed by Franco Lo Cascio
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western, Spaghetti Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Superhero films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors George Hilton, Lionel Stander, Charo López, Antonio Pica, Gino Pagnani, Franca Scagnetti
Rating58%
Dans une Espagne occupée par les Français, Zorro se blesse. Le Père Donato doit lui trouver un remplaçant.
Producer
Don Quixote (1992)
Directed by Orson Welles, Jesús Franco
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical
Themes Buddy films
Actors Akim Tamiroff, Paola Mori, Orson Welles, Patty McCormack, Fernando Rey, Constantino Romero
Roles Producer
Rating60%
Les aventures du Chevalier à la triste figure perdu entre la Terre et la Lune, confrontant le monde ancien à la modernité, dans une Espagne rêvée et reconstituée qui le conduit de la Manche à Pampelune en passant par l’Estrémadure… accompagné de son fidèle serviteur.
Edge of the Axe (1988)
Directed by José Ramón Larraz
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Actors Page Moseley, Fred Grossinger, Jack Taylor, Patty Shepard, Conrado San Martín, Elmer Modlin
Roles Executive In Charge Of Production
Rating53%
A masked serial killer is murdering people in a small village with an axe. A young couple unwillingly end up in the middle of all the chaos, and eventually become the next target. Will they be able to catch the killer and reveal his/her identity or will the town population reach zero?
Tiempo de silencio (1986)
, 1h44Directed by Vicente Aranda
Genres Drama
Actors Imanol Arias, Victoria Abril, Charo López, Francisco Rabal, Juan Echanove, Francisco Algora
Roles Producer
Rating63%
The story is set in Madrid in the late 1940s early 1950s during the first years of Franco’s regime. Pedro Martín, a young ambitious doctor, is studying the effect of cancerous cells on mice, but he has run out of mice in his laboratory, since they do not breed there, and he has no funds to purchase more of these expensive laboratory animals from the United States. Nevertheless, his assistant, Amador, informs him that he gave some of the mice to an old trapper, nicknamed "el Muecas", who lives in precarious conditions in a shanty town outside Madrid, and that this poor man has successfully bred them with the help of the natural heat of his daughters. The incredulous scientist goes to the shanty town to obtain the mice. There, Pedro meets Muecas, Muecas's wife Ricarda and their two daughters Florita and Conchi. With the warmth of the women’s breasts, as the flirtatious Florita shows Pedro, the mice are able to reproduce.
Count Dracula's Great Love (1973)
, 1h25Directed by Javier Aguirre
Origin Espagne
Genres Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Paul Naschy, Haydée Politoff, Mirta Miller, José Manuel Martín, Álvaro de Luna, Cassandra Peterson
Roles Producer
Rating52%
Count Dracula's Great Love opens outside a creepy old smoke-filled sanitarium in the Carpathian mountains as two delivery men arrive with a large, heavy man-shaped crate. The owner, Doctor Wendell Marlow (Paul Naschy), has just purchased the sanitarium but has not yet moved in. Realizing that these rich castle-owning types have money and jewels just lying around, they decide to wander about and see if there is anything they can steal. One is struck in the head with an axe and the other gets his throat ripped out by a man in a black cape with velvet lining.
Hunchback of the Morgue (1973)
, 1h27Directed by Javier Aguirre
Origin Espagne
Genres Horror
Actors Paul Naschy, Maria Perschy, Manuel de Blas, Antonio Pica
Roles Production Manager
Rating60%
Wolfgang Gotho, un misérable bossu, est employé à la morgue de l'hôpital de Feldkirch, en Allemagne. Lorsque son amoureuse Ilsa, une patiente aveugle et malade dont il est fou amoureux, décède de sa maladie incurable, il demande à un savant sans scrupules, le docteur Orla, de la ressusciter. Il accepte mais, en échange, le bossu doit lui ramener des morceaux de cadavres tout frais pour ses recherches jugées immorales par la fonction médicale. Alors qu'Orla installe son laboratoire dans d'anciennes galeries secrètes, Gotho, motivé par la promesse du savant, se transforme en tueur sanguinaire. Lorsqu'il découvre qu'il est manipulé par Orla, ce dernier réussit à donner vie à une créature vivante, à l'aide du Necronomicon, mais elle a faim et finit par exiger de la chair fraiche.
The Glass Ceiling (1971)
, 1h32Directed by Eloy de la Iglesia
Genres Horror
Actors Carmen Sevilla, Patty Shepard, Emma Cohen, Encarna Paso, Rafael Hernández
Roles Production Manager
Rating63%
Martha is an attractive housewife living in a small rural apartment house in the outskirt of Madrid. Her husband, Carlos, leaves frequently on business trips so Martha spends most of her time alone with her pet cat, Fedra, as her only companion. While Carlos is away, Martha hears heavy footsteps in the apartment above her. Her sexy upstairs neighbor, Julia, is in a similar situation. Victor, Julia's husband, happens to be away this time as well. After overhearing a few things, Martha, already prone to fantasizing away her boredom and loneliness, begins to suspect that Julia has killed her sick husband. Julia claims that Victor left for business reasons. Martha does not believe her and begins to investigate. She soon discovers that nobody has seen Julia's husband leaving town which seems to confirm Martha's theory. Adding to Martha's suspicions, Julia keeps asking to put stuff in her fridge, even though her own refrigerator is clearly working. On top of this, someone is secretly feeding something to the landlord's dogs. When Rita, Matha's close friend, stops for a visit with her young daughter, Yolanda, Martha tells her that she thinks Julia has a lover and that they both had killed Victor. Unfortunately the imprudent Yolanda tells Julia that Martha said that she had a lover.
A Quiet Place to Kill (1970)
, 1h34Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Anna Proclemer
Roles Unit Manager
Rating63%
A race-car driver whose life, both personal and professional, is in a rapid downfall is invited by her ex-husband's new wife to stay at their plush estate. The two women form a bond, and it's not long before their mutual dislike for the husband culminates into a plan to kill him. As it turns out, though, they're not alone in plotting murder.
The Girl in Mourning (1964)
, 1h25Directed by Manuel Summers
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Alfredo Landa, Pilar Gómez Ferrer, Manuel Summers
Roles Production Manager
Rating60%