
Joan Potau
Writer · 1945 – 2015 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Joan Potau was born in 1945 in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) as Joan Potau Martínez. He was a writer and actor, known for El rey pasmado (1991), No respires: El amor está en el aire (1999) and Belle Epoque (1992). He was married to the actress Carme Elias. He died on February 3, 2015 in Barcelona.
Movies16
Movie6.7ComedyDramaIn 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Belle Époque
1992 · 215 votes
Movie5.4DramaRomanceA radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.
Movie4.6DramaComedyDo all men want the same thing? Nestor, recently widowed, runs a bakery near Barcelona, has a bank account and a bad heart, and swims in the sea every day. He also has a daughter and a two-timing son-in-law. Nestor's maid asks him to hire her 20-something daughter, Maribel, as a shop assistant.
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceLuci, Graci and Mar, three sisters that make a comedy trio, go to the wedding of their father with a woman who is 45 years younger than him. During the feast Luci's husband dies in an accident. Despite the tragedy, the trio have to fulfill their commitment acting during August in Benidorm. The widow discovers thanks to a notebook that her husband cheated on her, so she decides to flirt with everyone.
Movie5.4DramaWhile the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as his pride. His conviction, eternal. His name, a legend: Don Juan. Free adaptation of "Don Juan" by Moliere.
Movie6.6ComedyActionA man gets involved in a series of mishaps while frantically searching for his lost wedding ring.
Airbag
1997 · 116 votes
Movie5.9ComedyAs soon as he is released from prison, Maki goes to look for his friend Popeye. Together they rescue the grandfather from a dangerous form of "Russian roulette" played in the asylum, and decide to take a vacation at the beach.
¡Semos peligrosos! (Uséase Makinavaja 2)
1993 · 18 votes
Movie6.5ComedyThree divorced men who share a flat live together without trouble until they hire a cleaning lady.
Movie5.7ComedyA movie based on the Spanish comic strip of the same name.
Makinavaja, el último choriso
1992 · 31 votes
Movie4.8ComedyAitor is a director making a film about a lonely man looking for love, called “Soul Ache.” While he uses his auditions to meet women, he really longs to cast actress Myriam Mezieres in the film.
Movie5.9HistorySpain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.
Movie6.0DramaTwo friends just find any temporary jobs to get by. One of them quits his job as a waiter to move to work as a messenger; the other is working as a taxi driver. The messenger, in his comings and goings at night, go through many offices, private homes and bars and will be in the most varied situations: some of them dark, sometimes sinister and pathetic and some even pleasant.
Movie3.2ComedyRomanceA woman journalist, Zoe, knows better than to go into a story with her mind already made up. But that's exactly what she does when she heads off to Spain to write about its men and their macho take (as she sees it) on relationships. As she tries to prove her thesis, she soon realizes that she doesn't know as much about the male sex as she thought. She also finds herself involved in relationships with the wrong men.
Spanish Fly
1998 · 5 votes
Movie4.4DramaObsessed with finding her old boyfriend, Gumer, a 25-year-old girl, is released from jail in Barcelona, one of Europe's most sought-after port cities for drug trafficking and prostitution. Charo, her best friend, tries to help her, although she is not free, since depends on her pimp "Toni". But Gumer will persuade Charo to abandon Toni and form, along with other friends, a band to start businesses on their own.
Barcelona sur
1981 · 14 votes
Movie6.4DramaComedyLeopoldo Contreras, a professor emeritus of Roman law has serious economic problems. His translations of classical authors do not give enough money to live and had to sell even their floor. To remedy the situation is offered as a slave to a former student in exchange for room and board.
Stico
1985 · 7 votes
Movie10.0ActionComedyGarrote, Chago and Molero are three criminals who have ended up in prison after the misdeed. Each of them offers its particular version of what happened.
Parabellum
1998 · 1 votes
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TV10.0Sota el signe de...
1999 · 1 votes