Direction: Isaki Lacuesta

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Isaki Lacuesta. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


7.0

2K votes

Cravan vs. Cravan

2002 · Documentary · 100 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

6.9

731 votes

6.9

731 votes

Between Two Waters

2018 · Movie · 136 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Cast Israel Gómez Romero · Francisco José Gómez Romero · Rocío Rendón · Yolanda Carmona

Synopsis Isra and Cheíto are two Roma brothers: Isra was sent to prison for drug dealing and Cheíto signed up for the Marines. When Isra is released from prison and Cheíto returns from a long mission, they return to San Fernando....

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Las variaciones Marker

2007 · Documentary · 34 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Synopsis An homage to the films of Chris Marker.

6.6

353 votes

6.6

353 votes

La noche que no acaba (All Night Long)

2010 · Documentary · 80 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Synopsis Like so many other actors, Ava Gardner hated to watch her films. She said that the woman on the screen wasn't her. But all films tell two stories: the plot and the tale of the bodies filmed. This film narrates...

6.5

538 votes

6.5

538 votes

One Year, One Night

2022 · Movie · 120 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Cast Nahuel Pérez Biscayart · Noémie Merlant · Quim Gutiérrez · Alba Guilera

Synopsis Céline and Ramón are a young binational couple who survived the terrorist attack at the Bataclan theatre on November 13, 2015. That harrowing night has left an open wound in their lives and they are struggling to regain a sense...

6.4

3K votes

6.4

3K votes

El cuaderno de barro

2011 · Documentary · 60 min. · Spain

6.3

278 votes

6.3

278 votes

Saturn Return

2024 · Movie · 109 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta · Pol Rodríguez

Cast Daniel Ibañez · Cristalino · Stéphanie Magnin · Mafo

Synopsis In *Segundo Premio* (2024), a struggling artist faces a life-altering moment during his Saturn Return (2024), a cosmic period of upheaval and self-discovery. As he grapples with personal failures and existential doubts, an unexpected opportunity forces him to confront his...

6.3

8K votes

6.3

8K votes

Apagón (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Series · 45 min. · Spain

Direction Rodrigo Sorogoyen · Raúl Arévalo · Isa Campo · Alberto Rodríguez

Cast Luis Callejo · María Vázquez · Ainhoa Santamaría · Jesús Carroza

Synopsis 5 Episodes. A solar storm impacts the earth causing a generalized blackout. In this new reality, five stories of characters are developed that struggle to adapt to a world without electricity, or telecommunications, or means of transport, in which they...

6.3

4K votes

6.3

4K votes

The next skin

2016 · Movie · 103 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta · Isa Campo

Cast Àlex Monner · Emma Suárez · Sergi López · Bruno Todeschini

Synopsis Gabriel, 17, returns to his small-town home at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees where most of the inhabitants, including his own mother, have long thought he was dead. Eight years previously he mysteriously disappeared from the scene of a...

5.9

5K votes

5.9

5K votes

Alpha, and again (S)

2008 · Documentary · 26 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta · Isa Campo

5.7

24 votes

5.7

24 votes

The Damned

2009 · Movie · 104 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Cast Daniel Fanego · Arturo Goetz · Leonor Manso · María Fiorentino

Synopsis An exiled Argentinean returns home after living in Spain for more than 30 years to help find the remains of a political activist who disappeared during the Junta dictatorship.

5.6

614 votes

5.6

614 votes

The Double Steps (Los pasos dobles)

2011 · Movie · 86 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Cast Bokar Dembele "Bouba" · Alou Cissé · Amassagou Dolo · Amon Pegnere Dolo

Synopsis The best way to escape from your pursuers without leaving any traces behind you is to walk backwards over your own footprints. This is what French artist and author François Augiéras believed as he painted every inch of the walls...

5.5

671 votes

5.5

671 votes

5.0

251 votes

Rouch, un noir (S)

2004 · Documentary · 5 min. · Spain

4.8

72 votes

4.8

72 votes

Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades

2014 · Movie · 100 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Cast Raúl Arévalo · Julián Villagrán · Imanol Arias · Bruno Bergonzini

Synopsis Five common or garden citizens, from a country pretty much identical to our own, see their lives ripped apart by the economic crisis. With nothing more to lose, they come up with a crazy plan to save the Spanish and...

4.6

3K votes

4.6

3K votes

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Cast Sergi Díes

Synopsis Two stories inspired by the short stories Harbour City and Faces by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata. Two images, taken from the footage of the film La leyenda del tiempo: Makiko, the Japanese girl who wants to learn flamenco, and...

4.6

53 votes

4.6

53 votes

3.11 A Sense of Home

2012 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

Direction Naomi Kawase · Kaori Momoi · Toyoko Yamasaki · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Cast Kaori Momoi · Zhao Tao · Ana Torrent

Synopsis This is a film project dedicated to the victims of and the affected areas by the Tohoku Earthquake that occured on March 3rd, 2011. 21 filmmakers/artists around the world voluntarily offered their films of 3min 11sec long which were specifically...

4.4

38 votes

4.4

38 votes

Download Vilches (S)

2014 · Movie · 5 min. · Spain

Direction Isaki Lacuesta

Cast Jordi Vilches

4.3

153 votes

4.3

153 votes