Direction: José Luis Guerín

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by José Luis Guerín. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Guest

2010 · Documentary · 124 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Synopsis Filmmaker Jose Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges is a wonderfully humane and sincere portrayal of the people that he meets when he...

7.2

547 votes

7.2

547 votes

En construcción

2001 · Documentary · 125 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Synopsis En construcción (2001) is a docufiction film that captures the lives of working-class residents in Barcelona's El Raval neighborhood during a period of urban renewal. The story unfolds as a construction project disrupts their daily lives, revealing the struggles, dreams,...

7.2

7K votes

7.2

7K votes

7.2

251 votes

7.1

2K votes

Innisfree

1990 · Documentary · 110 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

6.9

721 votes

6.9

721 votes

De una isla

2019 · Documentary · 26 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Synopsis A poetic approach to the island of Lanzarote.

6.8

37 votes

6.8

37 votes

Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia

2007 · Documentary · 67 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Synopsis Before shooting "En la Ciudad de Sylvia", José Luis Guerín spent a lot of time shooting and working on a series of sketches that now come to light under the title Unas Fotos en la Ciudad de Sylvia. This film...

6.7

286 votes

6.7

286 votes

Memories of a Morning

2011 · Documentary · 47 min. · South Korea

Direction José Luis Guerín

Synopsis On the morning of January 21st, 2008, a violinist living in Guerín’s neighbourhood committed suicide by jumping naked from his window. The only thing that he has known about him, is that he recently prepared a new translation of Werther...

6.7

109 votes

6.7

109 votes

Two Letters for Ana

2011 · Documentary · 28 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Cast Moreno Bernardi · Garazi López de Armentia

Synopsis A legend tells of a young Greek woman languishing for her lover who has departed for battle. She creates his shadow on the wall by the help of a candle, and may thus for ever have the illusion of sleeping...

6.6

44 votes

6.6

44 votes

The Academy of Muses

2015 · Movie · 92 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Cast Raffaele Pinto · Emanuela Forgetta · Rosa Delor Muns · Mireia Iniesta

Synopsis Linguist Pinto from Naples gives a course in 'being a muse' at the University of Barcelona. At home, Pinto's wife is not entirely convinced by his project - "regenerating the world through poetry". Pseudo-docu in Guerin's style about the limitations...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Los motivos de Berta (Berta's Motives)

1984 · Movie · 115 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Cast Silvia Gracia · Arielle Dombasle · Iñaki Aierra · Rafael Díaz

Synopsis Berta is a young teen experiencing all the changes that occur when childhood is left behind and life as an adult woman begins to dawn. This first film by novice director Jose Luis Guerin is excellently structured around action and...

6.3

274 votes

6.3

274 votes

In the City of Sylvia

2007 · Movie · 82 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Cast Xavier Lafitte · Pilar López de Ayala · Tanja Czichy · Laurence Cordier

Synopsis Summer. A young foreigner wanders through the streets of a city, spontaneously observing and sketching gestures and expressions. He is looking for a woman he met there years before, his memories of her and her image still hang over the...

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

Le Saphir de Saint-Louis

2015 · Documentary · 35 min. · France

Direction José Luis Guerín

5.5

32 votes

5.5

32 votes

Souvenir (S)

1986 · Documentary · 5 min. · Spain

5.2

186 votes

5.2

186 votes

La dama de Corinto (S)

2010 · Movie · 10 min. · Spain

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A Ryokan (S)

2020 · Documentary · 4 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

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City Life

1990 · Documentary · 251 min. · Netherlands

Direction Alejandro Agresti · Gábor Altorjay · José Luis Guerín · Clemens Klopfenstein

Synopsis CITY LIFE, the monumental award winning episode film can best be characterized as a caleidoscopic panorama of the world. CITY LIFE is a visual anthology of twelve short stories by twelve innovative directors from all over the world. In each...

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