Direction: Lino Varela

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


Arturo y el abismo (S)

1991 · Movie · 23 min. · Spain

Direction Lino Varela

Cast Juan Luis Sáez · Mª Eugenia García · Ernesto Miguel · Manuel Enrique

Synopsis Actually, Arthur and the Abyss is a metaphor for childhood told through the life of Arthur, before and after an unfortunate accident that left him bedridden for ever in a wheelchair. The life of Arthur twists the day his mother...

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Huérfanos del olvido

2018 · Documentary · 95 min. · Spain

Direction Lino Varela

Synopsis Between 1937 and 1938, during the Spanish Civil War, thousands of minors were evacuated by their own families from the Republican zone to the Soviet Union to prevent them from perishing in the indiscriminate bombings that the rebel army directed...

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Direction Lino Varela

Cast Pepe Alonso · Andrés García · Francisco Javier Colino · J. A. Pereda

Synopsis This short film tells the story of the strange visitor who receives a wealthy lawyer of the early twentieth century by a man named Pheidippides informing him that his wife is cheating on him, without specifying who before falling struck...

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El censor (S)

1989 · Movie · 7 min. · Spain

Direction Lino Varela

Cast Juan Carlos de la Cal · María Sanz · Jesus Ganuza · Rafael Hernández

Synopsis A young critic of the early twentieth century is reprimanded for reading a banned book pages. First short film by Lino Varela, shot in black and white and color. Noted for their elaborate expressionist environment.

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