Carlos Velo

Carlos Velo

Carlos Velo (15 November 1909 – 10 March 1988) was a Spanish film director. He directed 45 films between 1934 and 1983. His 1956 film Torero! was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

  • Title: Carlos Velo
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  • Known For: Directing
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Carlos Velo Movies

  • 2000
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    Vieiros, vida y obra de Carlos Velo

    Vieiros, vida y obra de Carlos Velo

    5 2000 HD

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  • 1986
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    Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos

    Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1957
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    Torero!

    Torero!

    5.65 1957 HD

    The life of the famed Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, from his boyhood through his training and the triumphs that followed as Procuna rose to the peak of his profession. Written by Jim Beaver

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  • 1968
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    5 of Chocolate and 1 of Strawberry

    5 of Chocolate and 1 of Strawberry

    5 1968 HD

    A novice eats some special mushrooms and changes her personality acting like a crazy psychedelic girl.

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  • 1967
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    Pedro Paramo

    Pedro Paramo

    7.25 1967 HD

    When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

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  • 1967
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    Don Juan 67

    Don Juan 67

    7 1967 HD

    Mauricio, millionaire, and irreclaimable Don Juan, lives only for and to seduce women of every class and condition. With the help of his butler manages to capture the hearts of many to abandon and then having a panic marriage.

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  • 1934
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    Almadrabas

    Almadrabas

    7 1934 HD

    Documentary on tuna fishing and the art of capturing, processing and manufacturing of the industry.

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  • 1968
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    5 of Chocolate and 1 of Strawberry

    5 of Chocolate and 1 of Strawberry

    5 1968 HD

    A novice eats some special mushrooms and changes her personality acting like a crazy psychedelic girl.

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  • 1972
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    El medio pelo

    El medio pelo

    5.5 1972 HD

    A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.

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  • 1972
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    El medio pelo

    El medio pelo

    5.5 1972 HD

    A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.

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  • 1970
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    Someone Wants to Kill Us!

    Someone Wants to Kill Us!

    5.6 1970 HD

    A woman is sent to Mexico to kill the person who presumptly killed her father.

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  • 1945
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    Entre hermanos

    Entre hermanos

    5 1945 HD

    During the Mexican Revolution, brothers Ramón and Geraldo fall in love with Pilar who is uncertain of which brother she loves. Pilar ends up marrying Ramón but gets pregnant when Geraldo rapes her.

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  • 1967
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    Don Juan 67

    Don Juan 67

    7 1967 HD

    Mauricio, millionaire, and irreclaimable Don Juan, lives only for and to seduce women of every class and condition. With the help of his butler manages to capture the hearts of many to abandon and then having a panic marriage.

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  • 1935
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    La ciudad y el campo

    La ciudad y el campo

    7 1935 HD

    A short documentary from Spain's agriculture department.

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  • 1959
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    Nazarin

    Nazarin

    7.6 1959 HD

    After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.

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  • 1967
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    Pedro Paramo

    Pedro Paramo

    7.25 1967 HD

    When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

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  • 1976
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    Whispers

    Whispers

    7 1976 HD

    A large part of the town of Juchitepec, State of Mexico, has left its place of origin to seek its fortune in the city. The survivors suffer the sale of their best land for agriculture to a pantheon. Death is a constant in a place where there is barely enough food.

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  • 1936
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    Galicia

    Galicia

    6 1936 HD

    Short documentary about social and economic situation in Galicia (Spain) in 1936

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  • 1954
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    Roots

    Roots

    7 1954 HD

    Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.

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  • 1939
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    Romancero marroquí

    Romancero marroquí

    1 1939 HD

    The young farmer Aalami leaves his family to find work elsewhere. He gets to know the country and its people, customs and traditions at Küste in North Africa: Market life in Tetuan, the art of craftsmanship, the life of the Moors, dances and festivities in honour of the caliph, white mosques, the call of the muezzin of the minaret and the music of the shepherd flutes. Aalami also follows Franco's call and flies from Morocco to Spain to fight at Bürgerkrieg. In the end Aalami comes back to his wife and children.

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  • 1970
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    Someone Wants to Kill Us!

    Someone Wants to Kill Us!

    5.6 1970 HD

    A woman is sent to Mexico to kill the person who presumptly killed her father.

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  • 1973
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    Universidad comprometida

    Universidad comprometida

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1975
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    Baja California: Paralelo 28

    Baja California: Paralelo 28

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Big City

    The Big City

    1 1975 HD

    A short film that takes us on a small auditory and visually remarkable journey through parts of Mexico City.

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  • 1959
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    Sonatas

    Sonatas

    4.6 1959 HD

    In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him escape to America. Adaptation of "Sonata de Otoño" and "Sonata de Estío" of Ramón María del Valle-Inclan, which included elements Bardem later works of the author.

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  • 1965
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    A Pure Soul

    A Pure Soul

    5 1965 HD

    Second of two films that make up the collaborative film "Los Bienamados" (The Beloved, 1965). Claudia, a young aristocratic girl travels to Switzerland to recover the corpse of her brother, Juan Luis. As she flies back home to Mexico, in flashback it is revealed that she and her brother had an incestuous relationship and that she managed to drive his fiance, Claire, to her death... with tragic consequences for all of them.

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  • 1965
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    Tajimara

    Tajimara

    6 1965 HD

    First of two films that make up the collaborative film "Los Bienamados" (The Beloved, 1965). It narrates the encounters and misunderstandings of a pair of lovers during the years, from their adolescence to maturity.

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  • 1965
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    The Shunammite

    The Shunammite

    5 1965 HD

    Luisa returns to her village, where she cares for her uncle on his deathbed, who tells her the story of his life with a hidden purpose.

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  • 1965
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    Lola of My Life

    Lola of My Life

    5 1965 HD

    Dolores, an innocent country girl, arrives as a maid to a rich house, where she meets a street vendor with whom she falls in love, until the dangers of the city catch up with her.

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  • 1965
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    The Widow

    The Widow

    1 1965 HD

    A soldier is assigned to guard the body of a man who was shot. During the night, he encounters a widow who is watching over the burial of her ex-husband.

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  • 1965
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    The Two Elenas

    The Two Elenas

    1 1965 HD

    Victor and Elena are newlyweds and lead a busy social life. While Victor is cultured and quiet, Elena is beautiful, brilliant and restless, constantly criticized by her mother, also named Elena, who is very refined, correct and bourgeois. The three of them will be involved in a rather ambiguous and at the same time terribly moving moment in their lives.

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  • 1972
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    Song Dedicated to the World and Friends Who Accompany It

    Song Dedicated to the World and Friends Who Accompany It

    3.8 1972 HD

    A surrealist musical short, featuring folkloric dance and stark Mexican landscapes, in honor of the 1972 World Cup.

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  • 1934
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    Almadrabas

    Almadrabas

    7 1934 HD

    Documentary on tuna fishing and the art of capturing, processing and manufacturing of the industry.

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