Actor Hugo Silva (1977)

My Big Night (2015) is an Spanish comedy film, directed and co-written by Álex de la Iglesia and Jorge Guerricaechevarría respectively. The story follows José, an extra hired by an employment agency four months in advance, for a New Year’s Eve television special being filmed in an industrial pavilion outside Madrid. This leaves his mother Dolores, who is attached to a large crucifix she took from her husband’s grave, alone at home. José has been brought in to replace another extra who passed away due to an accident with a production crane during rehearsals. He ...

Witching & Bitching (2013) is a Spanish comedy horror film co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia. It follows the misadventures of two men, José and Antonio, as they rob a pawn shop in Madrid along with José’s son Sergio. The risky decision to involve the child puts everyone in danger, leading to a chaotic shootout and their hijacking of a taxi. In desperation, they flee towards Spain’s border with an unwilling passenger in the trunk and force the driver, Manuel, to take them there. However, they are not alone as Sergio’s mother Silvia and two persistent police investigators Pacheco and ...

The Spanish mystery thriller film The Body (2012), co-written and directed by Oriol Paulo, follows Inspector Jaime Peña as he looks into an accident that has left night watchman Ángel Torres in a coma. Security footage reveals Ángel fleeing from his job at the morgue before being struck by a car. Peña is then informed that Mayka Villaverde, a middle-aged and wealthy businesswoman who was married to a younger man, has disappeared from the morgue after suffering a heart attack on a business trip. Her widower, Álex Ulloa, is shocked to hear this news while in the company of his young mistress, Carla Miller. While at the ...

The Spanish film Sex, Party & Lies (2009) was directed by Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes. It features a star-studded cast including Mario Casas, Yon González, Ana Polvorosa, Ana de Armas, Hugo Silva, Maxi Iglesias and Alejo ...

Paco’s Men (2005–2021), a Spanish television series that aired on Antena 3 from 2005 to 2010, was created by Daniel Écija and Álex Pina and features various actors, including Paco Tous and Pepón Nieto. The plot centers around a group of police officers in San Antonio, a fictional neighborhood in Madrid. Initially, the focus was on three kind-hearted but clumsy agents – Paco, Mariano and Lucas – under the supervision of Don Lorenzo Castro Riquelme. Another major plotline revolved around the forbidden romance between Sara (Paco’s daughter) and Lucas, ...