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Mario Camus
Writer 1935 - 2021

Mario Camus

Santander, Cantabria, España

Camus started studying Law, but soon left his studies to enter the IIEC (now EOC) in 1956, where he got a director's diploma in 1963 with the training film El borracho (1962) and, finally, ended up as a professor. He worked with Carlos Saura in several screenplays during the... Read full bio →

Filmography

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Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas

Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas

Miguel Hermoso 1985

Comedy thriller directed by Miguel Hermoso.

Los santos inocentes

Los santos inocentes

Mario Camus 1984 1h 47m 9.0

In 60s Extremadura, Paco el Bajo and his relatives work during day in a farmhouse, and silently suffer submission to their masters, who exploit them and treat them almost like animals. Meanwhile, Paco dreams that one day his children will be able to study.

Los días del pasado

Los días del pasado

Mario Camus 1977 1h 49m

A woman arrives in town to work as a teacher. It is the time of the 'maquis', the anti-Franco guerrilla that fights with little hope in some regions of Spain just after the end of the civil war. She has a love affair with one of the guerrillas, but their relationship will have an impossible future because of the past.

Con el viento solano

Con el viento solano

Mario Camus 1966 1h 27m

The life of Sebastián (Antonio Gades), a 28-year-old gypsy, changes drastically after he kills a man. From that moment, he must flee, experiencing the torments of loneliness, guilt, and the rejection of his people.

Los golfos

Los golfos

Carlos Saura 1960 1h 23m

A bunch of scoundrels and members of the Spanish youth, who until now have not paid attention more than in the police stations. They are a group of friends who survive as they can in the suburbs of Madrid.

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