Francisco Rabal

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Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), popularly known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor. His career spanned more than 200 film and television roles, between 1942 and 2001. He received numerous accolades both in Spain and abroad, including the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor Award and the Goya Award for Best Actor. Rabal was best known internationally for his collaborations with director Luis Buñuel, with Ronald Bergan writing "most of his other major roles he carried the heady, perverse whiff of the great surrealist director with him." He worked with many other notable directors, including Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. One of Spain's most-loved and acclaimed actors during his lifetime, he also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes.

Most Popular Francisco Rabal Trailers

Total trailers found: 195

The Lost Paradise Trailer (1985)

13 January 1985

This literary film is imbued with the disenchantment of Spanish exiles who left their homes to protest Franco's fascist regime and then returned after its demise to find that democracy had not instilled either ethics or deep motivation in government leaders.

Cavalcata selvaggia Trailer (1960)

01 January 1960

Weeping for a Bandit Trailer (1964)

31 August 1964

José María "El Tempranillo" fleeing from justice, takes refuge in Sierra Morena. After a period of hard learning, he becomes the leader of a group of bandits.

Azahares rojos Trailer (1961)

01 November 1961

Family with young-adult children returns to Mexico after many years in Spain.

Mathias Sandorf Trailer (1963)

13 February 1963

1868. Revolutionary Mathias Sandorf is determined to oust the dictatorship oppressing his country. The people see him as their liberator.

Belle de Jour Trailer (1967)

24 May 1967

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre.

España insólita Trailer (1965)

13 May 1965

"España insólita" is that different, unknown and humble Spain that does not appear on postcards or tourist itineraries.

Epilogue Trailer (1984)

20 January 1984

The film tells the story of two writers in love with the same woman. For years, they have worked together.

The Reunion Trailer (1963)

19 September 1963

Two members of a former group of friends find themselves after many years by chance through the streets of Milan; after a moment, memories of the past resurface.

Tormento Trailer (1974)

02 September 1974

A rich emigrant returns to Madrid where he meets the beautiful Amparo . The girl, however, lives a st

Coarse Salt Trailer (1984)

06 February 1984

A famous composer creative in crisis and must compose a new album, but is going through a painful separation that prevents him from concentrating.

El hombre de la isla Trailer (1960)

07 July 1960

Berta is a German who comes to a small fishing village to marry Lorenzo, owner of an island and that only known her through his letters.

El apartamento de la tentación Trailer (1971)

24 May 1971

Juliet and Alberto are a marriage in which peace reigns home. Mood surely be upset if Juliet suspecte that her her husband uses the vet who runs to assist clients instead of animals.

El buscón Trailer (1979)

27 November 1979

XVII century Spain. Don Pablo tries to climb position and falls into the hands of students, rogues, whores, fake skilled, executioners, jailers and comedians.

The Devil Also Cries Trailer (1965)

14 March 1965

The City of World Trailer (1975)

16 October 1975

Oscuros sueños de agosto Trailer (1967)

01 July 1967

Isabel returns to Spain, after several years of absence, to be cured of a neurosis. His daughter Ana, whom he has not seen in all this time, decides to spend the holidays with her, taking advantage of the fact that her boyfriend has gone to study in Germany.

Exorcism's Daughter Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Tania, an asylum patient, is under the doctor's care while suffering raging behavioral effects that follow the death of her exorcised mother.

Goya in Bordeaux Trailer (1999)

04 September 1999

Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII.

Manuel, le fils emprunté Trailer (1990)

09 February 1990

Juan Alvarez, a Spanish refugee in Canada, shoemaker, picks up at his home Manuel, a 12-year-old Portuguese teenager, whom he teaches to read, to assert his rights and who speaks of the Spanish civil war.

Zero/infinito Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

La mujer cualquiera Trailer (1994)

06 October 1994

The whatever woman.

Two Men in Town Trailer (1959)

22 June 1959

In the darkness gunfire is heard. On a road near a Spanish city an abandoned prison-van is parked. Next to the van lies two dead guards.

Buñuel Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Analysis of the work of Luis Buñuel in fifty mini chapters. A co-production of Arsenal Films, Barcelona International Film Festival and Ovideo TV in collaboration with the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP).

Sorcerer Trailer (1977)

24 June 1977

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

Oedipus Mayor Trailer (1996)

23 August 1996

Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region.

Doubt Trailer (1951)

08 October 1951

A newly remarried widow is accused of having murdered her first husband, who died from arsenical poisoning.

Just Run! Trailer (2001)

28 June 2001

13-year-old Milio admires his older brother Luis who belongs to a drug gang in a poor Madrid suburb. But after the death of a friend and gang member, Luis himself only wants to get out of the dealer scene and lead a normal life.

Un delitto Trailer (1984)

01 September 1984

Stay as You Are Trailer (1978)

14 September 1978

A married Roman landscape architect starts an affair with a young woman who might be a shadow from his past.

L'Eclisse Trailer (1962)

13 April 1962

Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange.

María Rosa Trailer (1965)

13 November 1965

In order to get María Rosa, the woman he is deeply in love with, Marsal murders a moneylender hated by all the people and casts suspicion on his friend Andrés, the husband of his beloved María Rosa.

Luna de sangre Trailer (1952)

18 February 1952

Arcos de la Frontera, in the early nineteenth century, when Napoleon's troops invaded Spain. In house Alvareda they are preparing the wedding of the daughter with a young man named Ventura.

Divine Words Trailer (1987)

15 September 1987

A work of Valle-Inclán, the story takes place in Galicia in the early twentieth century. To escape poverty, the wife of a sacristan uses a hydrocephalic child as a sideshow attraction.

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Trailer (1990)

22 January 1990

After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.

Les Anges exterminés Trailer (1968)

15 January 1968

A group of comedians who travel from village to village witness the old traditions of rural Spain.

El hermano bastardo de Dios Trailer (1986)

10 September 1986

This drama concerns a seven-year-old boy, Pepe Luis (Lucas Martin, as the younger Pepe and Paco Rabal Cerezales as Pepe at ten) who lives through the rise of Franco and the ensuing years under the fascist dictator.

Dagon Trailer (2001)

12 October 2001

A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca.

Scapegoat Trailer (1985)

14 November 1985

While a youth group led by Daniel causes the explosion of a truck loaded with materials to build a nuclear power plant, Laura accidentally kills his mistress, Judge.

Death Will Have Your Eyes Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

A young woman who comes to Rome and soon drifts into de facto prostitution in order to survive. She meets a misanthropic doctor and would-be poet, but soon falls in love with another man.

Divine Trailer (1998)

16 September 1998

"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life.

The Other Trailer (1991)

09 October 1991

A man who survives an earthquake is convinced that there is another man still stuck in the debris.

Un adulterio decente Trailer (1969)

25 August 1969

Federico is having an affair with Fernanda, which he believes widow, when in fact she is married. When the trick is discovered, a doctor appears very opportunely saying that infidelity is a disease caused by bacteria and has no cure.

Tiempo de silencio Trailer (1986)

13 March 1986

Pedro Martín, a young and ambitious doctor, is studying the effect of cancerous cells on mice, but he has run out of mice in his laboratory, since they do not breed there, and he has no funds to purchase more of these expensive laboratory animals from the United States.

La vieja música Trailer (1985)

26 September 1985

The new coach of the basketball team of Lugo arrives from Uruguay. He really knows nothing about training a basketball team so he keeps the previous coach on and in the meantime tries to learn from videos and books, but his real reason for coming to Spain was to find out about an old lost love.

Nada menos que todo un hombre Trailer (1972)

14 February 1972

La colonna infame Trailer (1973)

19 April 1973

Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.

The Witches Trailer (1967)

22 February 1967

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men.

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble Trailer (1983)

09 September 1983

In the middle of the first world war, Barcelona is the center of multiple operations related to war, although Spain is a neutral country.

The Miller's Saucy Wife Trailer (1955)

05 December 1955

In a region of Andalusia, all the men lust after the miller's young wife.

Viridiana Trailer (1962)

01 April 1962

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime.

Little Miracles Trailer (1997)

04 September 1997

Rosalía is a cashier at a supermarket. She lives alone, loves reading fairy tales and hides in a magic fantasy world in order to survive living in the real one.

Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 Trailer (1983)

06 December 1983

The Big Black Sow Trailer (1971)

13 April 1971

Enrico struggles with his dysfunctional family and cheating wife, and eventually makes plans to kill them all.

Spain Again Trailer (1969)

07 June 1969

David is a physician who returns to Spain 30 years after his involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Now a member of a medical convention, he looks up old friends and finds his former lover, now a married woman with a flamenco-dancing daughter.

La gran mentira Trailer (1956)

01 April 1956

César Neira, an almost forgotten Spanish actor, gets involved by chance with Teresa, a teacher from a small village in the province of Cáceres, who has won a radio contest.

The Nun Trailer (1967)

26 July 1967

In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) Trailer (1986)

24 January 1986

After Annunziata opens up a hostel with her friend Antonio, she is saved from being raped by a Camorra boss as the gangster is suddenly killed.

Fight to the Death Trailer (1975)

27 January 1975

The parallel stories of a police commissioner and a bank robber whose lives eventually come together.

La Lola se va a los puertos Trailer (1993)

10 September 1993

1860, in the Bay of San Fernando, Cadiz. Lola is an Andalusian singer who all men that meet her lovea