Joan Potau

Joan Potau

Born: February 3, 1945
Died: February 3, 2015
in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Joan Potau was born in 1945 in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) as Joan Potau Martínez. He was a writer and actor, known for El rey pasmado (1991), No respires: El amor está en el aire (1999) and Belle Epoque (1992). He was married to the actress Carme Elias. He died on February 3, 2015 in Barcelona.

Movies for Joan Potau...

Kill Me Tender
Title: Kill Me Tender
Character: Cura
Released: February 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Do all men want the same thing? Nestor, recently widowed, runs a bakery near Barcelona, has a bank account and a bad heart, and swims in the sea every day. He also has a daughter and a two-timing son-in-law. Nestor's maid asks him to hire her 20-something daughter, Maribel, as a shop assistant.
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Between Your Legs
Title: Between Your Legs
Character: Hombre Crock
Released: January 14, 1999
Type: Movie
Miranda, a sex addict, works for a radio station and is married to a cop. She signs up for therapy in order to deal with her sex addiction. Also in the group is Javier, a sex-phone junkie. The two misfits hit it off and a torid affair ensues. But things get a little complicated when Javier finds out that his phone sex trysts have been secretly taped and being distributed all over Madrid and that his ex-wife is living with his business partner. Elsewhere, while investigating a murder case, Felix discovers Miranda's affair with Javier.
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Spanish Fly
Title: Spanish Fly
Character: Interviewee
Released: September 10, 1998
Type: Movie
A woman journalist, Zoe, knows better than to go into a story with her mind already made up. But that's exactly what she does when she heads off to Spain to write about its men and their macho take (as she sees it) on relationships. As she tries to prove her thesis, she soon realizes that she doesn't know as much about the male sex as she thought. She also finds herself involved in relationships with the wrong men.
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Soul Ache
Title: Soul Ache
Character: César
Released: August 14, 1998
Type: Movie
Aitor is a director making a film about a lonely man looking for love, called “Soul Ache.” While he uses his auditions to meet women, he really longs to cast actress Myriam Mezieres in the film.
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Airbag
Title: Airbag
Character: Dos Barros
Released: June 20, 1997
Type: Movie
Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival gangster Souza sends femme fatale Fatima to check things out. Juantxo and his friends are trying to get the ring back and in the process get involved in the war between gangs.
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What Makes Women Laugh?
Title: What Makes Women Laugh?
Character: Álvaro
Released: February 25, 1997
Type: Movie
Luci, Graci and Mar­, three sisters that make a comedy trio, go to the wedding of their father with a woman who is 45 years younger than him. During the feast Luci's husband dies in an accident. Despite the tragedy, the trio have to fulfill their commitment acting during August in Benidorm. The widow discovers thanks to a notebook that her husband cheated on her, so she decides to flirt with everyone.
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All Men Are the Same
Title: All Men Are the Same
Released: February 25, 1994
Type: Movie
Three divorced men who share a flat live together without trouble until they hire a cleaning lady.
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¡Semos peligrosos! (Uséase Makinavaja 2)
Title: ¡Semos peligrosos! (Uséase Makinavaja 2)
Released: May 14, 1993
Type: Movie
As soon as he is released from prison, Maki goes to look for his friend Popeye. Together they rescue the grandfather from a dangerous form of "Russian roulette" played in the asylum, and decide to take a vacation at the beach.
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Belle Époque
Title: Belle Époque
Character: Paco
Released: December 4, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
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Makinavaja, el último choriso
Title: Makinavaja, el último choriso
Released: May 8, 1992
Type: Movie
A movie based on the Spanish comic strip of the same name.
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The Dumbfounded King
Title: The Dumbfounded King
Character: Secundino Mirambel
Released: November 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.
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Don Juan in Hell
Title: Don Juan in Hell
Character: Fraile
Released: June 25, 1991
Type: Movie
While the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as his pride. His conviction, eternal. His name, a legend: Don Juan. Free adaptation of "Don Juan" by Moliere.
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Too Old to Die Young
Title: Too Old to Die Young
Released: January 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Two friends just find any temporary jobs to get by. One of them quits his job as a waiter to move to work as a messenger; the other is working as a taxi driver. The messenger, in his comings and goings at night, go through many offices, private homes and bars and will be in the most varied situations: some of them dark, sometimes sinister and pathetic and some even pleasant.
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Stico
Title: Stico
Character: Jaume Velat (uncredited)
Released: March 4, 1985
Type: Movie
Leopoldo Contreras, a professor emeritus of Roman law has serious economic problems. His translations of classical authors do not give enough money to live and had to sell even their floor. To remedy the situation is offered as a slave to a former student in exchange for room and board.
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Barcelona sur
Title: Barcelona sur
Character: Traficante de armas
Released: March 26, 1981
Type: Movie
Obsessed with finding her old boyfriend, Gumer, a 25-year-old girl, is released from jail in Barcelona, one of Europe's most sought-after port cities for drug trafficking and prostitution. Charo, her best friend, tries to help her, although she is not free, since depends on her pimp "Toni". But Gumer will persuade Charo to abandon Toni and form, along with other friends, a band to start businesses on their own.