Ferrán Rañé Movies

Inspired by the true story of an encounter between Adolph Hitler and famed entertainer Charlie Rivel, The Clown and the Führer traces the bizarre story of one of the Third Reich's most celebrated stars. Berlin, 1944: Catalonian clown Charlie Rivel (Ferran Rañé) and his sidekick Witzi (Jordi Martínez) are performing at the Scala theater when they are "invited" by imposing Gestapo agent Krauss (Manel Barceló) to prepare a routine for the Führer's birthday celebration. Already uncomfortable, the situation turns tense when Krauss professes his admiration for Rivel and announces that he - not Witzi - will be acting alongside him in the big circus number. Unconvinced yet intimidated into accepting the proposal, the clowning duo has no choice other than to go along with Krauss' plan. But while Rivel tries his best to keep his reservations hidden, Witzi cannot contain his hatred and resentment for the Gestapo due to the fact that his Jewish wife was murdered by the regime. As a result, Witzi is deported and replaced by Golo. Soon thereafter, a threat against Hitler's life threatens to change the course of the war, and alter the history of mankind. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

An expectant, ultra-modern mother living in 1913 Barcelona is thrust into a complex and labyrinthine mystery when her psychiatrist husband goes missing and she is forced to seek the help of her conservative brother-in-law in locating her missing spouse in director Joaquin Oristrell's Freudian period comedy. Alma is a modern woman of very modern means; her father Spain's foremost neurosurgeon and her husband, Leon, a devoted follower of controversial Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud. After arriving home one summer afternoon to find her tearful husband mumbling incoherent words of woe, Alma's life is turned upside down when Leon suddenly disappears. With no one else to turn to than her lovelorn brother-in-law Salvador -- likewise a psychiatrist who secretly pines for Alma despite being married to her sister -- Alma's discovery of a strange manuscript on hysteria and female sexuality proves the launching point for a tireless quest to locate her missing husband and discover the true meaning behind his inexplicable disappearance. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide