2. Biography• Born in Madrid, Santiago Segura started his
career by making his first short movie at the
age of fourteen. After studying Arts in Madrid,
he finally decided to become a filmmaker. His
first short film Relatos de la
medianoche (1989) was made with a budget of
only 7.000 pts. (about 60 dollars).
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• After that, he appeared as a contestant in
several Spanish TV quiz shows, such as Locos
por la tele(1990) and No te rías, que es
peor(1990). With the money he made of those
appareances, he directed Evilio (1992) and
shortly after, Perturbado(1993), winning a
Goya for the best short film in 1994. His last
short film is the sequel Evilio vuelve (El
purificador) (1994).
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• He’s a very good friend of the Spanish
director Álex de la Iglesia and he has appeared
in all of his films. In 1998, he directed his firt
feature film, the smashing hit Torrente, el
brazo tonto de la ley (1998).
3. Filmography (main films)
• 1998 - Torrente 1: el brazo tonto de la ley
• 2001 - Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella
• 2005 - Torrente 3: El protector
• 2011 - Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis (Crisis letal)
• 2014 - Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas
4. Director’s Trademarks
• The main visual elements in Torrente’s
films are:
~ Prostitutes
~ Casinoes
~ Stupid boys
5. • Common themes in all his films:
~ Vice
~ Delinquency
~ Dirty Jobs
~ Blackmailing
• Common actors in all his films:
• - Santiago Segura
• (MAIN CHARACTER)
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• - Cañita Brava
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-Xavier Deltell
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7. Favourite film: Torrente 5
Plot: Torrente leaves jail in 2018, the
Spain that is not suited to his ideals and
decides to become an outlaw. Through a
contact from his prison stay, Torrente locates
John Marshall, the person who oversaw
security when the main Eurovegas casino-
hotel was planned. The most suitable to plan
a coup. Marshall explains the need to
organize a band of specialists, who Torrente
will be in charge of recruiting between their
contacts. The coup of the century is
underway.
8. WHERE AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THE
DIRECTOR’S TRADEMARKS IN THIS FILM TOO
We can see the director’s trademarks in
Torrente 5, because the plot occur in a
casino and there are some prostitutes.
The main characters are stupid boys.
The themes are vice, delinquency, dirty
jobs…
The characters in the film are repeated
and the director(S.Segura) is the main
actor in the film.
9. FAVOURITE SCENES
https://youtu.be/LylNemJyLOs -THE TORRENTE MOVIES
PACKAGE TRAILER.
https://youtu.be/LlG3mZxL0hM -TORRENTE 3 - SCENE
OF THE AIRPLANE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNaQmPWB6VA -
TORRENTE 5 - Scene of the explosion of butane truck.
