Jordi Mollà Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Early in his acting career, Jordi Molla was in danger of being forever cast in pretty boy roles. Slender, short, and possessing a rugged and shaggy handsomeness, Molla changed that when he played a luckless small thief in La Buena Estrella (1997). Molla's other notable roles are in Bigas Luna's Jamon, Jamon...Read More

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Hurricane Mary

Actors: Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, William H. Macy, Laura San Giacomo

Synopsis: A devoted Irish-American mother (Patricia Clarkson) wages a tenacious battle to get her two disabled twin daughters (Dakota and Elle Fanning) into the public school system in director Arvin Brown's heartfelt docudrama. William H. Macy, Chris Cooper, and Laura San Giacomo co-star in a film produced Read More

1/1/08
Guerrilla

Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Santiago Cabrera, Jorge Minguez, Edgar Ramirez

Synopsis: Nearly 40 years after Che Guevara's execution in Bolivia, director Steven Soderbergh retraces the life of the iconic Cuban revolutionary across the span of two feature-length films -- The Argentine and Guerrilla. The Argentine begins on November 26, 1956, as Fidel Castro (Demián Bichir) sails into Read More

1/1/08
Inconceivable

Actors: Colm Feore, Jennifer Tilly, Andie MacDowell, Elizabeth McGovern, Geraldine Chaplin

Synopsis: A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that's also criminal in this independent drama. Dr. Freeman (Colm Feore) is a doctor who runs an upscale fertility clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Freeman specializes in helping women who have had trouble Read More

2008
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Rhys Ifans, Jordi Mollà

Synopsis: Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin Queen" and noted adventurer Sir Walter Read More

10/12/07
Anthony Warrior of God

Actors: Jordi Mollà, Paolo DeVita, Marta Iacopini, Andrea Ascolese, Michele Melega

Synopsis: The story of the would-be Portuguese nobleman who rejected a life of materialism to become a Franciscan monk and stand up for the poor and oppressed comes to the big screen in this lavish hagiography starring Jordi Molla, Joe Capalbo, and Matt Patresti. Had he wanted, St. Anthony (Molla) could Read More

2006
GAL

Actors: José Garcia, Natalia Verbeke, Jordi Mollà, Ana Alvarez, Merce Llorens

Synopsis: A pair of reporters uncover a secret war that threatens the peace of two nations in this thriller based on actual events. In the 1980s, the Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberacion (or GAL) was an anti-terrorist organization sponsored by the Spanish government that was launched in response to attacks Read More

2006
The Stone Merchant

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Jordi Mollà, Jane March, F. Murray Abraham, Paco Reconti

Synopsis: A terrorist bombing victim who devoted his life to trumpeting the threat that Islam poses to western culture finds his marriage threatened by a converted Christian possessed by the vengeance of jihad in action specialist Renzo Martinelli's tense and topical thriller. Eschewing his career as a Read More

2006
A Life In Suitcases

Actors: JJ Feild, Roger Rees, Raymond J. Barry, Stephen Billington, Valentina Cervi

2005
The Alamo

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Jordi Mollà, Emilio Echeverria

Synopsis: Re-teaming Dennis Quaid with John Lee Hancock, the director of 2002's The Rookie, The Alamo retells the story of the historic 1836 battle in the Texan War of Independence. Facing 4,000 Mexican troops, 186 Texan soldiers and volunteers -- including William Travis (Patrick Wilson), Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton Read More

4/9/04
Bad Boys II

Actors: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith return along with director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer for this sequel to the 1995 sleeper hit Bad Boys, the film that sparked the careers of both actors, as well as Bay. Once again, Lawrence and Smith play hotshot, wisecracking Miami narcotics Read More

7/18/03
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Episode 3

Actors: JJ Feild, Valentina Cervi, Drew Mulligan, Caroline Dhavernas, Jack Wouterse

Synopsis: The third installment of screenwriter Peter Greenaway's anticipated 16-episode story finds Tulse Luper, the protagonist, whittling away his time in jail. (In the previous episode, Tulse had been arrested in a bathroom just prior to the German invasion of Belgium in 1940.) Without the company of Read More

2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Part 1 - The Moab Story

Actors: JJ Feild, Valentina Cervi, Drew Mulligan, Nigel Terry

Synopsis: Iconoclastic director Peter Greenaway begins his most ambitious project to date with this feature, the first in a proposed series of films, television programs, and multimedia projects that examine the contents of 92 suitcases, each revealed by title character Tulse Henry Purcel Luper. Broken into Read More

2003
God Is on the Air

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Actor Jordi Mollà made his directorial debut with this satiric drama, which casts a jaundiced eye on the world of television. Salva (Mollà) and his best friend, Angel (Juan Carlos Vellido), are a pair of homeless men who scrape together a living begging in a train station. After the men are Read More

2002
Blow

Actors: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths

Synopsis: Following the life of cocaine-trafficking pioneer George Jung in a way that recalls Martin Scorsese's Casino, Blow recounts the man's days from his 1950s childhood in Boston to his downfall in the 1980s. George (played by Johnny Depp) begins his life as the son of Fred (Ray Liotta), an earnest Read More

4/6/01
Sound of the Sea

Actors: Jordi Mollà, Leonor Watling, Eduard Fernández

Synopsis: Directed by J.J. Bigas Luna, Son De Mar (Sound of the Sea) follows Ulises, a young man who moved to a small coastal city just as summer was coming to an end. Though he arrived in order to teach literature at a local academic institution, he finds himself with much more than he had bargained for Read More

2001
Second Skin

Actors: Javier Bardem, Jordi Mollà, Ariadna Gil, Cecilia Roth, Javier Albala

Synopsis: Gerardo Vera directs this romantic drama about self-destructive love and sexual confusion. Alberto (Jordi Molla) is a respected aeronautical engineer married to artist Elena (Ariadna Gil) and has a son. Yet Alberto soon finds himself seduced by the wiles of hunky orthopedic surgeon Diego (Javier Bardem Read More

2000
Volaverunt

Actors: Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà, Jorge Perugorria, Stefania Sandrelli

Synopsis: Based on a historical novel by Antonio Larreta, Volaverunt imagines a number of romantic misadventures that enlivened the court of King Carlos IV, a Spanish ruler of the early 19th century. As the story opens, the beautiful Duchess of Alba (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) is sharing a coach passing through Read More

1999
Nadie Conoce a Nadie

Actors: Eduardo Noriega, Jordi Mollà, Paz Vega, Pedro Alvarez-Ossorio

Synopsis: Mateo Gil, screenwriter of the acclaimed Spanish work Open Your Eyes (1997) directs this flashy, bizarre psychological thriller set during the stunning spectacle of Seville's Holy Week. Fledging novelist Simon (Eduardo Noriega) makes a living by writing crossword puzzles for the local newspaper Read More

1999
El Pianista

Actors: Jordi Mollà, Pere Ponce, Paulina Gálvez, Laurent Terzieff, Serge Reggiani

Synopsis: Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell (Serge Reggiani) is the house pianist. A flashback takes the tale four decades into the Read More

1998
Los Años Bárbaros

Actors: Samuel Le Bihan, Pepon Nieto, Jordi Mollà, Ernesto Alterio, Allison Smith

Synopsis: Fernando Colomo directed this fact-based Spanish comedy-drama about leftist philosophy students Tomas (Jordi Molla) and Jaime (Ernesto Alterio), arrested in 1947 by Francoists and sent away to a Madrid prison for eight years. After their friend Velasco (Pepon Nieto) goes to Paris to enlist the aid Read More

1998
Excuse Me, Darling, But Lucas Loved Me

Synopsis: Done in the riotous manner of a Pedro Almodovar comedy, this Spanish outing is largely set in the spacious apartment living room of three gay roommates: the pudgy, glasses-wearing Carlos, pothead/quasi-philosopher Toni and the ever smooth but diminutive Dani. The trouble begins when Toni decides Read More

1997
La Buena Estrella

Synopsis: Based on a true story, much of this somber drama centers on Rafael, a kindly but emotionally-distant butcher who has avoided people after accidentally castrating himself while cutting meat several years before. He has since considered himself unmanned and therefore undesirable to women. One day he Read More

1997
La Celestina

Synopsis: This is a film of the dramatic Spanish language novel Celestina, written in 1499. In many ways, it resembles Romeo and Juliet, particularly in the need for secrecy in the wooing of a beloved and the troubles resulting from that secrecy. Callisto (Juan Diego Botto) enlists the aid of his roguish Read More

1996
Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Synopsis: Music and sex provide the motivation for this lively Spanish comedy that centers on 20-year old horn player, Pablo, who is nursing a broken heart after breaking up with his boyfriend. Following a failed audition for the National Youth Orchestra, Pablo encounters another musician, Salome who Read More

1995
The Flower of My Secret

Actors: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Imanol Arias, Carmen Elias, Rossy de Palma

Synopsis: From Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Live Flesh, All About My Mother) comes this offbeat drama about Leo Macías (Marisa Paredes), a romance novelist who writes her trashy tomes under the pseudonym Amanda Gris. When her marriage begins to dissolve, Leo finds herself falling into despair, leading Read More

1995
Todo es Mentira

Crew: Director

Actors: Penélope Cruz, Coque Malla, Jordi Mollà, Gustavo Salmerón, Irene Bau

Synopsis: Life and love provides the focus for this Spanish comedy which focuses upon four couples. Pablo, a pessimist, has a new lover. His relationship is very similar to the relationships of his three friends. Though they are all dissatisfied with their mates, none of the possess the courage to change Read More

1994
Le Fusil de Bois

Actors: Samuel Le Bihan, Jordi Mollà, Jean-Francois Garreaud, Philippe Frecon, Yves Collignon

Synopsis: This moving French drama chronicles the touching relationship between a French officer and a retarded soldier. It is set during the Algerian War, circa 1961. Sergeant Dallers has just been stationed in a remote and primitive Algerian outpost. A highly educated man, he is at first distressed that Read More

1994
Historias del Kronen

Synopsis: The apparently self-destructive debauchery of the eternally bored, nihilistic youth of Generation X is chronicled in this European drama set in Madrid. The stories concern a group of friends in their early 20s who frequent a local bar at night where they drink, do drugs and have meaningless sexual Read More

1994
Mi Hermano Del Alma

Actors: Juanjo Puigcorbe, Carlos Hipolito, Lydia Bosch, Juan Echanove, Jordi Mollà

Synopsis: Carlos (Carlos Hipolito) is a steady sort of fellow, a law-abiding insurance salesman. Somehow, in his competition with his raffish, gambling-addicted brother Toni (Juanjo Puigcorbe), he has won the hand of Julia (Lydia Bosche) and they have married. For ten years, they have generally gone their Read More

1993
Revolver

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV actioner, a stray bullet forced a secret service agent into a wheelchair and early retirement. Much of the story centers on his attempts to adjust to his new life. The rest chronicles his revenge against the gangster that destroyed his life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Shooting Elizabeth

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Mimi Rogers, Burt Kwouk, Simon Andrell, Cristina Higueras

Synopsis: When henpecked Harold Pigeon (Jeff Goldblum) becomes fed up with the bullying demands of his wife, Elizabeth (Mimi Rogers), he comes up with a plan to murder her and set himself free. However, when several attempts fail miserably, Harold lures his wife on a second honeymoon, where she inexplicably Read More

1992
Jamón Jamón

Actors: Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Juan Diego, Jordi Mollà

Synopsis: Class, sex, and food are the obsessions of this Spanish comedy drama, an international hit from writer and director J.J. Bigas Luna that plays like a cross between the lusty Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and the early work of Pedro Almodovar. In a small town in Spain's arid Monegros region Read More

1992