Emilio Alfaro Garcia
Writing
Biography
Emilio Alfaro Garcia was a writer of films, novels, and plays from Zaragoza, Spain. He abandoned his career as a medical doctor to focus on his literary interests. In the early 1960s, he wrote experimental art films for the director José Luis Pomarón, before founding the company Moncayo Films, which produced more mainstream thrillers. In the later years of his life, he worked as an activist for the left-wing PSOE party.
Known For
A group of people take shelter from the storm in an old spa served by a marriage and a servant. It is a very diverse group, highlighting a man who, with his wife, carrying a briefcase full of money. At night, at dinner in honor of the newcomers is a power outage and shortly afterwards, they realize that the man with the briefcase has been murdered.
Hand of the Assassin
In the gritty gyms of post-war Zaragoza, Martín Baumer—once a promising boxer—is now a broken sparring partner with nothing left to fight for. But when an old friend calls with a plea that reeks of desperation, Martín boards a train to Madrid, stepping into a web of betrayal and blood. A single moment at a warehouse changes everything: a stabbing in the crowd, a body in his arms, and a city ready to condemn him. With no witnesses and no way out, Martín must face the toughest opponent of his life—his past.
Culpable para un delito
A man finds a metal ring in a pile of scrap metal that matches the size of his head to crown himself king of the place. An unwelcome beggar arrives and finds another, shiny, and more royal crown. The "king" observes it and is envious of the symbol; he cannot allow anyone to try to take his place. He attempts to seize it, and they fight to the death. The "king," triumphant, keeps the crown.
El Rey
In Zaragoza's Parque Grande, a man courts a woman.
La Conquista
8mm art film containing manually coloured frames
Sic Semper
Pif, a social outcast, steals money to buy a guitar. 9.5 mm short film combining colour and black and white film.