Eusebio Poncela(1945-2025)

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Director
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Eusebio Poncela

Known as Pedro Almodóvar's favorite horror film, 1979's arthouse movie Arrebato (Rapture), a stunning new 4K restoration of the mind-bending film about drug addiction, sex, and altered consciousness, written and directed by Spanish filmmaker and artist Iván Zulueta.

Playing like an extended drug trip, Arrebato opens with low budget filmmaker José Sirgado, played by Eusebio Poncela, editing a black and white vampire sequence from his latest horror movie. José is frustrated with the way the movie is coming along and leaves and goes home, where he finds his ex-girlfriend, Ana (Cecilia Roth), passed out. José receives an odd package in the mail which contains a cassette tape, a Super 8 film, and a key. The package is from an aspiring filmmaker named Pedro, played enthusiastically by Will More.

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Arrebato (Rapture) - 4K Restoration Trailer

Eusebio Poncela was born on 15 September 1945 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for Shades (2025), Águila Roja (2009) and Intacto (2001). He died on 27 August 2025 in El Escorial, Madrid, Spain.

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Awards
- 13 wins & 5 nominations total

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Known for

Shades (2025)

8.1

TV Series

Dr. Tomás Marlow

David Janer in Águila Roja (2009)

6.7

TV Series

Malasangre

Intacto (2001)

6.8

Federico

2001

Matador (1986)

6.9

Comisario

1986

Credits

Actor

Shades
8.1
TV Series
- Dr. Tomás Marlow
- 2025
Merlí. Sapere Aude
7.7
TV Series
- Dino
- 2021
El accidente
6.1
TV Series
- Joâo Ferreira
- 2017–2018
Águila Roja
6.7
TV Series
- Malasangre
- 2015–2016
La corona partida
6.6
- Cardenal Cisneros
- 2016
Carlos, Rey Emperador
7.4
TV Series
- Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
- 2015
El ministerio del tiempo
8.2
TV Series
- Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
- 2015
Isabel. La Reina
8.1
TV Movie
- Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
- 2014
Isabel
8.3
TV Series
- Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
- 2014
Bluu, Last Days of Ibiza
5.8
- Casimiro
- 2013
Estelares: Rimbaud
Music Video
- 2012
El pacto
7.0
TV Mini Series
- Santiago López Ario
- 2011
Querida voy a comprar cigarrillos y vuelvo
6.7
- Inmortal
- 2011
Tarancón. El quinto mandamiento
6.4
TV Mini Series
- Casimiro Morcillo
- 2010
Le Territoire des ombres : Le Monde interdit
4.6
- Maximiliam
- 2010

Director

Additional Crew

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Arrebato (Rapture) - 4K Restoration Trailer

Arrebato (Rapture) - 4K Restoration Trailer

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Trailer [OV]

Trailer

I Come With The Rain

I Come With The Rain

Intacto

Personal details

Born
- September 15, 1945
- Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Died
- August 27, 2025
- El Escorial, Madrid, Spain(cancer)
Other works
Play: "Mariana Pineda", by Federico García Lorca. Dir. Alfredo Mañas.

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Trivia
His childhood was marked by two constants: his eagerness to be an actor and his usual expulsions from schools (up to eight they kicked him out), which over the years he remembered with laughter.

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