Manolo Solo
Date of birth: 1964-01-01
Place of birth: Algeciras, Cadiz, Spain
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Manuel Fernández Serrano
Biography
Born in Algeciras in 1964, he was raised in neighbouring Los Barrios until age 6, later moving to Seville with his family. Part of the Sevillian musical scene in his youth, he was bassist-singer of Hacienda Somos Todos and Libertad Provisional. He later joined Arden Lágrimas and became the vocalist of rock band La Turmix/Relicarios, sharing stage with Santi Amodeo. Relicarios managed to release a full album, Detentebala. Solo earned a licentiate degree in Education Sciences from the University of Seville and trained his acting chops at the Seville's Instituto de Teatro. After debuting as a stage actor in 1989 and making a number of television appearances, he landed his feature film debut in the drama Everything in Place, released in 2002.
Movie Credits
Official Competition
2021-09-04
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best.
Pan's Labyrinth
2006-10-11
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control
Close Your Eyes
2023-08-16
Years after his mysterious disappearance, Julio Arenas, a famous Spanish actor, is back in the news
Wild Flowers
2022-10-21
Julia, a 22-year-old mother of two, falls in love with Óscar, a troubled boy with whom she embarks o
Girl Unknown
2023-06-09
Carolina and Leo, who have met through a chat room, agree to meet in person in a secluded city park.
Cell 211
2009-11-06
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the
Cannibal
2013-10-11
Carlos is a respectable man, the most prestigious tailor in Granada, Spain. His life is reduced to w
Modesty
2007-04-13
Pudor is about intimacy, about the desires, obsessions, secrets and fears that we keep hidden, even
The Consul of Sodom
2009-01-08
Fascinating journey through the life and work of the prestigious Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, b
Impávido
2012-07-27
Ray, a man without family addicted to the game, dedicated to steal cars and for love will end up in
The Boogeyman: Origins
2023-08-11
Explores the Spanish origins of the character's story, where he is a tuberculosis patient from Almer
Lightborne
2007-01-01
A family faces the last night of its eldest member, showing their different ways of dealing with a l
Llenos de gracia
2022-06-24
Sister Marina, a very unorthodox nun, is sent during the summer of 1994 to El Parral, a boarding sch
Wounded
2013-10-04
The first work from Fernando Franco revolves around Ana, a 30 year old ambulance driver. Though good
The Zebra
2011-03-25
During the Mexican Revolution, Leandro and Odón, two war vultures, find a zebra. They mistakenly bel
Counting Sheep
2022-04-13
Ernesto is unappreciated by those around him, but all of that will change when three, peculiar, new
Carmina and Amen
2014-04-30
After her husband dies, Carmina keeps it a secret until a check that he had been expecting comes in.
La fortaleza
2023-06-23
El Tren de la Bruja
2003-11-30
A man volunteers to take part in an experiment that attempts to analyse human behaviour under extrem
The Weakness of the Bolshevik
2003-10-31
After getting into a minor traffic accident, Pablo attempts to make light of the situation by asking
Biutiful
2010-10-20
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected
The Heaven of Animals
2025-05-09
A fleeting, magical relationship blossoms when Diego, abandoned by his wife, meets Amanda, a fancifu
Estocolmo
2010-03-20
Adela has just settled in Madrid with her father, Claudio, a retired concert musician and a hermit.
Astronautas
2003-02-20
Daniel is approaching forty. Laura is almost sixteen. From what they say about him he must be a poet
God Level
2022-09-15
Laura, a fanciful 16-year old teenager is in love with her young and attractive Religion teacher and
Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco
2014-12-15
Madrid, Spain, December 27, 1870. General Juan Prim i Prats, president of the Council of Ministers a
My Love
2011-01-01
Mario is torn between the commitment to do what he wants and the impulse to do what is most comforta
Marshland
2014-09-25
The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgott
Innocent Killers
2015-07-03
Garralda is a troubled college student who only has to pass one last subject to obtain his academic
To Kill a Child
2011-02-07
It is Sunday. A beautiful dawn on a doomed day. At ten o'clock, a happy child is going to die.
Who Killed Bambi?
2013-11-15
The story of two young friends, a lawyer, a rich man and a group of kidnappers end up in a series of
It's for Your Own Good
2017-02-24
Three brothers-in-law try to get their daughters to dump their undesirable boyfriends.
Heterosexuales y casados
2008-04-13
My sister and Charly met as children. We lived on the floor above and them downstairs...
B
2015-09-18
July 15, 2013 Luis Barcenas - Old party treasurer was transferred from prison to National Court to t
The Great Vazquez
2010-09-24
Is it possible to live aside of the system, thinking only about the present and oneself? A feature f
Nothing Personal
2025-11-08
Lina, a well-known TV host, appears at Pedro’s doorstep to confront him about a cruel message he pos
Map of Memories of Madrid
2014-07-25
A Documentary seeks the encounter between people, the collective memory of the city of Madrid.
The Invisible Guardian
2017-03-03
When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linke
The Tunnel
2017-01-20
The thirteen survivors of a catastrophe by a tunnel's collapse tries to balance their experience tra
The Fury of a Patient Man
2016-09-09
Quiet Jose woos cafe worker Ana, but she is unaware he has intentions other than the purely romantic
Tarkovsky
2010-12-21
A man enters a video rental store where some arcane beings as Goran Paskaljevich, Michael Cacoyannis
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City
2019-10-25
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral.
Some Time Later
2018-12-28
Planet Earth, 9177. The remains of humankind live in a post-apocalyptic environment divided into onl
Gun City
2018-10-11
Barcelona, Spain, 1921. A tough cop from Madrid arrives in the city to locate, under the suspiciou
Elisa & Marcela
2019-05-24
The film tells the true story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, two women in 1901 Sp
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
2019-04-05
The family, the tenant, the wedding, the businessman, the neighbors, the poor child and the run over
522. A Cat, a Chinese Guy and My Father
2019-07-05
George, an agoraphobic young woman, cannot go more than 522 steps away from her home. One day, a per
Elsa & Fred
2005-07-28
When the retired seventy-seven years old hypochondriac widower Fred moves to an apartment in Madrid,
Computer assault
2002-01-04
Each of the members of a group of hackers is willing to fight against system. Their messages and att
The Legacy of the Bones
2019-12-05
Inspector Amaia Salazar must return to the Baztan valley in order to solve a series of suicides that
Three
2011-01-18
After many years, three childhood friends meet casually on the street and decide to have a beer to c
Face to Face
2020-05-25
Lina doesn't mind people insulting her. But if they do, they should do it face to face.
Recambios
2004-01-01
Me
2020-06-15
For our hero, every day looks the same. Or maybe they are too much alike: the same routines repeated
Los Díaz felices
1998-01-01
Every morning, during each breakfast, the Díaz family celebrates by singing of the extreme happiness
Verbo
2011-11-04
Sara is a young woman who fails to understand the world she lives in. Trying to find meaning in life
Josephine
2021-11-05
Josefina depicts Middle Age Juan's love angle, Juan was a prison guard and the lady he loved's son S
The Good Boss
2021-10-15
Julio Blanco is the proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in
When Brooklyn Met Seville
2021-09-17
Young Ana, a Sevillian girl sick of her family and her neighborhood, starts a relationship with the
Everything in Place
2002-05-17
Ignacio and Paul are father and son. The first is fifty-five, and the second is about thirty. In rec
The Portuguese House
2025-05-09
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aim
The Fortress
2023-06-23
The heirs of a mansion are thrust into a spectacular game planned by their late patriarch that will
La desconocida
Adaptation of the novel by Rosa Montero and Olivier Truc about a woman with no memory, a police insp
Emilia Pardo Bazán, la condesa rebelde
2012-04-10
The literary activity of Emilia Pardo Bazán causes the scandal of her husband and conservative circl
Aquí
Child refugee David befriends Simón on a boat travelling to a no-man’s land. Upon their arrival, Sim
La Alameda 2018
2020-11-12