He's only made 3 films that I know of, but wow! My fav would be Torremolinos 73, followed by Blancanieves and then Abracadabra, but it's a matter of personal taste after all.

Abracadabra mixes plenty of genres in one wacky story. That reminds me of Alex de la Iglesia, which makes a lot of sense since they both started off together. De la Torre is fantastic as ever and Verdú continues to be great value in every film she's in. I'm not so keen on Mota's performance, not sure why but it doesn't quite fit, which is surprising since the tone of the film should be right down his alley, but hey. Everything else works as a charm, and the dance scene deserves a few rewatches! Definitely recommended!

Nice movie, perhaps slightly too slow and with too much downtime, for the whole movie it actually seems that nothing happens and everything could be solved in a scarce ten minutes. The film is also quite funny and entertaining, but apart from the protagonists all the other characters are practically useless for the purposes of the plot.