Félix Rotaeta (1 April 1942 - 23 November 1994) was a Spanish actor, director, screenwriter and novelist.

Life and career

Born in

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, Rotaeta studied journalism and drama, and started his career on stage, writing and performing with the

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company Los goliardos. He worked intensively as a character actor, and directed two feature films, ''El placer de matar'' (1987), based on his novel ''Las pistolas'' and starring

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and

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, and ''Chatarra'' (1991), which was entered into the main competition at the 48th edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

. In November 1994, while shooting an independent western film Rotoeta fell ill and died shortly later of a

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and a

multiorgan failure Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring medical intervention to achieve homeostasis. Although Irwin and Rippe cautioned in 2005 that the use of "multiple organ failure" or "multis ...

, at the age of 52.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rotaeta, Felix 1944 births 1994 deaths People from Madrid Spanish screenwriters Spanish film directors Spanish film actors