Jaime Chavarri was really a professional lawyer who had a lot of amateur experience with his Super 8 camera. His first professional movie was Los viajes Escolares (1974), with an autobiographical touch but it was misunderstood by most critics. With The disenchantment (1976) , produced by Elias Querejeta, he addresses the issue of the family with careful look. To a God Unknown (1977), tells the story of a gay man searching for his identity. Dedication (1980) is the fickleness emotional issues and incest. He had great public success in 1983 in Spain Bicycles are for summer. These personal films, bringing to light the traditions and evolution of individual behaviors, reveal a rare talent and maturity in young Spanish filmmakers.