Oro rojo  Oro Rojo (also known as "Red Gold") is a 1978 pirate film that was written and directed by Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa. It was filmed on location in Spain and Mexico. A boatswain finds himself stranded on an island. Surrounded by starving, poor islanders, the boatswain soon learns that the misery is not caused by the people themselves, but rather by a pack of blood-thirsty pirates. José Sacristán won the Sant Jordi Award for Best Spanish Actor (Mejor Actor Español) in 1979.