Fernando Trueba
Also Known As: Fernando Rodríguez Trueba
Biography: Trueba studied Cinematography at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, was cinema critic for the newspaper 'El País' and for 'La Guía del Ocio' and also founded the journal "Casablanca". At the movies his first success was 'Opera Prima' (1980) following the style of the "comedia madrileña". He had major success with 'Sé infiel y no mires con quién' (1985) starting a longer colaboration with the producer Andrés Vicente Gómez. He won the second Foreign Film Academy Award for Spain in 1993 with 'Belle Epoque'.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Birthday: January 18, 1955
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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FFG, el último gran conversador
Overview: Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007), actor, writer, playwright and film director, was for decades one of the most important figures in Spanish culture. His close friends and relatives reveal another facet in which he stood out above all: that of being an excellent conversationalist, capable of hypnotizing and seducing those who listened to him.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Overview: Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a sure and obvious fact. However, much of cinema and our filmed history has been lost forever. Archivists, technicians and filmmakers from different parts of the world explain what audiovisual preservation is and why it is necessary. The documentary is a tribute to all these professionals and their important work.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-12
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Berlanga!!
Overview: How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relevant in a time whose popular culture has little to do with his own? Since to understand the secrets of an artist it is essential to know the person behind, his family, his friends, his collaborators, as well as prestigious filmmakers and actors trace a collective portrait of a creator as singular as he is universal.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-10-26
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Enrique Morente: flamenco impuro
Overview: Enrique Morente's three sons tell the story of their father: the most revolutionary flamenco in history. Despite criticism from purists, he opened cante jondo to cultured poetry, brought it closer to young university students, explored its Arab roots and paired it with rock and other contemporary sounds. Much of the Spanish music of the last decades is heir to his findings.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-11-24
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El último truco
Overview: Documentary film about visual effects master Emilio Ruiz del Rio. From his early works on films at 1942, to his last contribution at 2007, Emilio Ruiz talks on his film experiences and traditional trickery, using foreground miniatures, glass shots, and painted cut out miniatures. It shows interviews with some of the professionals he has worked with, like, Rafaela de Laurentiis, Ray Harryhausen, Guillermo del Toro, or Enzo Castellari
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-11-20
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Aragón rodado
Overview: A look at the Aragonese countryside, star of the movie screen, accompanied by various trades of cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-04-24
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Spanish Fly
Overview: A woman journalist, Zoe, knows better than to go into a story with her mind already made up. But that's exactly what she does when she heads off to Spain to write about its men and their macho take (as she sees it) on relationships. As she tries to prove her thesis, she soon realizes that she doesn't know as much about the male sex as she thought. She also finds herself involved in relationships with the wrong men.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-10
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The Critic
Overview: A portrait of film critic Carlos Boyero, one of the most followed and feared figures in Spanish cinema, surrounded by controversy and both love and hate.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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Miradas del cine español
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-03-08
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Summers el rebelde
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-03-15
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Un cine como tú en un país como éste
Overview: Salamanca director Chema de la Peña recalls in this feature documentary professionals early filmmakers like Fernando Colomo, Fernando Trueba, Imanol Uribe, Carmen Maura and Antonio Resines, protagonists of the so called 'New Spanish Cinema' in the 80s. His first films were produced between friends, her back to the industry. Rolled with minimal budget and with the sole intention of having fun ... And big surprise were critical and box office successes. And also true generational manifestos.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-10-26
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The Other Way Around
Overview: After 15 years together, Ale and Alex have an idea that might seem absurd: to organize a party to celebrate their breakup. This announcement leaves their loved ones perplexed, but they remain firm in their decision to separate. Or maybe not?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-08-28
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Rafael Azcona
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-09-30
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Madame Cinéma
Overview: A documentary on Venezuelan filmmaker Margot Benacerraf, who won the Cannes International Critics Prize with her movie Araya in 1959.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-02
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¡Ay, Carmen!
Overview: The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director Pedro Almodóvar's first muse and a brilliant artist in her own right.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-10-29
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Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
Overview: A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-03-13
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Stories of Our Cinema
Overview: In Spain, on May 11, 1896, at the Price circus, the first moving images ever shown in the country are projected. From that event, the Spanish actor Antonio Resines intends to compile a series of anecdotes to shape the amazing history of Spanish cinema, holding several conversations with prominent figures of the Spanish film industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-11-22
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Luis García Berlanga: pasado, presente y futuro del cine español
Overview: A conversation about the work of Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) and his perdurance in contemporary Spanish cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-07-23
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Equipo Crónica. Arte de trinchera
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2025-02-28
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