Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa
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Biography: Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa Sánchez (born 1940 in La Felguera – 23 September 2015) was a Spanish theatre director, writer, actor and lecturer. He won the 2000 Goya award for Best New Actor for his performance as Vecino.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: La Felguera, Asturias, Spain
Adult: No
Birthday: January 01, 1940
Age: 85 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 23, 2015
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The Nudist
Overview: The taboo that nudity represents is a big burden for Raúl, who must get rid of the vision that has taunted him in order to achieve his goal: to be nude.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-11-04
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Ojos verdes
Overview: The longing and critical review of the copla is lived through the history of the marqués de Almodóvar, a passionate ambassador who organized Franco's folkloric festivals; generous, womanizer, excessive, wasteful, himself the protagonist of his own copla. In love in his youth with a Concha Piquer chorus girl, he dedicated his life to collecting fetishes and memories of all the cante divas with which to organize a sentimental museum in his decaying castle, filling it with showcases where he could store his longings. When he died, destitute, in the pension of his last mistress, also a cupletist, she disputes her legacy with the housekeeper who took care of him and her picturesque collections all her life. family castle. A dear diplomatic friend recalls his fanciful existence emotionally. An aesthetic that is part of the feeling of the Andalusian people. And as a common thread "Ojos Verdes", the most beautiful song of songs of his rich songbook.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-11-01
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La noche de todos los santos
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-03-22
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Alone
Overview: Maria, whose parents live in the country, cannot stand her father's authoritarian ways and moves to the city. She finds a job as a cleaner and tries to survive in a wretched apartment in the shabby part of a big city. She is pregnant, and the fact that her boyfriend has abandoned her does not help matters. When her father goes to the hospital for an operation, her mother comes to stay with her. Her neighbor, an old recluse whose only friend is his dog, begins to come out of his shell and these three lost souls try to give each other the strength to start over.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-03-05
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Los muertos no se tocan, nene
Overview: Logroño, 1959. The death of a local authority creates a double expectation in his family, the coming of the TV set the deceased bought and the mayor to attend the funeral. His grandson (Airas Brispo) will witness the grotesque situations.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-11-04
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The Waves
Overview: After the death of his wife, Miguel decides to take a trip, postponed for many years, Argeles-sur-Mer, a small town in southern France, where thousands of refugees are concentrated for some time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-06-28
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Zombi
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Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-04-29
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Love Is Not What It Used to Be
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-04-26
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A falta de pan
Overview: A short by Martín Rosete.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-12-31
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Lucía, Lucía
Overview: Lucia, an children's book author, tells the story of her husband's disappearance. One day on their way to Brazil he just disappears. She goes to the police, gets a ransom note, and makes friends with the old dude downstairs and the young dude upstairs as she tries to find him. Things take a bit of a twist as she realized the kidnapping may not be as simple as it seems on the surface.
Genres: Adventure Drama Comedy Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-01-17
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In Memoriam
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-10-28
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La luz con el tiempo dentro
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-03-06
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Innocent Killers
Overview: Garralda is a troubled college student who only has to pass one last subject to obtain his academic degree. When his teacher catches him copying on a test, he requires him to perform a very unethical task in exchange for passing and thus achieving his goal.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-07-03
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La biblia negra
Overview: After the death of his parents in a car accident, orphan Simon goes to live with relative Maria Bayona in the Spanish countryside. Soon after, Simon begins to suspect that Maria is practicing black magic.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-02-01
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70m2
Overview: Ivan is heading his girlfriend's place decided to propose to her. But in his way, a series of unfortunate coincidences push him into a loop of catastrophic events that never seems to end.
Genres: Romance Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-11-08
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Amarillo Limón
Overview: In a quiet store the sound of the door announces the arrival of a customer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-15
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The Bride
Overview: Based on the famous play "Bodas de sangre" (Blood Wedding) by Federico García Lorca, La novia tells the story of a passionate love triangle. A bride leaves her groom, no longer able to withstand the surging desires of her lover, Leonordo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-12-11
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El violín de piedra
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-09-24
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The Horsemen of Death
Overview: Sometimes it is not easy to know who you are...
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-07-30
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Son of the Bride
Overview: At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-08-16
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Flesh Memories
Overview: After a fifteen-year exile, Thomas come back home to bury his father, a Republican fighter thrown in jail by Franco's regime who died without ever regaining his freedom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-02-15
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Nudos
Overview: Barcelona, 2002. A coffin is carried to the cemetery of Montjuïc in a chariot drawn by horses. The lifeless is Pep Grau, an old fisherman found drowned and subject to his boat by a complicated knot sailor. The Pep voiceover Grau, portrayed with affection and humor the curious characters he met in life, recounts the difficult moments of his childhood during the Civil War, and finally, we are introduced to Lola, the woman of his life , which has a fish stall in the Boqueria Market beautiful and, after the death of Pep, begins receiving anonymous gifts. Silvia, a teenage ambitious and attractive, is the attorney for the insurance company. Mario, her boss and lover, asked to investigate the strange circumstances surrounding the death of the fisherman. Silvia's inquiries aa allow us to know other characters, like the maverick Dr. Cipriano Mera, Pep old comrade, and his son Gabino Mera.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-03-07
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Chrysalis
Overview: Interwoven emotions and struggles of three women of different generations aiming to build the lives they desire, their own future, love and dreams. All of them lose the love of their lives and they will have to pursue their happiness and fight for their dignity in a dark and hostile word.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-10-28
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La vida es sueño
Overview: A philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life. The story focuses on the fictional Segismundo, Prince of Poland, who has been imprisoned in a tower by his father, King Basilio, following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the King. Basilio briefly frees Segismundo, but when the prince goes on a rampage, the king imprisons him again, persuading him that it was all a dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-03-27
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Elsa & Fred
Overview: When the retired seventy-seven years old hypochondriac widower Fred moves to an apartment in Madrid, his temperamental daughter Cuca has an incident with his next door neighbor, the elder Argentinean Elsa. Later, they meet each other and Elsa seduces Fred with her reckless behavior and view of life and they have a romance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-07-28
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To the Other Side
Overview: Pivoting around a novelist's fascinating story of a magic mirror--the extra-dimensional gate to a haunting realm--a Literature student locates her house, intent on crossing over. Will he ever find out what lurks hidden on the other side?
Genres: Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-01-17
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Una pasión singular
Overview: Spain, August 1936, the first days of the Spanish Civil War. During the painful pilgrimage of the Andalusian writer Blas Infante (1885-1936) from prison to prison, always on the verge of death, various images cross his mind: people, dreams, remnants of his past.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-01-24
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Socarrat
Overview: We all have secrets. We all have family. We all search for happiness. What if we share our secrets and search for happiness together?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-05-29
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El vuelo del guirre
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-05-11
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