María Isabel Verdú Rollán, better known as Maribel Verdú is a Spanish actress, and is known to English-speaking audiences for playing Mercedes in the 2006 film "Pan's Labyrinth", written and directed by who?
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Maribel Verdú María Isabel Verdú Rollán (] ; born 2 October 1970) better known as Maribel Verdú is a Spanish actress. She is known to English-speaking audiences for playing Luisa in Alfonso Cuarón's 2001 film "Y tu mamá también" and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film "Pan's Labyrinth". In Spain she is known for films such as "Lovers" ("Amantes"), "Belle Époque", "The Blind Sunflowers" ("Los girasoles ciegos") and "Blancanieves".
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Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno , 'The Labyrinth of the Faun' ) is a 2006 Spanish-Mexican dark fantasy film written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed internationally by Esperanto Filmoj and Warner Bros.
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Rogelia (film) Rogelia is a 1962 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Pina Pellicer, Arturo Fernández and Fernando Rey. It is based on Armando Palacio Valdés's 1926 novel "Saint Rogelia". A 1940 film adaptation had previously been made.
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Cantaclaro Cantaclaro is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Esther Fernandez, Antonio Badú and Alberto Galán. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Rómulo Gallegos. It was part of a spate of film adaptations of Gallegos' novels following success of "Doña Bárbara" (1943). The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho.
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The Maid (2009 film) The Maid (Spanish: "La Nana" ) is a 2009 comedy-drama film, directed by Sebastián Silva and co-written by Silva and Pedro Peirano. It has won numerous awards since its premiere at the 25th Annual Sundance Film Festival. The film has had much critical acclaim, particularly for Catalina Saavedra's award-winning performance as the lead character.
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Lucía, Lucía Lucía, Lucía, also known as La hija del caníbal, is a 2003 Mexican-Spanish film and the second by Antonio Serrano. The story is based on Spanish journalist Rosa Montero's novel of the same name (1997). The film stars Argentine actress Cecilia Roth, Mexican actor Kuno Becker, and Spanish actor Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa. The cinematographer is Xavier Pérez Grobet.
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Los miserables (2014 telenovela) Los miserables (English title: "Les Misérables"), is a Spanish-language telenovela to be produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami. Telemundo announced that the Mexican actress Aracely Arámbula will star in the first adaptation for a Spanish soap opera of "Los Miserables". Telemundo Production, already in pre-production and will be shot entirely in Mexico, "Los Miserables" is an adaptation of the French novel by Victor Hugo and will be written by the Venezuelan Valentina Párraga. Starring Aracely Arámbula and Erik Hayser, with Aylin Mujica and Gabriel Porras in the antagonistic role. It tells the story of a woman persecuted for justice, which must resist the injustices while demonstrating integrity.
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Ein Sommer in Paris Ein Sommer in Paris (English: "A Summer in Paris" ) is a 2011 German romantic film, written by Stefan Cantz and Jan Hinterand and directed by Jorgo Papavassiliou.
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María Elena Velasco María Elena Velasco-Fragoso (17 December 1940 – 1 May 2015) was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter, dancer, screenwriter, film producer, and one of Mexico's few major female film directors.
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Lucy (2006 film) Lucy is a 2006 German drama film directed by Henner Winckler.
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Nine Lives (2005 film) Nine Lives is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores. Their themes include parent-child relationships, fractured love, adultery, illness, and death. Similar to García's previous work, "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her", it is a series of overlapping vignettes, each one running about the same length and told in a single, unbroken take, featuring an ensemble cast.
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Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet Castillo (] ; born 9 April 1960) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts and commercials. Her films follow a departure from traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context, ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur”.
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Margarita Xirgu Margarita Xirgu, also Margarida Xirgu (18 June 1888, Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain – 25 April 1969, Montevideo, Uruguay), was a Spanish stage actress, who was greatly popular throughout her country and Latin America. A friend of the poet Federico García Lorca, she was forced into exile during Francisco Franco's dictatorship of Spain, but continued her work in America. Notable plays in which she appeared include "Como tú me Deseas", "La casa de Bernarda Alba", and "Mariana Pineda".
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Tristana Tristana is a 1970 Spanish film directed by Luis Buñuel. Based on the eponymous novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, it stars Catherine Deneuve and Fernando Rey and was shot in Toledo, Spain. The voices of French actress Catherine Deneuve and Italian actor Franco Nero were dubbed to Spanish. "Tristana" is a Spanish-Franco-Italian co-production.
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El otro El otro (English: The Other ) is a 2007 Argentine, French, and German drama film, written and directed by Ariel Rotter, his second feature.
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Parapalos Parapalos (English: Pin Boy ) is a 2004 Argentine and Belgian film, directed by Ana Poliak, and written by Poliak and Santiago Loza.
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Your Name Is Justine Your Name is Justine (Polish: "Masz na imię Justine" ) is a 2005 Luxembourgish film directed by Franco de Peña. De Peña had originally wanted to produce the film in Germany, but when he was unable to garner enough funds, he came to Luxembourg. The film was co-produced by Luxembourg Hemisphere Films and Polish Opus Film, and shot primarily in Luxembourg with the aid of numerous local technicians. As a result of the multifaceted production, the dialogue of the movie is in English, German and Polish. The plot of the story revolves around a girl called Mariola (Anna Cieslak), who is forced into prostitution in Berlin, and attempts to hold on to her sense of self despite being exploited by those around her.
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Edgar Brau Edgar Brau is an Argentine writer, stage director and artist.
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Carmen (2003 film) Carmen is a 2003 Spanish drama film directed by Vicente Aranda. The script was written by Aranda and Joaquim Jordà adapting the classic romance of the same name by Prosper Mérimée. Director Vicente Aranda based the plot on Mérimée's original 1847 novella about jealousy and passion, not its famous operatic adaptation by Bizet from 1875, changing some details about the love story between Carmen (Paz Vega) and José (Leonardo Sbaraglia). As in the novella, author Mérimée (Jay Benedict) is portrayed as a French writer who finds the "real" Carmen in early 19th century Spain.
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The Butterfly Tattoo (film) The Butterfly Tattoo is a 2008 feature film, based on the Philip Pullman novel "The White Mercedes" (also released as "The Butterfly Tattoo"). The film is particularly notable given that despite being a commercial production it actively sought to provide training and experience for young film-makers. The film also used a novel method of financing its production, by selling shares to members of the public.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a 1972 British musical film based on the Lewis Carroll novel of the same name and its sequel, "Through the Looking-Glass", directed by Australian television producer-director William Sterling. It had a distinguished ensemble cast with a musical score by John Barry and lyrics, Don Black.
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Tirant lo Blanc (film) Tirant lo Blanc (a.k.a. "The Maidens' Conspiracy") is a 2006 historical adventure film directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Casper Zafer, Esther Nubiola and Victoria Abril. The script was written by Aranda based on "Tirant lo Blanch", a Valencian language chivalry novel dating to 1490, written by Joanot Martorell. It presents a highly fictionalized alternate history narrative of the events leading to the Fall of Constantinople.