Directing
Jaime de Armiñán
Born March 10, 1927 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Died April 9, 2024 · aged 97
Jaime de Armiñán Oliver was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His films have been nominated for Academy Awards in the Foreign language film category twice, in 1972 for Mi querida señorita and in 1980 for El Nido.
Known For
My Dearest Señorita · 2026My Dearest Señorita
★ 6.52026
MovieDramaRomance
A young woman from a traditional family learns she's intersex, sparking a journey of self-discovery, gender identity and love found in unexpected places.
The Witching Hour · 1985The Witching Hour
★ 4.61985
MovieDramaRomance
César and Pilar tour the Spanish countryside with their bus, showing films and doing magic spectacles in small villages. In one of these trips they find Saga, a beautiful young woman who starts to travel with them and changes their lives in unexpected ways.
Balearic Caper · 1966Balearic Caper
★ 4.91966
MovieAdventureThriller
A scepter is stolen, and it's hunted for by various groups of international robbers and spies, for various reasons - in a parody of 007 movies.
The Love of Captain Brando · 1974The Love of Captain Brando
★ 5.41974
MovieDramaRomance
During the last years of Franco's dictatorship, Fernando, an old republican exile, returns to his home in a small Castilian village and befriends Aurora, a young and attractive teacher.
El día que nací yo · 1991El día que nací yo
★ 4.61991
MovieDramaRomance
A gypsy who sells fish in a market, sings on weekends in a tablao. One day, a professor, exiled in Cádiz for her political ideas, offers the cantaora a job.
The Nest · 1980The Nest
★ 6.61980
MovieDrama
In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric widower, aged 60, is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13 year old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita) the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro. Even though he knows the village is talking, Alejandro spends time with Goyita, on walks, horseback rides, and dinners. He's enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that he's living for the first time. Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro, and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highly-charged relationship.
On the Far Side of the Tunnel · 1994On the Far Side of the Tunnel
★ 4.71994
MovieDrama
Miguel and Aurelio are two film writers who decide to lock in a monastery in Aragon to finish the script for a movie. Strolling through the beautiful neighborhood, they meet a young and very attractive baker, with whom they maintain a loving relationship and she becomes, without realizing it, the protagonist of the script.
Historia de la frivolidad · 1967Historia de la frivolidad
★ 7.21967
MovieComedyTV Movie
The Lecturer, leader of the Feminine League Against Frivolity, tells the history of eroticism and censorship from the beginning of time until the late 1960s.


















