Jaime de Armiñán

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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 SeñoritaMy Dearest Señorita · 2026
My 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 NestThe Nest · 1980
The 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.
The TwinsThe Twins · 1963
The Twins
7.01963
MovieComedy
Twins separated at birth are reunited 12 years later.
Mi generalMi general · 1987
Mi general
5.31987
MovieComedy
A group of generals of the army meet for a course about NATO and new weapons. In the beginning everything is normal but as the time passes they behave more and more like school children.
¡Jo, papá!¡Jo, papá! · 1975
¡Jo, papá!
5.51975
MovieDrama
With the purpose of recalling a youthful adventure, Enrique, a well-placed merchant, decides to travel around Spain in the company of his wife Alicia and his two daughters, Pilar and Carmen.
My Dearest SenoritaMy Dearest Senorita · 1972
My Dearest Senorita
6.81972
MovieDramaComedy
A woman living in a small town discovers after fifty years that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-minded society?
13 de septiembre de 193613 de septiembre de 1936 · 2023
13 de septiembre de 1936
2023
MovieDocumentary
San Sebastian, October 2023.
Pisito de solterasPisito de solteras · 1973
Pisito de solteras
5.91973
MovieComedy
The shy professor Emilio is about to celebrate a wedding nobody wants. At the last minute he escapes and settles in a Madrid apartment shared by four friends of his ex-fiancee. The unhappy man is like a little lamb in a wolf's lair - in this case four wolves.

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The Lame PigeonThe Lame Pigeon · 1995
The Lame Pigeon
5.11995
MovieComedyDrama
Little Felipe has been sick for a long time. To hasten his recovery, his parents send him to spend the summer of 1958 in the villa of his grandparents, located in the wealthy quarter of Cadiz. The warm climate of southern Spain is good for the boy, but the inhabitants of the great home may be a different story as all the relatives within are a tad strange. There Felipe meets his great-grandmother and her tough nurse Adoracion who patiently listens to grandmama's reminiscence's of the bandoleros who died for her. Felipe is not allowed to leave his bed, but his hours pass pleasantly thanks to the ministrations of the sexy Mari, a virgin, who loves to tease her four strapping aspiring lovers. As the summer progresses, Felipe interacts with all of his relatives and from their strange behavior finds himself learning an awful lot about life and love.

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