Arantxa Aguirre

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Arantxa Aguirre

Born January 1, 1965 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain (age 61)

Arantxa Aguirre Carballeira (Madrid, 1965) is a Spanish documentary director, screenwriter, and writer. The daughter of actress Enriqueta Carballeira and film director Javier Aguirre, she has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in film, working as an assistant director for filmmakers such as Mario Camus, Pedro Almodóvar, Carlos Saura, and Luis García Berlanga, among others. She also holds a …

Known For

High HeelsHigh Heels · 1991
High Heels
★ 7.01991
MovieDramaComedy
After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...
Ay, Carmela!Ay, Carmela! · 1990
Ay, Carmela!
★ 6.71990
MovieComedyDrama
During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.
Freedom to DreamsFreedom to Dreams · 2025
Freedom to Dreams
2025
MovieDocumentary
Daybreak in summer. A young girl from San Sebastian makes her way to the Peine del Viento (Wind Comb). She remembers the old sculptor Eduardo Chillida, who had been coming here since he was a boy. Today his three sculptures anchored to the rocks, in permanent conversation with the sea and the wind, have become a distinguishing feature of his city and of the whole Basque coast. At dawn, the young Jone asks herself about the sculptor and promises herself that she will go and find him.
El amor y la muerteEl amor y la muerte · 2018
El amor y la muerte
2018
MovieDocumentary
Documentary that recreates the biography of the Catalan composer and pianist Enrique Granados (1867-1916), his trips to Madrid, Paris and New York, his sensitive nature, the struggle to make his way in life despite the family economic straits and his first successes The story, built from vintage images, is interspersed with versions of the Granados repertoire by interpreters such as Rosa Torres-Pardo, Evgeny Kissin, Cañizares, Arcángel, Rocío Márquez, Carlos Álvarez and Nancy Fabiola Herrera, among others.
Dancing BeethovenDancing Beethoven · 2017
Dancing Beethoven
★ 8.92017
MovieDocumentary
A journey through the preparation and hardworking process of ballet dancers and musicians for a unique spectacle in Tokio that Béjart choreographed with the Ninth symphony of Beethoven. Béjart ballet dances with Tokio ballet and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Israel. A marvellous combination of dancers movements and expression of different feelings along the four movements of the symphony with absolute elegance and strength.
Shadows in a ConflictShadows in a Conflict · 1993
Shadows in a Conflict
★ 5.41993
MovieDrama
Ana, a former member of the Basque terrorist group ETA who lives in a small village near the Portuguese border working as a veterinarian and sharing her days with her partner Darío and their daughter Amalia, meets José, an attractive man who participated in the dirty anti-terrorist war against ETA criminals who took refuge in France.
Zurbarán y sus doce hijosZurbarán y sus doce hijos · 2020
Zurbarán y sus doce hijos
2020
MovieDocumentary
The journey around the world depicted in Zurbarán's series "Jacob and His Twelve Sons" serves as a thread to guide us through the life and work of one of the titans of Spanish Baroque, while also revealing the unique history of this series. After being exhibited in Dallas, New York, and Jerusalem, the paintings return to Auckland Castle as the heart of a project that seeks to regenerate this area in the northeast of England.
El primer siglo del PradoEl primer siglo del Prado · 2007
El primer siglo del Prado
2007
MovieDocumentary
Documentary on the first hundred years of the history of the Prado Museum. Based on the exhibition "The 19th century in the Prado" (October 2007-April 2008). Study the first year of the Prado Museum, its evolution, the concept of the mentioned exhibition, the Museum Collection, the masterpieces and the restoration work.

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