Pilar Miró

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Pilar Miró

Born April 20, 1940 · Madrid, Spain

Died October 19, 1997 · aged 57

No biography available.

Known For

Prince of ShadowsPrince of Shadows · 1991
Prince of Shadows
★ 5.21991
MovieThrillerCrime
Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.
Your Name Poisons My DreamsYour Name Poisons My Dreams · 1996
Your Name Poisons My Dreams
★ 4.91996
MovieDrama
Angel Barciela and the police inspector Francisco Valduque meets after several years in the funeral of Buendía engineer. Both expect to see Julia, the daughter of the deceased and one of those involved in the investigation.
The Crime of CuencaThe Crime of Cuenca · 1981
The Crime of Cuenca
★ 6.81981
MovieDramaHistory
Osa de la Vega, Cuenca, Spain, 1913. Gregorio and León, employees on the estate of the village's mayor, a powerful landowner, are arrested and accused of the murder of José María el Cepa, a shepherd who mysteriously disappeared three years earlier.
Hablamos esta nocheHablamos esta noche · 1982
Hablamos esta noche
★ 7.51982
Movie
Victor is the engineer who has set up the Nuclear Power Plant Zapater. Alongside his professional problems he also hasa difficult family situation: a divorce, a teenage homosexual son, a relationship that is not satisfactory, the emergence of a new woman. With just a few days to the inauguration, Luis Maria, an engineer close friend of Victor, responsible for a serious accident in the past and addicted to alcohol, warns of the possibility of a malfunction of the plant. Nothing guarantees the truth of this warning, but to find it out the inauguration is suspended
WertherWerther · 1986
Werther
★ 7.31986
MovieDramaRomance
This adaptation of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther offers a chilly and remote view of love and its passions. The setting is changed to Spain, and Werther (Eusebio Poncela) has taken a job tutoring the son of an estranged husband and wife. The boy's mother is a surgeon and therefore a rather uncommon woman for her society. She and Werther gradually become romantically involved, and his feelings for her begin to run much deeper than is apparent on the surface.
The Dog in the MangerThe Dog in the Manger · 1996
The Dog in the Manger
★ 6.61996
MovieComedy
Countess Diana de Belflor is in love with Teodoro, her secretary, but he is engaged to Marcela.
The Girl in MourningThe Girl in Mourning · 1964
The Girl in Mourning
★ 5.51964
MovieComedy
Rocio and Raphael are a young couple from a small Spanish town. Rocio must mourn the death of a relative for six months and is forbidden to see Raphael. Very much in love, they are frustrated by the old-fashioned customs of their village. When they can finally see each other, the two plan to soon marry. Unfortunately, the girl's grandfather dies and she must start the process of mourning all over again. This time Raphael begs her to rebel against her family and the villagers, but she refuses for fear of persecution. When Rocio has had enough of putting her own happiness aside, she decides to run away with Raphael in spite of what her family will say. Things do not go as planned, however, when yet another family member passes away.
The Bird of HappinessThe Bird of Happiness · 1993
The Bird of Happiness
★ 5.01993
MovieDrama
While some people need to be surrounded by friends to be happy, Carmen (Mercedes Sampietro) is perfectly content by herself, pursuing her vocation as an art restorer. But her bubble of isolation is punctured when she becomes the survivor of a violent assault. Shaken by the incident, Carmen decides she needs a break from it all. So begins a soul-searching journey that takes Carmen back to her hometown in southern Spain, where she contemplates the joys and sorrows of her past.

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The Girl in MourningThe Girl in Mourning · 1964
The Girl in Mourning
★ 5.51964
MovieComedy
Rocio and Raphael are a young couple from a small Spanish town. Rocio must mourn the death of a relative for six months and is forbidden to see Raphael. Very much in love, they are frustrated by the old-fashioned customs of their village. When they can finally see each other, the two plan to soon marry. Unfortunately, the girl's grandfather dies and she must start the process of mourning all over again. This time Raphael begs her to rebel against her family and the villagers, but she refuses for fear of persecution. When Rocio has had enough of putting her own happiness aside, she decides to run away with Raphael in spite of what her family will say. Things do not go as planned, however, when yet another family member passes away.

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