Fernando Méndez-Leite

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Fernando Méndez-Leite

Born May 6, 1944 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain (age 82)

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Icónica ChamorroIcónica Chamorro · 2023
Icónica Chamorro
2.02023
MovieDocumentary
Journalist Paloma Chamorro symbolized openness and modernity in Spain in the early 1980s. Her personality and her shows on TVE (then the only TV channel in the country) made her an influential transgressive icon.
La RegentaLa Regenta · 1995
La Regenta
1995
MovieDramaRomance
The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores's life unbearable and inevitably tragic.
The Blind SunflowersThe Blind Sunflowers · 2008
The Blind Sunflowers
6.52008
MovieDrama
Orense, Spain, 1940, just after the end of the Civil War. Every time Elena locks the door of her home, she and her children become the faithful guardians of a sacred secret: Ricardo, her husband, their father, hides in the house, trying to avoid the brutal political persecution of the victors, who hunt, as if they were wild animals, and imprison or execute, those who have lost the bloody and tragic struggle…
El hombre de modaEl hombre de moda · 1980
El hombre de moda
6.01980
MovieRomance
Pedro Liniers, a literature teacher, comes back to Madrid after his wife has just left him. Meanwhile, Aurora Villalba, came to Spain from Argentina, running away from the militaries, she has a special way of living her own way. Pedro wants to get back the job as a teacher through an old friend, Bruno Baena, who is the head master of the school. Aurora starts going to Pedro's classes. Pedro will become "El hombre de moda", very soon.
Wild SessionWild Session · 2019
Wild Session
6.82019
MovieDocumentary
A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.
Howard Hawks, San Sebastián 1972Howard Hawks, San Sebastián 1972 · 2003
Howard Hawks, San Sebastián 1972
2003
MovieDocumentary
In 1972, the American film director Howard Hawks travelled to San Sebastian to preside over the jury of the Film Festival. Two young film buffs, Jesús Martínez León and José Luis Cuerda, came from Madrid in the hope of interviewing him. After thirty years of life and films we recover that unpublished interview.
La corte de AnaLa corte de Ana · 2020
La corte de Ana
8.02020
MovieDocumentaryMusic
She appeared when Spain was waking up from a long post-war period and crying with melodramas starring children, a child prodigy unlike any other; a girl who, in time, would become a symbol of freedom and a total artist. Actress, singer, friend, lover. This is the story of Ana Belén.
¡Ay, Carmen!¡Ay, Carmen! · 2018
¡Ay, Carmen!
5.32018
MovieDocumentary
The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director Pedro Almodóvar's first muse and a brilliant artist in her own right.

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