Montxo Armendáriz

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Montxo Armendáriz

Born January 27, 1949 · Olleta, Navarra, Spain (age 77)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Montxo Armendariz, (born as Juan Ramón Armendariz Barrios; January 27 1949 in Olleta, Navarra, Spain ), is an awarded Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film Las cartas de Alou won at the San Sebastian Film Festival. His next film, Historias del Kronen, was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Secretos del corazón won several Goya Award, Berl…

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Escenario móvilEscenario móvil · 2004
Escenario móvil
★ 6.02004
MovieDocumentaryMusic
During the summer, singer-songwriter Luis Pastor travels through Spain's eastern region Extremadura to play his music on a mobile stage.
Stories from the KronenStories from the Kronen · 1995
Stories from the Kronen
★ 6.11995
MovieDrama
Carlos is a young student, just 21. Nice or annoying as he likes, enjoys provoking and transgreding. In the night he goes out to meet his friends in the Kronen, a bar. Every situation can be taken a little farther. There are no limits, no accepted barriers. And more each time, each adventure is chained to the next, as if it were a continuous night. A long description of people: grandfather, parents, sister, girlfriend, friends. And, among that, the obscure will of living every minute as if it were the last one. But something which happens puts Carlos and his friend against a reality they have been trying to ignore.
Secrets of the HeartSecrets of the Heart · 1997
Secrets of the Heart
★ 6.51997
MovieDrama
Javi and his friend Carlos visit an old house on the outskirts of a small Spanish village. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the room where his father was found dead). He is so interested in these mysteries that he starts to investigate all the secrets of these dead people and their stories.
Broken SilenceBroken Silence · 2001
Broken Silence
★ 5.72001
MovieDrama
Winter, 1944. Lucía at 21 returns to her small village in the mountains. She again meets Manuel, a young iron-smith who helps "those in the mountain", the "maquis", the anti-Franco resistance. Lucía is attracted to Manual, because of his smile and the bravery of those men who continue fighting for their ideas, even at the cost of their own lives. When Manuel is pursued (by Franco's Civil Guard) he flees to the mountain and Lucía discovers the reality of political repression, the silence, the horror and fear.
#Sequence#Sequence · 2013
#Sequence
★ 5.02013
MovieDrama
#Sequence is a collective feature film that was shot and released in a single day, December 21, 2013, on the occasion of the celebration of the shortest day [ED + C]. Montxo Armendáriz coordinates is composed of 17 short film whose common denominator is that they are shot in a single plane sequence and follow the rules of the festival identity JamesonNotodofilmfest short and initiative # littlesecretfilm.
The Night of the SunflowersThe Night of the Sunflowers · 2006
The Night of the Sunflowers
★ 6.42006
MovieDramaThriller
Two speleologists, Esteban and Pedro, travel to a mountainous area located in northern Spain, near a small village, to study a newly discovered cave and determine if it is of scientific interest, while Gabi, Esteban's wife, awaits their return on a lonely road at the foot of the mountain.
IkusmenaIkusmena · 1980
Ikusmena
★ 8.01980
MovieDrama
During the awards ceremony of school paintings, a girl remembers how she ended up painting the picture she presented to the contest. Several people from her environment influenced, with their opinions and advice, the final result.
Letters from AlouLetters from Alou · 1990
Letters from Alou
★ 5.11990
MovieDrama
A group of Africans clandestinely reaches the coast of southern Spain. Among them is Alou, a 28 years old Senegalese. As all his belongings are stolen while in Almsería, he has no choice but to engage in street vending. His only pleasure are the letters he writes to his family to tell the vicissitudes of his Spanish adventure.

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