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Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Born January 2, 1942 · Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain (age 84)
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Torrelavega -Cantabria-, January 2, 1942). Spanish film director, screenwriter and writer. Graduated in Philosophy and Letters, in 1970 he graduated as a filmmaker at the Escuela Oficial de Cine de Madrid. In 1973 he debuted as a director with Habla, mudita and won the Critics' Prize at the 1974 Berlin International Film Festival and an Oscar nomination. Between 1974 and…
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Virgin Rose · 2006Virgin Rose
★ 4.82006
MovieDramaCrime
Simón transports illegal immigrants to New York, leaving them to their fate. When he is discovered by the coastguard, a young sailor, named Andrés saves his life. But when Andrés falls for Marie—a young protegée of Simón's—conflict erupts.
Black Litter · 1977Black Litter
★ 5.51977
MovieDrama
Tatin is a young man of fifteen years old who joins a violent group of extreme right-wing ideology, led by Blanca, a mature woman of influential personality.
Visionarios · 2001Visionarios
★ 6.52001
MovieDrama
An aspiring teacher (Eduardo Noriega) falls for a maid (Ingrid Rubio) in a village where people claim they see the Virgin Mary.
Don Quixote, Knight Errant · 2002Don Quixote, Knight Errant
★ 8.02002
MovieComedyAdventure
After an old soldier named Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) wrote the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, the knight and his squire have become very popular. When he learns that the Turkish comes along the Mediterranean coast with a powerful army, Don Quixote will undertake, again opposed by his niece and his housekeeper, a new adventure that begins in La Mancha and ends on the coast.
Semana Santa · 1992Semana Santa
★ 5.01992
MovieDocumentary
An emotional trip through the most relevant aspects of Seville's Holy Week, released for the 1992 Universal Exhibition held in Seville. Music played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Demons in the Garden · 1982Demons in the Garden
★ 6.01982
MovieDrama
Juan is the handsome, irresponsible, best-loved second son. When his older brother, who runs the family's black-market business with their steel-willed mother, marries Juan's lover Ana, Juan heads for Madrid to work for Franco. Juan also leaves behind his impoverished cousin, Ángela, pregnant with his son. Jump ten years. Juanito, the lad, has rheumatic fever. The doctor says to pamper the boy. Ángela, Ana, and his grandmother comply. As Juanito recovers, his father returns in desperate need of cash; Juanito witnesses a theft blamed on his innocent mother. Things come to a head at a saint's-name party for father and son. Jealousies, betrayals, and a bullet converge.
The Most Beautiful Night · 1984The Most Beautiful Night
★ 4.31984
MovieDramaComedy
Federico, an executive of national television, begins to suspect that his wife Elena, an actress who retired prematurely after marriage, is cheating him with another man. The symptoms are that Elena sighs, looks far into heaven and is aware of the exact time a comet passes. In other words, she expects her most beautiful night.
Jarrapellejos · 1988Jarrapellejos
★ 5.11988
MovieDrama
Pedro Jarrapellejos is a ladies man who cannot turn the heads of Isabel or her beautiful daughter. When both peasant women are found raped and murdered in a brutal scene, a schoolteacher is falsely accused. Pedro knows his own nephew and his friend participated in the killings, but he uses his considerable influence over the police and courts to intimidate the witnesses into silence.
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