Spanish films of 2001
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2001
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| 2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy... |
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| El espinazo del diablo The Devil's Backbone The Devil's Backbone is a 2001 Spanish-Mexican gothic thriller film written by Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras and David Muñoz, and directed by Guillermo del Toro. It was independently produced by Pedro Almodóvar.... |
Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones... |
Marisa Paredes Marisa Paredes María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, , better known in show business as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress.-Biography:... , Federico Luppi, Eduardo Noriega Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor) Eduardo Noriega Gómez is a Spanish film actor, perhaps best known for his roles in two Alejandro Amenábar films, the multiple Goya Award-winning Tesis and Open Your Eyes . He also starred in The Wolf... |
War drama | Spanish Civil War Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939... |
| Lucía y el sexo Lucía y el sexo Sex and Lucia is an award winning 2001 Spanish drama film, written and directed by Julio Médem, and starring Paz Vega and Tristán Ulloa. As suggested by the title, there is a great deal of passionate sexual content surrounding the love story of Lucia and Lorenzo as the plot dissolves into a very... |
Julio Medem Julio Medem Julio Médem is a Spanish writer and film director.Medem was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when he would take his father's Super 8 camera and shoot at night, while nobody was paying attention... |
Paz Vega Paz Vega Paz Campos Trigo , better known as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress.- Early life :Vega was born in Seville, Andalusia, Spain to a homemaker mother and a retired bullfighter father. Vega's younger sister has performed as a flamenco dancer. Vega has described her family as "traditional" and Catholic.... , Elena Anaya Elena Anaya Elena Anaya is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995.Anaya is the youngest of 5 children. She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Lucía y el sexo and also appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella .Her best-known Hollywood film... , Tristán Ulloa Tristán Ulloa Tristán Ulloa is a Spanish actor, writer, and director.He was born in Orléans to a Spanish mother and father exiled in France... |
Erotic drama | |
| En construcción | José Luis Guerín José Luis Guerín José Luis Guerín is a Spanish filmmaker and educator, known for his meditative and intellectually curious work in both documentary and narrative filmmaking.... |
workers | Documentary | Awarded documentary film about the building of a house |
| El cielo abierto El cielo abierto El cielo abierto is a 2000 Spanish movie starring Sergi López and Mariola Fuentes.-Synopsis:... |
Miguel Albaladejo Miguel Albaladejo Miguel Albaladejo, is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.-Filmography as Film Director:* La primera noche de mi vida * Manolito Gafotas * Ataque verbal * Rencor... |
Sergi López Sergi López Sergi López i Ayats is a Spanish actor.-Early life:Sergi López was initiated in theater in representations of typical Catalan nativity plays called Els Pastorets, in his native city. He started to study theater in Barcelona but completed his studies in France, in the school of Jacques Lecoq... , Mariola Fuentes Mariola Fuentes Mariola Fuentes is a Spanish actress.She usually plays tragicomical characters. She started to be known in 1997, thanks to her role in Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí... , Emilio Gutiérrez Caba Emilio Gutiérrez Caba Emilio Gutiérrez Caba is a Spanish film and television actor.-Personal:Caba is the son of actors Emilio Gutierrez and Irene Caba Alba and brother of the actresses Irene Gutiérrez Caba and Julia Gutiérrez Caba... |
Romantic comedy | |
| Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella Torrente, Misión en Marbella is a 2001 Spanish dark comedy. The film is the sequel to Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley, and, like the first film, it was written and directed by Santiago Segura who takes the leading role of José Luis Torrente.- Plot:... |
Santiago Segura Santiago Segura Santiago Segura Silva is a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, producer and director.Santiago was born in the Carabanchel neighbourhood in Madrid. After studying Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, he decided to pursue a career as a film-maker and in 1989 he directed the short Relatos de... |
Santiago Segura, Gabino Diego Gabino Diego Gabino Diego is a Spanish actor, born on 18 September 1966 in Madrid. He was educated at Runnymede College, in Madrid.His credits include: ¡Ay Carmela! and Belle Époque.-Awards:*Goya Awards**1999 - Nominated - Best Actor for La hora de los valientes... , Tony Leblanc Tony Leblanc Tony Leblanc is a famous Spanish actor and film producer. He was born in 1920 in Madrid Spain.His real name is Ignacio Fernández.-His Life artistic:... , José Luis Moreno |
Comedy | Great success; 2nd part of the Torrente trilogy |
| Juana la Loca Juana la Loca (2001 film) Mad Love is a 2001period drama film written and directed by Vicente Aranda starring Pilar López de Ayala and Daniele Liotti. The plot follows the tragic fate of Queen Joanna of Castile madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria.The film received 3 Goya... |
Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the... |
Pilar Lopez de Ayala Pilar López de Ayala Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo is a Spanish film actress. She received a Goya for her role as Queen Joanna of Castile in the 2001 film Juana la Loca, directed by Vicente Aranda .... , Daniele Liotti |
Historical drama | About the queen Joanna of Castile Joanna of Castile Joanna , nicknamed Joanna the Mad , was the first queen regnant to reign over both the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon , a union which evolved into modern Spain... and her husband Philip I of Castile Philip I of Castile Philip I , known as Philip the Handsome or the Fair, was the first Habsburg King of Castile... ; the actress won all the Spanish awards for her role |
| The Others The Others (2001 film) The Others is a 2001 psychological horror film by the Spanish-Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman. It is inspired partly by the novella The Turn of the Screw.... |
Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth... |
Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm... |
Horror | Spain-USA coproduction Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards.... ; English language; Goya Awards Goya Awards The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards.... winner |
| Sin noticias de Dios | Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes is a Spanish Goya Awards winner screenwriter and film director.- Screenwriter :* Al límite * Belmonte * Demasiado corazón * A solas contigo * Baton Rouge * Barrios altos... |
Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim... , Victoria Abril Victoria Abril Victoria Abril is a Spanish film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! by director Pedro Almodóvar.... , Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty motion pictures since 1976. Ardant won the César Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her performance in Pédale douce.-Early life:... , Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal is a Mexican film actor and director.-Early life:García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of Patricia Bernal, an actress and former model, and José Ángel García, an actor and director. His stepfather is Sergio Yazbek, whom his mother married when García Bernal was... |
Angels | In heaven, they speak French, in hell, English, and on Earth, Spanish language |
| Intacto Intacto Intacto is a film thriller first released in Spain during November, 2001, and then internationally on the film festival circuit in 2002. It was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.... |
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is a Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed Intacto and 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. His film Esposados was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1996.-Early life:Fresnadillo was born in... |
Leonardo Sbaraglia Leonardo Sbaraglia Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia is a prominent Argentine film actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain.He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in Red Lights.-Life and work:... , Max von Sydow Max von Sydow Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more... |
Thriller | First Fresnadillo's long film |
| Sin vergüenza | Joaquín Oristrell Joaquín Oristrell Joaquín Oristrell is a Catalan film director and screenwriter.He has written scripts to Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Fernando Colomo and others directors before his film debut in 1997 with -Selected filmography:*El próximo oriente *Va a ser que nadie es perfecto... |
Verónica Forqué Veronica Forqué Verónica Forqué is a Spanish actress of stage, film and television who comes from an artistic and theatrical family. Her mother is Carmen Vázquez Vigo and her father is the director José María Forqué. Her brother is director Álvaro Forqué... , Daniel Giménez Cacho Daniel Giménez Cacho Daniel Giménez Cacho is a Spanish-born Ariel award winner Mexican actor who has starred in several Mexican films such as Solo con tu pareja, Cronos, Midaq Alley and Arráncame la Vida, among others as well as in Spanish Films and TV shows.He is known for having worked with some of the most... , Candela Peña Candela Peña María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, is a Spanish actress.She was the only child of a couple who had a bar in Barcelona. When she was four years old she started to learn dance in the city and after finishing high-school she went to Seville to begin theatre classes there and eventually in Madrid... |
Comedy | A tribute to theatre and acting; Málaga Spanish Film Festival winner |
| Son de mar Son de Mar Son de Mar refers to:*Son de Mar is a Spanish film*Son de Mar is the soundtrack to the Spanish film by the same name.... |
Bigas Luna Bigas Luna Juan José Bigas Luna is a Spanish film director. He began his professional career in the design world, creating the Estudio Gris with Carlos Riart in 1969. In his earlier exhibitions, at the beginning of the sixties, he showed a great interest in conceptual art and the emerging visual technologies... |
Jordi Mollà Jordi Mollà Jordi Mollá Perales is a Spanish actor, filmmaker, writer and artist.Mollà's artwork is represented in the Carmen De la Guerra Gallery in Madrid, Picasso Mio Gallery in Madrid and Barcelona and Cold Creation Gallery in Barcelona... , Leonor Watling Leonor Watling Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is an award-winning Spanish film actress and singer.-Early life:Watling was born in Madrid, Spain to a Spanish father and a British mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.When she was a child, she... , Eduard Fernández Eduard Fernández Eduard Fernández Serrano is an awarded Spanish actor. He has won two Goya Awards, one for Fausto 5.0 and one for En la ciudad .-Selected filmography:*The Skin I Live In... |
Drama | |
| Fausto 5.0 | Álex Ollé Àlex Ollé Àlex Ollé is one of the 6 artistic directors of La Fura dels Baus, the Spanish Catalan theatrical group founded in 1979 in Barcelona and known for their use of unusual settings and a blurring of the boundaries separating audience and actor.... , Isidro Ortiz, Carlos Padrisa |
Miguel Ángel Solá Miguel Ángel Solá Miguel Ángel Solá is a prolific Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973.... , Eduard Fernández Eduard Fernández Eduard Fernández Serrano is an awarded Spanish actor. He has won two Goya Awards, one for Fausto 5.0 and one for En la ciudad .-Selected filmography:*The Skin I Live In... , Najwa Nimri Najwa Nimri Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea is a Spanish actress and singer of Jordanian descent.-Early life:... |
Horror, Fantasy | Written by Fernando León de Aranoa Fernando León de Aranoa Fernando León de Aranoa is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was noted for always saying his greatest work wouldn't come from his hands or mind but from his name. A new Fernando Leon of the 21st century would detail this masterpiece... . 13 awards |
| I Love You Baby I Love You Baby I Love You Baby is a gay-themed romantic comedy from Spain released in 2001.-Plot summary:Marcos comes to Madrid to live with his aunt and uncle and work in their restaurant. He dreams of opening a restaurant of his own one day and of finding love. Love he finds in Daniel, a struggling young actor.... |
Alfonso Albacete, David Menkes | Santiago Magill Santiago Magill Santiago Magill is a Peruvian actor who participates in soap-opera, TV series and films.-Selected filmography:*Corazón voyeur *Eva del Edén *Amiga .... Mariano... , Jorge Sanz Jorge Sanz Jorge Sanz is a Spanish actor and is one of the most prominent actors of the Spanish cinema since the 1980s. He is known to international audiences for his roles in the films: Amantes by director Vicente Aranda and Fernando Trueba’s Belle Époque .-Early life :Jorge Sanz Miranda was born on August... |
Gay comedy | |
| Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón | Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies... |
El Gran Wyoming El Gran Wyoming José Miguel Monzón, also known as El Gran Wyoming or Guayo is an actor, director and humorist; he is licensed in Medicine but not an M.D.. He was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1955.... , Ernesto Alterio Ernesto Alterio Ernesto Alterio is an Argentine-born Spanish film and television actor, son of Héctor Alterio and brother of Malena Alterio.... , Adrià Collado |
Fantasy | It's about the friendship between Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:... , Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads... & Salvador Dalí Salvador Dalí Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain.... in the 20's. |
| Pau and His Brother Pau and His Brother Pau and His Brother is a 2001 Spanish-French drama film directed by Marc Recha. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* David Selvas - Pau* Nathalie Boutefeu - Marta* Marieta Orozco - Sara* Luis Hostalot - Emili... |
Marc Recha Marc Recha Marc Recha is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 13 films since 1988. His film Pau i el seu germà was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* El darrer instant... |
Entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival 2001 Cannes Film Festival The 2001 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann, President * Mimmo Calopresti * Charlotte Gainsbourg... |
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External links
- Spanish films of 2001 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...