Icíar Bollaín
Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born June 12, 1967; Madrid) is a Spanish actress, director and writer. Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía. She began her work in cinema at the age of fourteen as part of the cast in Victor Erice's film El Sur (1983). Since then she has acted in fourteen films. Hola, estas sola? (Hi, are you alone? in English) (1995) was her first feature film as director, a story about two young girls who dream of finding an earthly paradise, and undertake a long trip towards the sea. Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from another world in English) (1999) was her second feature film, which she co-wrote with Julio Llamazares. It is the story of four women who travel to rural Spain with the hopes of finding love. Her latest film as writer and director is Te Doy Mis Ojos (I'll give you my eyes in English) (2003) which won seven Goya awards including Best Film. The movie is about the abusive marriage relationship between Pilar and Antonio. Her 2010 film Even the Rain was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. In January 2011, the film made the final nine shortlist.
El Sur
as Estrella - 15 añosA woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship...
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Land and Freedom
as MaiteDavid Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins,...
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Rage
as Marimar TorresA romantic thriller about a construction worker in hiding for killing his foreman who hides in...
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The Critic
as SelfCarlos Boyero is one of Spanish cinema's most followed and feared figures. Controversy has...
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Hi, Are You Alone?
as Cantante en karaokeNina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian...
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They're Watching Us
as JuliaNorberto Lopez Amado's They're Watching Us is about a cop who becomes obsessed with a case. Juan...
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Niño nadie
as AsunUnbenownst to a middle-aged teacher of handicapped children, his long-term suffering girlfriend...
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The Night of the Brother
as JuliaThe Night of the brother ("La Noche del Hermano") is a chiaroscuro tale in which the characters'...
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Leo
as LeoSalva working as security guard in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Madrid. There he...
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Malaventura
as RocíoAn intrigue based on a failed relationship with touches of dreams and magic filmed on the...
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The Stone Raft
as MariaAn inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As...
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Mientras haya luz
as MaríaMarisa, a 38 years old woman, tells a stranges story to her daughter while they're walking...
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Tocando fondo
as AraceliAndres de Granada, a forty-benefit trade more clear, believed that the first months of 1993 are...
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Baja corazón
as uncreditedA touch of horn is enough for the girl to meet with her boyfriend...
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Sublet
as LauraLaura is a young woman from Madrid who lives in the most degraded area of New York. There he...
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Un paraguas para tres
as uncreditedHaving just split up with their respective partners, Maria and Daniel meet in a shop where they...
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Cuéntame cómo pasó
as RosaRecounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the...
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