Spanish films of 2005
Encyclopedia
A list of films produced in Spain
in 2005 (see 2005 in film
).
Spain
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in 2005 (see 2005 in film
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
).
2005
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| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
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| Fragile | Jaume Balagueró Jaume Balagueró Jaume Balagueró i Bernat , is a Spanish film director widely known for his horror films.- Life :Jaume Balagueró was born in Lleida, and grew up in Barcelona. He studied communications and photography at the University of Barcelona, graduating in 1991 with a degree in Communication Sciences... |
Calista Flockhart Calista Flockhart Calista Kay Flockhart is an American actress who is primarily recognized for her work in television. She is best known for playing the title character in the Fox comedy-drama series Ally McBeal for which she won a Golden Globe Award... , 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... , Gemma Jones Gemma Jones Gemma Jones is an English character actress on both stage and screen.-Early life:Jones was born in London, England, the daughter of Irene and Griffith Jones, an actor. Her brother, Nicholas Jones, is also an actor... , Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor who has starred in many Australian films and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions, usually as villains.-Early life:... , Colin McFarlane Colin McFarlane Colin McFarlane is an English actor and voice artist. He has appeared in several TV series, including The Fast Show, Judge John Deed, Jonathan Creek, Randall & Hopkirk , Jeeves and Wooster, Black Books and The Thin Blue Line. He is also known for portraying Police Commissioner Gillian B... , Michael Pennington Michael Pennington Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington is a British director and actor who, together with director Michael Bogdanov, founded the English Shakespeare Company... |
Horror | shot in English language. |
| The Secret Life of Words The Secret Life of Words The Secret Life of Words is a 2005 Spanish film, directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley and Tim Robbins. The film was released on December 15, 2006 and grossed a worldwide total of $6,410,058.-Plot:... |
Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet is a Spanish film director.She received an M.A. in history from the University of Barcelona... |
Sarah Polley Sarah Polley Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea... , Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the former longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon... , Javier Cámara Javier Cámara Javier Cámara is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar films Talk to Her and Bad Education , and the television series 7 Vidas .... |
Drama | 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; shot in English language; produced by Almodóvar |
| Habana Blues Habana Blues Havana Blues is a 2005 Spanish and Cuban film by Benito Zambrano, which tells the story of two young musicians in Cuba. The film revolves around their music and contains criticism of problems in Cuba such as poverty and electricity outages... |
Benito Zambrano Benito Zambrano Benito Zambrano , is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film Habana Blues was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival... |
Alberto Yoel, Roberto Sanmartín | Musical Drama | Filmed and co-producted by Cuba, screened at Cannes 2005 Cannes Film Festival The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21... |
| Life and Colour Life and Colour - Synopsis :Spain, 1975. Fede , a fifteen-year-old boy, is getting conscious of his environment little by little: his sister Begoña unsatisfied with her imminent wedding; his grandfather , who stops dealing with his best friend after the Spanish Civil War; his friend Ramona , a girl with Down... |
Santiago Tabernero | Carmen Machi Carmen Machi Carmen Machi is a Spanish actress.- Biography :Born María del Carmen Machi Arroyo in Madrid, she gew up in Getafe. Her father's family comes from Genoa... , Silvia Abascal Silvia Abascal Silvia Abascal Estrada, is a Spanish actress.Her first chance came in 1992 in Chicho Ibáñez Serrador's TV program Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez. She became popular thanks to the sitcom Pepa y Pepe in 1994... |
Drama | |
| The Machinist The Machinist The Machinist is a 2004 English-language Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Scott Kosar.... |
Brad Anderson | Christian Bale Christian Bale Christian Charles Philip Bale is an English actor. Best known for his roles in American films, Bale has starred in both big budget Hollywood films and the smaller projects from independent producers and art houses.... , Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American film and stage actress, best known for her roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Single White Female, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Georgia and Short Cuts... , Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Aitana Sánchez-Gijón is a Spanish-Italian film actress.Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton ... |
Horror | shot in English language. |
| Midsummer Dream Midsummer Dream Midsummer Dream is a 2005 computer-animated film from Dygra Films, the creators of The Living Forest. Made in Spain and Portugal, the film is loosely based on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.-Voice cast:... |
Ángel de la Cruz, Manolo Gómez | Comedy animation | Based on A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta... |
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| El método | Marcelo Piñeyro Marcelo Piñeyro Marcelo Piñeyro is an Argentine award-winning film director, screenwriter, and film producer.-Biography:Born in Buenos Aires, Piñeyro studied cinematography at the University of La Plata's School of Fine Arts... |
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... , Najwa Nimri Najwa Nimri Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea is a Spanish actress and singer of Jordanian descent.-Early life:... , Adriana Ozores Adriana Ozores -Biography:Daughter of the actor José Luis, who died when she was 9 years old. Niece of the actor Antonio Ozores and the director Mariano Ozores and cousin of the actress Emma Ozores.... , Carmelo Gómez Carmelo Gómez Carmelo Gómez , is an award-winning Spanish actor. He was born and worked in the village of Sahagún until he moved for his acting studies to Salamanca. He is the recipient of two Goya Awards, for best supporting actor in El método and best leading actor in Días contados.- Filmography:- External... |
Social drama | Based on a successful play |
| Ninette Ninette Ninette is a Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Garci. Released in 2005, it is based on the plays Ninette y un señor de Murcia and Ninette, modas de París by Miguel Mihura.-Plot:... |
José Luis Garci José Luis Garci José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine... |
Elsa Pataky Elsa Pataky Elsa Lafuente Pataky is a Spanish actress.-Personal life:Pataky was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of José Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Pataky Medianu, a publicist of Hungarian and Romanian ancestry. Pataky attended the Universidad de San Pablo CEU and studied... |
Comedy | Miguel Mihura Miguel Mihura Miguel Mihura Santos was a Spanish playwright. He is best known for his comedy Tres sombreros de copa , a work of absurd humor that predates similar works by Beckett or Ionesco and that broke with many of the previous conventions of Spanish comic theatre.Miguel Mihura was born in Madrid in 1905... 's plays |
| FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions is a feature-length dystopia movie, written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2004.-Plot:France, sometime in the near future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the Order..... |
Carlos Atanes Carlos Atanes Carlos Atanes is a Spanish film director and writer.Born in Barcelona, Spain, Atanes has written and directed many works since 1987, using different genres and techniques . In 1991, he shot The Marvellous World of the Cucu Bird, which has been followed by another experimental works as El Tenor... |
Xavier Tort, Anne-Céline Auchè | Science-Fiction | Best Feature Film Award at the International Panorama of Independent Filmmakers, Athens, Greece |
| Princesas Princesas Princesas is a 2005 film by Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa.The princesas in the film are two prostitutes: Caye, who is saving for breast implants, and Zulema, who is saving money to send to her family in the Dominican Republic... |
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... |
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... , Micaela Nevárez Micaela Nevárez Micaela Nevárez is a Puerto Rican actress who has appeared in independent and European films. She made her film debut in the Spanish film Princesas which was directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, in which she played Zulema, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic trying to make a living as... |
Social drama | Prostitution and racism in Madrid |
| Tapas Tapas (film) Tapas is a 2005 Spanish film by directors José Corbacho and Juan Cruz.-Plot:The film centers on a Spanish tapas bar and the love lives of the loosely interconnected people in the neighborhood surrounding the bar... |
José Corbacho, Juan Cruz Juan Cruz (director) Juan Cruz is a Spanish screenwriter and director. He co-directed the film Tapas as his directorial debut.-External links:... |
Elvira Mínguez, María Galiana, Ángel de Andrés López, Rubén Ochandiano | Comedy- drama | First award winning film of Corbacho (tv star); Málaga Spanish Film Festival winner. 2 Goya Award |
| Obaba | Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendariz, born Ramón Armendariz Barrios, in Olleta, Orbaibar, in Navarra , Spain 1949, is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director.... |
Pilar López 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 .... , 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 | Based on Bernardo Atxaga Bernardo Atxaga Bernardo Atxaga is a Basque writer and self-translator.-Biography:Atxaga was born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country), in 1951. He received a diploma in economics from the University of Bilbao, and studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona... 's masterpiece novel |
| 20 centímetros 20 centímetros 20 centímetros is a 2005 Spanish film about a narcoleptic transsexual woman's life as she works to get the surgery to fix her "20 centímetro" problem. The film was written and directed by Ramón Salazar, and stars Mónica Cervera as Marieta and Pablo Puyol as Raúl, the man who loves "all" of Marieta.... |
Ramón Salazar | Mónica Cervera, Pablo Puyol Pablo Puyol - Biography :He was born in Málaga. After starting biology, he studied drama in the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Málaga. He started as a professional actor in Madrid with the musical Grease.... |
Musical | Gay interest |
External links
- Spanish films of 2005 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...