
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and three Goya Awards.
Cruz made her acting debut on television at age 16 and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles included Belle Époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), Don Juan (1998), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). She is known for her frequent collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited! (2013), Pain and Glory (2019) and Parallel Mothers (2021).
For her role in Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other Oscar-nominated roles are in Volver (2006), Nine (2009) and Parallel Mothers (2021). Other notable films include Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), The Counselor (2013), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Everybody Knows (2018), Official Competition (2022), L'immensità (2022) and Ferrari (2023). For her role as Donatella Versace in the miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She is the only Spanish actress to have won an Academy Award and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cruz has also modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal and designed clothing for Mango with her younger sister, Mónica Cruz. She has been a house ambassador for Chanel since 2018. She volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa, and donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.035 |
Birthday | 1974-04-28 |
Place of Birth | Madrid, Spain |
Also Known As | Penélope Cruz Sánchez, Пенелопа Крус, بينيلوب كروز, ペネロペ・クルス, เปเนโลเป กรุซ, 佩内洛普·克鲁兹, Πενέλοπε Κρουζ, 페넬로페 크루즈, پنهلوپه کروز, פנלופה קרוז, پنه لوپه کروز, 페넬루페 크루즈, |

1999

All About My Mother
7.644/1917
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy nev...
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2006

Volver
7.5/1751
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality.
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1997

Live Flesh
7.1/680
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his...
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1998

The Hi-Lo Country
6.2/85
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War I...
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2009

Nine
5.518/600
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. Wit...
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2001

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
6/532
When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
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2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
6.556/14186
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love — or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to f...
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1997

Open Your Eyes
7.447/1060
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigur...
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2001

Vanilla Sky
6.813/4221
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribl...
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1992

Belle Époque
6.635/185
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has...
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2006

Bandidas
6/1099
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2001

Blow
7.36/4337
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1992

Jamon Jamon
6.2/358
José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and proposes to Silvia, a beautiful laborer on the un...
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2003

Gothika
6.105/2305
After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that...
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2008

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
6.794/3764
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relations...
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2002

Waking Up in Reno
5.005/95
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair...
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2000

All the Pretty Horses
5.745/226
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2005

Sahara
5.904/1509
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2003

Masked and Anonymous
5.1/50
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2009

Broken Embraces
7.147/663
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name,...
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2008

Elegy
6.3/284
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Paris Paramount
0/0
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2007

The Good Night
5.3/128
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his...
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2004

Noel
5.8/300
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospita...
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2000

Woman on Top
6.1/238
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enc...
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2003

Fan-Fan the Tulip
5.459/219
In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV b...
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2008

A Matador's Mistress
5.815/116
Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's affair with a left-wing actress.
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2001

Don't Tempt Me
5.524/82
Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
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2004

Don't Move
6.971/279
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2006

Chromophobia
5.3/45
Encouraged by his editor to seek 'sexy stories that sell', a reporter preys upon the private life of an erstwhile friend, with disastrous results.
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1998

The Girl of Your Dreams
6.5/100
A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to make a film in co-production. Soon some problems start to ari...
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2004

Head in the Clouds
5.9/210
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda d...
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1999

Volaverunt
6.1/23
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2011

Woody Allen: A Documentary
6.8/159
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time....
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2009

G-Force
5.452/1889
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2012

To Rome with Love
5.782/2012
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful in...
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1998

The Man with Rain in His Shoes
5/31
Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love wit...
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1998

Talk of Angels
5.9/19
This is the story of a young Irish woman who comes to Spain to escape from the pressures she feels about her impending marriage to a political activis...
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2023

Ferrari
6.4/1043
Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing...
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2022

Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
6.8/3
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2009

The Cannibalistic Councillor
6.2/45
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2008

Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze
0/0
An exploration of the world and the work of the most international Catalan filmmaker through the director's entomological vision and his portrayal of...
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2012

Twice Born
7.3/453
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, w...
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2013

The Counselor
5.275/1870
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
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1996

Brujas
5.4/8
Three women from three different generations and walks of life find themselves in a very hot, semi-deserted Spanish town. Patricia is a 17 year old ro...
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2013

I'm So Excited!
5.719/681
Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. The group of eccentric travelers on the flight, defense...
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I'm So Excited!

1994

Todo es mentira
5.1/12
Pablo hates everything. When Lucia comes into his life, he thinks she's the woman he dreams of, and sees the solution to all his problems. But Lucia,...
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Todo es mentira

1996

La Celestina
4.8/38
The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Ce...
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La Celestina

2025

The Bride!
0/0
In the 1930s, a lonely Frankenstein travels to Chicago to seek the aid of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a...
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The Bride!

1993

La ribelle
5.1/8
Enza is a beautiful and lively Sicilian teenager who is starting out in life, but due to her naivety, she always ends up getting into trouble. She has...
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La ribelle

1994

Alegre ma non troppo
5.1/10
Pablo is a twenty-year-old man who wants to be a musician in order to be appreciated by his mother and find a male partner he can share his love with....
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1995

Entre rojas
5/6
Madrid, 1974. Former women's jail of Yeserias. Lucia, a girl well situated in society, is condemned to spend ten years in jail due to her relation wit...
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The Days of Abandonment
0/0
It follows Olga, a writer forced to give up her artistic ambitions when her husband suddenly leaves her and their two young daughters.
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1998

Don Juan
4.4/14
Spain in the mid-seventeenth century. A series of bloody wars has ravaged the nation. Don Juan the nobleman and his valet, Sganarelle, roam the countr...
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2011

Der Weg des Ruhms
0/0
Documentary about Hollywood.
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1997

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
6.2/50
Madrid, 1965. When The Beatles arrive in the city, Diana goes to great lengths to meet them.
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Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

2015

ma ma
6.286/147
After finding a lump in one of her breasts, Magda goes to visit her doctor who gives her bad news: she needs a mastectomy, preceded by severe chemo tr...
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ma ma

2016

Grimsby
5.95/2318
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plo...
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Grimsby


This Man, This Woman
0/0
An estranged man, Matt Heller, and a woman, Martha Parks, encounter each other by chance on a plane, and relive memories of their turbulent romantic...
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This Man, This Woman

2024

High & Low – John Galliano
6.5/12
Fashion designer John Galliano was widely recognized as one of the most successful names in 1990s and 2000s couture, until his career abruptly ended w...
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High & Low – John Galliano

2024

313
0/0
Residente, Penélope Cruz and Sílvia Pérez Cruz are the performers of 313, the new single by the Puerto Rican artist. The musician explained the origin...
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313

2016

Zoolander 2
4.9/2258
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.
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Zoolander 2

2005

Live 8
7.2/23
On 2 July 2005 an estimated 3 billion people came together in the fight against extreme poverty. LIVE 8 - 10 concerts featuring over 1000 musicians fr...
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Live 8

2010

Sex and the City 2
6.1/1643
Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun. When Samantha gets the chance to visit one of th...
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Sex and the City 2

2002

Hitting It Hard
6/2
The press tour to promote the film Vanilla Sky (2001) does quite a number on its stars. We see how tired an actor can get after answering the same que...
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Hitting It Hard

2012

The Making of All About My Mother
0/0
A documentary from 2012 on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodóvar; Agustín Almodóvar; actors Penélope Cruz, Marisa Paredes,...
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The Making of All About My Mother

2022

Making Parallel Mothers
0/0
A behind-the-scenes featurette of four sections: Art Design, Photography & Sound, Costume & Makeup, and Production Design.
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Making Parallel Mothers

2007

The Making of Volver
0/0
A short featurette about the emotions of the cast and crew while shooting Volver.
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The Making of Volver

1993

Per amore, solo per amore
5.9/10
In 1st century BC Palestine, Joseph is a carpenter who wants to travel and see the world, but destiny makes him meet young Mary. The two fall in love...
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Per amore, solo per amore

2018

Everybody Knows
6.531/985
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is...
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Everybody Knows

2016

The Queen of Spain
5.1/88
After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Fran...
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The Queen of Spain

1996

Not Love, Just Frenzy
5.8/19
A group of enthusiastic teenagers embark on a journey to find love in Madrid's hottest discotheques but find themselves tangled in a web of sex, drugs...
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Not Love, Just Frenzy

1997

A Scent of Paradise
0/0
Stockholm 1956. The Swedish botanist, candidate and lieutenant Nils von Ekelöw, presents his research to a panel of professors.
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A Scent of Paradise

2017

Loving Pablo
6.286/1000
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous jour...
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Loving Pablo

2017

Murder on the Orient Express
6.7/10047
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
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Murder on the Orient Express

2014

Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
5/6
A 13-segment documentary examining production aspects of "The Counselor."
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Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

1995

The Butterfly Effect
6.8/30
Luis, a Spanish student, goes to London to get a course in Economics. He lives at a house the neighbor of her aunt, but when she broke up with her hus...
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The Butterfly Effect

1993

The Greek Labyrinth
4/5
Two Frenchmen, Bernadette and Lebrum, arrive in Barcelona and hire detective Bardon to find Alekos, the former Greek lover of the woman.
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The Greek Labyrinth

2022

The 355
6.053/1033
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organiza...
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The 355

2019

Pain and Glory
7.389/1799
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a sma...
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Pain and Glory

2020

Wasp Network
6/381
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a...
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Wasp Network

2016

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
7.5/3
When looking at Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography, it becomes evident that women are everywhere; in fact, his work revolves around them. His divas are the...
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Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

2012

Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
8/5
Shot in 1999, "All About My Mother" is Pedro Almodóvar's thirteenth feature film. The director was a key figure in the turbulent Movida (the movement...
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Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother

2021

Official Competition
6.7/390
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mas...
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Official Competition

2010

Brunes et Blondes
0/0
Actresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with erotic, social, and historical meanings. In a bold and unex...
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Brunes et Blondes

2010

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
6.3/36
An in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.
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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

2022

On the Fringe
6.7/91
A day in the life of Azucena, who is running out of time to keep herself and her family from being evicted; Rafael, a lawyer who sets out to reunite a...
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On the Fringe

2016

Yo soy uno entre cien mil
7/1
Childhood leukemia, which accounts for 30% of childhood cancer, affects the lives of three in every 100,000 children. Of those affected, 20% do not su...
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Yo soy uno entre cien mil

2021

Parallel Mothers
6.823/949
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant...
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2022

L'immensità
6.4/207
Set in 1970s Rome, the fiction tracks the plight of a nuclear family, consisting of an unhappy married couple: Clara (a deeply dissatisfied expatriate...
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Day Drinker
0/0
A cruise ship bartender meets a mysterious day drinker, only for both of them to find themselves entangled in a criminal underbelly and connected in u...
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Day Drinker

2007

Deconstructing Almodóvar
0/0
A documentary produced for Viva Pedro: The Almodóvar Collection that deconstructs his career through interviews with many of his frequent collaborator...
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2007

Directed by Almodóvar
0/0
A documentary produced for Viva Pedro: The Almodóvar Collection featuring interviews with many of his frequent collaborators.
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2007

Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
0/0
The genius that is Almodóvar is expressed in this film with interviews from his family, co-workers, and Almodóvar experts.
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