Films Starring Carmen Maura
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ALICE ET MARTIN (15) |
| At the age of 20, Martin leaves his home town and comes to Paris, where he fortunately becomes a model by chance. He meets Alice, his brother's friend, and falls in love with her. They start a passionate relationship, although Martin remains very mysterious about his past and the reasons why he left... | |
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DARK HABITS (18) |
| Yolanda sings in a seedy nightclub. When her boyfriend dies of an overdose, she fears the police and seeks refuge in a convent that saves women from the streets. These off-beat nuns include a heroin using abbess who loves Yolanda, one who writes romance novels under a pseudonym, another raising a ti... | |
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HOW TO BE A WOMAN AND NOT DIE IN THE ATTEMPT (15) |
| This sweet film probably meant so much more in its native Spain, where director Belén is a film star and singer, and writer Carmen Rico-Godoy is a well-known novelist and journo. It's presumably autobiographical: the heroine (Maura) is also a journalist called Carmen, and the film has an episodic st... | |
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LAW OF DESIRE (18) |
| Pablo and Tina have complicated sexual lives. Pablo writes and directs plays and films; he's gay and deeply in love with Juan, a young man who won't reply to Pablo's affection or letters. Pablo's sibling Tina is a transsexual, angry at men, raising Ada, and trying to make it as an actress. Pablo tak... | |
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LE PACTE DU SILENCE (18) |
| Subtitled - A Jesuit priest hiding a violent past becomes obsessed with a young nun harbouring a secret. Starring Gerard Depardieu/Élodie Bouchez/Carmen Maura. Based on the novel by Marcelle Bernstein. | |
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MATADOR (18) |
| Ex-bullfighter who is getting turned on by killing, lady lawyer with same problem and young man driven insane by over-religious upbringing - these are the main characters in this stylish black comedy about dark sides of human nature. | |
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VOLVER (15) |
| Pedro Almodóvar gets back in touch with his feminine side in Volver, the Spanish helmer's most femme fable since 1999's All About My Mother. Having recently died, leaving her family in a mess, a mother returns to provide a ghostly helping hand to both her daughters and grand child. Starring Carmen M... | |
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WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS (18) |
| A dysfunctional family in Madrid: Gloria is a cleaning lady, hooked on No-Doze, living in a crowded flat with Antonio, her surly husband, a cabby who adores an aging German singer he used to chauffeur; he's also a forger. One teen son sells heroin, the other sleeps with men. Her mother-in-law keeps ... | |
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WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (15) |
| A woman's lover leaves her, and she tries to contact him to find out why he's left. She confronts his wife and son, who are as clueless as she. Meanwhile her girlfriend is afraid the police are looking for her because of her boyfriend's criminal activities. They talk to a female lawyer, who turns ou... | |
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