Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) 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 (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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A Real Man (2003)

During a party somewhere in Paris, an apprentice filmmaker, Boris, and a young executive, Marilyne, play at being a loving couple when they've only just met. They end up really falling in love. Five years later, Marilyne, accompanied by Boris and their two kids, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnaud Larrieu  •  Jean-Marie Larrieu
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Hélène Fillières  •  Pierre Pellet  •  Philippe Suner

During a party somewhere in Paris, an apprentice filmmaker, Boris, and a young executive, Marilyne, play at being a loving couple when they've only just met. They end up really falling in love. Five years later, Marilyne, accompanied by Boris and their two kids, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnaud Larrieu  •  Jean-Marie Larrieu
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Hélène Fillières  •  Pierre Pellet  •  Philippe Suner

A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Arau
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Anthony Quinn  •  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Angélica Aragón

World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Arau
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Anthony Quinn  •  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Angélica Aragón

The Machinist (2004)

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Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Anderson
CAST:  Christian Bale  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  John Sharian

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Anderson
CAST:  Christian Bale  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  John Sharian

Without a Trace (2001)

A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  María Novaro
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Tiaré Scanda  •  Jesús Ochoa  •  Martín Altomaro

A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  María Novaro
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Tiaré Scanda  •  Jesús Ochoa  •  Martín Altomaro

The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997)

Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room, asks to share his room. They do, chastely; when he awakens, she is gone, but he sees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bigas Luna
CAST:  Olivier Martinez  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Romane Bohringer  •  Didier Bezace

Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room, asks to share his room. They do, chastely; when he awakens, she is gone, but he sees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bigas Luna
CAST:  Olivier Martinez  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Romane Bohringer  •  Didier Bezace

The Nautical Chart (2007)

Coy, a sailor without ship, banished from the sea by a navigation accident occurred during his guard, knows in an auction of naval objects in Barcelona to an attractive and mysterious woman, Tangier. This, in hard struggle with an Italian adventurer, Nino Palermo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imanol Uribe
CAST:  Carmelo Gómez  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Darío Grandinetti  •  Enrico Lo Verso

Coy, a sailor without ship, banished from the sea by a navigation accident occurred during his guard, knows in an auction of naval objects in Barcelona to an attractive and mysterious woman, Tangier. This, in hard struggle with an Italian adventurer, Nino Palermo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imanol Uribe
CAST:  Carmelo Gómez  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Darío Grandinetti  •  Enrico Lo Verso

Volaverunt (1999)

The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries, at a time when Madrid was wobbling through a difficult time and setting the scene for the following Prim vs Crown ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bigas Luna
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Penélope Cruz  •  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Jorge Perugorría

The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries, at a time when Madrid was wobbling through a difficult time and setting the scene for the following Prim vs Crown ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bigas Luna
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Penélope Cruz  •  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Jorge Perugorría

Yerma (1999)

Yerma is desperate to have children, so when a psychic advises her to look outside her marriage to conceive, what can she say but yes?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pilar Távora
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Juan Diego  •  Irene Papas  •  Jesús Cabrero

Yerma is desperate to have children, so when a psychic advises her to look outside her marriage to conceive, what can she say but yes?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pilar Távora
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Juan Diego  •  Irene Papas  •  Jesús Cabrero

Mi dulce (2001)

Laura is a fifteen-year-old teenager who receives a letter from her mother, of which she had no news a decade ago. Laura decides to try to go to Holland to meet her, in need of answers and alternatives to the hostile environment that surrounds her. For that, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesús Mora
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Bárbara Goenaga  •  Santiago Ramos  •  Unax Ugalde

Laura is a fifteen-year-old teenager who receives a letter from her mother, of which she had no news a decade ago. Laura decides to try to go to Holland to meet her, in need of answers and alternatives to the hostile environment that surrounds her. For that, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesús Mora
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Bárbara Goenaga  •  Santiago Ramos  •  Unax Ugalde

Maktub (2011)

The title refers to those strange coincidences that happen to us sometimes and that seem inevitable, like a product of destiny. Inspired by the experience of a Canarian child victim of cancer, the film is conceived as a Christmas story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paco Arango
CAST:  Diego Peretti  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Goya Toledo  •  Rosa María Sardà

The title refers to those strange coincidences that happen to us sometimes and that seem inevitable, like a product of destiny. Inspired by the experience of a Canarian child victim of cancer, the film is conceived as a Christmas story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paco Arango
CAST:  Diego Peretti  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Goya Toledo  •  Rosa María Sardà

Drifters (2011)

A man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father's fiancee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matteo Rovere
CAST:  Andrea Bosca  •  Miriam Giovanelli  •  Claudio Santamaria  •  Michele Riondino

A man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father's fiancee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matteo Rovere
CAST:  Andrea Bosca  •  Miriam Giovanelli  •  Claudio Santamaria  •  Michele Riondino

Rowing with the Wind (1988)

In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gonzalo Suárez
CAST:  Hugh Grant  •  Lizzy McInnerny  •  Valentine Pelka  •  Elizabeth Hurley

In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gonzalo Suárez
CAST:  Hugh Grant  •  Lizzy McInnerny  •  Valentine Pelka  •  Elizabeth Hurley

Tangos Are for Two (1998)

A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story unfolds. Buenos Aires, 1933: Juana Romero, a seamstress who lives for the music of Gardel, dumps her boyfriend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Chávarri
CAST:  Darío Grandinetti  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Juan Echanove  •  Ulises Dumont

A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story unfolds. Buenos Aires, 1933: Juana Romero, a seamstress who lives for the music of Gardel, dumps her boyfriend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Chávarri
CAST:  Darío Grandinetti  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Juan Echanove  •  Ulises Dumont

¡Hay motivo! (2004)

A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. fire in Baghdad, and the manipulation of the media.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Diego Botto  •  Mariano Barroso  •  David Trueba  •  Diego Galán  •  Gracia Querejeta  •  Isabel Coixet  •  Fernando Colomo  •  Julio Medem  •  Imanol Uribe  •  Icíar Bollaín  •  José Luis García Sánchez  •  Manuel Rivas  •  Pere Portabella  •  Sigfrid Monleón  •  Vicente Aranda  •  Joaquín Oristrell  •  Manuel Gómez Pereira  •  Chus Gutiérrez  •  José Luis Cuerda  •  Víctor García León  •  Pedro Olea  •  El Gran Wyoming  •  Yolanda García Serrano  •  Antonio José Betancor  •  Ana Díez  •  Daniel Cebrián  •  Álvaro del Amo  •  Bernardo Belzunegui  •  Miguel Ángel Díez  •  Mireia Lluch  •  Víctor Manuel  •  José Ángel Rebolledo  •  Alfonso Ungría  •  Pere Joan Ventura
CAST:  Candela Peña  •  José María Aznar  •  Críspulo Cabezas  •  Pilar Bardem

A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. fire in Baghdad, and the manipulation of the media.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Diego Botto  •  Mariano Barroso  •  David Trueba  •  Diego Galán  •  Gracia Querejeta  •  Isabel Coixet  •  Fernando Colomo  •  Julio Medem  •  Imanol Uribe  •  Icíar Bollaín  •  José Luis García Sánchez  •  Manuel Rivas  •  Pere Portabella  •  Sigfrid Monleón  •  Vicente Aranda  •  Joaquín Oristrell  •  Manuel Gómez Pereira  •  Chus Gutiérrez  •  José Luis Cuerda  •  Víctor García León  •  Pedro Olea  •  El Gran Wyoming  •  Yolanda García Serrano  •  Antonio José Betancor  •  Ana Díez  •  Daniel Cebrián  •  Álvaro del Amo  •  Bernardo Belzunegui  •  Miguel Ángel Díez  •  Mireia Lluch  •  Víctor Manuel  •  José Ángel Rebolledo  •  Alfonso Ungría  •  Pere Joan Ventura
CAST:  Candela Peña  •  José María Aznar  •  Críspulo Cabezas  •  Pilar Bardem

Romanza final (Gayarre) (1986)

Biography of Julian Gayarre (1844-1890), one of the best tenors of all times. At 19, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid heard him singing for the first time and offered him a scholarship to continue his studies. His artistic life runs between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Forqué
CAST:  José Carreras  •  Sydne Rome  •  Antonio Ferrandis  •  Mario Pardo

Biography of Julian Gayarre (1844-1890), one of the best tenors of all times. At 19, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid heard him singing for the first time and offered him a scholarship to continue his studies. His artistic life runs between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Forqué
CAST:  José Carreras  •  Sydne Rome  •  Antonio Ferrandis  •  Mario Pardo

La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado (1996)

At the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young pupil, Balthasar,is castrated to preserve the purity and beauty of his voice. The Duchess dies and her son, the Duke of Arcos, takes charge of the inheritance, which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Miñón
CAST:  Imanol Arias  •  Coque Malla  •  Enrique San Francisco  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

At the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young pupil, Balthasar,is castrated to preserve the purity and beauty of his voice. The Duchess dies and her son, the Duke of Arcos, takes charge of the inheritance, which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Miñón
CAST:  Imanol Arias  •  Coque Malla  •  Enrique San Francisco  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Express Oviedo (2007)

All hell breaks loose when an eccentric theatrical ensemble arrives in Oviedo, Spain to stage a production of the Leopoldo Alas play -La Regenta.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gonzalo Suárez
CAST:  Carmelo Gómez  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Bárbara Goenaga  •  Maribel Verdú

All hell breaks loose when an eccentric theatrical ensemble arrives in Oviedo, Spain to stage a production of the Leopoldo Alas play -La Regenta.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gonzalo Suárez
CAST:  Carmelo Gómez  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Bárbara Goenaga  •  Maribel Verdú

Jarrapellejos (1988)

Pedro Jarrapellejos is a ladies man who cannot turn the heads of Isabel or her beautiful daughter. When both peasant women are found raped and murdered in a brutal scene, a schoolteacher is falsely accused. Pedro knows his own nephew and his friend participated in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Giménez Rico
CAST:  Antonio Ferrandis  •  Juan Diego  •  Lydia Bosch  •  Amparo Larrañaga

Pedro Jarrapellejos is a ladies man who cannot turn the heads of Isabel or her beautiful daughter. When both peasant women are found raped and murdered in a brutal scene, a schoolteacher is falsely accused. Pedro knows his own nephew and his friend participated in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Giménez Rico
CAST:  Antonio Ferrandis  •  Juan Diego  •  Lydia Bosch  •  Amparo Larrañaga

Tell Me About Love (2008)

Sasha is a boy in his twenties, deeply loving the beautiful Benedetta, who doesn't seem to recognize his existence. Nicole is a French woman in her forties, living in Rome with her husband. They casually meet and start a friendship which becomes a sentimental ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Muccino
CAST:  Silvio Muccino  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Carolina Crescentini  •  Andrea Renzi

Sasha is a boy in his twenties, deeply loving the beautiful Benedetta, who doesn't seem to recognize his existence. Nicole is a French woman in her forties, living in Rome with her husband. They casually meet and start a friendship which becomes a sentimental ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Muccino
CAST:  Silvio Muccino  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Carolina Crescentini  •  Andrea Renzi

The Monk (1990)

In Madrid at the time of the Inquisition, the monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. But when he discovers the beautiful Matilda hidden in his own monastery, all his repressed passions begin to show ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Lara Polop
CAST:  Paul McGann  •  Sophie Ward  •  Isla Blair  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

In Madrid at the time of the Inquisition, the monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. But when he discovers the beautiful Matilda hidden in his own monastery, all his repressed passions begin to show ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Lara Polop
CAST:  Paul McGann  •  Sophie Ward  •  Isla Blair  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
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