Ana Belén

María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, better known as Ana Belén, is a Spanish actress and singer.

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The House of Bernarda Alba (1987)

After the death of her husband Bernarda Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Camus
CAST:  Irene Gutiérrez Caba  •  Ana Belén  •  Florinda Chico  •  Enriqueta Carballeira

After the death of her husband Bernarda Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Camus
CAST:  Irene Gutiérrez Caba  •  Ana Belén  •  Florinda Chico  •  Enriqueta Carballeira

The Queen of Spain (2016)

After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Francoist Spain to star a Hollywood blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. (A sequel to The Girl of Your Dreams ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Trueba
CAST:  Penélope Cruz  •  Antonio Resines  •  Cary Elwes  •  Neus Asensi

After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Francoist Spain to star a Hollywood blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. (A sequel to The Girl of Your Dreams ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Trueba
CAST:  Penélope Cruz  •  Antonio Resines  •  Cary Elwes  •  Neus Asensi

Raphael: 50 años después - En directo y al completo (2009)

Performed at Las Ventas Spain, In celebration of Raphael's 50th anniversary as a performer, this comprehensive collection offers incredible videos from throughout his career. The vaunted Spanish singer and actor first hit the stage as a toddler, and has since ...  (more)

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CAST:  Raphael  •  Miguel Bosé  •  Ana Belén

Performed at Las Ventas Spain, In celebration of Raphael's 50th anniversary as a performer, this comprehensive collection offers incredible videos from throughout his career. The vaunted Spanish singer and actor first hit the stage as a toddler, and has since ...  (more)

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CAST:  Raphael  •  Miguel Bosé  •  Ana Belén

The Love of Captain Brando (1974)

During the last years of Franco's dictatorship, Fernando, an old Republican exile, returns to his home in the Castilian village of Trescabañas and befriends Aurora, a young and very attractive teacher, with whom Juan, one of her teenage students, falls in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime de Armiñán
CAST:  Fernando Fernán Gómez  •  Ana Belén  •  Jaime Gamboa  •  Julieta Serrano

During the last years of Franco's dictatorship, Fernando, an old Republican exile, returns to his home in the Castilian village of Trescabañas and befriends Aurora, a young and very attractive teacher, with whom Juan, one of her teenage students, falls in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime de Armiñán
CAST:  Fernando Fernán Gómez  •  Ana Belén  •  Jaime Gamboa  •  Julieta Serrano

¡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

Hécuba: un sueño de pasión (2006)

What we tend to identify with the acting profession has little to do with what is really this profession. Thirty-six Spanish actors reflect on their work and contrasted their experiences. As thread, the contrast between the voices of veterans and images of young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis López-Linares  •  Arantxa Aguirre
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Pilar López de Ayala  •  Javier Bardem

What we tend to identify with the acting profession has little to do with what is really this profession. Thirty-six Spanish actors reflect on their work and contrasted their experiences. As thread, the contrast between the voices of veterans and images of young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis López-Linares  •  Arantxa Aguirre
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Pilar López de Ayala  •  Javier Bardem

Banderas, the Tyrant (1993)

In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Sánchez
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Ana Belén  •  Juan Diego  •  Fernando Guillén

In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Sánchez
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Ana Belén  •  Juan Diego  •  Fernando Guillén

Miss Caribe (1988)

A woman's father dies in a Central American country and leaves her a bizarre inheritance: a ship which acts as a floating brothel under the appearance of being a restaurant. Alejandra, our heroine, decides to put an end to the ship's dissolute activities and use ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Colomo
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Chus Lampreave  •  Santiago Ramos  •  Juan Echanove

A woman's father dies in a Central American country and leaves her a bizarre inheritance: a ship which acts as a floating brothel under the appearance of being a restaurant. Alejandra, our heroine, decides to put an end to the ship's dissolute activities and use ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Colomo
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Chus Lampreave  •  Santiago Ramos  •  Juan Echanove

Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena (2004)

Hortensia is a mature officer of the INEM office. She has been abandoned by her husband so she doesn't believe in love anymore. One day Eduardo Fernandez goes to the employment office because after overcoming a deep depression, he has decided that his life has to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Gómez Pereira
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Eduard Fernández  •  María Pujalte  •  José Sacristán

Hortensia is a mature officer of the INEM office. She has been abandoned by her husband so she doesn't believe in love anymore. One day Eduardo Fernandez goes to the employment office because after overcoming a deep depression, he has decided that his life has to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Gómez Pereira
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Eduard Fernández  •  María Pujalte  •  José Sacristán

Divine Words (1987)

A work of Valle-Inclán, the story takes place in Galicia in the early twentieth century. To escape poverty, the wife of a sacristan uses a hydrocephalic child as a sideshow attraction. This causes a confrontation with her sister-in-law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Sánchez
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Imanol Arias  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Esperanza Roy

A work of Valle-Inclán, the story takes place in Galicia in the early twentieth century. To escape poverty, the wife of a sacristan uses a hydrocephalic child as a sideshow attraction. This causes a confrontation with her sister-in-law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Sánchez
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Imanol Arias  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Esperanza Roy

The Flight of the Dove (1989)

A film team arrives at a more authentic and old square in Madrid to shoot a film. The area is full of children, working families and simple people who see the cinema as something unattainable. From his balcony, Paloma, does not lose detail of the shooting, nor of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Sánchez
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  José Sacristán  •  Juan Luis Galiardo  •  Juan Echanove

A film team arrives at a more authentic and old square in Madrid to shoot a film. The area is full of children, working families and simple people who see the cinema as something unattainable. From his balcony, Paloma, does not lose detail of the shooting, nor of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Sánchez
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  José Sacristán  •  Juan Luis Galiardo  •  Juan Echanove

The Perfect Husband (1993)

Dostoevsky-inspired drama set in 1900s Prague about a bored arrogant playboy who spends time seducing other men's wives and dueling. He begins an affair with his friend's wife, but falls in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beda Docampo Feijóo
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Peter Firth  •  Ana Belén  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Dostoevsky-inspired drama set in 1900s Prague about a bored arrogant playboy who spends time seducing other men's wives and dueling. He begins an affair with his friend's wife, but falls in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beda Docampo Feijóo
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Peter Firth  •  Ana Belén  •  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt (1991)

Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on her company when she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Belén
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Antonio Resines  •  Carmen Conesa  •  Juanjo Puigcorbé

Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on her company when she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Belén
CAST:  Carmen Maura  •  Antonio Resines  •  Carmen Conesa  •  Juanjo Puigcorbé

Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985)

Pablo and Fernando, owners of a children's book publishing company about to go bankrupt, have managed through unorthodox means to contract the country's best-selling author, Adela Mora. The evening of the official signing, Paco asks his friend to let him use his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Trueba
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Carmen Maura  •  Antonio Resines  •  Santiago Ramos

Pablo and Fernando, owners of a children's book publishing company about to go bankrupt, have managed through unorthodox means to contract the country's best-selling author, Adela Mora. The evening of the official signing, Paco asks his friend to let him use his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Trueba
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Carmen Maura  •  Antonio Resines  •  Santiago Ramos

Demons in the Garden (1982)

Juan is the handsome, irresponsible, best-loved second son. When his older brother, who runs the family's black-market business with their steel-willed mother, marries Juan's lover Ana, Juan heads for Madrid to work for Franco. Juan also leaves behind his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
CAST:  Ángela Molina  •  Ana Belén  •  Encarna Paso  •  Imanol Arias

Juan is the handsome, irresponsible, best-loved second son. When his older brother, who runs the family's black-market business with their steel-willed mother, marries Juan's lover Ana, Juan heads for Madrid to work for Franco. Juan also leaves behind his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
CAST:  Ángela Molina  •  Ana Belén  •  Encarna Paso  •  Imanol Arias

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997)

A woman seduces a hotel janitor to gain access to the famous musicians coming into town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Gómez Pereira
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Juanjo Puigcorbé  •  Gabino Diego  •  Penélope Cruz

A woman seduces a hotel janitor to gain access to the famous musicians coming into town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Gómez Pereira
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Juanjo Puigcorbé  •  Gabino Diego  •  Penélope Cruz

Freedomfighters (1996)

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Aranda
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Victoria Abril  •  Ariadna Gil  •  Miguel Bosé

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Aranda
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Victoria Abril  •  Ariadna Gil  •  Miguel Bosé

Antigua vida mía (2001)

An abused wife (Cecilia Roth) seeks information about her dead mother, a freedom fighter buried in Antigua.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Héctor Olivera
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Cecilia Roth  •  Juan Leyrado  •  Jorge Marrale

An abused wife (Cecilia Roth) seeks information about her dead mother, a freedom fighter buried in Antigua.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Héctor Olivera
CAST:  Ana Belén  •  Cecilia Roth  •  Juan Leyrado  •  Jorge Marrale

Spaniards in Paris (1971)

In the early 70's, more than forty thousand Spanish in Paris working as maids. Few had crossed the border before, and most had not even left her village. These girls are Emily, who has left behind the hard times and has adapted to the big city, Isabel struggling to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Bodegas
CAST:  Laura Valenzuela  •  Máximo Valverde  •  Emma Cohen  •  Ana Belén

In the early 70's, more than forty thousand Spanish in Paris working as maids. Few had crossed the border before, and most had not even left her village. These girls are Emily, who has left behind the hard times and has adapted to the big city, Isabel struggling to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Bodegas
CAST:  Laura Valenzuela  •  Máximo Valverde  •  Emma Cohen  •  Ana Belén

Querido Fotogramas (2018)

The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic of voices represented by people who make films, those who write them and those who consume them. The documentary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Oksman
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Javier Bardem  •  Ana Belén  •  Marisa Paredes

The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic of voices represented by people who make films, those who write them and those who consume them. The documentary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Oksman
CAST:  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón  •  Javier Bardem  •  Ana Belén  •  Marisa Paredes
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