Jaime de Armiñán

  • Jaime de Armiñán – El nido AKA The Nest (1980) (HD)

    Drama1971-1980Jaime de ArmiñánSpain

    The Nest (Spanish: El Nido) is a 1980 Spanish drama film written and directed by Jaime de Armiñán, starring Héctor Alterio and Ana Torrent.The plot follows the emotionally intense relationship between an old widower and a precocious thirteen-year-old girl. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards.Read More »

  • Jaime de Armiñán – Mi querida señorita AKA My dearest senorita (1972)

    1971-1980ComedyJaime de ArmiñánRomanceSpainSpanish cinema under Franco

    Synopsis
    Miss Adela Castro (José Luis López Vázquez in a superb performance),a mature lady from the provincial Spanish bourgeoisie, has spent her life in solitude, sewing, playing the piano, attending charity meetings at the local church and meditating on her forced spinsterhood. Her partially unacknowledged attraction to females, together with her lack of desire for her fiance drives Adela to her confessor and then to a doctor. The diagnosis is unambiguous: she is a man. Adela, now Juan, is then forced to confront both a prejudiced society and himself. Jaime Armiñán directed My Dearest Señorita in a context of profound social transition in Spain. Read More »

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