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Penélope Cruz
Date of Birth: 28 Apr 1974
Country: Spain
Biography: Actress Penélope Cruz rose to fame after a string of cult hits in Spain, including Jamón, Jamón and All About My Mother. She's become a favorite of maverick director Pedro Almódovar and it didn't take long for Hollywood to discover the talents of this Spanish beauty. In summer 2008, she stars in Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona.
Total Credits at Criticker: 70 (Actor)
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‘La bola negra' tells the interconnected stories of three men in three different eras. Three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain and inheritance, and one of Federico García Lorca´s last, unfinished works.
In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change. (imdb)
A renowned architect lives with his wife, an editor, and their two daughters. One day, he receives a strange proposal: a tech billionaire, an admirer of his work, would like him to build a survival bunker for him in Hawaii. (Télérama)
Joe and Angela, a couple struggling in a stagnant marriage, host a dinner party for their bohemian upstairs neighbors, Piña and Hawk. What begins as a tense social encounter turns chaotic when the guests reveal their unconventional lifestyle and propose an adventurous arrangement, forcing the couple to confront their hidden desires and deep-seated marital friction.
A thrilling biographical drama set in the summer of 1957. Former racing driver Enzo Ferrari faces a personal and professional crisis. His factory is on the brink of bankruptcy, and his marriage is strained by the loss of his son and the discovery of his mistress. To save his company, he makes a bold bet: victory in the treacherous, 1,000-mile Mille Miglia race across Italy.
When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild card CIA agent joins forces with three international agents on a lethal mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move. (imdb)
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 mother with her daughter; and Teodora, a sick old woman who searches for her long-lost son before it is too late. (Letterboxd)
A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film (imdb).
Two single women, one middle-aged and the other a teenager, meet in a hospital room where they are both about to give birth. Neither woman is married, and both pregnancies were accidental. The few words they exchange in those hours create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, changing their lives in a decisive way while exploring themes of shared history.
A film director in his physical decline reflects on the choices he has made in his life as past and present come crashing down. Through a series of reencounters, he revisits his childhood in the 1960s, his first adult love in 1980s Madrid, and the discovery of cinema. The narrative serves as a profound meditation on creative passion, memory, and the pain of reconciliation.
The story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder.
American Crime Story (2016) - TV Series
- Alone (S02 E09)
- Ascent (S02 E07)
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell (S02 E05)
- Manhunt (S02 E02)
Follows the manhunt for serial killer Andrew Cunanan in the aftermath of his assassination of Gianni Versace, contrasted with the early lives of both men.
Carolina returns from Buenos Aires to Madrid for a wedding. She is accompanied by her two children, a little boy and a teenage girl, while her husband stays in Argentina. In the night of the celebration the girl disappears. This incident will bring back old quarrels and secrets.
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. (imdb)
A lavish train ride unfolds into a stylish & suspenseful mystery. From the novel by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells of thirteen stranded strangers & one man's race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. (imdb)
A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother.
Nearly twenty years after the events of The Girl of Your Dreams, in the 1950s, Macarena Granada, who has become a Hollywood star, returns to Spain to film a blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. (Wikipedia)
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business. (imdb)
Ma ma centres on a woman diagnosed with cancer who experiences a life-changing encounter with a man whose wife and child have been gravely injured in a car accident. (Screen Daily)
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
A story about a number of people in Italy, some American, some Italian, some residents, some visitors, and the romances and adventures and predicaments they get into.
Actor-director Sergio Castellitto (Don't Move) directs Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch in this vivid, full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. (tiff.net)
Captain Jack Sparrow is forced onto a quest to find the legendary Fountain of Youth. Along the way, he encounters a woman from his past and the formidable pirate Blackbeard. Jack must navigate treacherous waters, deadly mermaids, and rival Spanish expeditions to claim the ultimate prize of immortality.
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) - TV Movie
With unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide follows the film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate biography.
Beginning with Allen's childhood the film chronicles the trajectory and longevity of Allen's career, from his work as a TV scribe, standup comedian and frequent TV talk show guest, to a writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. (PBS)
An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda take another bite out of the Big Apple in the sequel to the 2008 summer blockbuster.
A blind writer lives and loves under a pseudonym, attempting to forget a tragic past and the woman he lost. When a young man enters his life, the filmmaker is forced to confront the memories of a passionate affair and a high-stakes film production cut short by jealousy and obsession. This lush noir melodrama explores the intersection of cinema, memory, and the enduring power of a singular love.
A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.
Film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his life, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
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 relationship, is about to re-enter the picture. (imdb)
Gary, a once successful musician, struggles with his career and an inert relationship with his girlfriend Dora.
The film starts in the trip from Sevilla to Linares, where Manolete stops in Córdoba to see his mother. He will be remembering some passages of his life. (imdb)
In turn-of-the-century Mexico, two very different women become a bank-robbing duo in an effort to combat a ruthless enforcer terrorizing their town. (imdb)
In a wind-swept village and the suburbs of Madrid, two sisters struggle with the ghosts of their past—literally and figuratively. After the death of their aunt, the spirit of their mother returns to resolve unfinished business and comfort her daughters. This vibrant story blends comedy and tragedy, focusing on female resilience, generational secrets, and the enduring bonds of family.
Every family has its secrets and tries to hold them hidden within domestic walls. However, those of the family of Marcus Aylesbury are in order to become public because of the family's long date friend Trent, a journalist faithful to his ideals who, put under pressure by his editor, is looking for a "sexy-scoop"... (imdb)
Clive Cussler's master explorer Dirk Pitt (McConaughey) takes on the adventure of his life when he embarks on a treasure hint through some of the most dangerous regions of West Africa. Searching for what the locals call "The Ship of Death," a long lost Civil War battleship which protects a secret cargo, Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick (Zahn) use their wits and clever heroics to help Doctor Eva Rojas (Cruz) when they realize the shop may be linked to mysterious deaths in the same area. (Paramount Pictures)
While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo (Sergio Castellitto) recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia (Penélope Cruz), a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories. (imdb)
In a time torn apart by hatred and violence, two lifelong lovers are forced to choose between passion and personal convictions, their fate intertwined with the painful history of a world at war. (Sony Pictures Classics)
In the Christmas Eve in New York, the lonely divorced publisher Rose Harrison (Susan Sarandon) expects for a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimer. She feels sorry for the patient of the room in front of her mother's and meets his visitor (Robin Williams). Meanwhile, the Latin Nina Vasquez (Penélope Cruz) breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancee Mike (Paul Walker) due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him... (imdb)
A swashbuckling adventure/romance, which puts a colorful and ironic edge to Christian-Jacque's 1952 French cult classic. Fanfan La Tulipe is the personification of the French hero, a chronic jokester, ladies man and free spirit who refuses to surrender to a forced marriage and instead finds himself persuaded to enlist in Louis XV's regiment of Aquitaine by the enchanting Adeline, played by Penelope Cruz. The character of Fanfan La Tulipe has evolved through the times into playing a central role (vincentperez.com)
This supernatural thriller is the chilling tale of a brilliant psychiatrist (Berry) who experiences an unwelcome awakening when she is accused of committing a heinous murder she cannot remember. (Warner Bros.)
Against the backdrop of a nation on the brink of revolution, Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) and Nina Veronica (Jessica Lange) are slimy promoters planning a benefit concert. They desire the services of legendary singer Jack Fate (Bob Dylan), and soon Fate is sprung from jail. A rock journalist (played by Jeff Bridges) investigates the concert, attempting to determine just who will benefit. Revolution may be raging outside the arena, but Jack Fate and the benefit concert play on as planned. (imdb)
A funny thing happens to two married couples on the way to the Monster Truck Show in Reno, Nevada. (Miramax)
A high-velocity look at George Jung's (Depp) spectacular rise and fall -- based on the true story of how powder cocaine turned into America's biggest drug problem and how one man from the blue-collar suburbs became the 35 billion-dollar a-year conduit to the Colombian cartels. Ted Demme directs this riveting look at the manic allure -- and dangerous reality -- of a drug smuggler's everyday life, and unfolds one of the great untold stories from the recent annals of American crime and culture. (New Line Cinema)
In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion. (imdb)
Times have been tough for Heaven, with Hell winning the battle between good and evil. So when Heaven's managers have the opportunity to win the soul of a boxer and shift the balance of power, they send their best angel for the job, Lola Nevado (Abril). When Hell gets wind of this, they counter by sending their most experienced operative to Earth, Carmen Ramos (Cruz). The battle between Heaven and Hell is on! (First Look Pictures)
Snowboarding through life, David Aames (Cruise) appears to lead a charmed life. In one night David meets a girl of his dreams and loses her by making a small mistake. Thrust unexpectedly onto a roller-coaster ride of romance, comedy, suspicion, love, sex and dreams, David finds himself on a mind-bending search for his soul and discovers the precious, ephemeral nature of true love. (Paramount Pictures)
A sweeping odyssey about a young man's encounters with responsibility, love, revenge and survival.
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, Woman on Top is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
After the tragic death of her teenage son, a grieving nurse travels from Madrid to Barcelona to find the boy's father. Her journey leads her to a diverse circle of women, including a pregnant nun and a glamorous actress. This emotionally resonant drama explores themes of sisterhood, identity, and resilience as she navigates loss and finds an unconventional new family among those in need.
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 uprising (imdb)
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 countryside on horseback, on the run and lost. Don Juan promised to marry Donna Elvira and then forsook her. He is such a womanizer - when being saved by a fisherman from ship wreck, he causes two beautiful girls from the fishing village, Mathurine and Charlotte, fighting with each other to win his heart. (imdb)
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 arise...
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 II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart. (imdb)
Victor, an out of work actor, tries to stop his ex-girlfriend, Sylvia, from marrying another man. When she refuses him, Victor is miraculously given a second chance to go back and correct the mistake which led to their break-up. (imdb)
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 activist in Ireland. But in Spain in the 1930's, taking a job of governess in a wealthy family, she finds the same kinds of political unrest. In fact, it isn't long before she finds herself attracted to a married man who is similarly involved in the struggle against fascism and Franco... (imdb)
A young man is wrongfully imprisoned following a violent encounter that leaves a police officer paralyzed. Years later, upon his release, his life becomes inextricably linked with the officer, the officer's wife, and a former lover. This intricate web of jealousy, redemption, and desire unfolds in Madrid, exploring how a single moment of chance can alter the destinies of five interconnected people.
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 disfigured. (imdb)
The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Celestina to further the romance. However Calisto's other servant Parmeno is suspicious of Celestina, as he knows about her tricks. After Celestina convinces Melibea of Calisto's love and arranges a brief clandestine meeting between them, Calisto gives Celestina a valuable chain of gold...
Two young people meet in the 60's as a result of their devotion to John Lennon, and have a recurring relationship during the next thirty years at the oddest of moments, in the most diverse places, and during very important moments that defined several decades. Pay attention as one couple of younger actors alternate with the other couple of older actors to recreate this 30 year span in this Spanish-French comedy. (imdb)
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 with a politic militant against Franco's dictatorship. While being in prison she lives with every kind of woman: intelectuals, killers, illiterates, ... All of them must share food, living space, joys and pities; joined by the same fate. (imdb)
Pablo hates everything. When Lucia comes into his life, he thinks her ideal. But Lucia, who is rather manipulating, is just what will make Pablo explode. Nobody believes in the ideal couple, not even Pablo's friends, who live all in couples, and all with problems. Nobody is happy with his mate, but everyone will let it be, maybe for conformism, maybe for fear, maybe for laziness, or maybe because Everything is false. (imdb)
In 1931, a young soldier (Fernando) deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner (Manolo) due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters (Rocio, Violeta, Clara and Luz). Fernando likes all of her and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love (imdb)
Framed (1992) - TV Mini-Series
A cat-and-mouse game between a charismatic and manipulative criminal and his interrogator, played out over the four episodes of the miniseries. (imdb)
Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor... (imdb)






































































