Carmen Maura
12 titles
Filmography
12 results

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(1988)Distraught by the break-up with her actor boyfriend Iván, pregnant actress Pepa prepares a gazpacho laced with sleeping pills. She is, however, saved from suicide by her best friend Candela, a fugitive from justice.

Common Wealth
(2000)A real estate agent finds $15 million in a dead man's apartment, and begins to dream of a luxurious life. However, the neighbours are already well aware of the money and have their own plans for how to spend it.

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
(1984)The vicissitudes of Gloria, a neurotic housewife, and her family's peculiar characters.

Pepi, Luci, Bom
(1980)In 1980s countercultural Madrid, three women embark on wild misadventures. Pepi, a layabout, becomes an overnight success in the advertising world. Luci, a housewife, discovers her hidden masochistic side—while Bom is the lesbian punk who teaches Luci to find her pleasure in pain.

Queens
(2005)In Spain, a couple of days before a collective gay wedding, the lives of five mothers, whose sons will get married, are entwined: Judge Helena is in charge of the ceremony; the entrepreneur in hotel business Magda is hosting the guests in her hotel and is responsible for the banquet, while facing a strike leaded by her lover and chef; the nymphomaniac Nuria is facing problems due to her disease; the wealthy Reyes is having a crush for the father of her son's mate and her gardener; and the Argentinean cooker Ofelia is facing financial problems and difficulties in with her son's mate. Along three days, they have complicated relationships with their sons and mates, ex-husbands, lovers and employees.

Seeds
(2018)Cuando su mamá soltera tuvo un accidente, Andy se fue a vivir con su abuela paterna, que no le hace caso, y se obsesiona por encontrar a su papá.

Volver
(2006)Raimunda and her sister Sole are visited by the apparation of their Mother, who has returned to reconcile with her daughters and resolve an issue that has haunted the family since her death.

Law of Desire
(1987)Law Of Desire (1987): At its core 'Law Of Desire' features a fabulous trio: the famous Madrid director Pablo (Poncela) for whom men are prepared to die, his new love-crazed boyfriend Antonio (Banderas) and Pablo's flamboyant and gorgeous transsexual sister Tina.Pablo is suffering because Juan, his lover, shares his steamy passion but not his commitment, and has returned to his village i...

In Family I Trust
(2019)After her partner cheats on her, an architect returns to her hometown to reassess her life with the help of her eccentric family. Based on the novel.

Let My People Go !
(2011)A sweet and hilarious fusion of gay romantic comedy, Jewish family drama and French bedroom farce. Mikael Buch's Let My People Go! follows the travails and daydreams of the lovelorn Ruben (Nicolas Maury, Regular Lovers), a French-Jewish gay mailman living in fairytale Finland with his gorgeous Nordic boyfriend. Just before Passover, a series of mishaps and a lovers quarrel exile the heartbroken Ruben back to Paris and back to his zany family including Almodóvar goddess Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Volver) as his ditzy mum, and Jean-François Stévenin as his lothario father. Scripted by director Mikael Buch and renowned art house auteur Christophe Honoré (Love Songs), Let My People Go! both celebrates and upends Jewish and gay stereotypes with wit, gusto and style to spare. The result is deeply heartwarming, fabulously kitschy and hysterically fun.

Rainbow
(2022)In search of her mother, a free-spirited teen and her eccentric companions set out on a whimsical journey while avoiding the clutches of a wicked woman.

Chasing Wonders
(2021)A boy navigates his tumultuous relationship with his father in this coming-of-age story set across the lush wine countries of Spain and Australia.