Marisa Paredes
17 titles
Filmography
17 results

The Devil's Backbone
(2001)In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, on a desolate plateau sits the Santa Lucia School, where the orphans of the left-wing Republican forces await the inevitable arrival of Franco's fascists. It is run by steely headmistress Carmen (Marisa Paredes), widow of a leftist poet, and old professor Cásares (Federico Luppi), with the help of the mysteriously hateful caretaker, Jacinto (Eduardo...

The Flower of My Secret
(1995)Leo, a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, despises her own work. At home she is also miserable. Her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. Yet the appearance of a new editor offers an opportunity for Leo to reassess her life.

All About My Mother
(1999)One of Almodóvar’s most acclaimed and beloved films, All About My Mother won the Best Director award in Cannes and an Oscar®! An immaculate maximalist melodrama full of intense emotion, this love letter to actresses is brought to life by a fierce cast of Almodóvar regulars, including Penélope Cruz.

High Heels
(1991)A famous actress is reunited with the daughter she abandoned as a child, only to discover that her daughter's husband is her former lover.

No One Writes to the Colonel
(1999)Cada viernes el Coronel se pone su traje y espera pacientemente la llegada de la notificación de su pensión. En el fondo de su corazón sabe que los cheques no llegarán, pero espera pacientemente mientras llora el fallecimiento de su hijo.

The Skin I Live In
(2011)Pedro Almodóvar directs Antonio Banderas in this acclaimed thriller about a grieving surgeon seeking to create invulnerable skin. To achieve this, he crosses a forbidden line: transgenic experiments on humans. But this will not be his only crime.

Deep Crimson
(1996)Revisiting the real-life events behind the cult movie The Honeymoon Killers, Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein—who started his career as an unbilled assistant to Luis Buñuel—mixes comedy with horror in this bold, whimsical tale of sex and murder. Starring Pedro Almodóvar’s regular, Marisa Paredes!

In a Glass Cage
(1986)Confined to an iron lung after a botched suicide attempt, a former Nazi torturer gets an apprentice when his nurse takes an interest in his methods.

Lines of Wellington
(2012)This lavish, star-studded epic set during the great Napoleonic Wars chronicles the lives of both the nobility and the poor against a tapestry of love affairs, deceit, intrigue and violence.

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.

Petra
(2018)Petra no sabe quién es su padre, se lo han ocultado a lo largo de su vida. Tras la muerte de su madre inicia una búsqueda que le conduce a Jaume, un célebre artista plástico poderoso y despiadado. En su camino por conocer la verdad, Petra también entra en contacto con Lucas, hijo de Jaume, y Marisa, esposa de Jaume y madre de Lucas.

Dreamland
(2013)It’s Christmas Eve, and four very different lives are about to collide. The connection between these souls reveals betrayal and unfulfilled dreams.

A Dog Called... Vengeance
(1977)A political prisoner in a South American dictatorship escapes from a chain gang and is pursued throughout the country by a bloodthirsty dog.

Talk of Angels
(1998)A beautiful Irish woman travels to 1930's Spain to work as a governess and finds forbidden romance amid political unrest.

Cake of Blood
(1971)Under the oppressive Franco regime, four filmmakers united to create a horror anthology that examined classic themes through a transgressive lens.

Life Is Beautiful
(1997)With a game, an Italian Jew (Roberto Benigni) shields his son (Giorgio Cantarini) from Nazi horrors in a concentration camp during World War II.

Requiem for a Gringo
(1968)Logan returns to his hometown after his brother's murder and immediately seeks revenge on the local gang who committed the heinous crime.