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 Director: Pedro
Almodovar

Pedro Almovodar is a Spanish director, screenwriter,

producer and former actor from Spain.
He was born on September 5th 1989 and is now 68 years
old.
He has won many awards such as Multiple Cannes film
festival awards, BAFTA's, Academy awards etc.
Some of his most famous movies are Volver, All about my
mother and Julieta.
He is recognized as the most internationally acclaimed
Spanish director since Luis Buuel.
Actress: Sofia
Vergara
Sofia Vergara is a Colombian actress, comedian, tv
presenter and model.
She was born on the 10th of July in Barranquilla,
Colombia.
She is most commonly known for being on Modern
family.
Vergara made her first appearance on tv at 17 while
acting in a pepsi comercial that was aired in South
America.
Some other movies she starred in are: The smurfs, The
Three Stooges and Machete kills.
Movie: All About
My Mother
All About My Mother, Todo sobre mi madre is a
Spanish film written and directed by Pedro
Almodvar.
The actress and actors were Cecilia Roth, Marisa
Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penlope
Cruz and Candela Pea.
Release date 16 April 1999 (Spain) and
19 May 1999 (France).
The main actress is Cecilia Roth as Manuela she
plays the mother who is training to be a doctor
and her son is killed in a car accident in the movie.
Director: Luis
Buuel
Before Pedro Almovodar Luis Buuel was the
most famous Spanish director ever.
He was born on February 22nd 1900 and died on
July 29 1983.
Some of his most famous movie are An
Andalusian Dog, the exterminating angel,
Viridiana
He has won numerous awards including the
Cannes film festival award for best director.
Actor: Antonio
Banderas
Antonio Banderas was born on the 10th of August
1960 in Malaga, Spain.
He is a director, singer and actor.
He began his acting career while starring in many
movies directed by Pedro Almodovar such as
Labyrinth of Passion, The skin I live in and Tie me up!
Tie me down!
Banderas was also nominated for many important
awards such as: an Emmy Award and Golden Globe in
2004 and he also won a Platino award and Goya
award in 2015.
Movie: Volver

Volver means "to go back" this is another Spanish

film written and directed by Pedro Almodvar .
The main actress is Penlope Cruz, also it
stars Carmen Maura, Lola Dueas, Blanca Portillo
and Yohana Cobo.
Release date 17 March 2006.
Raimunda is played by Penlope Cruz and Soledad
is played by Lola Dueas and the are sisters,
who's parents died in a fire in the film.
Director:
AlejandroAmenba
r

He was born on Mach 31st 1972 in Santiago Chile.

Although he was born in Chile his family fled to
Spain to avoid the corrupt government ruling
Chile at the time.
Some of his most well-known movies include The
Others, Abre los ojos and Agora.
He specializes in directing horror movies.
He has won many awards including an Academy
Award for best foreign language film.
Actress: Penelope
Cruz

Penelope Cruz was born on April 24th 1974 in

Alcobendas, Spain.
Penelope started acting at the age of 16 on a televison
programme and the year later she starred in her first movie:
Jamon, Jamon.
She has since appeared in other very famous movies such as
Volver, All about my mother, Zoolander and Pirates of the
Caribbean.
She was nominated for both an Academy and Golden Globe
Award.
Penelope is the first spanish actress to receive a star at the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Movie: Pan's Labryinth

Pan's Labyrinth, is a Spanish dark

fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del
Toro.
One of the main actress is Ivana Baquero as Ofelia /
Princess Moanna.
Other actress and actors are Sergi Lpez as Captain
Vidal, Ofelia's new stepfather, Maribel Verd as
Mercedes, Vidal's housekeeper and Doug Jones as
the Faun and the Pale Man.
The story takes place in Spain in the Summer of
1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War, Ofelia
is the young girl who discovers strange and
magical creatures who become central to her
story, leading her through the trials of the old
labyrinth garden.
Pan's Labyrinth trailer