Marisa ParedesFilmography

Born:: April 3, 1946 in Madrid, Spain
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Artistically adventurous Spanish actress Marisa Paredes has worked with a number of renowned international directors during her career, but she is most famous for her work with Spain's flamboyant Pedro Almodóvar. Madrid native Paredes was studying acting at the city's Dramatic Arts Conservatory...Read More

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L'Uomo che ama

Actors: Pierfrancesco Favino, Kseniya Rappoport, Arnaldo Ninchi, Marisa Paredes, Monica Bellucci, Glen Blackhall, Michele Alhaique, Piera Degli Esposti

Synopsis: Following in the footsteps of her father, actor-cum-director Ugo Tognazzi, and her brother, director Ricky Tognazzi, Maria Sole Tognazzi makes her helming debut with the emotionally-amped melodrama L'Uomo che ama (The Man Who Loves). At its core, the film embodies an exploration of gay-influenced Read More

10/24/08
Magic Mirror

Actors: Ricardo Trepa, Leonor Silveira

Synopsis: Adapted from author Agustina Bessa-Luis' novel The Soul of the Righ, writer/director Manoel de Oliveira's Magic Mirror travels deep into the restless psyche of a well-to-do woman who longs to experience a divine vision. Previously imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Luciano (Ricardo Trepa) Read More

5/25/07
Ana's Way

Actors: Marisa Paredes, Juan Fernandez

2007
Queens

Synopsis: Writer and director Manuel Gómez Pereira takes a look at the funny side of same-sex marriage in this farcical comedy. Magda (Carmen Maura) is the manager of a posh resort hotel that is to be the site of a marriage ceremony bringing three gay couples together at once. One of the husbands-to-be is Read More

5/5/06
Four Last Songs

Actors: Stanley Tucci, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Jena Malone, Jessica Stevenson

Synopsis: The efforts of an American ex-patriot living on a remote Mediterranean to establish himself as a serious musician are constantly thwarted by every inhabitant of his small village in director Francesca Joseph's ensemble comedy drama. Larry (Stanley Tucci) thought that by moving to the village that Read More

2006
Frio Sol de Invierno

Actors: Unax Ugalde, Marisa Paredes, Javier Pereira, Marta Etura, Andres Gertrudix

Synopsis: A recently released psychiatric patient and a would-be thief make a pact that will dramatically alter the course of both of their lives in writer\director Pablo Malo's twisting drama. Adrian is a rich kid with some serious mental problems. Released from the psychiatric institution where he has Read More

2004
Dans Le Rouge Du Couchant

Actors: Marisa Paredes, Bruno Putzulu, Féodor Atkine, Didier Flamand, Elizabeth Kaza

2003
The Devil's Backbone

Actors: Fernando Tielve, Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi

Synopsis: Guillermo del Toro, who quickly became one of the most talked-about directors in contemporary horror films with his first two features, Chronos and Mimic, takes on a more subtle tale of terror with this psychological suspense piece. Casares (Federico Luppi) and Carmen (Marisa Paredes) operate a Read More

11/21/01
Salvajes

Actors: Marisa Paredes, Imanol Arias, Manuel Morón, Roger Casamajor, Maria Isasi

Synopsis: One dysfunctional family's problems hold up a mirror to larger issues of racism and misplaced patriotism in this Spanish drama. Berta (Marisa Paredes) is a nurse who is edging into middle age and looking for a husband; she also looks after the three teenage children of her recently deceased Read More

2001
All About My Mother

Actors: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Eloy Azorín, Rosa María Sardà

Synopsis: Pedro Almodóvar directed this story of a woman and her circle of friends who find themselves suffering a variety of emotional crises. Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is a single mother who has raised her son, Esteban (Eloy Azorín), to adulthood on her own and has come to emotionally depend on him. One Read More

11/19/99
Jonas et Lila, à demain

Actors: Jérôme Robart, Aïssa Maïga, Natalia Dontcheva, Jean-Pierre Gos, Cecile Tanner

Synopsis: Swiss director Alain Tanner, who wowed audiences in the 1970s with his art house classic Jonah, Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976), returns to the same territory with this decidedly more downbeat film. The movie details the life of Jonah (Jerome Robart), who has indeed just turned 25. A recent Read More

1999
El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba

Actors: Fernando Luján, Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek, Rafael Inclán, Ernesto Yanez

Synopsis: Based on the novel of Gabriel Garcia Marquez by the same name, but set in the forties, the film is a reflection on life and its illusions by the Mexican master Arturo Ripstein. In a small coastal town in Mexico in the late 1940's, an obstinate colonel of the anticlerical Cristeros War keeps Read More

1999
Talk of Angels

Actors: Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Franco Nero, Marisa Paredes, Leire Berrocal

Synopsis: Nick Hamm directed this historical romantic drama, rated PG-13 "for some politically motivated violence." The period prior to the Spanish Civil War provides the background setting for the arrival in Spain of young Irish governess Mary Lavelle (Polly Walker) who begins a year of employment with the Read More

10/30/98
Preference

Actors: Georges Corraface, Jean-Marc Barr, Anna Galiena, Annie Girardot, Marisa Paredes

Synopsis: In this erotic French-Italian-Spanish drama, Max (Georges Corraface), having spent a decade behind bars on a murder conviction, exits the prison a free man. Mysterious museum-worker Mila (Anna Galiena) is parked at the prison gate and speaks to him from her car. Mila is married to businessman Read More

6/17/98
Doctor Chance

Actors: Elvire, Pedro Hestnes, Marisa Paredes, Joe Strummer, Féodor Atkine

Synopsis: French filmmaker/musician F.J. Ossang, who featured a dope delirium plus full-frontal apocalyptic audio attack in his black-and-white Le tresor des Iles Chiennes) (Land of the Dead), rebounds with the acid noir red-out of this French-Chilean road movie about a hitman (Pedro Hestnes) and a hooker (Elvire Read More

2/25/98
Life Is Beautiful

Actors: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Marisa Paredes

Synopsis: In this WW II tragicomedy, famed Italian funnyman Roberto Benigni (The Monster) portrays Guido, who moves during the '30s from the country to a Tuscan town, where he is entranced by schoolteacher Dora (Nicoletta Braschi, Benigni's real-life wife). Dora likes Guido, but she remains faithful to her Read More

12/20/97
Deep Crimson

Actors: Regina Orozco, Daniel Jiménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Veronica Merchant

Synopsis: Noted Mexican filmmaker Arturo Ripstein directed this darkly comic drama of love and murder. Coral Fabre (Regina Orozco) is an overweight, emotionally unstable nurse raising two children on her own. Coral is desperately lonely, and through a "Lonely Hearts" club, she begins corresponding with Read More

1/29/97
Three Lives and Only One Death

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud

Synopsis: Marcello Mastroianni plays several different roles in this off-beat, witty exploration of a man with multiple personalities from world-class filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. Mastroianni first appears as Parisian traveling salesman Mateo Strano who suddenly shows up at the home of Maria, the wife he abandoned Read More

1996
The Flower of My Secret

Actors: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Imanol Arias, Carmen Elias, Rossy de Palma

Synopsis: From Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Live Flesh, All About My Mother) comes this offbeat drama about Leo Macías (Marisa Paredes), a romance novelist who writes her trashy tomes under the pseudonym Amanda Gris. When her marriage begins to dissolve, Leo finds herself falling into despair, leading Read More

1995
Cronaca di un Amore Violato

Synopsis: This Italian film takes a chilling, nonexploitative look into the mind of a nice young man who compulsively rapes beautiful women. The rapes are graphically presented and may be disturbing to some viewers. Outwardly Luca seems to be a normal, quiet 20-year old. His mother is frequently gone. Read More

1995
La Nave de Los Locos

Synopsis: When a respected Native American chief is taken to trial for burning down a large multiplex adjacent to an ancient Mapuche burial ground, a seasoned lawyer comes to his defense in the courtroom. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1995
Tombes du Ciel

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Ticky Holgado, Marisa Paredes, Laura del Sol

Synopsis: It is not necessary to know that this story is based on a true incident in order to enjoy it; in real life, a man landed in a major European airport without the necessary papers, and while authorities worked (slowly, ever-so slowly) to resolve his citizenship status, he lived and worked there Read More

1993
La Reina Anonima

Actors: Carmen Maura, Marisa Paredes, Juanjo Puigcorbe, Jesus Bonilla, Cristina Marcos

Synopsis: Ana Luz's husband has gone away for a little while. While he's away, she experiences every possible irruption into her house, from a troupe of actors to a woman claiming to be her husband's lover. She seems to kill a plumber with her screwdriver, and her neighbor apparently kills a policeman. Just Read More

1992
Tierno Verano de Lujurias Y Azoteas

1992
Golem, The Spirit of the Exile

Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Samuel Fuller, Mireille Perrier

Synopsis: In modern-day Paris, a cabalist known as the Maharal has created a golem, an artificial being constructed of earth and clay, infused with spirit through the recitation of a special formula. The legendary being he brings to life is known in this instance as "The Spirit of Exile," and the magician's Read More

1992
High Heels

Actors: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bose, Féodor Atkine, Pedro Diaz del Corral

Synopsis: Written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almódovar, Tacones Lejanos is a murder mystery centering on flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo (Marisa Paredes) and her daughter Rebecca (Victoria Abril), a television anchorwoman. After being estranged for 15 years, Becky re-enters Rebecca's life Read More

12/20/91
Mientras Haya Luz

Actors: Rafael Diaz, Jorge De Juan, Teresa Madruga, Marisa Paredes, Joaquin Hinojosa

Synopsis: Two gunmen chase after an anthropologist on the run in this convoluted, low-budget drama. In spite of several technical flaws in production and amateurish performances, the film shared prize money given by the CIGA hotel chain at the 1987 San Sebastian Film Festival. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Read More

1987
Vengeance

Synopsis: When a group of Latin American prisoners attempt a daring escape, they must struggle to survive and avoid capture. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
Tata Mia

Actors: Imperio Argentina, Alfredo Landa, Carmen Maura, Xavier Elorriaga, Miguel Angel Rellan

Synopsis: Tata (Imperio Argentina) is a matronly nurse hired by a wealthy heiress who has spent the last 13 years in a convent. Fearing she is prone to nymphomania, Tata oversees the romantic antics of the sex-starved woman as she attempts to rejoin society. Satirical jabs at the military government, the Read More

1986
Cara de Acelga

Actors: José M. Sacristán, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Marisa Paredes, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Synopsis: Antonio (Jose M. Sacristan) is a vagabond traveler who hitches a ride into a small town. He takes a job in a restaurant before landing a better job in the local movie theater. Antonio remembers the owner as the woman who employed his acting troupe years before when he was a young child. He later Read More

1986
In a Glass Cage

Actors: Günter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes, Gisela Echevarria, Imma Colomer

Synopsis: Stylistically compelling, morally ambiguous, and profoundly unsettling, this Spanish psychodrama from writer-director Agustin Villaronga stands beside Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salo as one of cinema's most unflinching depictions of human depravity. The story opens in post-WWII Catalonia as former Nazi Read More

1985
Dark Habits

Actors: Julieta Serrano, Marisa Paredes, Carmen Maura, Mary Carrillo

Synopsis: In this Pedro Almodóvar film, a singer at a low-end nightclub hides out at a convent after her lover dies of a bad dose of drugs, and she meets a group of off-the-wall nuns while in hiding. The nuns range from one who writes sensationalist pulp fiction under a pseudonym to another who takes drugs Read More

1984
Las Bicicletas Son Para El Verano

Actors: Amparo Soler Leal, Agustin Gonzalez, Victoria Abril, Patricia Adriani

Synopsis: In his second successful starring role in 1983, Agustín Gonzalez is a father who runs a wine shop in Madrid, a city under a three-year siege (1936-1939) because the Nationalists forces of Francisco Franco need to take Madrid before the fascist dictator can be installed in power. The siege has left Read More

1984
Opera Prima

Actors: Oscar Ladoire, Paula Molina, Antonio Resines, Kiti Manver

Synopsis: Directed by Fernando (Belle Epoque) Trueba, the Spanish/ French Opera Prima stars Oscar Ladiore as a young divorced employee at a news agency. Outside the subway one evening, Ladione chances to meet his beautiful cousin, played by Paula Molina (sister of actress Angela Molina). The two commence an Read More

1980
Sus Anos Dorados

Actors: Patricia Adriani, Marisa Paredes, Luis Politti, Pepe Munne

Synopsis: aka: Their Golden Years In this failed attempt at auteur cinema, director Emilio Martinez-Lazaro puts together a disagreeble cast of characters whose only interest is self-indulgence. Luis (Jose Pedro Carrion), Maria (Patricia Adriani) and their friends have either fallen through the cracks of Read More

1980