16 Movies Starring Victoria Abril

La colmena

La colmena

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-10-03

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (605 Reviews)

Director:

Mario Camus

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Camilo Josè Cela (novel)

Josè Luis Dibildos

Fullplot:

As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.

Las bicicletas son para el verano

Las bicicletas son para el verano

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-01-20

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (491 Reviews)

Director:

Jaime Chèvarri

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Fernando Fernèn Gèmez (story)

Enrique Paradas (story)

Lola Salvador

Rafael Sepèlveda (story)

Fullplot:

The story of a boy and his family during the Spanish Civil War.

The Moon in the Gutter

The Moon in the Gutter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-05-18

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (908 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Jacques Beineix (scenario)

Olivier Mergault (scenario)

David Goodis (novel)

Fullplot:

In Marseilles, a woman commits suicide after she is raped in an alley. Nightly, her brother Gerard broods at the scene hoping to catch the rapist. He lives with his lover Bella whom he neglects, an alcoholic brother who lurks about, and his father who's stayed drunk since the daughter's death, ignoring work and his own companion. At a seedy bar, Gerard meets a wealthy, nihilistic hedonist and his beautiful sister. Gerard flips for her and thinks she's his ticket out of the slum. Bella warns him otherwise and also, in jealousy, sets two thugs on him. Then Gerard thinks he's found his sister's rapist. These emotional crises force Gerard to choose what's most important.

Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-10-10

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (219 Reviews)

Director:

Rafael Monleèn

Cast:

Writer:

Agustèn Dèaz Yanes

Rafael Monleèn

Fullplot:

Isabel, donna ricca e matura, è ossessionata da un presunto blocco sessuale e cerca di farsi curare dalla giovane psichiatra Ana. Nel frattempo, Antonio, giovane e affascinante, la seduce per impossessarsi della sua ricchezza. In questo si accorda con Ana, che, non molto professionalmente, accetta la situazione. Ambigua e priva di scrupoli, la dottoressa diventa complice del giovane, con il quale escogita un complicato e raffinato piano per eliminarla. Ma ci sarè una sorpresa finale !

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-04-12

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

NC-17

IMDB Ratings:

(16336 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Pedro Almodèvar (screenplay)

Pedro Almodèvar (story)

Fullplot:

Ricky is released from a mental hospital, and knows exactly what he wants to do. He hunts down Marina, a porn film star he once had sex with, and tries to convince her to be his wife. She is a bit reluctant, so he ties her up. Will this approach endear him to her?

High Heels

High Heels

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-12-20

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, France

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (9067 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Pedro Almodèvar (screenplay)

Pedro Almodèvar (story)

Fullplot:

A girl's mother returns after 15 years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother's) old boyfriends. They try to mend their broken mother/daughter relationship and deal with their common lover.

Une èpoque formidable...

Une èpoque formidable...

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-06-19

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (834 Reviews)

Director:

Gèrard Jugnot

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Gèrard Jugnot

Philippe Lopes-Curval

Fullplot:

Kika

Kika

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-05-06

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, France

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (8772 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Pedro Almodèvar (screenplay)

Pedro Almodèvar (story)

Fullplot:

Kika, a young cosmetologist, is called to the mansion of Nicolas, an American writer to make-up the corpse of his stepson, Ramon. Ramon, who is not dead, is revived by Kika's attentions and she then moves in with him. They might live happily ever after but first they have to cope with Kika's affair with Nicolas, the suspicious death of Ramon's mother and the intrusive gaze of tabloid-TV star and Ramon's ex-psychologist Andrea Scarface.

French Twist

French Twist

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-01-19

Languages:

French, Spanish

Countries:

France

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (3622 Reviews)

Director:

Josiane Balasko

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Patrick Aubrèe

Josiane Balasko

Telsche Boorman (story)

Fullplot:

Laurent is the local estate agent, a job that offers easy opportunties for his womanising. His wife beautiful wife Loli looks after his home and two children unaware of his many affairs. However, their world is turned upside down by the arrival of Marijo, an itinerant lesbian whose minivan breaks down nearby. The neglected Loli is drawn to the sensitive Marijo and when she learns of Laurent's infidelities, invites Marijo to move in with them. The arrangement takes an emotional toll on each of them, exacerbated by the arrival of a figure from Marijo's past. As they struggle with the situation and each other, all of their lives are changed forever.

Libertarias

Libertarias

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-04-19

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, Italy, Belgium

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1182 Reviews)

Director:

Vicente Aranda

Cast:

Writer:

Vicente Aranda (screenplay)

Vicente Aranda (story)

Josè Luis Guarner (story)

Romèn Gubern (story)

Antonio Rabinad

Fullplot:

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.

Nadie hablarè de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto

Nadie hablarè de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-10-05

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1045 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Escaping gangsters trying to kill her because of being witness to a crime, Gloria (Victoria Abril), a young woman of lower class, comes back to Madrid, Spain and to her family. There she tries to find work and earn some money...

Between Your Legs

Between Your Legs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-22

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, France

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2213 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Joaquèn Oristrell (novel)

Joaquèn Oristrell (screenplay)

Yolanda Garcèa Serrano (screenplay)

Juan Luis Iborra (screenplay)

Manuel Gèmez Pereira (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Miranda is a crew member of a nightly radio programmme. She and her husband Felix, a cop, are parents of a girl. Miranda's daily dog walking strolls are excuses to pursue sexual encounters with men, who she readily discards afterwards. In order to deal with her sex addiction, she signs up for therapy. Also in the group is Javier, a successful scriptwriter and producer who is a sex-phone junkie. The two misfits hit off and a steamy affair ensues. But things get a little complicated when Javier finds out that this phone sex trysts have been secretly taped and being distributed all over Madrid, and that his ex-wife is living with his business partner. Elsewhere, while investigating a murder case, Felix discovers Miranda's affair with Javier.

101 Reykjavèk

101 Reykjavèk

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-06-01

Languages:

Icelandic, English, Spanish

Countries:

Iceland, Denmark, France, Norway, Germany

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (7862 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother's Spanish flamenco teacher, Lola, moves in with them for Christmas. On New Year's Eve, while his mother is away, Hlynur finds out Lola is a lesbian, but also ends up having sex with her. He soon finds out he and his mother are sharing more than a house. Eventually he must find out where he fits into the puzzle, and how to live life less selfishly.

Don't Tempt Me

Don't Tempt Me

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-11-30

Languages:

Spanish, English, French, Latin, Portuguese

Countries:

Spain, France, Italy, Mexico

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (4606 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

A boxer named Manny, battling a potentially life-threatening brain injury, finds his soul to be the object of a metaphysical fight. Two different supernatural agents are sent to win over his soul to their side: one is an angel from a curious version of Heaven, that looks just like a beatific Paris, and in it everyone speaks French; and the other agent is a waitress from Hell, sent to seduce him to spend his eternity in a red-tinted prison where everyone speaks English.

Kaena: The Prophecy

Kaena: The Prophecy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-06-04

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Canada

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (3347 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Pierre Bordage (dialogue)

Patrick Daher (story)

Chris Delaporte (screenplay)

Chris Delaporte (story)

Tarik Hamdine (screenplay)

Alejandro Jodorowsky (dialogue)

Benjamin Legrand (dialogue)

Kenneth Oppel (screenplay)

Fullplot:

AXIS, a gigantic coiling plant, stretches high above the clouds... At its center is a village whose people are in mortal danger because Axis is withering... it's sap is drying up. The people beg their gods for help... but to no avail. Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take the perilous journey through the Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds... A dying world, an evil force, a terrible secret...

Walking Vengeance

Walking Vengeance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-10-31

Languages:

Spanish, Korean, Russian

Countries:

Spain, Mexico

Runtime:

129 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (1284 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Aurora is serving a prison sentence for a robbery that went wrong. Her accomplices are outside; Ana, her sister, Gloria and Paloma; Four women for whom so far life has not been easy. Ana is a prostitute who likes money. That's why she accepts the marriage proposal of Felix, a dangerous and powerful Mexican drug trafficker who falls for her. She moves with him to live in Mexico. Gloria receives a phone call from Mexico City; it's Ana. She wants her friend to visit her. Her husband's business dealings are very lucrative and she has been thinking; there's work to be done. Aurora finishes her stretch in jail and Paloma goes to collect her; they have a flight to catch; Madrid to Mexico; Ana and Gloria are waiting. From her golden cage, between the alcohol and her husband's beatings, Ana has designed a dangerous plan to hit back at Felix and his gang. A double strike: money and revenge, and for this reason she has called on her friends' help. Together the four women are ready for their lucky strike!

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