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Jaime Chávarri is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Espagnol born on 20 march 1943 at Madrid (Espagne)

Jaime Chávarri

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Birth name Jaime Chávarri y de la Mora
Nationality Espagne
Birth 20 march 1943 (81 years) at Madrid (Espagne)

Jaime Chávarri (born 20 March 1943) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Après une expérience de scénariste pour Jess Franco (Vampyros Lesbos) puis de directeur artistique pour Víctor Erice (L'Esprit de la ruche) ou encore Carlos Saura (Anna et les Loups), il se lance dans la réalisation. Il est ainsi l'auteur en 1975 du documentaire Le Désenchantement (El desencanto), évocation au vitriol du poète franquiste Leopoldo Panero par sa veuve et ses enfants (dont Leopoldo María Panero), qui reçoit du Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos le prix du meilleur film et est aujourd'hui une icône de la Transition démocratique espagnole.

Acteur occasionnel, il apparaît dans deux films de Pedro Almodóvar (Qu'est-ce que j'ai fait pour mériter ça ? et Matador).

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Filmography of Jaime Chávarri (7 films)

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Bicycles Are for the Summer, 1h43
Directed by Jaime Chávarri
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Amparo Soler Leal, Agustín González, Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Guillero Marín, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Rating72% 3.632573.632573.632573.632573.63257
In Madrid, the family of Don Luis, his wife Dolores and their children, Manolita and Luisito, share the daily life of the Civil War with their maid and neighbours. Despite having failed his exams, Luisito wants his father to buy him a bicycle. However, the situation forces them to delay the purchase and the delay, like the war itself, is to last much longer than expected.
To an Unknown God, 1h44
Directed by Jaime Chávarri
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Héctor Alterio, Xabier Elorriaga, Ángela Molina, Mercedes Sampietro, María Rosa Salgado, Marisa Porcel
Rating62% 3.1378353.1378353.1378353.1378353.137835
José, a middle age magician, is an elegant discreet homosexual who lives alone and has an occasional affair with Miguel, a young politician who finds it more convenient in Madrid's high society to marry than assert his homosexuality. José is a man romantically possessed and obsessed by his childhood in Granada during the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the spring of 1936.
The Disenchantment, 1h37
Directed by Jaime Chávarri
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating78% 3.922973.922973.922973.922973.92297
The Panero is an illustrious traditional family from Astorga with literary links extending for generations. The patriarch, Leopoldo Panero, was the best regarded poet in Spain during his time. He died suddenly of a heart condition in 1962. Twelve years later, his widow, the still beautiful and elegant Felicidad Blanc, in the company of two of her sons Juan Luis and Michi, is shown in an outdoor homage to the late poet.

Scriptwriter

To an Unknown God, 1h44
Directed by Jaime Chávarri
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Héctor Alterio, Xabier Elorriaga, Ángela Molina, Mercedes Sampietro, María Rosa Salgado, Marisa Porcel
Rating62% 3.1378353.1378353.1378353.1378353.137835
José, a middle age magician, is an elegant discreet homosexual who lives alone and has an occasional affair with Miguel, a young politician who finds it more convenient in Madrid's high society to marry than assert his homosexuality. José is a man romantically possessed and obsessed by his childhood in Granada during the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the spring of 1936.
Vampyros Lesbos, 1h29
Directed by Jesús Franco
Origin German
Genres Erotic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Dracula films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ewa Strömberg, Soledad Miranda, Dennis Price, Paul Müller, Jesús Franco
Rating54% 2.7049352.7049352.7049352.7049352.704935
On a remote island, beautiful bloodsucker Countess Nadine Carody (Soledad Miranda) lures unwary victims with her seductive nightclub act and sets her sights on Linda (Ewa Strömberg). Linda begins having dreams about Nadine, and seeks her home on an island. She is interrupted by Memmet (Jesus Franco) who warns her not to go to the island. Linda follows Memmet to his chamber where she walks in on him torturing a young woman. She escapes this encounter and proceeds to the island. On the Island, Linda meets Nadine. The two go swimming and Nadine notes that the home they are staying at used to belong to Count Dracula. After Linda begins to feel dizzy from drinking wine, Nadine takes her to a room where the two have sex and Nadine draws blood from Linda's neck. Linda later finds Nadine motionless in a swimming pool and faints.