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Montxo Armendáriz is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Thanks Espagnol born on 27 january 1949 at Navarre (Espagne)

Montxo Armendáriz

Montxo Armendáriz
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Nationality Espagne
Birth 27 january 1949 (75 years) at Navarre (Espagne)

Montxo Armendariz (born as Juan Ramón Armendariz Barrios; January 27, 1949 in Olleta, Navarra, Spain), is an awarded Spanish film director and screenwriter.

His film Las cartas de Alou won at the San Sebastian Film Festival. His next film, Historias del Kronen, was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Secretos del corazón won several Goya Award, Berlin Film Festival and received the Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.

Best films

Secrets of the Heart
Secrets of the Heart
(1997)
(Director)

Usually with

Mercedes Sampietro
Mercedes Sampietro
(2 films)
Javier Aguirresarobe
Javier Aguirresarobe
(1 films)
Elías Querejeta
Elías Querejeta
(2 films)
Guillermo Navarro
Guillermo Navarro
(1 films)
Carmelo Gómez
Carmelo Gómez
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Montxo Armendáriz (6 films)

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Director

Secrets of the Heart
Secrets of the Heart (1997)
, 1h45
Directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Charo López, Carmelo Gómez, Silvia Munt, Sílvia Munt
Rating69% 3.492373.492373.492373.492373.49237
During the holidays, Javi and his older brother Juan go to a mountain village. There Javi is attracted by a secret, concealed in the closed room where his father died. The child's curiosity will be satisfied and will lead him to a surprising discovery.
Stories from the Kronen
Stories from the Kronen (1995)
, 1h35
Directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Genres Drama
Actors Jordi Mollá, Mercedes Sampietro, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, André Falcon, Pilar Castro, Eduardo Noriega
Rating60% 3.049853.049853.049853.049853.04985
Carlos, Roberto, Pedro and Manolo form a group of friends in their early twenties with a lot of time on their hands during their summer vacation. The point of encounter for the group of friends is a bar called the Kronen, where Manolo, the least affluent among them, works as a bar tender and is the singer of a rock band. Carlos is the leader of the pack. He is handsome, selfish, amoral and hedonistic. He is in into a restless pursuing of pleasure: drinking, using heavy drugs, partying and having sex. Nothing seems to stop him. At Kronen Carlos rekindles a relationship with Amalia, an ex-girlfriend whose current boyfriend is coincidentally out of town. Amalia joins the group attracted by Carlos' good looks and charm. Roberto is Carlos best friend and sidekick. He plays the drums in the band where Manolo sings. More serious and with more scrupulous than Carlos, Roberto has repressed homosexual feeling towards his best friend.
Letters from Alou
Letters from Alou (1990)

Directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Rating64% 3.2291053.2291053.2291053.2291053.229105
Alou, a Senegalese man that has entered Spain illegally can only find occasional jobs due to his situation. Thanks to the letters he sends regularly to his parents, we hear of his experiences and feelings as he laboriously tries to be integrated into Spanish society. He starts out on the coast of Almeria, working in the greenhouses. Then he travels to Madrid where he first comes into contact with illegal sales. He then makes his way to Segria to work harvesting fruit and, finally, to Barcelona, where he works in the clothes shop of another African immigrant. His adventure comes to an abrupt end when he’s arrested by the police. But he crosses the Strait again, closing the circle that leaves a door open to hope.

Scriptwriter

Chevrolet
Chevrolet (1997)
, 1h36
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Manuel de Blas, Isabel Ordaz, Mariola Fuentes
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.372253.372253.372253.372253.37225
Secrets of the Heart
Secrets of the Heart (1997)
, 1h45
Directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Charo López, Carmelo Gómez, Silvia Munt, Sílvia Munt
Roles Writer
Rating69% 3.492373.492373.492373.492373.49237
During the holidays, Javi and his older brother Juan go to a mountain village. There Javi is attracted by a secret, concealed in the closed room where his father died. The child's curiosity will be satisfied and will lead him to a surprising discovery.
Stories from the Kronen
Stories from the Kronen (1995)
, 1h35
Directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Genres Drama
Actors Jordi Mollá, Mercedes Sampietro, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, André Falcon, Pilar Castro, Eduardo Noriega
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.049853.049853.049853.049853.04985
Carlos, Roberto, Pedro and Manolo form a group of friends in their early twenties with a lot of time on their hands during their summer vacation. The point of encounter for the group of friends is a bar called the Kronen, where Manolo, the least affluent among them, works as a bar tender and is the singer of a rock band. Carlos is the leader of the pack. He is handsome, selfish, amoral and hedonistic. He is in into a restless pursuing of pleasure: drinking, using heavy drugs, partying and having sex. Nothing seems to stop him. At Kronen Carlos rekindles a relationship with Amalia, an ex-girlfriend whose current boyfriend is coincidentally out of town. Amalia joins the group attracted by Carlos' good looks and charm. Roberto is Carlos best friend and sidekick. He plays the drums in the band where Manolo sings. More serious and with more scrupulous than Carlos, Roberto has repressed homosexual feeling towards his best friend.
Letters from Alou
Letters from Alou (1990)

Directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.2291053.2291053.2291053.2291053.229105
Alou, a Senegalese man that has entered Spain illegally can only find occasional jobs due to his situation. Thanks to the letters he sends regularly to his parents, we hear of his experiences and feelings as he laboriously tries to be integrated into Spanish society. He starts out on the coast of Almeria, working in the greenhouses. Then he travels to Madrid where he first comes into contact with illegal sales. He then makes his way to Segria to work harvesting fruit and, finally, to Barcelona, where he works in the clothes shop of another African immigrant. His adventure comes to an abrupt end when he’s arrested by the police. But he crosses the Strait again, closing the circle that leaves a door open to hope.

Producer

Team

The Night of the Sunflowers
The Night of the Sunflowers (2006)
, 2h3
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Carmelo Gómez, Walter Vidarte, José Luis Garci
Roles Thanks
Rating70% 3.5417353.5417353.5417353.5417353.541735
Les premières images : un champ de tournesols au crépuscule. Un homme sort furtivement de la plantation, monte dans sa voiture, démarre et s’éloigne. On le voit plus tard, étendu sur son lit dans une chambre de motel : il parle au téléphone avec sa femme, approuve mollement ses décisions domestiques, tout en regardant à la télévision les nouvelles régionales : une jeune fille a été retrouvée dans un champ de tournesols « à Cerredo, près de Santa-Cruz-de-Mira », elle a été tuée après avoir été violée. La télévision montre la jeune morte sur un brancard, et ses parents accablés de douleur…