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Jaime de Armiñán
Writer 1927 - 2024

Jaime de Armiñán

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Jaime de Armiñán Oliver was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His films have been nominated for Academy Awards in the Foreign language film category twice, in 1972 for Mi querida señorita and in 1980 for El Nido.

Filmography

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10 titles
El palomo cojo

El palomo cojo

Jaime de Armiñán 1995 1h 54m

Little Felipe has been sick for a long time. To hasten his recovery, his parents send him to spend the summer of 1958 in the villa of his grandparents, located in the wealthy quarter of Cadiz.

Al otro lado del túnel

Al otro lado del túnel

Jaime de Armiñán 1994 1h 45m

Miguel and Aurelio are two film writers who decide to lock in a monastery in Aragon to finish the script for a movie. Strolling through the beautiful neighborhood, they meet a young and very attractive baker, with whom they maintain a loving relationship and she becomes, without realizing it, the protagonist of the script.

Mi general

Mi general

Jaime de Armiñán 1987 1h 50m

A group of generals of the army meet for a course about NATO and new weapons. In the beginning everything is normal but as the time passes they behave more and more like school children.

Stico

Stico

Jaime de Armiñán 1985 1h 45m

Leopoldo Contreras, a professor emeritus of Roman law has serious economic problems. His translations of classical authors do not give enough money to live and had to sell even their floor. To remedy the situation is offered as a slave to a former student in exchange for room and board.

En septiembre

En septiembre

Jaime de Armiñán 1982 1h 45m

The former pupils of the school "Ateneo" meet several years later to honor the retirement of the head master, Mrs. María. The house where everyone meets, still evokes ancient memories from that time. One of them proposes something very special, to play the journey exactly as they used to do it. From the 40 people committed, only 9 show up.

El nido

El nido

Jaime de Armiñán 1980 1h 37m

In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric 60-year-old widower is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13-year-old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita), the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro.

Al servicio de la mujer española

Al servicio de la mujer española

Jaime de Armiñán 1978 1h 39m

A sexually dissatisfied woman is confronted with a man who is the victim of a puritanic education.

Mi querida señorita

Mi querida señorita

Jaime de Armiñán 1972 1h 20m

A woman living in a small town discovers after fifty years that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-minded society?

Carola de día, Carola de noche

Carola de día, Carola de noche

Jaime de Armiñán 1969 1h 30m

Due to the triumph of a revolution, Carola, a young and beautiful heiress to the throne, leaves her country to save her life; but her new existence, constantly watched, threatened by her enemies, subjected to the punctilious demands of her position, bores her desperately.

Tengo 17 años

Tengo 17 años

José María Forqué 1964 1h 51m

A young girl decide to escape from home because her stepmother doesn´t like her. She finds a modest family that welcomes her as a family member. She learns how to live in lowliness and fall in love with David.

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