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Penelope Cruz She is one of the most internationally recognized Spanish actresses. The 47-year-old from Alcobenda has shared recording sets with big Hollywood stars since 2000, when she made the leap to the United States with the film “All the Pretty Horses”where he shares credits with Matt Damon.
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Due to her impeccable work, Cruz has been nominated for and has received various awards, including the Oscar, Golden Globe and Goya. It was 1991 that the actress made her film debut with “the greek labyrinth“, under the direction of Rafael Alcazar.
Next, we present the list of the 10 best films of the Spanish, according to the score offered by the website of Rotten Tomatoes.
THE 10 MOST CELEBRATED FILMS BY PENÉLOPE CRUZ, ACCORDING TO ROTTEN TOMATOES
10. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”- 81%
The 2008 film follows two American friends who arrive in Spain to spend their holidays at the home of an acquaintance who lives in Barcelona. While visiting an art gallery, the girls meet a painter named Juan Antonio, who invites them to spend a weekend full of art, food and other pleasures.
9. “Aspen Meat” – 81%
Victor is a teenager who has his first sexual experience with Elena, a drug addict. After the first meeting, the young people argue because she does not want to know anything about him. Two policemen, David and Sancho, hear the fight and get involved, without imagining that everyone’s life would change forever.
8. “Broken Embraces”- 82%
Fourteen years ago, a man suffers an accident that leaves him blind. Despite his condition, this person seeks to take advantage of it and lives under two names, Harry Caine (pseudonym under which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts) and Mateo Blanco (his real name, under which he lives and signs the films he directs). ).
Mateo lives from his scripts, which are written by his friend Judit García and her son, Diego. This is a love story, dominated by death, jealousy, abuse of power, remorse and betrayal.
7. “Open your eyes”- 85%
César is an attractive and wealthy young man who likes casual relationships; however, one day he meets Sofía and falls in love with her. Unfortunately, Nuria, a former lover of his, cannot control his jealousy and causes an accident in which she loses her life and he ends up disfigured. From that moment, the man’s life changes forever.
6. “Come back”- 91%
The story follows two sisters who greatly miss their mother, who died in a fire. One of them is Raimunda, who lives in Madrid, is married to an unemployed worker and has a teenage daughter. On the other hand is Sole, who makes a living as a hairdresser. One day, their mother shows up at each one’s house to close pending issues.
5. “Belle Epoque”- 95%
After a failed uprising in Jaca and during the last months of the monarchy, a soldier named Fernando deserted from the army. As he flees he is welcomed by Manolo, an artist who lives isolated from what is happening in Spain, who offers him a safe space. One day the four daughters of the Lord arrive and an adventure will be unleashed with each one of them.
4. “Pain and glory”- 96%
Salvador Mallo, a film director, recalls his life and professional career from his childhood in the town of Paterna, in the 1960s. The man has vivid memories of his first romances, his first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the 80s and the beginning of his interest in cinema.
3. “Parallel mothers”- 97%
Janis and Ana are two pregnant women who meet in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and did not plan to have children. Middle-aged Janis is unrepentant and very emotional; while Ana is a terrified and repentant teenager. They only exchange a few words that day, but they form a special bond that is complicated in the future.
2. “All about my mother”- 98%
This film follows Manuela, who receives a severe blow and decides to escape from the present to take refuge in the past. This is how she arrives in Barcelona, where she got pregnant 18 years ago. Her plan is to look for Esteban, the father of her child, who never found out that she had become her mother.
1. “Official competition”- 100%
In search of social prestige, a billionaire businessman decides to make an important movie. To get it, he hires a great team involving two actors who aren’t exactly the best of friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric tests, he will not only come face to face with his task force, but also with his own legacies.
