Blanca Portillo

Blanca Portillo

Birthday:Jun 15, 1963
Place of birth:Madrid, Spain

Filmography

2021
Maixabel

Maixabel

Drama
7.1

20211h 55min

Spain

Director: Icíar Bollaín

In the year 2000, Maixabel Lasa’s husband, Juan Maria Jauregi, was killed by ETA. Eleven years later, she receives an incredible request: one of the men who killed Juan wants to meet with her in the Nanclares de la Oca prison in Araba (Spain), where he is serving his sentence after breaking ties with the terrorist group. Despite her reservations and her immense pain, Maixabel Lasa agrees to meet face to face with those who ended the life of the person who had been her companion since she was 16 years old. ‘Everyone deserves a second chance’, she said, when asked why she was willing to confront the man who killed her husband.

2009
Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

Drama Romance Thriller Entertainment Industry Drama Passionate Romance
7.2

20092h 7min

Spain

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.

2006
Goya's Ghosts

Goya's Ghosts

Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History
6.9

20061h 54min

Spain, United States

Director: Miloš Forman

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to him, hoping that his connection with fanatical Inquisitor Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure her release.


Volver

Volver

Comedy Drama Romance Family Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.6

20062h 1min

Spain

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

A resourcefull working-class woman living in Madrid gets her hands dirty in family secrets with the help of a teenage daughter and hairdresser sister.

2005
Elsa & Fred

Elsa & Fred

Comedy Drama Romance
7.5

20051h 48min

Director: Marcos Carnevale

When the retired seventy-seven years old hypochondriac widower Fred moves to an apartment in Madrid, his temperamental daughter Cuca has an incident with his next door neighbor, the elder Argentinean Elsa. Later, they meet each other and Elsa seduces Fred with her reckless behavior and view of life and they have a romance.