Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

1968-11-05 Rome, Lazio, Italy 70 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as M...

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The Low Land

The Low Land

2025

as Carmen Membrado

5.5
Acting

Carmen, a well-known writer on her fifties, has returned a year ago to a farmhouse in the small town where she was born, in Bajo Aragón (Teruel, Spain...

The First Look

The First Look

2024

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

In Spain, a poor country ruined by the recent Civil War (1936-39), and in the midst of Franco's dictatorship, a film school was created in Madrid in 1...

Something Is About to Happen

Something Is About to Happen

2023

as Roberta

5.9
Acting

After losing her job as a computer programmer, Lucía decides to become a cab driver.

The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite

The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite

2023

as Self - Actress

6.4
Acting

A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker and film critic Fernando Méndez-Leite, as he writes his memoirs and a novel with autobiographical res...

Mi otro Jon

Mi otro Jon

2023

7.2
Acting
Survivor's Day

Survivor's Day

2023

as Elena Paz

2.0
Acting

Malvivir tells in first person the secret life of the rogue Elena de Paz, a free, rebellious, thieving, ingenious, deceitful and fugitive woman who de...

Under Her Control

Under Her Control

2022

as Beatriz

5.3
Acting

When a fashion employee thinks she will have to end her promising career after getting pregnant, her boss offers to adopt the child.

Fish Bones

Fish Bones

2021

as Carmen

8.0
Acting
Parallel Mothers

Parallel Mothers

2021

as Teresa

6.8
Acting

Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant...

Anatomy of a Dandy

Anatomy of a Dandy

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

5.4
Acting

An account of the life and work of genius Spanish writer Francisco Umbral (1932-2007), author of almost 200 books and more than 1000 articles; as well...

Alex's Strip

Alex's Strip

2020

as Vera

6.9
Acting

After a long time, Alexandra is reunited with her father Álex, a Spanish-Maghrebi businessman, and accompanies him on a business trip to Jaisalmer, in...

Velvet Colección: Grand Finale

Velvet Colección: Grand Finale

2020

as Blanca Soto Fernández

5.7
Acting

Christmas 1969: the upcoming sale of Velvet brings the former and current staff together in Madrid for good memories, a second chance and a new beginn...

Volcánica

Volcánica

2018

Acting

Carlota has an open war with the caretaker of her community, Candela, whom she considers a person at risk. Carlota did not always know that HIV does n...

Querido Fotogramas

Querido Fotogramas

2018

as Self

4.0
Acting

The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic ...

Thi Mai

Thi Mai

2018

as Elvira

6.2
Acting

After losing her daughter in an accident, Carmen loses all incentive to keep going, until she receives an unexpected letter from the adoption agency: ...

Teresa

Teresa

2015

as Doña Jimena

6.2
Acting

A new vision of the figure of Saint Teresa through the eyes of a young woman of our day who reads one of the main works written by the saint, The Book...

Disco Inferno

Disco Inferno

2015

8.5
Acting

An infernal civil servant is on a mission to rescue her boss. But the Devil is not ready to get back to her daily routine.

The Misfits Club

The Misfits Club

2014

as Madre de Valeria

6.8
Acting

Valeria has just moved to Madrid after her parent's separation. What at first seems a bad start for her new life becomes the beginning of an amazing l...

Maktub

Maktub

2011

as Beatriz

7.5
Acting

The title refers to those strange coincidences that happen to us sometimes and that seem inevitable, like a product of destiny. Inspired by the experi...

Drifters

Drifters

2011

as Vima

6.0
Acting

A man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father's fiancee.

La muerte de Otilia Ruiz

La muerte de Otilia Ruiz

2011

as Blanca Lupino

4.0
Acting

Otilia Ruiz is the last link in a chain of women, marked by tragedy. Otilia looks desperately for an exit, but she doesn't know that, after entering t...

The Widow from Valencia

The Widow from Valencia

2010

as Leonarda

1.0
Acting

Tv movie adaptation of "The Widow from Valencia",a play written by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. It was written circa 1600 as a result of Lope'...

The Frost

The Frost

2009

as Rita

4.8
Acting

A couple's marriage falls apart after the death of their son. Based on Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf"

Tell Me About Love

Tell Me About Love

2008

as Nicole

5.3
Acting

Sasha is a 25-year-old orphan who asks Nicole, a married Frenchwoman in her forties, for advice to seduce Benedetta, his long-unrequited love. The two...

Express Oviedo

Express Oviedo

2007

as Mariola Mayo

4.6
Acting

All hell breaks loose when an eccentric theatrical ensemble arrives in Oviedo, Spain to stage a production of the Leopoldo Alas play -La Regenta.

The Nautical Chart

The Nautical Chart

2007

as Tánger Soto

5.1
Acting

Coy, a sailor without ship, banished from the sea by a navigation accident occurred during his guard, knows in an auction of naval objects in Barcelon...

The Backwoods

The Backwoods

2006

as Isabel

5.4
Acting

An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.

El genio tranquilo

2006

Acting

A watchmaker from Soweto finds a shoebox out of which he makes an improvised camera, aligns two lenses, and by looking through them, discovers images ...

Wounded Animals

Wounded Animals

2006

as Claudia

4.0
Acting

Silvio is a well-to-do business executive who is seemingly happily married to Marcia. However, Silvio is convinced Marcia is cheating on him, and freq...

With Good Reason

With Good Reason

2004

4.2
Acting

A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. f...

The Machinist

The Machinist

2004

as Marie

7.5
Acting

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to ...

The Whore and the Whale

The Whore and the Whale

2004

as Vera

5.2
Acting

A Spanish writer finds an old coffer with photographs of an Argentine man who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War, and of a woman. Her quest for ...

Carta mortal

Carta mortal

2003

Acting
A Man, a Real One

A Man, a Real One

2003

as Dolores

6.8
Acting

A shy computer expert falls in love with a beautiful colleague while trying to become a film director. Five years later, they have two children, she h...

I'm Not Scared

I'm Not Scared

2003

as Anna

7.1
Acting

In a tiny community enclosed by wheat fields, the adults shelter indoors, while six children venture out on their bikes across the scorched, deserted ...

Hombres felices

Hombres felices

2001

as Ana

4.0
Acting
Mi dulce

Mi dulce

2001

as Ángela

3.0
Acting

Laura is a fifteen-year-old teenager who receives a letter from her mother, of which she had no news a decade ago. Laura decides to try to go to Holla...

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

2001

as Ana

7.2
Acting

A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.

Volaverunt

Volaverunt

1999

as Duquesa de Alba

5.9
Acting

The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries...

Jealousy

Jealousy

1999

as Carmen

5.6
Acting

A month before he's to marry Carmen, Antonio finds a photograph of a man with his arm on her shoulder. The photograph triggers jealousy: he questions ...

Yerma

Yerma

1999

as Yerma

3.5
Acting

Yerma is desperate to have children, so when a psychic advises her to look outside her marriage to conceive, what can she say but yes?

Ruleta

Ruleta

1999

Acting
Tangos Are for Two

Tangos Are for Two

1998

as Juanita

5.8
Acting

A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story un...

The Chambermaid on the Titanic

The Chambermaid on the Titanic

1997

as Marie

6.2
Acting

Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Ti...

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

1997

as Model

6.1
Acting

Madrid, 1965. When The Beatles arrive in the city, Diana goes to great lengths to meet them.

Love Walked In

Love Walked In

1997

as Vicky Rivas

4.0
Acting

Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.

La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado

La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado

1996

as Maria de Loffredo

5.0
Acting

At the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young pupil, Balthasar,is castrated to preserve the purity and b...

Mouth to Mouth

Mouth to Mouth

1995

as Amanda

5.3
Acting

For financial reasons an unemployed aspiring actor works for a phone-sex enterprise. One day he receives a call from the mysterious wife of one of his...

The Frontier Law

The Frontier Law

1995

as Bárbara Miller Molina

4.7
Acting

Barbara, a journalist in the beginning of the 20th century, searches in the border between Portugal and Galicia a bandit called El Argentino. In her t...

A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds

1995

as Victoria Aragón

7.3
Acting

World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she c...

La Regenta

La Regenta

1995

Acting

The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores's ...

La mujer impuntual

La mujer impuntual

1994

Acting

The unpunctual woman.

Blind Man's Bluff

Blind Man's Bluff

1994

as Bianca

Acting

A young heiress, Bianca, blind following an accident, stays in a beautiful hotel in the Caribbean. The business is managed by Anna and her beautiful n...

The Perfect Husband

The Perfect Husband

1993

as Klara

4.8
Acting

A drama set in 1900s Prague about a bored arrogant playboy who spends time seducing other men's wives and dueling. He begins an affair with his friend...

Havanera 1820

Havanera 1820

1993

as Amelia Roig

2.0
Acting

The year is 1820, and trade between Cuba and Catalonia is a booming business, although the goods that arrive to Cuba are not always the products that ...

The Bird of Happiness

The Bird of Happiness

1993

as Nani

5.1
Acting

While some people need to be surrounded by friends to be happy, Carmen (Mercedes Sampietro) is perfectly content by herself, pursuing her vocation as ...

The Greek Labyrinth

The Greek Labyrinth

1993

as Bernadette

3.5
Acting

Two Frenchmen, Bernadette and Lebrum, arrive in Barcelona and hire detective Bardon to find Alekos, the former Greek lover of the woman.

Deseo Oculto

1992

Acting

Hidden Desire

1992

as Julia

Acting

Short film shot in 1992 starring Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Toni Castro.

El crimen de Perpignan

El crimen de Perpignan

1991

as Yvette Romero

3.7
Acting

Perpignan, 1971. A toy factory supervisor becomes obsessed with a newly hired employee. To be with her, he plans the perfect crime: Training his lover...

The Monk

The Monk

1990

as Sister Ines

1.5
Acting

In Madrid at the time of the Inquisition, the monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. B...

The Sea and the Weather

The Sea and the Weather

1989

as Mer

3.8
Acting

Jesus returns to Spain after a long exile in Argentina. The family he meets is very different from the one he left: they live under the sadness of bei...

Going Down in Morocco

Going Down in Morocco

1989

as Elena

5.7
Acting

A girl who lives with her dealer cousin and her policeman boyfriend who is a policeman regularly transports drugs from Morocco for her cousin. As all ...

No hagas planes con Marga

1988

as Charo

Acting

One night, as in an apparition, Andres meets Marga, his first and only love. But before it can reach her it evaporates again. This appearance makes An...

Rowing with the Wind

Rowing with the Wind

1988

as Teresa Guiccioli

5.7
Acting

In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a h...

Jarrapellejos

Jarrapellejos

1988

as Isabel

5.0
Acting

Pedro Jarrapellejos is a ladies man who cannot turn the heads of Isabel or her beautiful daughter. When both peasant women are found raped and murdere...

Viento de cólera

Viento de cólera

1988

2.0
Acting

Two soldiers accompanied by two women enter the Baztán valley on horseback. They are deserters from the army of the Indies who are fleeing to Italy. T...

Redondela

Redondela

1987

as Luisa Peña

4.4
Acting

4,000 tons of oil have been stolen from a Galician deposit. The alleged thieves are defended by the lawyer Ramos, but the witnesses die and suspicions...

Romanza final (Gayarre)

Romanza final (Gayarre)

1986

as Alicia

5.7
Acting

Biography of Julian Gayarre (1844-1890), one of the best tenors of all times. At 19, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid heard him sing...

Bitter Christmas

N/A

Acting

Elsa, an advertising director, loses her mother during a long weekend in December. She works nonstop, neglecting her grief. After a panic attack, she ...