Gloria de Jesús

That Was Life (2020)

Two Spanish women from different generations find themselves sharing a hospital room in Belgium. María has been living there for decades after emigrating when she was young and Verónica is a young girl recently arrived in search of opportunities she neve ...

Segunda oportunidad (2018)

Madre amadísima (2009)

The film tells the touching story of Alfredito, a sacristan in a country church: in a long flashback he talks about his life and his deep love for his mother and for the Virgin Mary, both 'beloved mothers' (madres amadísimas). From the discovery of his se ...

¿Y a mí quién me cuida? (2007)

Ana is an elderly woman who has recently been widowed. Like many people of her age and education, she will have to find a reason to give meaning to her life. When her son Antonio asks her to look after his grandson Ezequiel, Ana sees that the boy has suffe ...

Alone (1999)

Maria has just moved into a decaying flat in a poor neighbourhood. She left her family in the countryside because she could no longer stand her father's authority. Pregnant by a man who refuses to see her, Maria gets by as a cleaning-woman. When her father ...

Ojos verdes (1997)

The longing and critical review of the copla is lived through the history of the marqués de Almodóvar, a passionate ambassador who organized Franco's folkloric festivals; generous, womanizer, excessive, wasteful, himself the protagonist of his own copla. ...

La duquesa roja (1997)

An Andalusian duchess has the dilemma of what to do with a grove, whether to convert it into a natural reserve or to make a luxury urbanization. The duchess, who is torn between her aristocratic privileges and a social commitment that has cost her more tha ...

Más allá del jardín (1996)

Palmira, a woman belonging to the Sevillian aristocracy, as well known for her decrepitude and hypocrisy as the rest of her population, enters into an emotional crisis when she reaches maturity. ...