Movies by Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

La Regenta

La Regenta

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

Under Her Control

Under Her Control

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

The Frontier Law

The Frontier Law

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 travel she meets two men that say that they belong to his gang.

The First Look

The First Look

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 1947, the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas, called Escuela Oficial de Cine since 1961, which became, almost unintentionally, a space of freedom and pure experimentation until its closure in 1976.