Jaime Chávarri
Date of birth: 1943-03-20
Place of birth: Madrid, España
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Jaime Chavarri , Jaime Chávarri de la Mora
Biography
Spanish film director born in Madrid. Graduated in Law, he never practiced as a lawyer. He later studied for two years at the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía and worked as a film critic for the magazine Film Ideal while making several short films in super-8. His first solo feature film was Los viajes escolares (1974). In 1976 he released El desencanto, a biographical documentary about the poet Leopoldo Panero. The film was awarded the Best Film Award by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. A un dios desconocido (1977) starred Héctor Alterio and its script was written by Elías Querejeta. It was followed by Dedicatoria (1980) and Bearn o la sala de las muñecas (1983), starring Fernando Rey, Imanol Arias and Ángela Molina. One of his most recognized works is Las bicicletas son para el verano (1984), based on a play by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film, starring Agustín González, Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes and Gabino Diego, is set during the Spanish Civil War. El río de oro (1986) stars Ángela Molina. It is followed by Las cosas del querer (1989), in whose script Fernando Colomo participated. Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas (1992) is a comedy starring Gabino Diego, Marisa Paredes and Imanol Arias. In 1994 he directed the sequel to Las cosas del querer with the same actors. A year later he released Gran Slalom (1996), with a script by Rafael Azcona. The film stars Juanjo Puigcorbé and Pilar Bardem, among others. The following year he directed a Spanish-Argentine co-production entitled Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando (1997). In 2002 he directed Besos para todos, starring Emma Suárez and Eloy Azorín and in 2004 El año del diluvio, an adaptation of the novel by Eduardo Mendoza. His latest feature film was Camarón (2005), for which he co-wrote the script with Álvaro del Amo. The film is based on the biography of the flamenco singer José Monje Cruz, Camarón de la Isla, who is given life by the actor Óscar Jaenada in a splendid characterization. The film won three Goya awards for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Leading Actor.
Movie Credits
Matador
1986-03-07
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death becom
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984-10-25
A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her
Un cine como tú en un país como éste
2010-10-26
Salamanca director Chema de la Peña recalls in this feature documentary professionals early filmmake
Howard Hawks, San Sebastián 1972
2003-01-01
In 1972, the American film director Howard Hawks travelled to San Sebastian to preside over the jury
Berlanga!!
2021-10-26
How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relev
All Night Long
2010-09-21
Like so many other actors, Ava Gardner hated to watch her films. She said that the woman on the scre
The Apostate
2015-10-02
A young man navigates the bureaucracy of the Catholic Church when he tries to renounce his faith.
A flor de piel (C)
1974-04-07
Erotic Stories
1980-03-13
A set of nine stories whose central theme is eroticism. The different directors of the film deal fro
Cake of Blood
1971-01-01
Four part anthology horror film, with segments featuring witchcraft, ghosts, Frankenstein and his mo
24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
2012-12-14
Ida y vuelta
1968-05-23
Elena, a shy and unmarried girl, belonging to the upper middle class and somewhat marginalized from
Writing Heads
2013-09-19
They are the first and the last, those who imagine stories and give voice to the characters who live
Cuento Chino
2019-09-16
Pili is a middle-age woman. She owns a tabacco shop in a working class neighberhood of Madrid, and s
The Impeccable Sinner
1987-08-13
Honorio Sigüenza is a man in his forties who has always lived under the yoke of his possessive mothe
Aute retrato
2019-09-13
A journey through the different creative facets of Luis Eduardo Aute: singer and songwriter, painter
Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés
1970-03-23
A band of young musicians will do the impossible to boycott a song they didn't like at all, and that
National Heritage
1981-03-26
After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos, wher
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
1996-05-14
La casa de los retratos
2023-03-06
Cerré los ojos y me hablaron las hormigas
2023-06-05
Francisco is a beggar who lives in the Almudena cemetery. One afternoon, while walking among the gra
The Last Rapture
2025-09-21
Arrebato (1980) is the great cult movie of today's Spanish cinema and Iván Zulueta, its director, an
She Walks in Darkness
2025-10-03
A young agent leaves everything behind to pose as a member of ETA, risking her life to uncover the t