Isabel Coixet — Director (8)
Elisa & Marcela (2019) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Elisa y Marcela
director: Isabel Coixet actor: Natalia de Molina / Greta Fernández
other title: Elisa e Marcela / Elisa und Marcela
The film tells the true story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, two women in 1901 Spain who fell deeply in love. To overcome societal and legal barriers to their relationship, Elisa assumes a male identity, enabling the pair to marry in secret. Their daring act makes them the first recorded same-sex couple to marry in Spain, but their love is tested as they face relentless persecution and sacrifice.
Paris Je T'aime (2006) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Paris, je t'aime
8.2 (6 ratings) director: Isabel Coixet / Sylvain Chomet actor: Steve Buscemi / Natalie Portman
other title: Paris, je t'aime / París, je t'aime
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Things I Never Told You (1996) [Movie] TMDB
Cosas que nunca te dije
director: Isabel Coixet actor: Lili Taylor / Andrew McCarthy
other title: Le cose che non ti ho mai detto / Was ich Dir noch nie erzählt habe
Don is a real estate salesman who volunteers at a "hotline for hope". Ann, who works in a photo store, has been told by her boyfriend that he doesn't love her anymore and wants to break up. To try to win him back, she records a videotape where she tells him things she never told him. When Don and Ann cross paths, their lives change fundamentally.
Elegy (2008) [Movie] TMDB
Elegy
director: Isabel Coixet actor: Penélope Cruz / Ben Kingsley
other title: Lezioni d'amore / Fatal
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) [Movie] TMDB
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
director: Júlio Bressane / Antonio Capuano actor: Bernardo Bertolucci / Haile Gerima
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
With Good Reason (2004) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
¡Hay motivo!
director: Víctor García León / Yolanda García Serrano actor: Candela Peña / José María Aznar
other title: ¡Hay motivo!
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. fire in Baghdad, and the manipulation of the media.
Learning to Drive (2014) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Learning to Drive
director: Isabel Coixet actor: Patricia Clarkson / Ben Kingsley
other title: Guida per la felicità / Learning To Drive - Fahrstunden fürs Leben
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.