Asunción Balaguer

Asunción Balaguer

Born: November 8, 1925
Died: November 23, 2019
in Manresa, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Movies for Asunción Balaguer...

Barcelona Christmas Night
Title: Barcelona Christmas Night
Character: Júlia
Released: December 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Multiple love stories unfold in Barcelona during Christmas's Eve.
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Title: Olmos y Robles
Character: Domitilla "Domi" Olmos
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Olmos is a corporal of the Civil Guard's Public Order and Prevention service who works in the station of his birthplace, Ezcaray, a small town in La Rioja. Robles is a lieutenant of the Rapid Reaction Group, one of the most prestigious units of the Civil Guard, an urban and modern officer. They see themselves forced to work together if they want to solve the international case which, as luck would have it, has united them in this town in La Rioja. They are polar opposites, but together they make up a great team.
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Huídas
Title: Huídas
Released: December 31, 2014
Type: Movie
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Title: El chiringuito de Pepe
Character: La Abuela
Released: June 9, 2014
Type: TV
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Una mujer sin sombra. Asunción Balaguer
Title: Una mujer sin sombra. Asunción Balaguer
Character: Herself
Released: April 16, 2013
Type: Movie
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Luisa Is Not Home
Title: Luisa Is Not Home
Character: Luisa
Released: October 24, 2012
Type: Movie
Luisa’s washing machine has stopped working. After the initial misfortune this will represent, it will actually become her perfect alibi to slip away from her slow daily routine. To her husband, the absence of the washing machine will become a greater absence, Luisa is not home anymore dutifully fulfilling her housewife’s chores.
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Efímera
Title: Efímera
Released: October 19, 2012
Type: Movie
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What the Eye Doesn't See
Title: What the Eye Doesn't See
Character: Grandma
Released: March 28, 2012
Type: Movie
All families have secrets and lies, and at some point everyone has thought of confessing everything. But when? How? One by one? Suddenly at a family reunion? Today, on Christmas Eve, it doesn't seem to be the best moment. On Christmas Eve you must enjoy yourself, because Santa Claus is coming, because children are there. Tonight, the secrets are whispered and lies are floating in the air. But who cares about another small lie, it will be the last one. Tomorrow, yes, tomorrow we will tell her everything. So, grandma, Merry Christmas.
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Ciudadano Villanueva
Title: Ciudadano Villanueva
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
The spanish Javier Villanueva is imprisoned with the false accusation of murder of a prosecutor in Bolivia. His father fight to uncover a plot designed to protect the real culprits.
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Title: Grand Hotel
Character: Lady
Released: May 10, 2011
Type: TV
A young man arrives at the Grand Hotel, an ideal place in the middle of the wilderness to investigate his sister's disappearance. What he ignores is that he's about to meet his greater love: the pretty and seductive daughter of the Hotel's owner. Between this young couple, of different social classes, a very passionate love will be born. A dangerous romance will be entwined with the mysteries and secrets hidden between the walls of the Grand Hotel. In The Grand Hotel no one is who we think it is, no one is free of hazards or suspicious. A complex web of lies, secrets and betrayal awaits...
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Vidas pequeñas
Title: Vidas pequeñas
Released: March 18, 2011
Type: Movie
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Abstenerse agencias
Title: Abstenerse agencias
Released: February 4, 2011
Type: Movie
A young couple visits a widow named Amparo on Christmas Eve to possibly buy her floor. But Amparo seems more interested in their lives than a flat sale.
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Title: Polseres vermelles
Character: Encarna
Released: January 24, 2011
Type: TV
Polseres vermelles and Pulseras Rojas in Spanish, is a Catalan television show. The first season aired on TV3 in 2011, with a second season planned for 2013. The show was created by Albert Espinosa and draws on his childhood experiences as a hospital patient. Espinosa and director-producer Pau Freixas had previously worked together on the film Herois. The show tells the story of a group of Catalan children and teenagers who meet as patients in the children's wing of a hospital. Themes include friendship, the will to live, and the desire to overcome adversity. The show was originally planned for four seasons, with the second one premiering on January 2013. In October 2011, it was announced that Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks and Marta Kauffman had reached an agreement with TV3 for an American remake of Polseres Vermelles. The Spanish channel Antena 3 aired the first season, dubbed into Spanish as Pulseras rojas, in summer 2012. On 11 December 2012, TV3 announced 14 January 2013 as the premiere date for its second season. Antena 3 will premiere it dubbed later in 2013.
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Sweet
Title: Sweet
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 10, 2011
Type: Movie
In the window of the house, where some say the sweetness dwells, is reflected, every night, a delicious story.
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Paper Birds
Title: Paper Birds
Character: Nurse
Released: March 12, 2010
Type: Movie
At the end of the Spanish Civil War, the members of a group of vaudeville performers have been stripped of everything: all they have left is hunger and the instinct to survive. Day after day, agonizingly, lost and helpless between the victors and the vanquished, the musician Jorge, the ventriloquist Enrique, the couplet singer Rocío and the orphan Miguel search tirelessly for something to eat and a safe place to live.
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Title: Los misterios de Laura
Character: Juanita
Released: July 27, 2009
Type: TV
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Socarrat
Title: Socarrat
Character: Abuela
Released: May 29, 2009
Type: Movie
We all have secrets. We all have family. We all search for happiness. What if we share our secrets and search for happiness together?
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Brain Drain
Title: Brain Drain
Character: Abuela Emilio
Released: April 18, 2009
Type: Movie
Emilio, a shy, not too brilliant pupil at a humble local secondary school, has always harboured a secret love for Natalia, the cutest, brightest girl in the class. On the last day of the school year, when he finally decides to declare his love, Natalia is awarded a scholarship to study Medicine at Oxford. It would seem that all is lost for Emilio, but his drop-out school-pals are not ready to throw in the towel. After faking qualifications and scholarships, this band of brainless nuts land in Oxford, causing havoc in the normally peaceful campus existence. —The Film Catalogue
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La bella otero
Title: La bella otero
Released: July 1, 2008
Type: Movie
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Enloquecidas
Title: Enloquecidas
Character: Carmen
Released: April 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Blanca confesses to her aunt Barbara she met the man of her live and he disappeared. By chance in a charming old couples house for sale, they find his picture. It's their son and he's dead. Mad Blanca and Barbara began a crazy investigation in a city underconstruction. An insecure actress, a secretery with ESP and a husband who's fed up with all the madness, will help them unravel these knot marked by humor and intrigue.
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Myway
Title: Myway
Character: Dolors
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Small-scale hustler Marc is stretched to the limit when a drug deal goes wrong and runs him afoul of the mob, which only exacerbates his existing problems with his wife, his daughter and his elderly father, who's suffering from Alzheimer's disease. As Marc scrambles to save his own skin, he tries his best to repair his fractured relationships. Will it be too late?
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Title: La que se avecina
Character: Marcelina Pazos
Released: April 22, 2007
Type: TV
La que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The TV-series focusing around the inhabitants of Mirador de Montepinar, a fictional building located on the outskirts of a big city. Both its storylines and cast are heavily based on Aquí no hay quien viva, which ended when Telecinco bought Miramón Mendi, the series production company. The episodes debuted on the Telecinco network, and were later rerun by the same network as well as cable/satellite channels FactoríaDeFicción and Paramount Comedy. The series debuted in 22 April 2007 and became popular thanks to its funny characters, witty script, use of catchphrases and capacity to integrate and poke fun at contemporary issues; the program presents a caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society. The name of the show involves wordplay, as "vecina" is the Spanish word for neighbour.
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The Baby's Room
Title: The Baby's Room
Character: Old Woman
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: Movie
Juan and Sonia arrive at a large old house, an ideal place to raise their newborn son. When, one night before going to bed, they check the operation of the monitoring device installed in the baby's room, they discover that someone is sitting next to the crib.
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Title: Amar en tiempos revueltos
Character: Hortensia
Released: September 28, 2005
Type: TV
Amar en tiempos revueltos is a Spanish soap opera set in the times of the Spanish civil war and the early Francoism. The serial has been aired from 2005 and has won prizes in Spain and a Silver Medal in the «New York Festivals». In January 2013 will air on Antena 3 with new name, Amar es para siempre
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Rosario
Title: Rosario
Character: Rosario
Released: June 12, 2005
Type: Movie
Story of a mother who unconditionally loves her son.
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Mala uva
Title: Mala uva
Character: Paulina
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
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Stork Day
Title: Stork Day
Character: Rosa
Released: January 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Filippo is a star on the Italian TV. He works for a documentary series about wild animals and nature. He is sent to Tenerife (Spain) to shot an issue about the local stork. It is the 13th of August. After he did his job is time to leave, but the ferry couldn't operate. He has to spend the night in the island. The day after is again the 13th of August, and Filippo live again the same day for different times. Something has to change to exit the paranoid and unrealistic situation.
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O Rapaz do Trapézio Voador
Title: O Rapaz do Trapézio Voador
Character: Adelina
Released: September 12, 2003
Type: Movie
One bad thing never comes alone, says the people. The village Estrela is threatened by the waters of the new Alqueva dam. It will become an "island". But, as one bad thing never comes alone, the daily lives of the inhabitants of this small mountain village are changed by the death of Adriano. "In order to create, I destroyed myself; I have so much externalized within myself that within me I exist only outwardly. I am the living scene where various actors perform various plays." (from Livro do Desassossego by Fernando Pessoa), as Adriano liked to quote Adriano. He committed suicide on the day of the village feast, hanging himself in the main square. For Adriano, the main square of the village has long been the center of the world. Adriano felt surrounded, depressed, unable to escape his destiny. "No one can stop a man who travels with suicide on his lapel" Adriano repeated to Lisete, always to the point of exhaustion.
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Días de voda
Title: Días de voda
Character: Abuela
Released: September 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Sonia, the daughter of a prominent publisher, is about to fulfill her lifelong dream of marrying Rosendo, a promising writer with homosexual tendencies, who pines for his fiancee far less than he does for the brand new literary award launched by his future father-in-law. The wedding shindig will bring its share of unexpected surprises. This is a film is part of the DOGME 95 Movement, described as follows: 'the goal of the Dogme collective is to purify film-making by refusing expensive and spectacular special effects, post-production modifications and other gimmicks. The emphasis on purity forces the filmmakers to focus on the actual story and on the actors' performances. Given these restrictions the story and the action of DIAS DE BODA ('WEDDING DAYS') seem much more immediate and the lapses in fluidity of the story can be forgiven - to a point.
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Caiman's Dream
Title: Caiman's Dream
Character: Iñaki's Grandmother
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Iñaki, a petty thief, is forced to leave Spain because of a crime that got complicated. He decides to go to Mexico to meet his father, and realizes that he has lived a life of lies, but also discovers other things, within a group of guys with little luck.
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Solo mía
Title: Solo mía
Character: Tía de Ángela
Released: October 31, 2001
Type: Movie
A women meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.
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Nights of Constantinople
Title: Nights of Constantinople
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
The triumph of a young man in an important erotic literature contest reaches the ears of his grandmother.
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Peixe-Lua
Title: Peixe-Lua
Character: Benedita
Released: September 29, 2000
Type: Movie
The story of a family of bull fighters.
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Wiped-Out Footprints
Title: Wiped-Out Footprints
Character: Leoni
Released: November 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Manuel is a Spanish writer who has emigrated to Argentina. He hears that his childhood village in Spain is to be turned into a reservoir, and returns for one last trip. There he meets widow Virginia, an old love, and begins to hope that he might reignite the flame between them. As old secrets are revealed, the villagers must come to terms with their imminent loss and the drowning of their home.
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Divine
Title: Divine
Character: Mujer de la congregación
Released: September 16, 1998
Type: Movie
"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life. Mamá Dorita sees in young Tomasa the signals of the chosen one. The young girl will be the new leader in "La Nueva Jerusalem".
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Memorias del ángel caído
Title: Memorias del ángel caído
Character: Juana
Released: October 17, 1997
Type: Movie
A group of parishioners die poisoned upon receiving communion, during the investigation of the event the priests of the parish begin to have visions. Everything rushes when the dead are resurrected in the autopsy room, these strange events seem to be related to an old book enacting a new religion.
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Mouth to Mouth
Title: Mouth to Mouth
Character: Madre de Luci
Released: November 10, 1995
Type: Movie
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 best clients.
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La niña de tus sueños
Title: La niña de tus sueños
Character: Abuela
Released: May 27, 1995
Type: Movie
Film centred around a mother, Françoise, who is HIV positive and her young daughter Ana.
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Felicidades, Tovarich
Title: Felicidades, Tovarich
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
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How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It
Title: How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It
Character: Doña Charo
Released: February 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Carmen, an attractive 40 year old woman, suddenly belongs a widow. For her, the emptiness feeling is new and disorienting. Trying to rebuild her life, Carmen finds that men around her are interested in offering her more than a shoulder to mourn. The unexpected pregnancy of his daughter, putting even more pressure on Carmen. She brings her daughter back and to look after the baby together. This becomes one more element to overcome in their efforts to organize themselves.
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The Long Winter
Title: The Long Winter
Character: Assumpta de Casals
Released: February 15, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1939, Ramón was a young man, caught up in his Barcelona family's involvement on the Republic side in the brutal Spanish Civil War. He and his family fled into exile ahead of Franco's troops. Now it is many years later, and he has come back to see how his old homestead fared in the intervening years. The only person he can find who is able to remember those years clearly is his family's old butler Claudio.
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The Man Who Lost His Shadow
Title: The Man Who Lost His Shadow
Character: Antonio's Wife
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Paul has left his wife and children. Now his wife and ex-mistress is on the hunt for him.
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How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt
Title: How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt
Character: Madre de Antonio
Released: April 5, 1991
Type: Movie
Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on her company when she prefers solitude, his treating her work as less important than his, his casual and cruel dismissal of her opinions, her boss assigning her an incompetent editor, bartenders ignoring her, her passage into middle age. She can be feisty and edgy, which sometimes gets in the way of what would make her happy. And she regularly threatens to leave Antonio. Will she, and on what terms? What will he do?
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El crimen del expreso de Andalucía
Title: El crimen del expreso de Andalucía
Character: Sra. Navarrete
Released: February 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Madrid, 1924. A ne'er-do-well in his 30s, perpetual disappointment to his aging military father, hatches a plan to rob the mail train to Andalusia. He intends the hit to be bloodless, but complications arise soon.
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Quimera
Title: Quimera
Released: February 4, 1988
Type: Movie
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El hermano bastardo de Dios
Title: El hermano bastardo de Dios
Released: September 10, 1986
Type: Movie
This drama concerns a seven-year-old boy, Pepe Luis (Lucas Martin, as the younger Pepe and Paco Rabal Cerezales as Pepe at ten) who lives through the rise of Franco and the ensuing years under the fascist dictator. Presented from the perspective of the young Pepe, the Civil War and Franco are irrelevant to his own concerns: daydreaming about a pretty girl he likes, fighting with other boys, helping the priest at a funeral service, and similar activities. Pepe lives with his uncle and grandparents, and whether he is aware of it or not, the war impinges on their lives in several ways. The title of the film derives from little Pepe's contention that God is not responsible for the war, just some "bastard brother" of the Creator.
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Lulú de noche
Title: Lulú de noche
Character: Josefina
Released: February 20, 1986
Type: Movie
German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that was killed in London by Jack the ripper. While looking for the protagonist, Rufo appears, an introvert jazz musician. He could play Jack the ripper.
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The Witching Hour
Title: The Witching Hour
Character: Monja
Released: November 4, 1985
Type: Movie
César and Pilar tour the Spanish countryside with their bus, showing films and doing magic spectacles in small villages. In one of these trips they find Saga, a beautiful young woman who starts to travel with them and changes their lives in unexpected ways.
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Title: Pagina de Sucesos
Character: Ascensión
Released: October 25, 1985
Type: TV
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La otra imagen
Title: La otra imagen
Released: June 16, 1973
Type: Movie
A blind couple's marriage is tested when the wife is drawn to a blind writer.
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Exorcism's Daughter
Title: Exorcism's Daughter
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Tania, an asylum patient, is under the doctor's care while suffering raging behavioral effects that follow the death of her exorcised mother.
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The Challenges
Title: The Challenges
Character: Fernanda
Released: September 19, 1969
Type: Movie
Los desafíos presents three separate stories that are linked by an American presence in Spain in the 1960s, with Dean Selmier playing the role of the American male in all three.
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María Rosa
Title: María Rosa
Released: November 13, 1965
Type: Movie
In order to get María Rosa, the woman he is deeply in love with, Marsal murders a moneylender hated by all the people and casts suspicion on his friend Andrés, the husband of his beloved María Rosa. After being imprisoned Andrés, Marsal becomes the protector of María Rosa while waiting for the development of events.
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El camino
Title: El camino
Character: Daniel's Mother
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Shortly before leaving his small town to go to the big city to study, young Daniel recalls his childhood, surrounded by family and friends.
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091: Police speaking
Title: 091: Police speaking
Character: Elena
Released: November 7, 1960
Type: Movie
A police inspector makes his service in a patrol car attenging emergency calls. A memory hauns him, the death of her daughter, who was killed hit by a car that fled. The car is located and the inspector goes there and confrontation will be violent.
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El canto del gallo
Title: El canto del gallo
Character: Mujer humilde
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: Movie
A Catholic priest lives in a communist country where all religious are being killed. When trying to escape is stopped by a commissioner who had been a fellow student.