María Barranco
Acting
Biography
María Barranco, born María de los Remedios Barranco García, is a Spanish actress.
Born: June 11, 1961
Place of Birth: Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
Known For
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.
El rosario de la Aurora
Aurora lies in bed and suddenly receives a divine call revealing the unknown whereabouts of a relative. The old woman enters a brothel called 'El Buen Camino' (The Good Way), frequented by folkloric and religious transsexual prostitutes. At the end of the joint she finds her relative and after a chase she shouts: Mateo! He stops and starts a tense discussion where religion and transsexuality will be united with an Andalusian folkloric touch.
The Things of Love
In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.
Uma Vida Normal
Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start living a normal life.
The Girl of Your Dreams
A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to make a film in co-production. Soon some problems start to arise...
América
In a Portuguese village by the sea, a family sees their house become a transit point to innumerous migrants due to a passport forgery business created by its patriarch, Vítor, and his Spanish ex-wife Fernanda. His Russian wife Liza and his son Mauro—who stops talking—see the newcomers alter the dynamics, relationships and aspirations of the house's residents.
All Men Are the Same
Three divorced men who share a flat live together without trouble until they hire a cleaning lady.
El refugio
An actor in low hours and a young interpreter who threatens to displace the former thanks to the tricks of their agent; the owner of the high mountain hotel and her estranged sister, creator of a new and unique discipline that mixes yoga and fengshui; a group of children wanting to have fun, but also to discover hidden secrets; a taciturn bellboy who sees everything; and a tremendous storm that will leave everyone isolated just before Christmas. A weekend in which everything can happen, and in which everything will happen.
The Red Squirrel
Jota's suicide attempt is interrupted when a motorcyclist crashes off a bridge. After he rescues her, he decides to invent a life story for her — one of love and shared memories — creating a fragile web of deception that intertwines their fates.
Filmography
as María
as Lola
as Charo
as Self
as Lola
as Self - Actress
as Eva Soler
as Invitada
as Margarita
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Madre
as Anciana Traqueotomizada
as Tere Dorado
as Fernanda
as Inés
as Self - Guest
as Bárbara
as Mónica
as Cristina
as Trini
as María
as Chus
as Alejandra
as Aurora (Madre Carol)
as Carmen
as Natalia
as Paz
as Embajadora
as Dori
as Olivia
as Angela
as Mari
as Elisa
as Ana
as Self - Guest
as Merche
as Angelines
as Teresa
as Susana
as Self (uncredited)
as Marta
as Carmen
as María Luisa
as Lucrecia
as Azucena
as Ely
as Doña Inês
as Luz
as Berta
as Ana
as Nati
as Doncella
as Secretaria
as Vecina