‘Oliver’s universe’ is already on billboards, a nice and tender teenage story in the Andalusia of the eighties with a certain fantastic component that makes it as peculiar as it is charming. In it we find actors like Mary Leonwhich as my colleague Jorge Loser told us It is part of the moments where the film works best.
It is not the first time that she shows to be an actress more than solvent in secondary roles, or even when it has been her turn to carry the function on her back. In these three proposals available in streaming we can find good examples of this. Three different films, showing its versatility and his eye choosing projects.
‘The sleeping voice’ (2011)
director: Benito Zambrano. Distribution: Inma Cuesta, María León, Marc Clotet, Daniel Holguín, Ana Wagener.
An ambitious post-war film, with which León won a Goya for best new actress. Adapting the novel Sweet Chaconin ‘La voz dormida’ we are told, from the classicism and effective workmanship of Benito Zambranothe story of a young woman from Córdoba (María León) moving to Madrid to support her pregnant sister (Inma Cuesta) who is in prison. Heartbreaking period drama, with a very notable female cast that defends the work even in its most didactic and ordinary moments.
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‘Carmine or burst’ (2012)
director: Paco Leon. Distribution: Carmina Barrios, María León, Paco Casaus, Ana María García, Paqui Montoya.
Totally breaking the border between documentary and fiction, Paco Leon puts us in the world of Carmina Barrios, mother of the filmmaker and his co-star María. Faced with the abandonment of her insurance company after a series of robberies, this selfless mother hatches a cunning plan to recover the money with which to support her family. While she waits for the resolution, she is having a series of vital reflections that make the film one of the most unique the industry has seen Spanish film in a long time.
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‘The author’ (2017)
director: Manuel Martin Cuenca. Distribution: Javier Gutiérrez, Antonio de la Torre, Adelfa Calvo, María León, Adriana Paz.
A unique thriller Manuel Martin Cuenca about obsession and artistic perfection. a magnificent Javier Gutierrez is surrounded by a magnificent cast, which in addition to León includes bald oleander oa Anthony of the Tower, to bring to life this aspiring writer constantly overshadowed by the success of his wife (María León) and her evident lack of talent. An update of the novel The Mobile, by Javier Fenceswhat plays in an interesting way with the limits of creation and ambition.
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