Los Girasoles ciegos (The Blind Sunflowers)

Verdu has been honoured with the award for work over the past year and half, including roles in Francis Ford Coppola's drama Tetro , and Jose Luis Cuerda's Spanish Second World War film The Blind Sunflowers , which picked up... ... Full Article

The competition features 10 recent films, seven of which are European, which depict love in the new millennium. These include The Blind Sunflowers (Spain) José Luis Cuerda , winner of a Goya for Best Adapted Screenplay; Stéphanie Duvivier's Un Roman... ... Full Article

Cuerda's Franco era drama, which has already been put forward as Spain's entry for the Oscars, has been nominated for best picture, best director, best adapted script, best actor and actress for Raul Arevalo and Maribel Verdu respectively, and best... ... Full Article

"The Guardian First Film award became a titanic struggle between Control , Anton Corbijn 's Ian Curtis biopic, and the eventual winner, Unrelated , directed by Joanna Hogg ," reports Andrew Pulver . ... Full Article

Another in the Spanish Cinema Now retrospective of the work of actor Javier Cámara , Blind Sunflowers ( Los girasoles ciegos ), directed by José Luis Cuerda , has been adapted by Cuerda and Rafael Azcona (from the famous book... ... Full Article

Harrowing dramas and horror films, including the like of Pan's Labyrinth , (Rec) and The Orphanage , are enjoying their success at the Spanish and international box office. ... Full Article