Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

November 5, 1968 · 57 years old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-Ame…

Known For

18 titles
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The Machinist

The Machinist

2004 · 1h 41m · Movie

An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.

7.6
2
Parallel Mothers

Parallel Mothers

2021 · 2h 3m · Movie

The story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.

7.2
3
A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds

1995 · 1h 42m · Movie

Paul Sutton, a young married soldier, befriends a pregnant lady who is petrified her father will disown her, and agrees to pose as her boyfriend. As time passes, they start growing fond of each other.

6.7
4
I'm Not Scared

I'm Not Scared

2003 · 1h 48m · Movie

A young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.

7.4
5
The Backwoods

The Backwoods

2006 · 1h 37m · Movie

An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.

5.7
6
Thi Mai, rumbo a Vietnam

Thi Mai, rumbo a Vietnam

2018 · 1h 39m · Movie

Along with her two friends, a determined woman travels to Vietnam to bring home the young girl her recently deceased daughter had planned to adopt.

6.0
7
Under Her Control

Under Her Control

2022 · 1h 49m · Movie

When a fashion employee thinks she will have to end her promising career after getting pregnant, her boss offers to adopt the child.

4.8
8
Something Is About to Happen

Something Is About to Happen

2023 · 2h 2m · Movie

A woman's life takes a definitive turn the day that she loses her job as a computer programmer.

5.9
9
The Misfits Club

The Misfits Club

2014 · 1h 45m · Movie

Valeria is a young woman who has just moved to Madrid with her mom after her parent's divorce. After getting into a fight with another student on the first day at her new school, Valeria is forced to attend after school group coun...

5.6
10
The Chambermaid on the Titanic

The Chambermaid on the Titanic

1997 · 1h 41m · Movie

An ordinary foundry worker fakes a love story between him and the chambermaid from RMS Titanic. When ship sinks and chambermaid probably dies, his story gains popularity. But lie always has its price.

6.6
11
Rowing with the Wind

Rowing with the Wind

1988 · 1h 45m · Movie

Lord Byron, poet Percy Shelley, his future wife, Mary Shelley (writing Frankenstein) and others spend the summer of 1816 together.

5.8
12
The Whore and the Whale

The Whore and the Whale

2004 · 2h 0m · Movie

A Spanish writer finds an old coffer with photographs of an Argentine man who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War, and of a woman. Her quest for answers brings Vera to the Argentine Patagonia.

6.4
13
Drifters

Drifters

2011 · 1h 51m · Movie

In this taboo drama, Mete must fight against his inappropriate attraction to his 17 year old half sister, who has just moved in to his flat in Rome.

5.4
14
Maktub

Maktub

2011 · 1h 53m · Movie

Manolo's life is in crisis: his marriage is failing, his relationship with his two children is not great, and he hates his monotonous job. However, everything changes when Antonio, a 15-year-old cancer patient comes into his life ...

6.8
15
The Nautical Chart

The Nautical Chart

2007 · 1h 48m · Movie

Spanish nautical adventure. Chasing up an old sea maps in order to find some emeralds in a ship wreck.

5.5
16
The Perfect Husband

The Perfect Husband

1993 · 1h 29m · Movie

Dostoevsky-inspired drama set in 1900s Prague about a bored arrogant playboy who spends time seducing other men's wives and dueling. He begins an affair with his friend's wife, but falls in love with her. She becomes pregnant. Is ...

5.9
17
Amarga Navidad

Amarga Navidad

2026 · 1h 51m · Movie

A woman being abandoned by her partner during Christmas time.

6.3
18
Alex's Strip

Alex's Strip

2020 · 1h 49m · Movie

A teenager is reunited with her father, a Spanish-Maghrebi merchant who has spent a long time in jail accused of Jihadism by mistake. She accompanies him on a business trip to Jaisalmer (India), where they are involved in a terror...

5.8