
Cecilia Bartolomé
Directing
Biography
Cecilia Bartolomé is a Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter, recognized as a pioneer of feminist and socially conscious cinema in Spain. Throughout her career, she has been noted for her commitment to women's rights, political critique, and her sharp focus on Spanish society, particularly during the democratic transition. In 1969, she directed her first short film, Margarita y el lobo. After completing her studies, Bartolomé directed several documentaries and projects such as Después de... (1981). She also ventured into fiction filmmaking with titles like Lejos de África (1996).
Known For

A history of the Spanish Transition told in first person by the main protagonists: on the one hand, the politicians, idealistic or merely opportunistic, who brought it to a successful conclusion in the tribunes and offices; on the other hand, the citizens who, in the streets, supported it sincerely or fought it with ferocity.
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado

Lorenzo is a handsome, intelligent, charming, elegant and liberal man. All he asks for is total devotion. And Margarita, foolishly, falls in love with him…
Margarita y el lobo

This is a hilarious look at contemporary Madrid from the point of view of ten year old Manolito. Witty, funny and moving, the film has crossed-over from Spain to become a classic family entertainment.On this particular occasion, Manolito is in the middle of Chrismas break and ready to celebrate the holidays with his nutty family: his mother, Cata, his father, Manolo, Grandpa and Imbecile. This year holds a big surprise: Uncle Nico, his mother's brother who lives an works in Oslo as a waiter. Uncle Nico shows up in an unbelieveable motor home to spend Christmas Eve with the family. He is accompanied by his flashy Norwegian fiancée, Trudi Bergenkoklass, who is something like part fairy, part Viking and part Pippi Long Stocking. This lady immediately catches Manolito's eye.
Manolito Four Eyes: The Mischievous Holidays

The story of a friendship between two girls of different races, Susana and Rita, in Equatorial Guinea, from 1950 to 1961. Susana discovers with her friend a fascinating but troubled new world in Africa, where she comes of age and experiences love and sex.
Black Island

Macabre tale of a sculptor who has grown so disconnected from the people around him that he’s lost the ability to distinguish faces. While he’s traveling on an airplane, one woman stands out from the rest, and he becomes intent on having her model for him. A bizarre odyssey begins to unfold.
Faces

The early days of the future genius of Spanish cinema Luis García Berlanga, from his birth in Valencia in 1921 to his departure to Madrid in 1947 to become a filmmaker.
El joven Berlanga

The story of a group of actresses who, in the Spain of the seventies, and in the midst of the democratic Transition, decided to appear nude in the films of that time of radical political change, defying the rigid and deeply rooted social rules.
Uncensored Women

The president of the Import and Export Group hires the services of the great Ruperto Solís to woo Úrsula, the beautiful heiress of an Iranian oil tycoon.
Plan Jac Cero Tres

A history of the Spanish Transition told in first person by the main protagonists: on the one hand, the politicians, idealistic or merely opportunistic, who brought it to a successful conclusion in the tribunes and offices; on the other hand, the citizens who, in the streets, supported it sincerely or fought it with ferocity.
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos

Ana is Catalan, daughter of a bourgeois family and works in a studio in advertising. She is 38 years old and has only lived with her husband, with whom she has a relationship cold but accepted by both. Although his family is opposed, decides to leave her husband and takes a vacation with her daughter Barbara, of 12 years, in order to leave behind all the past and start a freer life, with fewer ties, less conventional.
Let's Go, Barbara

A female teacher from Leon travels to Madrid to take an exam, the result of which will determine whether she returns to her ordinary life or takes up a new one.
Un día más

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Carmen de Carabanchel

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La noche del doctor Valdés

Cecilia Bartolomé, a filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer from Alicante, is a pioneer of Spanish cinema. Mistreated by censorship, she still preserves at 80 the free spirit that has always defined her. We will journey with her through a fascinating life, a vital body of work, and a struggle that remains—so far, yet so close.
Cecilia Bartolomé: So far, so close

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La siesta

A girl abused by her widowed father becomes interested in books and witchcraft.