Christian Molina is a Spanish director, producer, writer and actor. He raised to popularity by the 2008 Spanish

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Diario de una Ninfómana ''Diary of a Nymphomaniac'' ( es, Diario de una ninfómana) is a 2008 Spanish erotic drama film directed by Christian Molina and starring Belén Fabra and Leonardo Sbaraglia.Diary of a Nymphomaniac' at the Internet Movie Database It is based on th ...

''—better known as ''Diary of a Sex Addict''.

Early life and training

Christian Molina was born in 1979 at Barcelona, Spain. His training as a filmmaker was conducted in both Spanish top film schools, the ECAM in Madrid and ESCAC in Barcelona. Molina has an extensive professional career and has supplemented his training in dozens of movies including "Airbag", "What Women Laugh" and "Memories of Fallen Angel" in which he has participated as a Focus Puller and operator, giving him broad experience in the use of image and light. Molina has worked with leading directors of photography, such as Fernando Arribas, José Luis Alcaine and Paco Femenía.

Career

In 2004 he directed his first feature film, "Red Blood", narrated a story of losers swiftly and surprisingly reminiscent of the Spanish horror film of the 1970s. In 2006 and 2007 participating as

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on the films "Triumph" and "Chuecatown". In 2008, Christian Molina faces his second challenge as director, '' Diary of a Nymphomaniac'', producing higher economic level and based on the acclaimed best-selling novel by

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, played by actors of the caliber of

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Leonardo Sbaraglia Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in '' Red Lights''. Biography Sbaraglia was ...

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and Llum Barrera. This film tells the story of Val, a young attractive and intellectual curiosity about

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which will turn it into their lifestyle. In 2009, his next film. ''L'Estacio de l'oblit'' (''Station of the Forgotten''), was co-directed with Sandra Serna, starring Nilo Mur, and Fermí Reixach Katia Klein, among others. The film is centered on the generation gap between an old sailor (Domingo) and a teenager (Pau). In 2010, Molina received Marc'Aurelio Alice Nella Citta Under 12 Award for his movie '' I Want to Be a Soldier'' at International Rome Film Festival held at the Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, Italy. In 2011, he made a short movie – Intereses Mundanos Bar Mut. It is about four independent situations of life that by chance come together the same night in the same restaurant, four stories seen from the perspective of the restaurant's soul.

Filmography

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References

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