''Secrets of the Heart'' ( es, Secretos del corazón, link=no) is a 1997 Spanish film. The film was a Box Office hit in Spain grossing ESP 711,092,434. It was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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at the
70th Academy Awards
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Plot
During the holidays, Javi and his older brother Juan go to a mountain village. There Javi is attracted by a secret, concealed in the closed room where his father died. The child's curiosity will be satisfied and will lead him to a surprising discovery.
Cast
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Carmelo Gómez
Carmelo Gómez Celada (born 2 January 1962) is a Spanish actor. He is the recipient of two Goya Awards, for best supporting actor in '' The Method'' and best leading actor in '' Running Out of Time''. A very popular actor in 1990s Spanish cinem ...
as Tío
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Charo López
María del Rosario López Piñuelas (born 28 October 1943) better known as Charo López, is a Spanish actress.
Filmography
*Plan Jack cero tres (1967)
*El hueso (1967)
*La vida sigue igual (1969)
*Ditirambo (1969)
* El extraño caso del docto ...
as María
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Sílvia Munt
Silvia Munt Quevedo, (Barcelona, 24 March 1957) is a Spanish actress and film director. She has won two Goya Award, Best Actress for her role in ''Alas de mariposa'', and Best Short Documentary, ''Lalia'', written and directed by Munt. She has a ...
as Madre
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Vicky Peña
Maria Victòria Peña Carulla (born 11 January 1954) better known as Vicky Peña is a Spanish actress.
She is one of the most important voice actors in Catalan and Spanish.
Family and early life
She is the daughter of the actors Felip Peña a ...
as Rosa
* Andoni Erburu as Javi
* Álvaro Nagore as Juan Zabalza
* Íñigo Garcés as Carlos
* Joan Vallès as Abuelo
* Joan Dalmau as Benito
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Chete Lera
Ramón Mariano Fernández Lera (1949–2022), better known as Chete Lera, was a Spanish actor. With a long on-screen career in addition to a stage career, he featured in films such as ''The Red Squirrel'', '' Secrets of the Heart'', '' Familia'', ...
as Ricardo
* Manolo Monje as Don Bautista
* José María Asín as Don Alejandro
* Carlos Salaberri as Bedel
Commentaries
According to the film's producer, ''Secretos del corazón'' is "a poetical and emotional movie that can share with Hollywood's big overproductions' special effects."
Armendáriz has had a brief film career and appears in such works as "
Historias del Kronen
''Stories from the Kronen'' ( es, Historias del Kronen, links=no) is a 1995 drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz based on the novel by José Ángel Mañas which stars Juan Diego Botto and Jordi Mollà.
It was entered into the 1995 Cannes ...
", "
Tasio" and "
Las cartas de Alou
''Letters from Alou'' ( es, Las cartas de Alou) is 1990 Spanish film directed and written by Montxo Armendáriz.
Synopsis
Alou, a Senegalese man that has entered Spain illegally, can only find occasional jobs due to his situation. Thanks to t ...
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Awards
Goya Awards
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The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...
Cartagena Film Festival
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Berlin International Film Festival
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Academy Awards
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Sant Jordi Awards
The Sant Jordi Awards ( ca, Premis Sant Jordi, links=no; es, Premios Sant Jordi, links=no) are film prizes awarded annually by the Catalan branch of the Spanish public radio network Radio Nacional de España (RNE), Ràdio 4
Ràdio 4 is a Spani ...
Ondas Awards
The Premios Ondas (Spanish: literally "wave awards", also known in English as the Ondas Awards or simply The Ondas) have been given since 1954 by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, in recognition of professionals in the fields of radio ...
Chicago International Film Festival
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Spanish Actors Union
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Cinema Writers Circle Awards
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See also
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References
External links
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1997 films
1997 drama films
Spanish drama films
1990s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Films about children
Films shot in Madrid
1990s Spanish films
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