Najwa Nimri Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Najwa Nimri
Acting
Biography
Najwa Nimri is a Spanish film and television actress, singer and music composer of Jordanian descent. Begins to be recognized in the film world by the hand of director Daniel Calparsoro in films such as Leap into the void, Passages, Blind or Asphalt. After the success of Abre los ojos by Alejandro Amenábar, comes her first Goya nomination for best leading actress with Los Amantes del circulo Polar by Julio Medem, with whom she repeats in Lucía y el Sexo for which she is also nominated for a Goya in the best supporting actress category.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Sex and Lucía
Lucía is a young waitress in Madrid who seeks refuge on a quiet, secluded Mediterranean island after the loss of her longtime boyfriend. Amidst the fresh air, dazzling sun, and glistening deep blue water, Lucía begins to piece together the dark corners of her past relationship.
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
As young children, Otto and Ana become best friends, leading to the marriage of Ana's mother to Otto's father. When Otto and Ana become teenagers, they begin a sexual relationship, which they hide from their parents. The two fall deeply in love and seem destined to spend the rest of their lives together. However, their relationship is tested when Otto's mother dies and the two are separated.
Open Your Eyes
Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.
The Method
Seven candidates to a high executive position on a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the indecisive…
Before Night Falls
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
La reina del bar Canalla
The young wife of a millionaire hears some terrible news on the television. There has been a train accident near her house. It’s such a serious accident that it will be impossible to identify some of the victims. This is a terrible catastrophe for the city but it will mean something completely different for her.
Stones
The stones of the title are the dreams and burdens carried by these five women with interlinked lives. This story of decision and transformation was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Utopia
Adrian (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a young man who has spent years running away from himself, constantly changing city and work, looking for people to relate to the least possible and all for one reason: he has the ability to see things that have not yet occurred, is a precog. He learned it when he anticipated the death of his parents and could not do anything about it. Adrian tries, unsuccessfully, to flee from his gift
Room in Rome
A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for Alba and Natasha, two sexy and recently acquainted women, to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.
Fausto 5.0
On his way to a medical convention, Dr Fausto runs into a man who claims the Doctor removed his stomach eight years ago in a surgical operation. Against all odds, he is still alive. The man turns up repeatedly and promises Fausto to make all his wishes come true. Reality starts dissolving and Fausto begins to lose control
Production
Warriors
Kosovo, winter 1999. KFOR forces perform their humanitarian task while trying to maintain a difficult neutrality between Kosovo Albanians and Serbs. A platoon of Spanish Army engineers becomes unwittingly caught up in the spiral of violence between the two sides.
Cuento de verano
After four years of living together, Léa dumps Mario. He is going to have to spend the loneliest summer of his life locked up in his Madrid apartment, with multiple broken bones. But this summer promises to be a journey in search of happiness, without leaving the downtown district. This trip will change the life of Mario, Chica, a mysterious young woman who appears on his doorstep, and Olmo the young and sassy neighbor, in love with Mario.
Asfalto
Three young and desperate inhabitants of Madrid attempt to rise above their circumstances by any means available to them in that sun-drenched city. This tight-knit trio must scramble when their hasty plans become derailed by a demanding matriarch, an abusive older brother, and the entire corrupt underclass with which they deal.
20 Centimeters
Colloquially-told story of a few days in the life of Marieta, who's saving money for the last operation in her change from man to woman. She works as a prostitute in Madrid and longs for a legitimate job. Whenever she builds up her savings, her housemate and best friend Tomás finds ways to spend, lose, or cost her those funds. She meets Raúl, whom she likes and who likes her; the trouble is he also likes that part of her she wants removed. If that's not enough, she also has narcolepsy, and when she conks out, she dreams of musical-theater numbers in which she's the singing and dancing star. Are these dreams always going to be 20 centimeters out of reach?
Utopia
Adrian (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a young man who has spent years running away from himself, constantly changing city and work, looking for people to relate to the least possible and all for one reason: he has the ability to see things that have not yet occurred, is a precog. He learned it when he anticipated the death of his parents and could not do anything about it. Adrian tries, unsuccessfully, to flee from his gift
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