MIENTRAS DURE LA GUERRA

Alejandro Amenábar

(Santiago, Chile, 1972) raised in Spain, where he received his artistic training, Alejandro Amenábar has, from the very beginning, shown a rare ability to weave psychological introspection with refined and complex narrative structures, establishing himself as one of the most versatile and recognizable authors in contemporary European cinema. With Tesis (1996), his striking debut, he explored the perverse relationship between violence and representation, while in Abre los ojos (1997), later adapted by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky, he crafted a vertiginous reflection on identity, perception, and illusion. International success came with The Others (2001), a sophisticated exercise in Gothic suspense starring Nicole Kidman, which revealed his mastery in combining genre archetypes with metaphysical reflection. In 2004 he won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with The Sea Inside, an intense portrait of Ramón Sampedro and his battle for the right to euthanasia, confirming his sensitivity to ethical issues and human dignity. He then directed Agora (2009), a historical-ideological fresco on religious intolerance in antiquity, and Regression (2015), a return to psychological thriller with a darkly moral undertone. With While at War (2019), he tackled the Spanish Civil War and the figure of Miguel de Unamuno, demonstrating a directorial maturity that intertwines history and identity reflection. In 2025 he directed The Captive, dedicated to the life of Spain’s greatest writer, Miguel de Cervantes.

FILMOGRAFIA

Himenóptero (cm, 1992), Luna (cm, 1995), Tesis (1996), Abre los ojos (Apri gli occhi, 1997), The Others (2001), Mar adentro (Mare dentro, 2004), Agora (2009), Nancys Rubias: Me encanta (I Love It) (videoclip, 2013), Vale (cm, 2015), Regression (2015), Danielle (cm, 2017), Mientras dure la guerra (Lettera a Franco, 2019), La fortuna (6 ep, serie tv, 2021), El cautivo (Il prigioniero, 2025).