Adolfo Arrieta

Adolfo Arrieta

Adolfo González Arrieta is a spanish filmmaker, considered as the pioneer of independent film both in Spain and France, due to the artisan quality and the unique spirit of freedom of his films. He usually uses variations of his name in the credits of his films, such as Udolfo Arrieta, Alfo Arrieta or Adolpho Arrieta. His cinematic language is very poetic, apart from narrative conventions, which has made it to be compared with the cinema of Jean Cocteau. Having started as a painter, Arrieta began his filmmaking with the short films El crimen de la pirindola (1965) and Imitación del ángel (1966) both shot in Madrid, a milestone for independent cinema in Spain. He moved to Paris in 1967 with Javier Grandes, an usual actor in most of his films, where he would live through the events of May 1968. In 1969 he met Jean Marais, leading actor in La Belle et la Bête (1945), Orphée (1949) and Le Testament d'Orphée (1959) by Jean Cocteau, of whom he had been a former lover. With Marais Arrieta would shot his first feature film, Le Jouet criminel (1969), that was compared to Cocteau's cinema for his poetic nature. With Le Château de Pointilly (1972), he would receive critical praise from Marguerite Duras. He won the Great Prize at the Toulon Film Festival with Les Intrigues de Sylvia Couski (1974), acclaimed by the critics and considered as the first underground parisian film. He would follow with Tam Tam (1976), the record of an uninterrupted party between New York, Paris and Spain; and Flammes (1978), a story about a sexual childhood fantasy turning into a real passion in the adulthood. In the following years he would make Grenouilles (1983), Kiki, la gata (episode of the TV series Delirios de amor, 1989), Merlín (1990) and Narciso (2004). His next film, Vacanza permanente (2006), was awarded at the Lucca International Film Festival, and meant for Arrieta a creative rebirth. It was premiered in Madrid at La Casa Encendida de Madrid on May 27 2007, during the polipoetry festival Yuxtaposiciones, and presented by the writer Leopoldo Alas. In March 2008 the venue La Enana Marrón in Madrid held a partial retrospective of Arrieta's filmography, screening his most outstanding works.

  • Title: Adolfo Arrieta
  • Popularity: 0.576
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1942-08-28
  • Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
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  • Also Known As: Adolpho Arrietta, Ado Arrieta, Ado Arrietta, Udolfo Arrieta, Alfo Arrieta, Adolpho Arrieta, Adolfo Arrietta
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Adolfo Arrieta Movies

  • 1991
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    Merlín

    Merlín

    5 1991 HD

    Merlin, shot on 35mm, is an adaptation of Cocteau's play "Knights of the Round Table."

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  • 2022
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    The Kegelstatt Trio

    The Kegelstatt Trio

    1 2022 HD

    Paul and Adèle were once lovers and separated but are still good friends, one year after everything seems to take them away from each other....

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  • 1965
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    The Crime of the Spinning Top

    The Crime of the Spinning Top

    4 1965 HD

    A young boy plays with a top instead of doing his homework and daydreams about his brother and his brother's girlfriend.

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  • 2010
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    L'imprésario

    L'imprésario

    1 2010 HD

    In the fall of 2010, Bozon and co-conspirator Pascale Bodet commandeered the first floor of Paris’s famed Centre Pompidou for 10 days of...

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  • 1968
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    La mano de madera

    La mano de madera

    1 1968 HD

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  • 2024
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    To Laugh, to Sing, Perchance to Cry

    To Laugh, to Sing, Perchance to Cry

    1 2024 HD

    Toñi asks a miraculous saint in a church to have a boyfriend, and that is how Lahcen appears in their life, a young Moroccan immigrant who has...

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  • 2015
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    Adolfo Arrietta, (cadré - décadré)

    Adolfo Arrietta, (cadré - décadré)

    1 2015 HD

    A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired sometime...

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  • 2010
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    Fragmentos para una historia del otro cine español

    Fragmentos para una historia del otro cine español

    6 2010 HD

    Documentary about the history of experimental cinema in Spain. FRAGMENTS is a historical survey of “the other” Spanish Cinema —...

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  • 1986
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    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    8 1986 HD

    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

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  • 1979
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    Cinématon VI

    Cinématon VI

    1 1979 HD

    Reel 6 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

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  • 1971
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    Numéro zéro

    Numéro zéro

    9.5 1971 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Crime of the Spinning Top

    The Crime of the Spinning Top

    4 1965 HD

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  • 1966
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    La imitación del ángel

    La imitación del ángel

    5.5 1966 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Crime of the Spinning Top

    The Crime of the Spinning Top

    4 1965 HD

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  • 1966
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    La imitación del ángel

    La imitación del ángel

    5.5 1966 HD

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  • 1969
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    Le Jouet criminel

    Le Jouet criminel

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Le Jouet criminel

    Le Jouet criminel

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Le Jouet criminel

    Le Jouet criminel

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Le Jouet criminel

    Le Jouet criminel

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Le Jouet criminel

    Le Jouet criminel

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Château de Pointilly

    Le Château de Pointilly

    5.8 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Château de Pointilly

    Le Château de Pointilly

    5.8 1972 HD

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  • 1978
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    Flames

    Flames

    6.9 1978 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Château de Pointilly

    Le Château de Pointilly

    5.8 1972 HD

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  • 1978
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    Flames

    Flames

    6.9 1978 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Château de Pointilly

    Le Château de Pointilly

    5.8 1972 HD

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  • 1978
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    Flames

    Flames

    6.9 1978 HD

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  • 1983
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    Frogs

    Frogs

    4.8 1983 HD

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  • 1976
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    Tam Tam

    Tam Tam

    6.2 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Tam Tam

    Tam Tam

    6.2 1976 HD

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  • 2006
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    Vacanza permanente

    Vacanza permanente

    4.2 2006 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

    The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

    4.3 1975 HD

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  • 2003
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    Eco y Narciso

    Eco y Narciso

    4.8 2003 HD

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  • 1991
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    Merlín

    Merlín

    5 1991 HD

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  • 2008
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    Dry Martini

    Dry Martini

    5.8 2008 HD

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  • 2017
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    Sleeping Beauty

    Sleeping Beauty

    4.5 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Sleeping Beauty

    Sleeping Beauty

    4.5 2017 HD

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  • 1969
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    Le Jouet criminel

    Le Jouet criminel

    1 1969 HD

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  • 2017
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    Sleeping Beauty

    Sleeping Beauty

    4.5 2017 HD

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  • 1983
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    Frogs

    Frogs

    4.8 1983 HD

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  • 1991
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    Merlín

    Merlín

    5 1991 HD

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  • 2006
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    Vacanza permanente

    Vacanza permanente

    4.2 2006 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

    The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

    4.3 1975 HD

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  • 2003
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    Eco y Narciso

    Eco y Narciso

    4.8 2003 HD

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  • 2008
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    Dry Martini

    Dry Martini

    5.8 2008 HD

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  • 2015
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    F.M. Banier filmé par A. Arrietta

    F.M. Banier filmé par A. Arrietta

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Château de Pointilly

    Le Château de Pointilly

    5.8 1972 HD

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  • 1970
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    Ce que cherche Jacques

    Ce que cherche Jacques

    1 1970 HD

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