Sólveig Anspach

Sólveig Anspach

Nacimiento : 1960-12-08, Heimaey (Iceland)

Muerte : 2015-08-07

Historia

Sólveig Anspach (8 December 1960 – 7 August 2015) was an Icelandic-French film director and screenwriter. Born to a German-Romanian father Gerhard Anspach and an Icelandic mother Högna Sigurðardóttir, she spent most of her life living and working in France. After studying philosophy and clinical psychology in Paris, she enrolled in La Fémis and graduated with a diploma in directing in 1989. Her film Stormy Weather was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Anspach died of breast cancer on 7 August 2015 at the age of 54.

Perfil

Sólveig Anspach

Películas

Los jóvenes amantes
Screenplay
Dos amantes se encuentran 15 años después, en el corredor de un hospital. Ella tiene 71, él tiene 45. Repelidos, pero atraídos el uno por el otro, vuelven a conectar. Viuda, madre, abuela, Shauma quiere reafirmar que sigue siendo mujer, ante todo.
Los jóvenes amantes
Idea
Dos amantes se encuentran 15 años después, en el corredor de un hospital. Ella tiene 71, él tiene 45. Repelidos, pero atraídos el uno por el otro, vuelven a conectar. Viuda, madre, abuela, Shauma quiere reafirmar que sigue siendo mujer, ante todo.
The Together Project
Writer
Agathe despacha a un seductor del tres al cuarto con un aplomo desconcertante bajo el cual, sin embargo, se adivina cierta fragilidad. Samir, que observa la escena tímidamente desde un rincón del café, se queda maravillado. En un momento, este joven amable y alelado con una mirada de una candidez desarmante, se enamora perdidamente de ella. Sin dudar ni un segundo, el joven compra un abono trimestral en la piscina municipal en la que Agathe da clases, rodeada por una curiosa tropa de empleados municipales. Cuando Agathe vuelve a marcharse para participar en un congreso internacional de monitores de natación, Samir hace la maleta inmediatamente.
The Together Project
Director
Agathe despacha a un seductor del tres al cuarto con un aplomo desconcertante bajo el cual, sin embargo, se adivina cierta fragilidad. Samir, que observa la escena tímidamente desde un rincón del café, se queda maravillado. En un momento, este joven amable y alelado con una mirada de una candidez desarmante, se enamora perdidamente de ella. Sin dudar ni un segundo, el joven compra un abono trimestral en la piscina municipal en la que Agathe da clases, rodeada por una curiosa tropa de empleados municipales. Cuando Agathe vuelve a marcharse para participar en un congreso internacional de monitores de natación, Samir hace la maleta inmediatamente.
Lulu in the Nude
Screenplay
After a job interview gone wrong, Lulu sets sail leaving her husband and three children behind. But being an adventurer is easier said than done.
Lulu in the Nude
Director
After a job interview gone wrong, Lulu sets sail leaving her husband and three children behind. But being an adventurer is easier said than done.
Queen of Montreuil
Writer
It's early summer and Agathe is back in France, at home in Montreuil. She has to get over her husband's death and return to her work as a film director. The unexpected arrival at her house of a couple of Icelanders, a sea lion and a neighbour that she has always desired yet never vanquished will give Agathe the strength to get her life back on track...
Queen of Montreuil
Director
It's early summer and Agathe is back in France, at home in Montreuil. She has to get over her husband's death and return to her work as a film director. The unexpected arrival at her house of a couple of Icelanders, a sea lion and a neighbour that she has always desired yet never vanquished will give Agathe the strength to get her life back on track...
Louise Michel
Director
Reconstrucción de un relevante segmento de la vida de la famosa militante anarquista francesa, que llegó a formar parte de la histórica Comuna de París. La acción comienza con la deportación de Michel a Nueva Caledonia en 1873. Allí rechazará recibir un trato especial por el mero hecho de ser mujer y se alineará junto a los partidarios de la independencia de dicha colonia. Además de su activismo político, la película retrata el resto de aspectos de la vida de la revolucionaria durante aquella complicada época, y da cuenta asimismo de las labores educativas que llevó a cabo entre los nativos durante los siete años que pasó en aquellas tierras hasta su establecimiento en la isla de Noumea.
Back Soon
Writer
Anna Hallgrimsdottir, a poetess, dish washer and marijuana dealer in her late thirties, lives in Reykjavik with her two sons, Krummi and Ulfur. Anna is tired of her lifestyle and the coldness of Iceland and wishes to show her sons more of the world. Finally she decides to do something about it, move on, and somewhat change her lifestyle. The first step in her revival is to sell her business which consists of her mobile telephone which includes her big list of clients. The sale is an unusual one and the potential buyer promises her the asking price within 48 hours. During those 48 hours Anna gets into all kinds of “Icelandic familial adventures” as her kitchen fills up with customers/friends, partying, while waiting for her to come Back Soon.
Back Soon
Director
Anna Hallgrimsdottir, a poetess, dish washer and marijuana dealer in her late thirties, lives in Reykjavik with her two sons, Krummi and Ulfur. Anna is tired of her lifestyle and the coldness of Iceland and wishes to show her sons more of the world. Finally she decides to do something about it, move on, and somewhat change her lifestyle. The first step in her revival is to sell her business which consists of her mobile telephone which includes her big list of clients. The sale is an unusual one and the potential buyer promises her the asking price within 48 hours. During those 48 hours Anna gets into all kinds of “Icelandic familial adventures” as her kitchen fills up with customers/friends, partying, while waiting for her to come Back Soon.
Les Européens
Director
5 short films on the theme of European identity.
Forged Paintings in Real Icelandic Landscapes
Screenplay
This is a tale of forged paintings. Nothing could be more ordinary. Only the action takes place in Iceland, a country with a population of 300.000, where everybody is cousin with everybody else and has been for generations. The minor incident suddenly becomes a major affair.
Forged Paintings in Real Icelandic Landscapes
Director
This is a tale of forged paintings. Nothing could be more ordinary. Only the action takes place in Iceland, a country with a population of 300.000, where everybody is cousin with everybody else and has been for generations. The minor incident suddenly becomes a major affair.
Stormy Weather
Writer
The psychiatry department of a young doctor Cora has just admitted a young lady who refuses to speak and whose identity remains unknown. Cora becomes fond of her patient and establishes a relationship which goes beyond the usual course of treatment. She feels a kind of "call" from this woman as a strange and strong tie grows between them. One day, Cora learns that the identity of her patient has been discovered. Her name is Loa, she is a stranger, she has been sent back home…to Iceland. Cora, who had no idea of this woman's life outside their relationship, is deeply moved : she decides to meet up with her in order to finish the treatment.
Stormy Weather
Director
The psychiatry department of a young doctor Cora has just admitted a young lady who refuses to speak and whose identity remains unknown. Cora becomes fond of her patient and establishes a relationship which goes beyond the usual course of treatment. She feels a kind of "call" from this woman as a strange and strong tie grows between them. One day, Cora learns that the identity of her patient has been discovered. Her name is Loa, she is a stranger, she has been sent back home…to Iceland. Cora, who had no idea of this woman's life outside their relationship, is deeply moved : she decides to meet up with her in order to finish the treatment.
Made in the USA
Director
The history of the execution of Odell Barnes in Texas, on March 1, 2000. The movie, based on testimonies of family, friends and lawyers, aims at demonstrating that O. Barnes did not receive a fair trial and was executed because of his past and background.
Borgarálfar í Reykjavík
Screenplay
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Borgarálfar í Reykjavík
Director
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Reykjavik, des elfes dans la ville
Director
David, Tinna, Svanhvit, Hrönn and Oli live in Reykjavik, are less than 25 years old and work during summer while pursuing their studies during winter. In their eyes reflects the want to cross the sea and discover the world just like their ancestor Erik the Red.
Battle Cries
Director
A woman in the fourth month of her first pregnancy fights to save the baby while being treated for breast cancer.
Que personne ne bouge!
Director
Vestmannaeyjar
Director
In a little Icelandic island, 15 years after a volcanic eruption, the inhabitants remember the events but also their premonitory dreams. Outside, the wind fights with the sea, and the volcano is still fuming. Here, the nature is the master.