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Adolfo Arrieta

Adolfo Arrieta

Director · Born 1942-08-28 · Madrid, Spain

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Biography

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 Marguer…

Directed

  1. Sleeping Beauty (2017) — Director
  2. Flames (1978) — Director
  3. The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (1975) — Director
  4. Le Château de Pointilly (1972) — Director
  5. Frogs (1983) — Director
  6. Tam Tam (1976) — Director
  7. Dry Martini (2008) — Director
  8. Vacanza permanente (2006) — Director
  9. Eco y Narciso (2003) — Director
  10. Merlín (1991) — Director
  11. La imitación del ángel (1966) — Director
  12. The Crime of the Spinning Top (1965) — Director
  13. Le Jouet criminel (1969) — Director
  14. F.M. Banier filmé par A. Arrietta (2015) — Director
  15. F.-M. Banier filmé par A. Arietta (2026) — Director
  16. Delusions of Love: Kikí (1989) — Director
  17. The Red Anorak (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) — Self (archive footage)
  2. Frogs (1983) — Baronne Kempf
  3. Tam Tam (1976)
  4. Merlín (1991)
  5. The Crime of the Spinning Top (1965)
  6. The Kegelstatt Trio (2022) — Jorge
  7. L'Imprésario (2010) — Self
  8. Fragmentos para una historia del otro cine español (2010)
  9. La mano de madera (1968)
  10. To Laugh, to Sing, Perchance to Cry (2024) — Director de cine
  11. Adolfo Arrietta, (cadré - décadré) (2015) — Self
  12. Cinématon VI (1979) — N°50