A journey through the films of Chus Lampreave

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Chus Lampreave in 'Volver' by Pedro Almodóvar

Chus Lampreave in 'Volver' (2006) by Pedro Almodóvar

** IN THE DARKNESS (1983) – PEDRO ALMODOVAR**

It was Chus Lampreave's debut with Pedro Almodóvar, where she played the nun Sor Rata de callejón along with other companions such as Sor Perdida (Carmen Maura), Sor Estiércol (Marisa Paredes). The peculiar convent full of hallucinations by director Manchego was shot at the current UGT Headquarters in Madrid at number 88 Hortaleza street in Madrid. As she has explained on several occasions, she only loved her character.

'In the Darkness' by Pedro Almodóvar

'In the Darkness' (1984) by Pedro Almodóvar

** WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS! (1984) - PEDRO ALMODOVAR**

Together with her lizard, Dinero de ella (which she called that because it was green in honor of thousand-peseta bills), Chus Lampreave plays the family's grandmother (Gloria's mother-in-law, played by Carmen Maura). In this movie she utters one of her most beloved phrases: “Total pass from you. you bore me” . The blocks in which the protagonists lived are located next to the M-30, on the edge of the M-30, very close to the mosque, in the neighborhood of La Concepción in the Conception neighborhood , very close to the mosque.

Oh, I forgot that I am diabetic. Lampreave in 'What have I done to deserve this'

"Oh, I forgot that I'm diabetic." Lampreave on 'What Have I Done to Deserve This?'

** DAWN THAT IS NOT LITTLE (1988) – JOSÉ LUIS CUERDA**

Chus Lampreave plays Mrs. Álvarez in this pinnacle of Spanish surrealist comedy. To create this blessed and delirious town in the Sierra de Albacete, three towns served as inspiration that well deserve **a road-trip through Ayna, Liétor and Molinicos**.

'Dawn is not little' Jos Luis Cuerda

'Dawn, which is not little' (1988) - José Luis Cuerda

BELLE EPOQUE (1992) - FERNANDO TRUEBA

The role of him Mrs. Asun , Juanito's mother, she earned him the Goya for Best Supporting Actress in 1992. The film is set in the days of the proclamation of the Second Republic and begins when Manolo , an artist who lives withdrawn from the world, welcomes Ferdinand , a soldier who deserts from the army. To recreate the mansion where a good part of the plot and the town take place, the director, Fernando Trueba , traveled to Portugal , specifically to Arruda dos Vinhos , to the north of Lisbon .

Belle Epoque Fernando Trueba

Belle Epoque (1992) - Fernando Trueba

** BACK (2006) - PEDRO ALMODÓVAR**

In this case, she plays Aunt Paula, a character that marks the plot of Volver. A film that Pedro Almodóvar shot in the Madrid neighborhoods of Tetouan Y Vallecas ; as well as in the Almagro main square found the typical house with a patio to place one of the houses in the film. Other locations in the film are in Granatula, Calzada and Valenzuela.

Chus Lampreave in 'Volver' by Pedro Almodóvar

Chus Lampreave in 'Volver' (2006) by Pedro Almodóvar

_ THE BROKEN EMBRACE _ (2009) - PEDRO ALMODÓVAR

She was an Almodóvar girl. In fact, the director from La Mancha did not stop until he got Lampreave to work with him in 1983. More than 25 years later , in this film, the Madrilenian gives life to Chus , on a paper portress similar to the one she already played in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The shooting of Broken Embraces was divided between the **streets of Madrid** and the landscapes of the Canary Island of Lanzarote.

Chus Lampreave dies

In a scene from Broken Embraces (2009) with Penélope Cruz

_ THE ARTIST AND THE MODEL _ (2012) - FERNANDO TRUEBA

Ceret , a small town in the **south of France**, near the border with Spain , traveled back in time to the years of Nazi occupation to recreate the story of The Artist and the Model. Under the orders of the director Fernando Trueba , Chus Lampreave brought to life Maria , the servant of the marriage composed of Mark (the artist) and his wife read . Her interpretation, of which we love the moment in which he reassures the model (Aida Folch) with the phrase "Don't believe yourself, he is a good person, even if he is an artist" , earned him a nomination as Best Supporting Actress in the XXVII edition of the Goya awards.

Chus Lampreave dies

In the role of Maria, the servant of the marriage

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