genre the blind sunflowers 
Deacon is a ministry in ___MASK82___ Churches that is generally associated with service of some kind , but which varies among theological and denominational traditions . In many traditions the " diaconate " ( or deaconate ), the term for a deacon ' s office , is a clerical office ; in others it is for laity . Javier Cámara Rodríguez ( born 19 January 1967 ) is a Spanish actor . He starred in the Pedro Almodóvar films " Talk to Her " ( 2002 ), " Bad ___MASK74___ " ( 2004 ) and " I ' m So Excited " ( 2013 ), and the ___MASK67___ " 7 Vidas " (" Seven Lives "). 7 Vidas is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006 . Its title translates as " 7 lives " and the symbol of the sitcom is a ___MASK58___ , in ___MASK11___ to the belief that cats have 7 lives ( curiously two lives less than cats from English - speaking countries which are popularly considered to have nine lives ). The series is to date 2006 the longest running show of all - time in the ___MASK32___ of Spanish television . Talk to Her is a 2002 Spanish ___MASK54___ - ___MASK48___ written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar , and starring Javier Cámara , Darío Grandinetti , Leonor Watling , Geraldine Chaplin , and Rosario Flores . The film follows two men who form an unlikely friendship as they care for two women who are both in comas . The film ' s themes include the difficulty of communication between the sexes , loneliness and intimacy , and the persistence of love beyond loss . Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( born November 28 , 1961 ) is a Mexican film director , screenwriter , producer , and editor best known for his dramas " A Little Princess " ( 1995 ) and " Y Tu Mamá También " ( 2001 ), the ___MASK42___ " Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban " ( 2004 ), and ___MASK9___ ___MASK98___ thrillers " Children of Men " ( 2006 ) and " Gravity " ( 2013 ). Cuarón is the first Latin American director to win an Oscar for Best Directing . Rafael Azcona Fernández ( 24 October 1926  24 ___MASK3___ 2008 ) was an awarded Spanish screenwriter and novelist who has worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers . Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career , including a lifetime achievement award in 1998 . Pan ' s Labyrinth , originally known in Spanish as El Laberinto del Fauno ( The Labyrinth of the Faun ), is a 2006 Spanish - Mexican dark ___MASK42___ written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro . It was produced and distributed by Esperanto Films . The Blind Sunflowers ( Spanish : Los girasoles ciegos ) is a 2008 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda and written by Rafael Azcona and Cuerda , based on the ___MASK34___ The Blind Sunflowers by Alberto Méndez . The film stars Maribel Verdú , Javier Cámara and Raúl Arévalo . The plot follows the life of a family , former sympathizers of the Spanish Republic , during the early 1940s . Their lives are disrupted when a young priest falls in ___MASK6___ with the mother . The film is set in Ourense , 1940 where a disorientated deacon , named Salvador returns to the seminary of Ourense where the Rector delays Salvador ' s access to priesthood for a year . Salvador begins teaching in a school where he meets with Lorenzo , the son of Elena , whom of which Salvador thinks is widowed . This opportunity multiplies with the deacon becoming obsessed with her , abusing her mentally and physically . We realise that Salvador is threatening Elena ' s family because of his obsession . Wounded and beaten by the circumstances , the characters of the Blind Sunflowers hit the wall of repression , impossible romances and emotional defeats , while we realise Elena ' s family try to search for a glimpse of hope . This film was Spain ' s 81st Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category , but it was not selected . Guillermo del Toro Gómez ( born October 9 , 1964 ) is a Mexican film director , screenwriter , producer , and novelist . In his filmmaking career , del Toro has alternated between Spanish - language ___MASK46___ pieces , such as the gothic ___MASK49___ film " The Devil ' s Backbone " ( 2001 ), and " Pan ' s Labyrinth " ( 2006 ), and more mainstream American action movies , such as the vampire superhero action film " Blade II " ( 2002 ), the supernatural superhero film " Hellboy " ( 2004 ), its sequel "" ( 2008 ), and the science fiction monster film " Pacific Rim " ( 2013 ). The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque ( French for " Beautiful Era ") was a period of ___MASK80___ European ___MASK32___ . It is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco - Prussian War in 1871 to the outbreak of World War I in around 1914 . Occurring during the era of the French Third Republic ( beginning 1870 ), it was a period characterized by optimism , regional peace , economic prosperity and technological , scientific and cultural innovations . In the climate of the period , especially in Paris , the arts flourished . Many masterpieces of literature , music , theater , and visual art gained recognition . The " Belle Époque " was named , in retrospect , when it began to be considered a " Golden Age " in contrast to the horrors of World War I . The Blind Sunflowers ( Spanish : Los girasoles ciegos ) is a 2004 Spanish ___MASK34___ written by Alberto Méndez . A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film ' s artistic and ___MASK10___ aspects , and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union ___MASK52___ , the director is viewed as the author of the film . María Isabel " Maribel " Verdú Rollán ( born 2 October 1970 ) is a Spanish actress . She is known to English - speaking audiences for playing Luisa in Alfonso Cuarón ' s 2001 film " Y tu mamá también " and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro ' s 2006 film " Pan ' s Labyrinth ". In Spain she is known for films such as " Lovers " (" Amantes "), " Belle Époque ", " The Blind Sunflowers " (" Los girasoles ciegos ") and " Blancanieves ". A ___MASK34___ is a long ___MASK16___ , normally in prose , which describes fictional characters and events , usually in the form of a sequential story . Albacete [] is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla - La Mancha , and capital of the province of Albacete . It is in the south - east of the Iberian Peninsula , in the region known as the Meseta Central within the historic region of La Mancha , in the smaller historic region of La Mancha de Montearagón ; the area around the city is known as Los Llanos . With a population of 172 , 487 ( 2014 ) in the municipality proper , and 219 , 121 in the larger metropolitan area , it is the largest city in both the province and the region of Castilla - La Mancha , and indeed one of the largest of inland Spain , being included in the 20 largest ___MASK79___ areas in Spain . The municipality of Albacete is also the seventh largest in Spain by area , being . A ___MASK13___ writer , screenwriter for short , scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting , writing screenplays on which ___MASK76___ media such as films , television programs , comics or video games are based . Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . It is the only European ___MASK43___ to have a border with an African ___MASK43___ ( Morocco ) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5 % of its population , mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla . Y Tu Mamá También is a 2001 Mexican ___MASK48___ film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and co - written by Cuarón and his brother Carlos . Pedro Almodóvar Caballero ( born 25 September 1949 ) is a Spanish film director , screenwriter , producer and former actor . He came to prominence as a director and screenwriter during La Movida Madrileña , a cultural ___MASK71___ that followed the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco . His first few films characterised the sense of ___MASK97___ and political freedom of the period . In 1986 , he established his own film production company , El Deseo , with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar , responsible for producing all of his films since " Law of Desire " ( 1987 ). José Antonio Domínguez Bandera ( born 10 August 1960 ), known professionally as Antonio Banderas , is a Spanish actor , director , singer , and producer . He began his acting career with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar and then appeared in high - profile Hollywood movies , especially in the 1990s , including " Assassins ", " Evita ", " ___MASK21___ with the Vampire ", " Philadelphia ", " Desperado ", " The Mask of Zorro , The Expendables " and " Spy Kids ". Banderas also portrayed the voice of " Puss in Boots " in the " Shrek " sequels and " Puss in Boots " as well as the bee in the US Nasonex commercials . Raúl Arévalo ( born 22 November 1979 ) is a Spanish film actor , best known by international audiences for his role in the film " Summer Rain ", directed by Antonio Banderas . An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , ___MASK39___ , and television . The analogous Greek term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental ___MASK22___ , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance . José Luis Cuerda ( 18 February 1947 Albacete , Castile - La Mancha ) is a Spanish film director , screenwriter and producer . Ourense is a city in northwestern Spain , the capital of the province of the same name in Galicia .