Rafael Azcona
Rafael Azcona is known for La Grande Bouffe (1973), Butterfly (1999), Belle Époque (1992).
Biography
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Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 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.
He was born in the northern Spanish city Logroño on 24 October 1926. Azcona initially began his career writing for humor magazines. He became known as a screenwriter when he penned the screenplay for the film, El Pisito (The Little Apartment), which was based on his own novel. The 1959 film was directed by Italian film director, Marco Ferreri.
Azcona teamed up with director Fernando Trueba in “Belle Époque,” which won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 1994. He collaborated with other Spanish directors including Luis Garcia Berlanga, Jose Luis Cuerda, Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez, Pedro Olea, and Carlos Saura. Azcona was also awarded the Spanish Fine Arts Gold Medal in 1994.
Rafael Azcona died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on 24 March 2008, at the age of 81.
Questions about Rafael Azcona
How many Rafael Azcona films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 92 films with Rafael Azcona, from 1959 to 2022.
What is the best rated Rafael Azcona film?
The best rated Rafael Azcona film in the catalogue is The Executioner (1963), rated 7.6.
What was the first Rafael Azcona film?
The first Rafael Azcona film in the catalogue is The Wheelchair, from 1960.
Who has Rafael Azcona worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Rafael Azcona shares the most credits with José Luis López Vázquez (5 films), Marco Ferreri (5 films) and Agustín González (4 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
95 films — 92 in the catalogue
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5.5 José Luis López Vázquez. ¡Qué disparate!
2022
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3.0 Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
2015 · Self
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La mitad invisible: El Verdugo de Luis García Berlanga
2012 · Interviewee
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7.0 Rafael Azcona
2010 · Self (archive footage)
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6.8 Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
2007 · Self
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Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista
2007 · Himself
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6.7 The Little Apartment
1959 · (uncredited)
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6.5 The Blind Sunflowers
2008
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7.0 María querida
2004
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5.5 Franky Banderas
2004
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4.4 The Galíndez File
2003
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3.8 The Green March
2002
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5.9 Sound of the Sea
2001
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6.4 Goodbye from the Heart
2000
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7.3 Butterfly
1999
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6.5 The Girl of Your Dreams
1998
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9.0 Siempre hay un camino a la derecha
1997
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5.5 In Praise of Older Women
1997
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4.8 La Celestina
1996
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10.0 Gran Slalom
1996
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4.6 The Seducer
1995
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6.0 King of the River
1995
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5.3 Suspiros de España (y Portugal)
1995
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8.0 La mujer cualquiera
1994
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5.4 Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
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6.7 Belle Époque
1992
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5.3 Chechu and Family
1992
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8.0
La mujer infiel
1990
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5.0 Blood and Sand
1989
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6.2 The Flight of the Dove
1989
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4.1 Little Spanish Soldier
1988
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5.3 Pasodoble
1988
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5.8 Moors and Christians
1987
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7.0 The Enchanted Forest
1987
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6.3 The Impeccable Sinner
1987
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6.0 Year of Enlightment
1986
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5.6 The Court of the Pharaoh
1985
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6.7 The Heifer
1985
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6.2 National III
1982
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3.5 Airlift
1981
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7.0 127 millones libres de impuestos
1981
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7.1 National Heritage
1981
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6.0 La familia bien, gracias
1979
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6.0 Honey
1979
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5.5 A Man Called Autumn Flower
1978
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6.8 The National Shotgun
1978
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6.2 Bye Bye Monkey
1978
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4.7 Una noche embarazosa
1977
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5.4 My Daughter Hildegart
1977
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6.2 The Last Woman
1976
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5.6 Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!
1975
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6.5 Cousin Angelica
1974
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5.5 Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974
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6.9 Anna and the Wolves
1973
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7.1 La Grande Bouffe
1973
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4.9 Tarot
1973
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6.3 A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
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6.5 The Audience
1972
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8.5 La cera virgen
1972
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6.2 In the Eye of the Hurricane
1971
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6.1 The Garden of Delights
1970
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6.0 Las secretas intenciones
1970
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6.4 Honeycomb
1969
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4.5 Tuset Street
1968
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6.6 Peppermint Frappé
1967
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6.0 The Seventh Floor
1967
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6.5 Controsesso
1964
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7.3 The Ape Woman
1964
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5.5 Un rincón para querernos
1964
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7.6 The Executioner
1963
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6.5 Death and the Lumberjack
1963
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6.5 The Conjugal Bed
1963
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4.2 The Four Truths
1962
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7.7 Placido
1962
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10.0 The Secret of the Blue Men
1961
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6.8 The Wheelchair
1960
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6.6 How Good the Whites Are
1988
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7.0 La adúltera
1975
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5.5 Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
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5.6 The Challenges
1969
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7.0 The Man with the Balloons
1967
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6.4 Kiss the Other Sheik
1965
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9.0 A Perfect Couple
1998
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6.7 Ay, Carmela!
1990
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6.6 Hay que deshacer la casa
1986
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6.3 El divorcio que viene
1980
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7.0 La revolución matrimonial
1974
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8.0 Fischia Il Sesso
1974
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5.8 It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
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6.4 Run for Your Wife
1965
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7.6 Mafioso
1962
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5.8 The Anchorite
1976
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5.7 Life Size
1974
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6.0 Long Live the Bride and Groom
1970
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6.4 Las pirañas
1967
People data: TMDb.
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