Benito Zambrano (

Lebrija Lebrija () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Andalusia, most specifically in the Province of Sevilla. It straddles the left bank of the Guadalquivir river, and the eastern edge of the marshes known as La ...

, 20 March 1965), is an awarded Spanish

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and

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. His film ''

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'' was screened in the

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section at the

2005 Cannes Film Festival The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film '' L'Enfant'' by Dardenne brothers ...

. He studied at Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television in

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Filmography

* ''Melli'' 1990 (short film) * ''Un niño mal nacido'' 1989 (short film) * ''¿Quién soy yo?'' 1988 (short film) * ''La última humillación'' 1987 (short film) * ''¿Para qué sirve un río?'' 1991 * ''Los que se quedaron'' 1993 * ''El encanto de la luna llena'' 1995 * '' Solas'' 1998 * ''Padre Coraje'' 2002 (tv miniserie) * ''

'' 2005 * '' La voz dormida'' (''The Sleeping Voice'') 2011 * '' Intemperie'' (''Out in the Open'')'' 2019 * '' Pan de limón con semillas de amapola'' (''Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake'') 2021

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zambrano, Benito 1965 births Living people People from Lebrija Spanish male screenwriters Spanish film directors Film directors from Andalusia 21st-century Spanish screenwriters