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Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Biography

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Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress.

Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004).

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Shadows of the Self: Unraveling the Haunting Craft of *The Machinist*

on The Machinist | Jul 16, 2025

In The Machinist (2004), director Brad Anderson crafts a psychological labyrinth that burrows into the fractured psyche of Trevor Reznik, portrayed with harrowing intensity by Christian Bale. The film... Read more

Almodóvar’s Lush Tapestry of Motherhood and Memory

on Parallel Mothers | Jun 07, 2025

Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers is a film that throbs with life messy, unpredictable, and vibrantly human. At 72, the Spanish auteur has lost none of his flair for melodrama, nor his ability to wea... Read more

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