
Directing
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Born
1988-01-15 (38)
Place of birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Known for
Directing
Credits
19 titles
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish director. She won the Guldbagge Award for Best Director and Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay for her 2021 film Clara Sola.
Known for
6.5In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.
Clara Sola
2021
NRA young father, takes a late night journey through the streets of New York City with his daughter to flee the toxic environment she lives in. Afraid to make a meaningful connection, he is faced with the ultimate decision of keeping her or not.
Shelter
2018
A British widower in the 1880s Pacific Northwest hires a Native American governess, educated in a Christian mission school, to teach his two daughters. While preparing the eldest for an arranged marriage, a force within her begins to awaken, threatening everything she has been taught.
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands
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6.0At fifteen, Milagros' world still revolves around her mother's affection. This summer an unexpected encounter with death will make her question their relationship, her privilege and her own existence.
Between You and Milagros
2020
2.7Where do you draw the line in terms of how much you can look after someone else? Our characters are mutually interdependent, living in a close relationship that is hard to define on the basis of stereotypical assumptions.
Not Blue
2011
5.3Seven-year-old Filip admires his older brother Sebastian most of all. They fool around, watch movies and play football together. One evening Filip happens to see something unexpected between Sebastian and his best friend and Filip doesn't know how to handle it.
Filip
2015
Behind the camera
6.5In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.
Clara Sola
2021
6.5In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.
Clara Sola
2021
NRA young father, takes a late night journey through the streets of New York City with his daughter to flee the toxic environment she lives in. Afraid to make a meaningful connection, he is faced with the ultimate decision of keeping her or not.
Shelter
2018
NRA young father, takes a late night journey through the streets of New York City with his daughter to flee the toxic environment she lives in. Afraid to make a meaningful connection, he is faced with the ultimate decision of keeping her or not.
Shelter
2018
A British widower in the 1880s Pacific Northwest hires a Native American governess, educated in a Christian mission school, to teach his two daughters. While preparing the eldest for an arranged marriage, a force within her begins to awaken, threatening everything she has been taught.
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands
—
A British widower in the 1880s Pacific Northwest hires a Native American governess, educated in a Christian mission school, to teach his two daughters. While preparing the eldest for an arranged marriage, a force within her begins to awaken, threatening everything she has been taught.
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands
—
6.0At fifteen, Milagros' world still revolves around her mother's affection. This summer an unexpected encounter with death will make her question their relationship, her privilege and her own existence.
Between You and Milagros
2020
2.7Where do you draw the line in terms of how much you can look after someone else? Our characters are mutually interdependent, living in a close relationship that is hard to define on the basis of stereotypical assumptions.
Not Blue
2011
2.7Where do you draw the line in terms of how much you can look after someone else? Our characters are mutually interdependent, living in a close relationship that is hard to define on the basis of stereotypical assumptions.
Not Blue
2011
2.7Where do you draw the line in terms of how much you can look after someone else? Our characters are mutually interdependent, living in a close relationship that is hard to define on the basis of stereotypical assumptions.
Not Blue
2011
5.3Seven-year-old Filip admires his older brother Sebastian most of all. They fool around, watch movies and play football together. One evening Filip happens to see something unexpected between Sebastian and his best friend and Filip doesn't know how to handle it.
Filip
2015
5.3Seven-year-old Filip admires his older brother Sebastian most of all. They fool around, watch movies and play football together. One evening Filip happens to see something unexpected between Sebastian and his best friend and Filip doesn't know how to handle it.
Filip
2015
4.2The summer sun sets in rural Appalachia as twelve year old Cadie and her neighbor, Sarah, redefine their friendship in the eve of burgeoning sexuality.
Molt
2018
No synopsis available yet.
Shelter
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NRSanna is forced to take care of his little brother when their mother is emotionally unavailable.
Letting Go
2016
NRSanna is forced to take care of his little brother when their mother is emotionally unavailable.
Letting Go
2016
4.2Witness and explore a whole range of emotions and desires in this series of stories about the lesbian experience. From rediscovering a lost parent in Israel, coming of age in rural Appalachia, finding love in friendship through meditation and imagination, to fending off the competition in a boot-making contest in New Mexico - what Upon Her Lips proves is that variety is the spice of life.
Upon Her Lips: Heartbeats
2021
3.0During a family party in the countryside, we follow Nia and her cousin Teo, whose relationship balances on the edge of what is considered normative. A film about power, sexuality, love and the urge to explore.
Asunder
2015
1.0Get ready to explore a dizzying confection of Swedish life and love spanning all shades of the gay experience, from childhood confusion to a teen's coming out, a trio of friends in a three-way relationship, a mother trying to connect with her deaf son and a heterosexual ghost from a homosexual past. The 7 short films are: Coming Out [Komma ut] (2011); Polly (2017); Filip (2015); No Breaks [När bromsvajern släpper] (2008); The Memory of You [Minnet av dig] (2015); Distances [Bortom] (2014); Stockholm Daybreak [Gryning] (2013).
The Swedish Boys
2020
