Carmen Machi It is today one of the most valued actresses in our country and its career has been a cluster of merits in comedy and drama. Since he debuted in 1999 in ‘Hands to work’ he has traveled some of the most significant projects in Spanish fiction, such as ‘Talk to her’ or ‘My great night’. But there is a key year in his career for the change of rank that he assumed and that has placed it at the head of the most valued and more successful national interpreters.
In 2014 Carmen Machi left behind the series of her life. He closed the door to ‘Aída’ with such a special affection that this 2025 has shot the film ‘Aída y Vuelta’. But A film also premiered without which Spanish comedy cannot be understood in the rooms. It is the highest grossing hit of Spanish cinema and a turning point in his career and is so good that he endures seconds viewed with a fresh and very alive comic tone. If you are still one of the few spectators who have not seen it, this is the reminder you need to see ‘eight Basque surnames’.
Carmen Machi’s most popular and fun comedy movie that marked a before and after in her career
When Borja Cobeaga and Diego San José (‘Celeste’) devised the script of ‘Eight Basque surnames’ threw themselves to the adventure of making comedy of cultural differences between Spanish autonomous communities. Emilio Martínez-Lázaro knew how KElejalde, Carmen Machi, Clara Lago and a debutant Dani Rovira that he had a lot to contribute as an actor after an extensive tour as a monologist.
The Malagueño gave life to Rafa, Andalusian of pure strain, who does not like commitment. But everything changes when he crosses with Amaia (Lake), a Basque girl from whom he falls in love and ends up looking for her in her town. What he does not imagine is that, once there, he will have to help Amaia cover that his fiance leaves her lying. Thus, it is made through such antxon, having to hide before the young woman’s father, Koldo (Elejalde), all her Andalusian character and impersonate Basque. Luckily, he will have the help of Merche (Machi), who will not hesitate to play another Basque named Anne to make the cover stronger. All tangles that occur below are fresh, genuinely fun and serve to make a portrait of diversity and twinning between national cultures.
- The film was an incontestable success, closing the year with almost 10 million viewers who were laughing at the rooms and about 60 million collection, which placed the four main actors as the highest grossing of Spanish cinema until the arrival of the saga ‘Father there is only one’. The point is that ‘Eight Basque surnames’ also changed the treatment of comedies in awards seasonssince he got 5 nominations for the Goya, winning 3 categories, so Elejalde, Machi and Rovira took their respective ‘big heads’ home. Therefore, Carmen Machi received her first (and until the only moment) Goya for ‘Eight Basque Surnames’the only gallon that was missing to be considered one of the best actresses of his generation. And best of all, you can check it whenever you want Enjoying ‘eight Basque surnames’ in streaming, since it is available on Skyshowtime, Prime Video, Netflix and Max and, therefore, also to whom it has this last platform through Movistar Plus+.
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Nora Cámara graduated in journalism and audiovisual communication at the Carlos III University in Madrid in 2015, where he defined his passion for film and television content. He continued his specialization in these subjects with various television script formations and film criticism, leading him to improve his experience in the magazines of the Hearst Teleprogram, SuperTele and Telenovela group, before his arrival ten minutes, two years ago.
