Gonzalo Sanchez Salas, is a Spanish

Spain

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Child actor

The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...

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He was discovered by Ivan Noël, a French movie director, speaking to the public and making jokes in a butcher shop. Invited to study drama at Noël's school he was selected among hundreds of other boys to act in the 2007 movie En tu ausencia

En tu ausencia

En tu ausencia is a 2008 Spanish drama film written and directed by Iván Noel.-Plot:Pablo is a young boy living in a small, tight-knit village in the Andalusian countruside of Southern Spain. He has recently lost his father in a tragic accident and his only friend is an older teenaged girl named...

. He also played songs that were used in the movie's sound track. Like the other actors that acted in this movie, Gonzalo Sanchez Salas lives in the village where the film was shot.

The movie was selected for exhibition at the 2008 Vancouver International Film Festival and 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival.