Released Date:
1980-07-04
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy, Spain, West Germany
Runtime:
98 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (207 Reviews)
Director:
Salvatore SamperiBarbara Alberti
Amedeo Pagani
Umberto Saba (novel)
Salvatore Samperi
Triest in the year 1911. Ernesto is the priviliged, seventeen year old son of a jewish mother and a non-jewish father, who has deserted his family. He is raised by his uncle Giovanni and his moaning aunt Regina, who send him to work at the office of a trading company. Ernesto doesn't take his new job very serious, he wants to become a violin player. One day when he is alone in the storage, he is approached by a young stablehand, to whom he has given working orders before. They agree to meet. Ernesto is very aware of the sexual intentions of the man. He is curious and starts having sex with the man frequently. But after an overwhelming heterosexual experience with a prostitute, he decides to avoid any further contact with the man. He quits his job and concentrates on studying the violin. During a concert, Ernesto meets a 15 year old violin player of classic beauty called Emilio. The two boys start an intense friendship that is troubled by jealousy and possessiveness. Untill Emilio introduces Ernesto to his twin sister Rachele. Then Ernesto becomes insecure and confused. Does he want the brother or the sister?
Released Date:
1985-10-03
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
105 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (605 Reviews)
Director:
Mario CamusGenres:
DramaCamilo Josè Cela (novel)
Josè Luis Dibildos
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
Released Date:
2000-06-30
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (1525 Reviews)
Yolanda Garcèa Serrano
Juan Luis Iborra
The title refers to Madrid's central square (from which all distances within Spain are measured). Zero may also describe the state of the lives of 14 strangers. The stories of these fourteen collide at this meeting point on a sultry August afternoon. Mistaken identities and second chances are among the results of this comedy of errors featuring, among other characters, a horny & gay university student, an internet-love seeker flamenco dancer, a macho but lovelorn gigolo, an actress, and a businessman starved for new sexual experiences.
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