Released Date:
1977-10-08
Languages:
French, Spanish
Countries:
France, Spain
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(13597 Reviews)
Director:
Luis BuèuelLuis Buèuel (scenario)
Jean-Claude Carrière (collaboration)
Pierre Louès (inspired by the book "La femme et le pantin")
Just after boarding a train, much to the surprise of his fellow passengers, a man pours a bucket of water over a young girl on the platform. Over the next few hours he explains (and we see in flashback) how he became obsessed by her (so much so that he failed to notice that she was played by two different actresses, representing different sides of her personality), and how she tantalised him, but would never allow him to satisfy his desire for her...
Released Date:
1979-09-28
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy, Spain
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (417 Reviews)
Director:
Gillo PontecorvoGiorgio Arlorio
Ugo Pirro
Gillo Pontecorvo
Julen Aguirre (book)
As 1973 winds down, Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Opposition parties are forbidden; labor movements are repressed; and Basque nationalists are mercilessly hunted down. The caudillo is aging, though, and the continuity of the règime is in question. One man has the trust of Franco, enough authority and experience to assume the leadership, and an impeccable track record as to dealing with enemies of the State: admiral Carrero Blanco. For the embattled clandestine Basque organization ETA, Carrero Blanco must be brought down. Daring plans are made, requiring a meticulous execution...
Released Date:
1990-04-26
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
98 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (253 Reviews)
Director:
Jaime ChèvarriGenres:
MusicalJaime Chèvarri (dialogue)
Fernando Colomo (dialogue)
Lèzaro Irazèbal (dialogue)
Lèzaro Irazèbal (story)
Antonio Larreta (story)
In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge.
Released Date:
1991-12-22
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
200 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (1681 Reviews)
Director:
Lamberto BavaFrancesca Melandri (story)
Gianni Romoli (story)
Italo Calvino (short story "Fanta-Ghirè
persona bella")
During archery in a wood Princess Fantaghiro is discovered by the hostile king's son Romualdo. He is able to take a short look at her before she can escape and immediately falls in love with the unknown beauty. When Romulado challenges her father for a duel to end the bloody war between their people Fantaghiro is send out to fight him due to a prophecy. As Romualdo sees her dressed as a man he believes to recognize his beloved. So he tries everything to discover wether she is a man or a woman and prevent the duel. Fantaghiro starts to fall in love with him, too, but her sense of duty is strong. Will love bring them together or will it end as a tragedy?
Released Date:
1998-01-16
Languages:
Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian
Countries:
Spain, France
Runtime:
103 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (21424 Reviews)
Director:
Pedro AlmodèvarPedro Almodèvar
Jorge Guerricaechevarrèa
Ray Loriga
Ruth Rendell (novel)
Pizza delivery man Victor is having an argument with Elena, whom he met a few days ago, but she was high then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David and older Sancho, arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off.. Four years later David is a wheelchair basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again.
Released Date:
1999-01-15
Languages:
Spanish, French
Countries:
Argentina, France, Netherlands, Spain
Runtime:
90 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (500 Reviews)
Director:
Alejandro AgrestiReleased Date:
2009-09-25
Languages:
Sicilian, Italian, English
Countries:
Italy, France
Runtime:
163 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (4903 Reviews)
Director:
Giuseppe TornatoreThe film begins in the 1920's, in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (a.k.a. Baaria) where Giuseppe "Peppino" Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next 50 years Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl (Mannina), has children and forges a political career for himself.
Released Date:
2012-05-03
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Mexico, Spain, Denmark, USA
Runtime:
90 min
IMDB Ratings:
(633 Reviews)
Director:
Henning CarlsenJean-Claude Carrière (screenplay)
Gabriel Garcèa Mèrquez (based on the novel by)
Henning Carlsen (screenplay)
Chronicles the romantic enchantment of a 90 year old reporter with a girl 70 years younger than himself.
Released Date:
2012-09-28
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain, Belgium, France
Runtime:
104 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (7074 Reviews)
Director:
Pablo BergerA band of bullfighting dwarfs save the life of a young woman with amnesia. They end up taking her under their wing when they find out that she has seemingly natural skills as a bullfighter, upon which they can capitalize not only for their act but for her own personal gain. As she does not know her name or background, the dwarfs coin her Blancanieves, after the famed fairy tale. What they are all unaware of is that she is really Carmen, the daughter of the once great matador, Antonio Villalta. On the day Carmen was born, her father suffered a career ending accident, and her mother died in childbirth. Her father quickly remarried his nurse, the evil Encarna. Although raised by her grandmother during her early years, Carmen, following the death of her grandmother, went to live with Encarna while an adolescent, Encarna who treated her as a slave. Carmen eventually found her disabled father, who was hidden away and treated poorly by Encarna. In the meantime, Encarna was cavorting with the household chauffeur while living off her husband's riches. Antonio did pass along to Carmen the art of bullfighting. As Blancanieves teeters on the brink of fame as a matador, her life may be placed in jeopardy if Encarna learns who she is, as Encarna believed Carmen was dead since she was the one who ordered her murder at the hands of the chauffeur.
Released Date:
2013-02-08
Languages:
Polish, Spanish
Countries:
Poland, Spain
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.3 (319 Reviews)
Director:
Jacek BorcuchLASTING is an emotional love story about Michal and Karina, a pair of Polish students who meet and fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare brutally breaks into their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos.
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