Synopsis
Documentary about the bullfighter ‘José Gómez’ alias ‘Joselito’, who died in the bull ring of Talavera de la Reina.
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Spain
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José Gaspar – Joselito o La vida y muerte de un matador AKA Joselito or The Life and Death of a Matador (1920)
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Rodjara – Dimorfo AKA Dimorphic (1980)
1971-1980CampCultQueer Cinema(s)RodjaraSpainQuote:
This is one of the most weird, bizarre and oscure movies from Spain. Very hard to find nowadays and a total masterpiece for the collectors of hidden spanish gems.The plot is about a man, Salomon, living in a hermit in the forest. He scaped from a concentration nazi camp and falls in a house in the middle of the mountains where a strange family lives there.
Illness, Sex, Homosexuality, rape, violence… rated “S” in Spain in those years.
The quality is very good and this is the uncut version, 95 minutes. Only for lovers of strange movies.Read More »
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Antonio D’Agostino – Eva man (Due sessi in uno) [Uncut XXX Version] (1980)
1971-1980Antonio D'AgostinoEroticaExploitationQueer Cinema(s)SpainQuote:
Beautiful Eva, hermaphrodite from birth, with clear signs of both sexes, under the strict guidance of his uncle, Professor, masters the secrets of sexual energy, which give the possibility of a Superman. But an angry gangster steals it, with the help of a doctor-villain to move into the body of eve and take over the world. He tries to prevent his rival, who is going to deprive the girl masculinity and thus not to let it turn into Superman…Read More » -
Jesus Franco – Botas negras, látigo de cuero (1983)
Jesus Franco1981-1990CultExploitationSpainQuote:
Private eye Al Pereira was one of Jess Franco’s recurring characters – in fact, maybe his only recurring hero. A genuine noir type who always accepts cases he should have let pass, who always loses his heart to the wrong floozy fatales, who usually comes out of a case worse than he went in, he was introduced in 1962’s “077 Operacion Jamaique” with Conrado San Martin playing the part. Then Eddie Constantine took Al around the block in 1965’s “Attack of the Robots,” followed by Howard Vernon in 1972’s “Les Ebranlées” and Olivier Mathot in 1975’s “Midnight Party.” After two test drives as a similar character named Al Crosby in “La chica de las bragas transparentes” (1981) and “La noche de los sexos abiertos” (1983), Antonio Mayans resurrected the role and became its definitive interpreter in this movie. It was followed by four other adventures – the last being Franco’s very last film, the recently released “Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies” (2013).Read More » -
Manuel Mur Oti – Cielo negro AKA Black Sky (1951) (HD)
Manuel Mur Oti1951-1960DramaSpainSpanish cinema under FrancoA woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time she falls in love with a bohemian man.Read More »
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Eloy de la Iglesia – Nadie oyó gritar AKA No One Heard the Scream (1973) (HD)
Eloy de la Iglesia1971-1980SpainSpanish cinema under FrancoThrillerA high-class call girl witnesses her neighbor disposing of his wife’s body. The man kidnaps her and forces her to help him. An unexpected relationship develops.Read More »
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Ignacio F. Iquino – Los violadores del amanecer AKA The Dawn Rapists (1978)
1971-1980CrimeIgnacio F. IquinoSpainThrillerIMDb review:
Although it isn’t too surprising that “Rapists At Dawn” is banned in it’s native land, I’m not sure why it isn’t available elsewhere. It’s counterparts, like “Last House On the Left,” “House On the Edge of the Park” and “I Spit On Your Grave” etc are out there for commercial consumption. What makes Dawn more disturbing isn’t the graphic nature, as the film never ventures into hardcore territory; but the sheer amount of rape and violence. This is one nihilistic and angry film. The four youths depicted are like a gang of hyenas, raping and beating random women with utterly no sense of guilt or remorse. And it just goes on and on. Read More » -
Víctor Moreno – La ciudad oculta AKA The Hidden City (2018)
2011-2020DocumentaryExperimentalSpainVíctor MorenoThis descent into the mysterious world beneath the city is like science fiction – a claustrophobic visual masterpiece.Read More »
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Nuria Giménez – My Mexican Bretzel (2019)
2011-2020DocumentaryExperimentalNuria GiménezSpainQuote:
My Mexican Bretzel opens with black-and-white clips of pilots during World War II in Switzerland, subtitled with excerpts from – so we are told – the diary of Vivian Barrett. She talks about herself and her husband Léon, who partly lost his hearing in an accident with his plane and could no longer fly. The couple’s glamourous life then unfolds in diary excerpts and footage shot by Léon, about whom we also learn that he developed a successful anti-depressant, and had an obsession with many different forms of transportation.Read More »