A day in the life of Azucena, who is running out of time to keep herself and her family from being evicted; Rafael, a lawyer who sets out to reunite a mother with her daughter; and Teodora, a sick old woman who searches for her long-lost son before it is too late.Read More »
Penélope Cruz
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Juan Diego Botto – En los márgenes AKA On the Fringe (2022) (HD)
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Fernando Trueba – Belle epoque AKA The Age of Beauty (1992)
1991-2000ComedyFernando TruebaRomanceSpainSynopsis:
In 1931, a young soldier (Fernando) deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner (Manolo) due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters (Rocio, Violeta, Clara and Luz). Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.Read More » -
Olivier Assayas – Wasp Network (2019)
2011-2020DramaOlivier AssayasSpainQuote:
Based on a true and gripping story: Cuban spies infiltrate exile groups in the 1990s to stop terrorism against the island, but at a high personal cost.Read More » -
Pedro Almodóvar – Los abrazos rotos AKA Broken Embraces (2009)
2001-2010DramaPedro AlmodóvarSpainReview from DVDTalk
THE FILM
For his 17th film, Pedro Almodovar doesn’t exactly break new ground with “Broken Embraces,” instead fine-tuning his gifts and decadent cinematic appetites to a satisfying routine. A spiraling, sensual story of noirish obsession and paranoia, “Embraces” is a riveting sit, due in great part to the filmmaker’s incredible storytelling gifts, and the cast, who articulate a dreamy series of toxic encounters with sniper-like precision, tightening Almodovar’s noose with exceptional skill.Read More » -
Alejandro Amenábar – Abre los ojos AKA Open Your Eyes (1997)
1991-2000Alejandro AmenábarSci-FiSpainThrillerWhat is waking? What is dream? What is reality? What is fantasy? What is sanity? What is madness?
Such questions pervade “Open Your Eyes,” a psychological thriller directed by Alejandro Amenabar. “Open Your Eyes,” which darts among such relative novelties as virtual reality and cryogenics, is at bottom a retelling of the story of Job for a vain, materialistic, selfish age.
Handsomely filmed in Madrid with an attractive cast, this Spanish feature is unlikely to satisfy those who insist on linear storytelling and pat endings. But in its deliberately vexing way, “Open Your Eyes” is a film with enough intellectual meat on its stylish bones to give more adventurous moviegoers something to chew on afterward.Read More »