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Televisión Española
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
In an isolated village in Extremadura (Spain), the Jiménez and Fuentes families have a violent history of land disputes, jealousy, envy, and violence. The matriarch of one of two feuding clans presses her family to avenge real and imagined injustices. Based on events which took place in Puerto Hurraco, a village in Benquerencia de la Serena municipality in the Province of Badajoz, Spain on August 26, 1990.
5) La frontera
Publisher
Terra Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
During the military dictatorship of Chile, Ramiro Orellana is sentenced to internal exile. La frontera is a desolate land inhabited by castaways whose lives are made of dreams and frustrations. Through his odyssey, Ramiro begins to find himself and to question his own personal frontiers.
6) El abuelo
Publisher
Distribuido por Distrimax
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Español
Description
When news of his son's death brings old Count Albrit home to Spain after years abroad, he's pleased to meet his two charming young granddaughters. But one of the girls is not his son's daughter, and therefore not his true heir. The determined Count sets out to discover which granddaughter is worthy of his love and name.
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Español
Description
This historically accurate mini series, based on the life of the sixteenth century nun and mystic writer, Santa Teresa de Jesús (sometimes called Santa Teresa de Avila), offers an account of the times when this mystic nun was setting up Carmelite monasteries in the deepest depths of the interior of Spain. It follows her life from the time Teresa was about 23 to her death in 1852.
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
Español
Description
This mini-series, based on the life of the sixteenth century nun and mystic writer, Santa Teresa de Jesús (sometimes called Santa Teresa de Avila), offers an account of the times when this mystic nun was setting up Carmelite monasteries in the deepest depths of the interior of Spain. It follows her life from the time Teresa was about 23 to her death in 1852.
9) Carmen
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
During a trip to Spain, French writer Prosper Mérimée witnesses a fascinating story. Carmen has the nature of a free and enigmatic person. Her beauty inspires his characters and passion. Sergeant Jose becomes a victim and hero of extraordinary events, and has a turbulent love affair with Carmen. With each new lover Carmen takes, Jose becomes more jealous and steps toward a life of crime. After killing the latest lover, he tries to get away and start...
10) Obra maestra
Publisher
Lolafilms Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Español
Description
Benito and Carolo are two passionate film enthusiasts. Through film, they escape their miserable everyday existence. They decide to shoot their own film, a musical, and they try to convince Amanda, a famous movie star to star in their work. When she refuses, they kidnap her.
11) Biutiful
Language
Español
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Description
"Biutiful" takes place in grimy and crowded parts of Barcelona that are a world away from that city's tourist attractions. Uxbal is a midlevel mobster, in charge of Chinese sweatshop workers making counterfeit watches and bags, and the African vendors who sell them. He collects and dispenses money, and runs interference with the cops. He also has two young children, a mentally unstable former wife, and a terminal illness. He is trying, despite his...
Publisher
Lolafilms Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
Luna earns a living the only way she knows how: by playing poker. Her talent has taken her to the top of a profession dominated by men, and she becomes the lead player in a special game in which the stakes are much higher than a big stack of chips.
14) A perfect day
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's just another day on the job for a band of badass combat zone rescue workers as they defy death and confront war's absurdities. The setting is 1995, somewhere in the Balkans. Over the course of 24 breathless hours, Mambru leads his team of humanitarians, including hard-bitten, wisecracking veteran B and new recruit Sophie, as they deal with a most unexpected crisis, layers of bureaucratic red tape, and the reappearance of Mambru's old flame.
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Language
Español
Description
Fernando, a respected university professor, and Lili, his devoted wife, have lived happily together in Buenos Aires for many years. Without warning, they find their comfortable life threatened when Fernando is forced into early retirement as a result of Argentina's economic crisis. Facing an uncertain future, the couple relocates to the countryside where they bravely set out on a new chapter of their lives.
16) Truman
Publisher
Filmrise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Julián has decided to forgo treatment and spend his final days tying up loose ends. When childhood friend Tomás pays his ailing friend an unexpected visit, he quickly realizes he won't be able to change Julián's mind. In what will be their final reunion, the two friends set out to finalize Julián's funeral arrangements, settle his accounts and, most importantly, find a home for his beloved dog, Truman.