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The architect, a contemporary master, Renzo Piano. The filmmaker, another contemporary master, Carlos Saura.Read More »

Despite the title, there ain’t no Victor Von Frankenstein nor his patchwork of a monster in this film! A man suffers from the curse of lyncanthropy and seeks out the aid of a German doctor and his wife who are experts in the occult. Unknowingly, the cursed man has summoned two vampires instead, who have plans of their own for the werewolf.Read More »

Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they go on a risky voyage to the Costa del Sol at the south of Spain. Making stop in Madrid they search for inducement, work and independence.Read More »

The Crime of Cuenca is a Spanish drama film, directed by Pilar Miró and based on historical facts from the early 20th century in the Spanish province of Cuenca. On 21 August 1910, in the small town of Osa de la Vega, in the province of Cuenca, Jose Maria Grimaldos, known as «El Cepa», is seen on the road to the nearby village of Tresjuncos and then disappears. His family fears foul play and reports it to the Guardia Civil (rural police). In the subsequent judicial investigation the family and others express their suspicions that two men, Gregorio Valero and Leon Sanchez had killed him for his money. This first case was closed in September 1911 with no convictions.Read More »

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The life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.Read More »

Rodolfo lives an empty, cold existence next to his second wife. While his first wife Graciela and their teenage daughter Ana go through decisive moments in their lives, Rodolfo will discreetly try to make his way back to them after abandoning them ten years earlier. 3 is a comedy centered on three characters condemned to the same absurd destiny: to be a family.

Not a very ambitious movie, but it’s cute. It was being written by him, Gonzalo Delgado and Juan Pablo Rebella when the latter committed suicide in 2005.Read More »

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This is a documentary about drag queens and transsexuals in Madrid.
This is the story of real people: Lorenzo, Rene, Jose Antonio, Paco, Juan and Jose, told by themselves. Sometimes funny, other dramatic, often pathetic, and how and why they became Lorena, Renee, Mayte, Eve, Tamara and Jhosette.Read More »

Experimental film made by painting directly onto the film strip using ink, pens, sand, etc., with no camera. A film that decisively renews the tradition of painting on film. It is an abstract, silent film, with no unifying plot line, in which the only characters are forms and colours.Read More »

Private eye Al Crosby is paid by millionaire Harry Feldman to take his place at a meeting with Emilio, a gangster. He is drugged and photographed in compromising positions by two hookers, Suzy and Bijou, then he is nearly killed by Mrs. Feldman. Al tries to blackmail Mrs. Feldman, and he is beaten up by three women and forced to tell of Harry’s whereabouts, leading to Harry’s murder. Al enlists the help of Harry’s mistress, Coco, plus Suzy and Bijou whom Al gets out of prison, to expose Mrs Feldman as having inherited money by devious ways and being a brothel owner. The woman then offers them cash and tickets to Mexico in return for their help in setting up a forth man.Read More »