In Melo, a poor Uruguayan country village near the Brazilian border, several men earn their living from contraband, mostly transported on bicycles. Read More »
Tag Archives: spanish
The First Night (2003) Luis Alberto Restrepo, Carolina Lizarazo, John Álex Toro, Hernán Méndez, Drama
A couple of farmers have been displaced from their land, a jungle area, isolated from the world, where lived his childhood and youth Read More »
The Future (2013) Luis López Carrasco, Lucía Alonso, Rafael Ayuso Mateo, Marta Bassols, Drama, History
A group of young people dance and drink at a house. The atmosphere is festive and cheerful. Socialist victory in the general elections of 1982 seems recent. Read More »
Lorna Doone (1951) Phil Karlson, Barbara Hale, Richard Greene, Carl Benton Reid, Drama, Romance
Set in 17th century Scotland, a young woman falls in love with a humble villager whose community suffers under the rule of her despotic landowning family. Read More »
Rampage (1963) Phil Karlson, Robert Mitchum, Elsa Martinelli, Jack Hawkins, Adventure, Romance
A German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia. Read More »
We Are the Music! (1964) Rogelio Paris, Documentary
A rare panorama of Cuban music and dance from the 1960s. Featuring legendary Cuban musicians as well as vibrant spontaneous performances Read More »
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) Melville Shavelson, Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Adventure, Drama, History, War
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. Read More »
The Brink’s Job (1978) William Friedkin, Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
After a long spate of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink’s security transports, taking $30,000. Read More »
La partida / The Last Match (2013) Antonio Hens, Milton García, Reinier Díaz, Jenifer Rodríguez, Drama, Romance
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Read More »
The Tamarind Seed (1974) Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Romance, Drama, Crime
While on holiday in Barbados to recover from the lingering effects of a love affair that ended badly, Judith Farrow meets Feodor Sverdlov, a handsome Russian. Read More »
Three Sisters (1970) Laurence Olivier, John Sichel, Jeanne Watts, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Drama
Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Read More »
Little Bird (1997) Carlos Saura, Francisco Rabal, Alejandro Martínez, Dafne Fernández, Drama
Manu, who just turned ten, makes his first trip to Murcia to spend some time with his father’s family. Read More »
The Dark Night of the Soul (1989) Carlos Saura, Juan Diego, Fernando Guillén, Manuel de Blas, Drama
A fascinating study of the poet Saint John of the Cross, and his spell in solitary confinement. Read More »
Bitter Sugar (1996) Leon Ichaso, René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez, Drama, Romance
Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. Read More »
Las aventuras de Juan Quin Quin / The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin (1967) Julio García Espinosa, Júlio Martínez, Erdwin Fernández, Adelaida Raymat, Comedy
The metamorphoses of Juan Quin Quin, in turns bullfighter, guerrilla fighter and sacristan. Read More »