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Tag Archives: spanish
Life Marks AKA La vida mancha (2003) Enrique Urbizu, May Pascual, Gabriel Moreno, Alfonso Torregrosa
Fito, a truck driver, and Juana, an administrative assistant, live under the heavy Read More »
Stories of the Revolution AKA Historias de la revolución (1960) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Bertina Acevedo, Enrique Fong, Miriam Gómez
A film about the Cuban Revolution told from three different perspectives. Read More »
Savage Women AKA Mujeres salvajes (1984) Gabriel Retes, Tina Romero, Jorge Santoyo, Patricia Mayers
Six women murderers escape from prison to dug out a gold treasure buried in the woods Read More »
The First Charge of the Machete AKA La primera carga al machete (1969) Manuel Octavio Gómez, Adolfo Llauradó, José Rodríguez, Idalia Anreus
The film documents an episode of the battle between Cuban rebels and the Spanish army Read More »
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings AKA Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes (1988) Fernando Birri, Daisy Granados, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Luis Alberto Ramírez
An elderly man with wings is blown off course during a tropical storm in this symbolic fantasy. Read More »
Ready, Aim, Fire! AKA Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego! (1975) Pedro Olea, Concha Velasco, Josep Maria Flotats, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Madrid, in the forties. In the post-war period, Paca, a chorus girl who aspires to enter Read More »
Patience Has a Limit, We Don’t AKA La pazienza ha un limite… noi no! (1974) Franco Ciferri, Pietro Martellanza, Sal Borgese, Rita Di Lernia
An Irish corporal in a U.S. army camp steals and hides the military’s treasure chest. Read More »
The Red Squirrel AKA La ardilla roja (1993) Julio Medem, Emma Suárez, Nancho Novo, María Barranco
Jota is about to commit suicide. As he fighting against himself, trying to jump off a bridge Read More »
A Cuban Fight Against Demons AKA Una pelea cubana contra los demonios (1972) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, José Antonio Rodríguez, Raúl Pomares, Silvano Rey
In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Read More »
Death of a Bureaucrat AKA La muerte de un burócrata (1966) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo
A Cuban worker dies accidentally and is buried together with his union card. Read More »
The Venerable Ones AKA Los venerables todos (1963) Manuel Antin, Lautaro Murúa, Fernanda Mistral, Walter Vidarte
Ismael is a shy, awkward young man who belongs to a group of conspirators. Read More »
Rage AKA Rabia (2009) Sebastián Cordero, Martina García, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Tanya De Roberto
A romantic thriller about a construction worker in hiding for killing Read More »
First Monday in October (1981) Ronald Neame, Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes
Ruth Loomis becomes the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Read More »
Roots AKA Raíces (1954) Benito Alazraki, Beatriz Flores, Juan de la Cruz, Juan Cano
Mexican and Latin-American classic. Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles’s work Read More »