13-year-old Pablo is a quiet, lonely boy with a troubled past. His only friend is Julia, a shameless 15-year-old girl who is more than willing to help Pablo with his transition from childhood to adolescence Read More »
Tag Archives: Spain
Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (1966) Pino Mercanti, Lang Jeffries, José Greci, Helga Liné, Adventure
1945. After releasing two armored boxes in the bay of Istanbul, a plane crashes into a mountain. The pilot survives but goes crazy and is admitted to an asylum. Read More »
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) Sergio Leone, Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, War, Western
In Mexico at the time of the Revolution, Juan, the leader of a bandit family, meets John Mallory, an IRA explosives expert on the run from the British. Read More »
And Tomorrow? (1967) Emile Degelin, Jacques Dufilho, Claudia Bremer, Janine Bischops, Comedy
The audience witnesses Jeroom (played by Jacques Dufhilo)’s holiday adventures on the Spanish Costa Brava which are reminiscent of burlesque, silent movies and the slapstick world of Jacques Tati. Read More »
Anxiety (1998) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, José Pinto, Isabel Ruth, Drama
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. Read More »
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Drama, Romance
On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met. Read More »
Death Walks on High Heels (1971) Luciano Ercoli, Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Mystery, Thriller
A famed jewel thief named Rochard is slashed to death on a train. His daughter Nicole, a famous nightclub performer in Paris 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 »
Open Season (1974) Peter Collinson, Peter Fonda, Cornelia Sharpe, John Phillip Law, Action, Drama, Thriller
Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. Read More »
Coast of Death (2013) Lois Patiño, Manuel Barga, Emilia Demina, Jose Fabregas, Documentary, Drama, Family
Costa da Morte is a region in Galicia (Spain), which was considered as the end of the world during the Roman period. Read More »