Men battle for power, and leadership in a South American country. Women are both part of their concept of power, and riches. Read More »
Tag Archives: spanish
Letters from Marusia (1976) Miguel Littin, Gian Maria Volontè, Diana Bracho, Claudio Obregón
In the late 19th and early 20th century, working conditions in Chile are abysmal. Read More »
The Benny Goodman Story (1956) Valentine Davies, Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten
Bio of swing band leader ‘Benny Goodman’ from age 10 (1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938. Read More »
Leones (2012) Jazmín López, Julia Volpato, Pablo Sigal, Macarena del Corro
Taking a nap in the middle of the woods after walking by herself, young adult Isa awakens to meet up with fellow young adult friends Arturo, Felix, Niki and Sofi Read More »
Lorca: Death of a Poet (1987) Juan Antonio Bardem, Nickolas Grace, Antonio Iranzo, Francisco Jarque
Biography of the Spanish poet and playwright Lorca, who was executed by followers of Franco in 1936. Read More »
Half a Sixpence (1967) George Sidney, Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, Cyril Ritchard
Arthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile Read More »
El pendiente (1951) León Klimovsky, Graciliano Batista, María Esther Buschiazzo, Héctor Calcaño
Under the threat of blackmail, a young woman visits an ex-lover, only to discover that he’s been murdered and the blame rests upon her. Read More »
The Black Vampire (1953) Román Viñoly Barreto, Olga Zubarry, Roberto Escalada, Nathán Pinzón
This clever “feminist” reworking of Fritz Lang’s classic M focuses on the mothers of children stalked by a deranged pedophile. Read More »
El Suavecito (1951) Fernando Méndez, Víctor Parra, Aurora Segura, Dagoberto Rodríguez
The playboy Roberto “El Suavecito” takes very comfortable working relationship with Lupita, despite his constant infidelities. Read More »
For Love of Ivy (1968) Daniel Mann, Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges
A white family has had the same black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon Read More »
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) Gordon Douglas, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready
When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. Read More »
The Future Is Woman (1984) Marco Ferreri, Ornella Muti, Hanna Schygulla, Niels Arestrup
The story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for a while Read More »
Victims of Sin (1951) Emilio Fernández, Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta
In México City, a Cuban dancer from “Cabaret Changó” rescues a baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco pimp gets in her way. Read More »
Tlayucan (1962) Luis Alcoriza, Julio Aldama, Norma Angélica, Andrés Soler
A man becomes a thief out of desperation. If his identity becomes known, his neighbors might lynch him. Read More »
Bedazzled (1967) Stanley Donen, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron
Stanley is a short order cook, infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works at Wimpy Bar with him. Read More »