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Spanish Films
Films are listed alphabetically by the first word of the film's
English title, but the Spanish title is also listed. If you cannot
find what you are looking for, ask an LTC employee for assistance.
You can search for more information about a particular film using
a very helpful and resource, the Internet
Movie Database. (Clicking will open it in a new window). Films
are subtitled in English unless otherwise noted. To recommend
a Spanish film that is not yet in the LTC collection, send an
email to Viktor Berberi, LTC Director: berberiv@morris.umn.edu
Title: Alborada
Director: Monica Miguel, Sergio Quintero, and Cynthia Klithbo
Starring: Lucero, Fernando Colunga, and Arturo Peniche
Year: 2005
Run Time: Disc 1: 3 hours and 44 minutes, Disc 2: 3 hours and 45 minutes, Disc 3: 3 hours and 43 minutes, Disc 4: 3 hours and 10 minutes
Summary: Hipólita Díaz is a young woman who lives in Panama with her husband, Antonio, and her mother-in-law, Adelaida. Antonio suffered from sexual abuses when he was a child, so he isn’t able to consummate his marriage. Adelaida wants to have a grandchild, as Antonio will not inherit the fortune of his uncle, Próspero, unless he sires a son. Luis Manrique y Arellano is a Mexican merchant who came to Santa Rita to close a deal under orders from his cousin Diego, the Count of Guevara, without knowing that the trip was a pretext to have him killed. When Luis is captured by Adelaida's servants while fleeing from justice, she orders him to take Antonio's place in Hipólita's bed, or she'll turn him over to the authorities.
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DVD |
Title: Alma Mia
Director: Daniel Barone
Starring: Aracelli González, Pablo Echarri, Cristina Allende, and Valeria Bertuccelli
Year: 1998
Run Time: 104 minutes
Summary: When a misunderstanding lands a woman in bed with a man who is practically a stranger (and who is engaged to someone else), all parties involved are forced to reconsider whom they are meant to be with. Directed by Daniel Barone, the Argentinean romantic comedy ALMA MIA explores the way in which three people's lives intersect in surprising yet sometimes meaningful ways
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VHS |
Title: Al Oltro Lado
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Title: Balseros
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Title: Bossa Nova
Director: Bruno Barreto
Starring:
Amy Irving and Antonio Fagundes
Year: 2000
Run Time: 95 minutes
Acclaim/Award:
Given four stars from Mademoiselle
Summary:
Set in Rio de Janeiro this is a romantic comedy that weaves
together three overlapping triangles. This film is a refreshing
look at the complexities of love.
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DVD |
Title: Buenas Noches y Buena Suerte
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Title: Buena Vista Social Club
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring:
Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades
Ochoa, Omara Portuondo and Compay Segundo
Year:
1999
Run Time: 105 minutes
Acclaim/Awards:
Grammy Award
Summary: This is guitarist
Ry Cooders celebrated album featuring the re-discovered talents
of Cuba’s foremost folk musicians. These are the astonishing
life stories of talented Cuban musicians.
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DVD |
| Title: Butterfly Spanish:
La Lengua de las mariposas
Director:
José Luis Cuerda
Starring: Fernando
Fernán Gómez, Manuel Lozano, Uxía Blanco
and Gonzalo Uriarte
Year: 1999
Run
Time: 94 minutes
Acclaim/Award:
Given four stars from the New York Daily News
Summary:
A heartwarming tale about a young boy growing up in a small
Spanish town. Civil war begins sweeping across the country and
the boy’s family and community are forced between the
fight for freedom and persecution.
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DVD |
DVD Title: El Cine más corto 1
Film Title: Madres
Director: Mario Iglesias
Starring: Isabel Rey, Paula Cortizo, Pilar Pereira, Sebas Anxo
Run Time: 23 minutes
Film Title: La China
Director: Antonia San Juan and Diego Postigo
Starring: Isabel Rey, Paula Cortizo, Pilar Pereira, Sebas Anxo
Run Time: 23 minutes
Film Title: El exterminador
Director: José Antonio Pajares Almeida
Starring: Julián Villagran Aguilar, Antonio Pérez Dechent, Ángeles Albaladejo Pérez, Rubén Tobías Cwik, Tomás Gayo Bautista, Roberto Carbonell Pardo, Beatriz Argiz Acuña, Mario Manuel Ayuso Galán
Run Time: 20 minutes
Film Title: Bota de oro
Director: José Luis Baringo
Starring: Borja Molinillo, Mohamed Tari, José Luis Santos, Vene Herrero, Pedro Cebrino, Carolina Bahamontes, Zohra El Guennouni
Run Time: 14 minutes
Film Title: El Intruso
Director: David Cánovas
Starring: José Coronado, José Luis Díaz, Joaquín Oliván, Amaranta Osorio, Julán Teurlais, Isabel Brazales, José Carlos Barrientos, Javier Nogueiras, Rosana Blanco, Ismael Luengo, Salvador Quesada, Quique, Pedro Juan Gironés, Jean Pierre Cauchi, Elisa Lázaro, Anabel Martin, Ana Caparrós, Irene Marchante
Run Time: 7 minutes
Film Title: Entre nosotros
Director: Darío Stegmayer
Starring: Ernesto Alterio, Malena Alterio, Héctor Alterio
, Mariví Bilbao
Run Time: 22 minutes
Film Title: Sofía
Director: Álvaro Brechner
Starring: Anouk Ogueta, Eloy Azorín, Ramón Barea, Saturnino Garcí, Alex O'Dobherty, Angeles Ladrón De Guevara Federico Veiroj
Run Time: 18 minutes
Film Title: Los que sueñan despiertos
Director: Félix Bizcarte
Starring: Zoe Berriatúa, Bárbara Lennie, Jimmy Barnatán, Miguel Hualde, Victor García León, Dani Castro, Jonás Rodriguez
Run Time: 20 minutes
Film Title: DVD
Director: Ciro Altabás
Starring: César Gamo, Carlos Martínez, Sara Montalvo, Valeri Arribas, Aroa Gimeno, José Antonio Gamo, Manuel Tallafé, Antonio Chamorro, Fernando Esteso
Run Time: 17 minutes
Film Title: Morir, dormir, soñar
Director: Miguel de Arco
Starring: Mirian Montilla, Ana Wagener, Blanca Apilánez, María Álvarez, Cristina Torrecilla, JosÉ Luis Martínez, Ginés G. Millán, Israel Elejalde, Francisco Ros
Year: 2006
Run
Time: 184 minutes
Acclaim/Award:
Summary:
A collection of the best Spanish film shorts, Disc 1.
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DVD |
DVD Title: El Cine más corto 2
Film Title: Con Lengua
Director: Anna Rodríguez
Starring: Paco León, Diana Gómez, Mari Paz Sayago, Paqui Montoya, Juan Carlos Sánchez
Acclaim/Award: Nuevo Talento FNAC Cortometraje 2007
Run Time: 17 minutes
Film Title: A ciegas
Director: Salvador Gómez Cuenca
Starring: Enrique Villén, Manuel Galiana, Lourdes Bartolomé, Joel Guillén, Jorge Roelas, Olaya Menéndez, Buddy
Run Time: 12 minutes
Film Title: Equipajes
Director: Toni Bestard
Starring: Natalia Mateo, Xisco Segura
Run Time: 10 minutes
Film Title: Propiedad privada
Director: Ángeles Muñiz Cachón
Starring: Natalia Dicenta, Eduardo Velasco, Sergio Moure
Run Time: 16 minutes
Film Title: El Viaje de Said
Director: Coke Riobóo
Voices: Abdeslam Bounaaja Najdi, nadia Najdi Hlal, Mohamed Chafick Ferianta, Lucía Orgega, Coke Riobóo, Regina Zerené, José Luis Martín “Juni,” Sergio Catá
Run Time: 12 minutes
Film Title: Tocata y fuga
Director: Alex O’Dogherty
Starring: Antonio Dechent, Vicente Romero, Antonia de la Torre, Cesáreo Estébanez, Alex O’Dogherty, Manolo Monteagudo, Pablo Carbonell, Jöns Pappila,
Práxedes Nieto, José María Peña, José Manuel Seda Mariano Peña
Run Time: 19 minutes
Film Title: Mi tîo Paco
Director: Tacho González
Starring: Antonio Pagudo, Natalio Concepción Romero
Run Time: 11 minutes
Film Title: Catharsis
Director: Daniel Chamorro
Starring: Ulina Am Ende, Rolf Nagel, Sara Wolff
Run Time: 10 minutes
Film Title: Carne de Neón
Director: Paco Cabezas
Starring: Óscar Jaenada, Victoria Abril, Vicente Romero, Macarena Gómez, Dámaso Conde, Ana Múgica
Run Time: 18 minutes
Film Title: Diente pour ojo
Director: Elvind Holmboe
Starring: Fele Martínez, José Angel Egido, Ivana Miño, Chema Muñoz, Ana Otero, Aida Folch, Jordi Vilches
Run Time: 20 minutes
Film Title: Temporada 92-93
Director: Alejandro Marzoa
Starring: Carlos Blanco, Miguel de Lira, Imma Ochoa, Marisa Duaso, Roger Vilà, Eduard Cazorla, Pau Cabeza, Jan Gonzàles, Gerard Torrent, Aleix Badia
Run Time: 11 minutes
Film Title: 15 Días
Director: Rodrigo Cortés
Starring: Oscar Rodríguez, Susana García Díez, José María del Rio, Álvaro Iglesias, Chiqui Sánchez, Maruja Iglesias
Run Time: 29 minutes
Year: 2007
Run Time: 185 minutes
Summary: A collection of the best Spanish film shorts, Disc 2.
Format: DVD |
DVD Title: Cortometrajes Fnac 1
Film Title: Luna
Director: Alejanro Amenábar
Starring: Nieves Herranz, Eduardo Noriega, Joserra Cadiñas
Run Time: 12 minutes
Film Title: Primer Amor
Director: José Luis Cuerda
Starring: Claudia Molina, Adrian Fernández
Run Time: 5 minutes
Film Title: Pomporrutas imperiales
Director: Fernando Colomo
Starring: Miguel Arribas, Félix Rotaeta, Carmen Maura, Miguel Ángel Requejo
Run Time: 10 minutes
Film Title: Frank Stein
Director: Iván Zulueta
Starring: N/A
Run Time: 3 minutes
Film Title: La Danza de lo gracioso
Director: Montxo Armendáriz
Voices: Luis Carmana, Manolo Monje, Julia Arranz, Ángle Sagués, Vicente Rey, Teresa Bacaicoa, Lázaro Sola, Aurora Moneo, Auzotegi Taldea
Run Time: 12 minutes
Film Title: Esposados
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadilla
Starring: Pedro M. Sanchez, Anabel Alonzo, Germán Cobos, Ursula Siemens, Mónica Pérez, Juan Franciso Exposito
Run Time: 24 minutes
Film Title: Merry Go Round (Tiovivo)
Director: Chus Gutiérrez
Starring: Eliana Kunzi, Francesco Di Malfetto
Run Time: 5 minutes
Film Title: Cerca Del Danubio
Director: Felipe Vega
Starring: N/A -- Documentary
Run Time: 25 minutes
Year: 2007
Run Time: 185 minutes
Summary: A collection of the best Spanish film shorts, Disc 2.
Format: DVD |
DVD Title: Cortometrajes Fnac 2
Film Title: Salomé
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Isabel Mestres, Fernando Hilbeck, Augustin Almodóvar
Run Time: 12 minutes
Film Title: El Sueño de la Maestra
Director: Luis García Berlanga
Starring: Luis Martín, Santiago Segura, Manuel Alexandre
Run Time: 13 minutes
Film Title: Al Fútbol
Director: José Luis Garci
Starring: N/A Documentary
Run Time: 11 minutes
Film Title: Alicia
Director: Jaume Balagueró
Starring: Ana Luna, Elena Luna, Pedro A. Seguro, Daniel Montblanc, Danae
Run Time: 8 minutes
Film Title: Masaje
Director: Iván Zulueta
Starring: N/A
Run Time: 3 minutes
Film Title: Tres en la marca
Director: Gracia Querejeta
Starring: Walter Vidatre, Manuel Pareiro
Run Time: 26 minutes
Film Title: El Secdleto de la tlompeta)
Director: Javier Fesser
Starring: Pietro Olivera, Pablo Pinedo, César Bea, Alberto Fesser, José Maria Deleyto, José Riolobos, José Moleon, Paco Cubo, Angel Rico, Juan Luis Cano, Jaime Barella, Rogelio For a, Guillermo Fesser, Antonio Fernández Santamaría, Tia Maísa, Cipriano González, Cándida Villar, Javier Jiménez, César Macarrón, Domitilo González
Run Time: 16 minutes
Film Title: Sobre el paso de dos personas unot cuantos años más tarde
Director: Marc Recha
Starring: Marc Recha, Àngels Batallé
Run Time: 6 minutes
Year: 2007
Run Time: 95 minutes
Summary: A collection of the best Spanish film shorts, Disc 2.
Format: DVD |
DVD Title: Cortometrajes Fnac 3
Film Title: Un Perro Andaluz
Director: Luis Buñuel
Starring: Simone Mareuil, Pirre Batcheff, Jaume Miravitlles, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Pancho Cossío, Juan Esplandiú
Run Time: 17 minutes
Film Title: La Suerte
Director: Mario Camus
Starring: N/A Documentary
Run Time: 11 minutes
Film Title: El León enamorado
Director: Fernando Trueba
Starring: Óscar Ladoire, Antonio Resines, Luis Manuel del Valle
Run Time: 11 minutes
Film Title: Días sin luz
Director: Jaume Balaguéro
Starring: Aleix Fors, María Bianco, P. Antonio Segura, Toñi Serrano, Joan Spin, Juan Antonio Borrella, Fernado Ramos, Elena Gloria
Run Time: 11 minutes
Film Title: Amores que matan
Director: Icíar Bollaín
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Run Time: 20 minutes
Film Title: La vida siempre es corta
Director: Miguel Albaladejo
Starring:
Run Time: 8 minutes
Film Title: Paisaje
Director: Montxo Armendáriz
Starring: Carlos Fiel, Alberto Iglesias, Lourdes Iglesias, Karmel Setien
Run Time: 14 minutes
Film Title: Loco por machín
Director: José Luis García Sánchez
Starring: Antonio Gamero, Manfred von Kata
Run Time: 12 minutes
Year: 2007
Run Time: 99 minutes
Summary: A collection of the best Spanish film shorts, Disc 2.
Format: DVD |
DVD Title: Digital Short Film Fest (DSFF) 1
Film Title: El Ataque de los Robots de Nebulosa-5
Director: Chema García Ibarra
Acclaim / Awards: Official Selection Sundance 2009
Run Time: 6.20 minutes
Film Title: Porque Hay Cosa que Nunca Se Olvidan
Director: Lucas Figueroa
Acclaim / Awards: Premios Goya 2009—Nominated for Best Short Film in Fiction
Run Time: 12 minutes
Film Title: Abimbowe
Director: Álex Montoya
Run Time: 3.20 minutes
Film Title: 18 Segundos
Director: Bruno Zacharías, Miquel de Olaso “MacGregor”
Run Time: 6.49 minutes
Film Title: Adela y Manuel
Director: Gil Romero
Run Time: 11.59 minutes
Film Title: El Círculo Goligher
Director: Jaime Herrero Llácer
Run Time: 19.13 minutes
Film Title: On the Line
Director: Jon Garaño
Run Time: 12 minutes
Film Title: Pim, Pam Pum
Director: Andoni de Carlos Yarza-Asier Urbieta
Run Time: 3 minutes
Film Title: Rutina
Director: Suda Sánchez
Run Time: 3 minutes
Film Title: The Werepig
Director: Samuel Orti Marti
Run Time: 17 minutes
Film Title: Videoclub
Director: R. Domínguez, J. Manzaneque y macgregor
Run Time: 17.2 minutes |
Title: Don Juan Tenorio
Director: Alejandro Perla
Starring: Enrique Diosdado, M. del Carmen Díaz de Mendoza, José María Rodero, Gaspar Campos
Year: 1952
Run Time: 97 minutes
Acclaim/Awards: TP de Oro: Best National Series (Mejor Serie Nacional)
Summary: need a summary
Format: DVD |
Title:2004 Exitos
Starring:
Latin singers
Year: 2004
Summary:
Latin Pop Music |
Title: The Crime of Padre Amaro
Spanish: El Crimen de Padre Amaro
Director: Carlos
Carrera
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Sancho
Gracia, Ana Claudia Talancòn, Damiàn Alcàzar
Year: 2002
Run Time: 119
minutes
Acclaim/Awards: Nominee for Best
Foreign Film, Academy Awards and Nominee for Best Foreign Language
Film, Golden Globe Awards, 2001
Summary:
Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained
priest in a small Mexican town.
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DVD |
Title: Dymanic Commercials in Spanish
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Title: El Alcalde de Zalamea: The Mayor of Zalamea
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Year: 1975
Run Time: 120 minutes
Summary: In the peripheral village of Zalamea, during the transfer of the Spanish troops to Portugal because of the ascendance of Felipe II to the Portuguese throne, the Captiain Álvaro of Ataide stays in the house of the rich farmworker Pedro Crespo; there he kidnaps and seduces by force Crespo's youngest daughter Isabel, while her father is abandoned in the mountain, gagged and tied to a tree.
Format: DVD |
Title: ¿ Es Usted el asesino ?
Directors: Narciso Ibañez Menta, Manuel Ripoli
Starring: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, José María Caffarel, Estanis González, Lorenzo Ramírez, Héctor Quiroga, José Orjas, María Jesús Lara, Mercedes Brranco, Serafín García Vázquez, Marga de los Llanos, Nieves Salcedo
Year: 1967
Run Time: 453 minutes
Acclaim/Awards: TP de Oro: Best National Series (Mejor Serie Nacional)
Summary: An important businessman is murdered when he leaves his lover's house. Before this death the city knew about other two similar crimes..
Format: DVD |
Title: Exciting Commercials in Spanish
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Starring: Charmin, Walt Disney, Ford, Dawn, Top Latin Singers...
Year: 2006
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Summary: Current footage featuring ads for Hertz, Glad, Bally's, Lowe's, Allstate, Downy, Volkswagen, Charmin, Magazine, Cingular, Crest, Walt Disney, Zest, Bounty, Ford Truck, One Earth, Pepsi, ESPN, Toyota, Mylanta, Head and Shoulders, Tide, Western Union, Dawn, and Verison Wireless, Top Latin Singers, and Secret Body Spray. Regular speed as seen on television, slowed down by 15% for easier comprehension and pronunciation, and both speeds shown with or without subtitles in Spanish, for simultaneous auditory and visual comprehension.
Format: DVD |
Title: La Fea más Bella
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Starring: Angélica Vale, Jaime Camil and Patricia Navidad
Year:2006
Run Time: 950 minutes
Summary:Lety is modest, shy, romantic and intelligent, but not good looking. With her parents' help (Erasmo and Julieta) she has managed to study economics and has earned a graduate degree with honors in finance. Her only friend and confidant is Tomás, with whom she shares her troubles and her joys. They offer each other mutual support. For Lety, being unattractive has never been an obstacle in her determination to get ahead. Sadly, she discovers that all her university achievements are not enough; she is rejected as an executive because of her looks. But she needs to work, and she accepts a job she is overqualified for — as a secretary at "Conceptos," a prominent fashion house. This is a four disc television series.
Format: DVD |
Title: Food Commercials 2006 in Spanish
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Starring: Dr. Kellogg, Chuck E. Cheese, Oscar Meyer...
Year: 2006
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Summary: Current footage featuring ads for Tyson, McDonald's, Yoplait, Ritz, Minute Maid, Dominos Pizza, Kellogg's, California Cheese, Nestlé, Subway, Pepsi, Kraft, Chuck E. Cheese, Oreo, Oscar Meyer, Fruit Loops, I HOP, Sunny Delight, Red Bull, Fanta, Chips Ahoy, Splenda, and Burger King. Regular speed as seen on television, slowed down by 15% for easier comprehension and pronunciation, and both speeds shown with or without subtitles in Spanish, for simultaneous auditory and visual comprehension.
Format: DVD |
Title: Fortunata y Jacinta
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Title: Guantanamera
Director:
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio
Starring: Mirta Abarra, Raúl Eguren,
Carlos Cruz and Jorge Perugorria
Year:
1995
Run Time: 104 minutes
Acclaim/Award:
Winner of Best Film from the Ft. Lauderdale Int’l Film
Festival and Chicago Latino Film Festival
Summary:
A romantic comedy about a world famous diva who returns to her
home town for a reception in her honor and a reunion with her
once beloved. This film is an overview of contemporary Cuba.
Format: DVD |
Title: Herencia
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Title: I Am Cuba
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Title: I, the Worst of All Spanish:
Yo, la pejor de todas
Director:
Maria Luisa Bemberg
Starring: Assumpta
Serna and Dominique Sanda
Year: 2003
Run Time: 107 minutes
Acclaim/Award:
Given four stars from The New York Post
Summary: This is a magnificent portrayal of
17th Century Mexico. A young woman enters the convent in order
to pursue her love of writing and gains international renown.
Format: DVD |
Title: In the Time of the Butterflies
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Title: Innocent Voices / Voces Inocentes
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Title: El Internado, Laguna negra, Primera temporada completa
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem
Starring: Amparo Baró, Luis Merlo, Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Martín Rivas, Carlota García, Ana Celia de Armas, Yon González, Elena Furiase, Mauricio Bautista, Raúl Fernández, Jorge Roelas
Year: 2007
Run Time: 3 discs; 840 minutes
Summary: Production of Antena 3--A Spanish television thriller set in a forest boarding school far from the city.
Format: DVD |
Title: El Internado, Laguna negra Segunda temporada completa
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem
Starring: Amparo Baró, Luis Merlo, Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Martín Rivas, Carlota García, Ana Celia de Armas, Yon González, Elena Furiase, Mauricio Bautista, Raúl Fernández, Jorge Roelas
Year: 2007
Run Time: 3 discs; 840 minutes
Summary: Production of Antena 3--A Spanish television thriller set in a forest boarding school far from the city.
Format: DVD |
Title: Life is to Whistle Spanish:
La Vida es silbar
Director: Fenando
Pérez
Starring: Luis Alberto Garciá,
Isabel Santos Coralia and Veloz Claudia Rojas
Year:
1998
Run Time: 106 minutes
Summary:
This film alternates between the romantic mishaps of three troubled
people living in Havana. As they converge towards a momentous
finale, the three lost souls interlock while reaching toward
reconciliation, inclusion and healing.
Format:
DVD |
Title: La Lengua de las Mariposas
Director: José Luis Cuerda
Starring: Manuel Lozano, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Uxía Blanco
Year: 1999
Run Time: 96 minutes
Summary:For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque, he begins to figure out some of the mysteries of Eros, and, with his older brother, a budding saxophone player, he makes a trip with the band from their town in Galicia. But it's also the year that the Spanish Republic comes under fire from Fascist rebels. Moncho's father is a Republican as is the aging teacher, Don Gregorio. As sides are drawn and power falls clearly to one side, the forces of fear, violence, and betrayal alter profoundly what should be the pleasure of coming of age.
Format: DVD |
Title: Like Water for Chocolate
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Title: La Linea del cielo
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Title: Lázaro de Tormes
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez
Starring: Rafael Álvarez "El Brujo", Karra Elejalde, Beatriz Rico, Manuel Alexandre, Francisco Algora, Agustín González, Francisco Rabal, Juan Luis Galiardo, Manuel Lozano
Year: 2001
Run Time: 97 minutes
Acclaim/Award: Received Goya:
Best Costume Design (Mejor Diseño de Vestuario)
Javier Artiñano
Best Screenplay - Adapted (Mejor Guión Adaptado)
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Nominated Goya:
Best Make-Up and Hairstyles (Mejor Maquillaje y/o Peluquería)
Juan Pedro Hernández
Esther Martín
Best Production Design (Mejor Dirección Artística)
Luis Ramírez
Best Production Supervision (Mejor Dirección de Producción)
Carmen Martínez
Summary: After thirty some years of vicissitudes, Lázaro sees himself as obligated to demonstrate before the court of justice that his way of life is a response to the necessity of escaping hunger, and not to the desire to commit crimes. Along his passionate declaration, Lázaro mixes past, present, and future with the intention of entertaining his audience; weaving, at the same time, a tapestry of figures and customs of the era, and addressing with equal artfulness, clergy, power, and village.
Format: DVD |
Title: Lorca, Muerte de un Poeta
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem
Starring: Nikolas Grace, Amparo Baro, Lola Gaos, Mario Pardo, Diana Peñalver, Maria Luisa Ponte, Mireia Ross, Manolo Zarzo, Maria Fose Alfonso
Year: 1987
Run Time: 117 minutes
Acclaim/Awards: TP de Oro: Best National Series (Mejor Serie Nacional)
Summary: El Cine de TVE--Six-part miniseries docudrama tracing the life of Spanish poet/playwright/activist Federico Garcia Lorca, who was assassinated in 1936.
Format: DVD |
Title: Mad Love Spanish:
Juan la loca
Director: Vincente
Aranda
Starring: Pilar López de
Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor and Giuliano Gemma
Year: 2000
Run Time: 118
minutes
Acclaim/Award: “Vivid and
compelling.”-New York Magazine
Summary:
An epic tale of passion and power based on the scandalous true
story of royalty and betrayed loyalty. Queen Isabella sends
Columbus off in search of the New World. She also sends her
daughter away for an arranged marriage where the two fall passionately
in love.
Format: DVD |
Title: Mañana es para Siempre
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Starring: Roger Cudney, Lucero and Sergio Sendel
Year: 2008-2009
Run Time: 815 minutes
Summary:Fernanda is the youngest daughter of Gonzalo Elizalde, owner of a hacienda and proprietor of an important milk product business, and Eduardo is the son of Soledad, housekeeper to the family Elizalde. The two children grew up together, united by an innocent and loyal love, despite the difference between their social classes. Gonzalo lives happily with his wife Monserrat and his five children, without suspecting that an implacable enemy lies in wait. Artemio Bravo (Gonzalo's half-brother) feels an intense and bitter hatred toward Gonzalo; it has corroded his mind, and his only aim in life is to destroy the entire Elizalde family slowly and sadly. To achieve this he will use an unscrupulous young woman who arrives at the Gonzala business under the name Barbara Greco. Her intelligence makes a good impression on Gonzalo, who hires her as his personal assitant. little by little, with great cunning, Barbara succeeds in gaining his complete confidence.
Format: DVD |
Title: Maria la del Barrio
Director: Marta Luna and Beariz Sheridan
Starring: Thalia, Fernando Colunga and Irán Eory
Year: 1995
Run Time: 13 hours and 43 minutes
Summary: Maria is a 15-year-old scavenger who lives on the outskirts of the city. She loses her godmother, who before dying begs the local priest not to leave Maria to fend for herself. The priest asks one of his benefactors to please let Maria work as a servant in his house. Instead, the Don Fernando brings her in as his ward, making her a target of hostility for his wife, Victoria, and her niece, Soraya. Maria falls in love with the dashing but drunken and disorderly son of the house, Luis Fernando, and must fight Soraya for his affections. When Luis Fernando and Maria finally get married, he walks in on an innocent embrace between Maria and his brother Vladimir and storms out blinded with jealousy. He does not believe Maria's baby is his, so when it is born, Maria gives it away during a temporary bout of insanity. Luis Fernando rescues her from an asylum and adopts another child for her, but she never loses hope of recovering the son she lost. Then another villain Penelope will work as the nanny of the adopted child Tita and make the life of Maria and Luis Fernando a living hell. This televisions series has three double sided discs.
Format: DVD |
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Title: Nine Queens Spanish:
Nueve Reinas
Director: Fabian
Bielinsky
Starring: Ricardo Darin, Gaston
Paulsletica Bredice and Tomas Fonzi
Year:
2000
Run Time: 115 minutes
Acclaim/Award: “Quite Splendid.”-Entertainment
Weekly
Summary: Two small time grifters
team up to pull off a big-time score involving a set of valuable
counerfeit stamps known as the Nine Queens.
Format:
DVD |
Title: El pacto
Director: Fernando Colomo
Starring: Mcarena García, Marina Salas, Vicky Luengo, Natalia Rodríguez, Georgina Latre, Denise Maestre, Diana Gómez, Gara Muñoz, José Luis Torrijos, Alicia Ramírez, Sergio Mur
Year: 2010
Run Time: 150 mins
Acclaim/Awards:
Summary: A Spanish TV miniseries dealing with the importance of adolescent friendships, parent-child relations, finding one’s identity. Based on the real-life experiences of 7 adolescent girls in Massachusetts who all share the same embarrassment.
Format: DVD |
Title: El Pantano
Director: Pepa Sánchez-Biezma
Starring: Emma Suárez, Natalia Verbeke, Antonio Valero, Jorge Bosch, Ruth Núñez, Mariana Cordero, Carmen Morales, Antonio Valero, Pedro Casablanc, David Selvas, Elena de Frutos, Marco Martínez, Biel Durán, Javier González, Marina Valdés, Leandro Rivera
Year: 2003
Run Time: 567 mins
Acclaim/Awards:
Summary: Mystery—DVD1 Aguas Negras, Intoxicación, Accidente; DVD2 Bajo sospecha, El diario de Alicia, Misterios; DVD3 Destinos, La búsqueda, Señales
Format: DVD |
Title: Pasíon de Gavilanes
Director: Julio Jiménez
Starring: Mario Cimarro, Danna Garcia and Paola Rey
Year: 2003-2004
Run Time: 12 hours
Summary:"Pasión de gavilanes" is the story of the Reyes brothers, three honest and good-natured men until the day a shocking and unforgettable tragedy makes them go in search of revenge. Their plan takes an unexpected turn when they meet the Elizondo sisters, the three beautiful daughters of the powerful hacendado who they blame for their misfortune. This is a five disc television series.
Format: DVD |
Title: Proceso a Mariana Pineda
Director: Rafael Moreno Alba
Starring: Pepa Flores, Germán Cobos, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Carlos Larrañaga, Raúl Fraire, Rafael Alonso, Tony Isbert, Manuel Galiana
Year: 1984
Run Time: 307 minutes
Acclaim/Awards: Nomination: Marisol as Best TV Performer for Fotogramas de Plata
Summary: DVD 1 contains chapters 1-3; DVD 2 contains chapters 4-5. This made for Spanish television miniseries follows the life of a real-life society woman with everything to lose who gambles her whole life away in order to support a revolutionary movement against the Spanish monarchy. Controversial and outspoken Pepa Flores is perfectly cast as the wealthy beauty who will not compromise her scruples and who suspects that her martyrdom may inspire the revolution. Filmed in actual locations, the DVD set also includes documentary footage about Mariana Pineda along with a segment of Marisol's singing television appearances.
Format: DVD |
Title: Rebelde
Director: Juan Carlos Muños and Luis Pardo
Starring: Monika Munoz, Enrique Rocha and Juan Ferrara
Year:2004-2006
Run Time: Total: 39 hours
Summary:Rebelde is the story of four teenagers who go to the "Elite Way School" a famous international private school. In the school we find Miguel. Miguel is a kid who goes to school due to a scholarship. His goal in life is to become rich and get a revenge on the man who ruined his father and caused his dad to commit suicide. During his plan of revenge he realizes that the man he hates the most is the father of the love of his life, Mia. She is the daughter of Franco, a rich powerful man. Mia is the most popular girl in school and is always happy. She hates the fact that her dad is with a singer Alma Rey, mother of Roberta. Roberta is a girl who has always lived in her mom's famous shadow. For that reason she always doubts her great beauty and her talent. Then there's Diego, a boy who grew up knowing that his destiny was to be in politics. His role model is his dad, a mean cold man. And because of that Diego is mean and cold as well. In the school the four teens meet Enrique, a young teacher that will change their lives forever
Format: DVD |
Title: La Regenta
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Title: Rubi
Director: Benjamin Cann and Eric Morales
Starring: Bábara Mori, Eduardo Santamarina and Jacqueline Bracamontes
Year: 2005
Run Time: 700 minutes
Summary: The beautiful but poor Rubi will do anything to make her dream reality and become rich- she will even give up the greatest love of her life
Format: DVD |
Title: Salt of the Earth
Director:
Michael Wilson, Herbert Biberman and Paul Jarrico
Starring:
None
Year: 1954
Run Time:
94 minutes
Acclaim/Award: None
Summary:
This film is based on the 1950’s strike by zinc miners
in New Mexico. It explores issues of labor relations, minority
rights and the struggle of women to achieve equality and dignity
in their daily lives. This film was given severe pressure from
the U.S. government. Some of the most notable and blacklisted
filmmakers collaborated in the making of this film.
Format:
DVD |
| Title: Siete Mesas de billar francés: Seven Tables of french billiards
Director:
Gracia Querejeta
Starring:
Maribel Verdú, Blanca Portillo, Jesús Castejón, Víctor Valdivia, Enrique Villén, Raúl Arévalo, Ramón Barea, Lorena Vindel, José Luis García, Amparo Baró.
Year: 2009
Run Time:
112 minutes
Acclaim/Award: Donostia Zinemaldia Festival of San Sebastian International Film Festival: Silver Award for Best Actress, Blanca Portillo; Award for Best Director, Gracia Querejeta y David Planell.
Summary:
Ángela and her young son Guille travel to the big city to see Leo, her father and the boy's grandfather, when he suddenly takes ill. However, they arrive to discover that he has just passed away. Charo, the dead man's lover, explains the dire traits suffered by the paternal business: a hall with seven billiard tables. Charo is convinced that the only way to pay off the debts is to sell the place. However, Ángela learns that her husband has disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Given this painful reality, Ángela resolves to get on and rebuild her life. And the first thing she decides to do is put her savings into getting the old place and its seven tables back up on its feet.
Format:
DVD |
Title: El Sindrome de Ulises
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Title: Soap Opera Tidbits in Spanish
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Title: Spectacular Commercials in Spanish
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Title: Strawberry and chocolate
Director: Tomas Guitierrez
Starring:
Jorge Perugorria, Vladimir Cruz, Mirtha Ibarra, Francisco Gatorno
Year: 1994
Run Time: 104
minutes
Summary: The irresistible comedy
treat that's recieved outstanding critical acclain! Meet David
a naive young college kis who'sout in his ownfor the very first
time. With the help of two extraordinary new friends, David
learns everything there is to know abut the things that arent
taught in school.
Format: DVD |
Title: Y Tu Mamá También
English: And Your Mother Too
Director:
Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Maribel
Verdú, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna
Year:
2002
Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Acclaim/Award:
“Wildly erotic!”-Rolling Stone
Summary:
Two teenage boys ruled by raging hormones and a mission to consume
exotic substances set off on a cross-country trip with a seductive
28-year-old woman. Will the boys mutual desire for this woman
destroy their friendship forever?
Format:
DVD |
Title: We're All Stars Spanish:
Todos somos estrellas
Director:
Felipe Degregori
Starring: Milena Alva,
Ivonne Rincòn, Elide Brero
Year:
1993
Run Time: 80 minutes
Acclaim/Award:
First Place Winner at three film festivals.
Summary:
A wonderful comedy about a family who share a dream to win fortune
and fame on a television game show. The television show is looking
for the perfect family and this family is force to cover up
the family divorce.
Format: VHS |
| Films Available in Briggs Library |
Title: Alas de mariposa
English: Butterfly Wings
Directed
by: Juanma Bajo Ulloa
Year: 1991
Starring: Silvia Munt, Fernando Valverde, Susana
García Díez, Laura Vaquero
Summary:
Ami is a 6 year old girl who is extremely sensitive. Her mother,
Carmen, lives with the obsession of giving a son to her husband,
Gabriel. When finally she gets pregnant, the relationship between
mother and daughter becomes a tragic one, driving the family
to an inevitable nightmare.
Run time: 108
minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.A32 1994 VIDEO |
Title: Alias, La Gringa
Directed
by: Alberto Durant
Year: 1991
Starring: Germán
González, Elsa Olivero, Orlando Sacha, Juan Manuel Ochoa
Summary: This political drama follows the adventures
and escapades of "La Gringa", a likeable criminal capable of
escaping from any jail. When he escapes from one with the help
of an imprisoned intellectual, "La Gringa", returns in disguise
to help pay back the favor but finds himself caught in a prison
riot.
Run time: 92 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.A45 1994
VIDEO |
Title: La Boca del lobo English:
The Lion’s Den
Directed by:
Francisco J. Lombardi
Year: 1988
Starring:
Gustavo Bueno, Toño Vega, José Tejada, Gilberto
Torres
Summary: The military anti-terrorist army takes control
of "Chuspi", an unknown and faraway small village, isolated
by the terrorist group "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path). A
soldier called Vitin Luna, and other young soldiers face an
invisible, perhaps superior force. Their unit is commanded by
a brutal lieutenant who declares the entire village guilty of
treason. In the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between
blind obedience and his own conscience.
Run time:
128 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.B622 1990 VIDEO |
Title: Bodas de Sangre English:
Blood Wedding
Directed by: Carlos
Saura
Year: 1981
Starring: Antonio Gades,
Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez, Pilar Cárdenas
Summary: The story is based on a newspaper
fragment which told of a family vendetta and a bride who ran
away with the son of the enemy family.
Run time:
72 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.B634 1992 VIDEO |
Title: Camila
Directed
by: María Luisa Bemberg
Year: 1984
Starring: Susú
Pecoraro, Imanol Arias, Héctor Alterio, Elena Tasisto
Summary: In Buenos Aires of the 1840's, a young
Jesuit and a wealthy socialite fall in love and begin a torrid
affair. They escape from the city, and, in disguise, set up
house in a village, assuming they are safe and beyond the cares
of anyone. However, both the church and Camila's family are
enraged, vowing to hunt down the lovers for a capital crime.
Based on a true story.
Run time: 105 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number:
PN1997.C3 VIDEO RESERVE |
Title: Carmen
Directed
by: Carlos Saura
Year: 1983
Starring: Antonio Gades, Laura del Sol, Paco
de Lucía
Summary: A group of flamenco
dancers are rehearsing a very spanish version of the Prosper
Merimee's drama. Antonio (the coreographer) falls in love with
Carmen (the main dancer). Their story then turns similar to
the play.
Run time: 102 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: M1501.B5 C3 1984
|
Title: La Celestina
Directed
by: César Fernández Ardavín
Year: 1969
Starring: Julián
Mateos, Elisa Ramírez, Amelia de la Torre
Summary: The impossible love between two adolescents
in Medieval Spain provides the link between several stories
of passion and greed.
Run time: 123 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number:
VIDEOTAPE PQ6426.A3 1980 |
Title: La ciudad y los perros English:
The City and the Dogs
Directed by:
Francisco J. Lombardi
Year: 1985
Starring: Pablo Serra, Gustavo Bueno, Luis Álvarez,
Juan Manuel Ochoa
Summary: Four angry cadets have formed an inner circle
in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and
stifling confinement of the military academy. They set off a
chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder.
Run time: 135 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number:
PQ8498.32.A65 C52 VIDEO |
Title: Confesíon a Laura
English: Confession to Laura
Directed by: Jaime Osorio Gómez
Year:
1991
Starring: María Cristina Gálvez,
Vicky Hernández, Gustavo Londoño, Walter Rojas
Summary: On April 9, 1948, Colombian presidential
candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán has been assassinated,
with riots and mayhem are all over Bogotá. An oppressed
husband (Gustavo Londoño) has to spend the day at Laura's
home (Vicky Hernández), a lonely, mature schoolteacher.
Run time: 90 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.C65 1994
VIDEO |
Title: Como agua para chocolate
English: Like Water for Chocolate
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Year:
1992
Starring: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos,
Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez
Summary:
Tita and Pedro want to get married, but Tita has to take care
of her ageing mother and is not allowed to marry. Pedro ends
up marrying Tita's sister, but lets Tita know he only married
her sister to be closer to her. When Tita is forced to make
the wedding cake, the guests at the wedding are overcome with
sadness.
Run time: 123 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number:
PN1997.C6484 1994 VIDEO |
Title: Cría cuervos
Directed
by: Carlos Saura
Year: 1976
Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica
Randall, Florinda Chico, Ana Torrent
Summary:
The title is from a Spanish proverb: "If you raise (cria) crows,
they will peck your eyes out." Cría is a pun also: it
means offspring, young, especially of wild animals. The query
behind this whole movie is just who does young Ana resemble?
Whose cría is she?
Run time: 107 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.C74 1989 VIDEO |
Title: De Noche vienes, Esmeralda
English: Esmeralda comes by night
Directed by: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
Year: 1997
Starring: María
Rojo, Claudio Obregón, Martha Navarro
Summary:
The story of Esmeralda (Rojo) a charming nurse accused
of being an adulteress by Pedro (Laguardia), one of her five
husbands. Always smiling, Esmeralda is lead to a police station,
where judge Víctor Solorio (Obregón) interrogates
her. The old angry man can't believe Esmeralda's claims of being
in love with her five husbands.
Run time: 103
minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.D41 1999 VIDEO |
Title: Disparen a matar English:
Shoot to Kill
Directed by: Carlos
Azpúrua
Year: 1990
Starring:
Amalia Pérez Diaz, Jean Carlo Simancas, Daniel Alvarado
Summary: During a police round-up, Mercedes
witnesses the unjust murder of her son, a working-class man,
by a police captain. Refusing to accept the official version
of the story - that her son was a criminal - she launches a
campaign for justice.
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.D57 A96 VIDEO |
Title: Doña Bárbara
Directed by: Miguel M. Delgado, Fernando de
Fuentes
Year: 1943
Starring:
María Félix, Julián Soler, María
Elena Marqués
Summary: A lawyer
faces the feared Doña Bárbara, who dominates the
plains of Altamira, over a land dispute. However, both she and
her daughter Marisela, fall in love with the lawyer in this
drama.
Run time: 138 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PQ8549.G24 D62
VIDEO |
Title: Don Segundo Sombra
Directed
by: Manuel Antin
Year: 1969
Starring: Héctor Alterio, Alejandra
Boero, Juan Carvalledo
Summary: A film
about a young boy growing to manhood, seen through the eyes
of his mentor, Don Segundo Sombra, an old "gaucho" who teaches
the boy moral and human values.
Run time:
110 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PQ7797.G75 D625 VIDEO |
Title: Entre tinieblas English:
Dark Hideout
Directed by: Pedro
Almodóvar
Year: 1983
Starring:
Cristina Sánchez Pascual, Will More, Laura Cepeda, Miguel
Zúñiga
Summary: Yolanda sings
in a seedy nightclub. When her boyfriend dies of an overdose,
she fears the police and seeks refuge in a convent that saves
women from the streets. These off-beat nuns include a heroin
using abbess who loves Yolanda, one who writes romance novels
under a pseudonym, another raising a tiger in the convent yard,
and one who designs fabulous fashions and is in love with the
local priest.
Run time: 114 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number:
PN1997.E57 1988 VIDEO |
Title: The Exterminating Angel
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Year:
1962
Starring: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal,
Claudio Brook, José Baviera
Summary:
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously
unable to leave the room. Over the next few days, all of the
elaborate pretenses and facades that they've built up by virtue
of their positions in society collapse completely as they become
reduced to living like animals.
Run time:
95 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.E96 1991 VIDEO |
Title: Frida, naturaleza vida
Directed by: Paul Leduc
Year:
1984
Starring: Ofelia Medina, Juan José
Gurrola, Max Kerlow, Claudio Brook
Summary: This
film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter
with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to
a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations,
she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial
aspects of Mexican history, during the dominant time of Mexican
muralism.
Run time: 108 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: ND259.K33 F73
1989 VIDEO |
Title: La historia oficial English:
The Official Story
Directed by:
Luis Puenzo
Year: 1985
Starring:
Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe
Summary: Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez
is a high school history professor and a well-to-do housewife
in Buenos Aires, circa 1983, after the fall of the "junta militar"
that had taken over the government since 1976. She has a husband,
Roberto, who is a succesful lawyer and a five-year-old adopted
daughter.
Run time: 112 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.H55 VIDEO
|
Title: Kiss of the Spider Woman
Directed by: Hector Babenco
Year:
1985
Starring: William Hurt, Raul Julia,
Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy
Summary:
Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American
prison. Luis, a homosexual, is found guilty of immoral behaviour
and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis
invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind
on the situation he's in. During the time they spend together,
the two men come to understand and respect one another.
Run time: 120 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: VIDEOTAPE PN1997.K5
1986 |
Title: Libertarias English:
Freedomfighters
Directed by: Vicente
Aranda
Year: 1996
Starring:
Ana Belén, Victoria Abril, Ariadna Gil
Summary:
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced
to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it
is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group
and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the
problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions
on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.
Run time: 125 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.L5055 1995
VIDEO |
Title: La Linea del cielo English:
Skyline
Directed by: Fernando
Colomo
Year: 1984
Starring:
Antonio Resines, Beatriz Pérez Porro, Jaime Nos, Roy
Hoffman
Summary: A Spaniard photographer
goes to New York in an attempt of selling his work. Despite
his broken English and his shyness, he meet two editors that
could be interested in publishing his pictures. However, his
dreams of fame vanish when he realizes that his photographs
are considered old-fashioned by the American publishers.
Run time: 83 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.L56 1984 VIDEO
|
Title: Lucía
Directed
by: Humberto Solás
Year: 1969
Starring: Raquel Revuelta, Eslinda Núñez,
Adela Legrá
Summary: Episodes of
the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from
three different historical periods: the Cuban war of independence
(with Spain), the 1930's, and the 1960's.
Run time:
160 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.L82 VIDEO |
Title: María
Directed
by: Chano Urueta
Year: 1938
Starring: Lupita Tovar, Rodolfo Landa, Miguel
Arenas
Summary: Efrain returns from school
in Bogota to his house in the Cauca valley, a rural property
at the base of the central mountain range. There he finds Maria,
the daughter of a friend of his father.
Run time:
83 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: RESERVE VIDEO PN1997.M37 |
Title: Marianela
Directed
by: Angelino Fons
Year: 1972
Starring: Mari Carmen Aguado, Germán
Cobos, Rocío Dúrcal, Lola Gaos
Summary:
The story of a sadly disfigured orphan girl whose only joy in
life is to serve as a guide to a young and handsome blind man,
Pablo. When Pablo recovers his eyesight, Marianela's fragile
world is shattered.
Run time: 106 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number:
PQ6555.M32 VIDEO |
Title: Memorias del subdesarrallo English:
Inconsolable Memories
Directed by: Tomás
Gutiérrez Alea
Year: 1968
Starring:
Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez
Summary: Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring
writer, decides to stay in Cuba even though his wife and friends
flee to Miami. Sergio looks back over the changes in Cuba from
the Castro revolution to the Cuban missile crisis, the effects
of living in an underdeveloped country, and his relations with
his girlfriends Elena and Hanna.
Run time:
97 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: HN203.5.M4 VIDEO |
Title: Narda o el verano English:
Narda or the Summer
Directed by: Juan
Guerrero
Year: 1970
Starring:
Enrique Álvarez Félix, Amadee Chabot,
Héctor Bonilla, Lazaro Paterson
Summary:
Still photographer Jorge and his friend Max are going to spend
the summer in an Acapulco beach house. They decide to "share"
a woman for the season, partially "because it's cheaper," but
also for philosophical reasons.
Run time:
80 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PQ7298.15.L5 N32 VIDEO |
Title: Nazarín
Directed
by: Luis Buñuel
Year: 1958
Starring: Francisco Rabal, Marga López
, Rita Macedo, Jesús Fernández
Summary:
Nazarín is a priest, attempting to living a
pure and honest life strictly according to Christian principles
- but others only show him distrust and hatred, apart from the
local prostitute.
Run time: 94 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number:
PQ6555.N3 VIDEO |
Title: No habrá más penas
ni olvido
Directed by: Héctor
Olivera
Year: 1983
Starring:
Federico Luppi, Héctor Bidonde, Víctor Laplace
Summary: A small revolution breaks out in a
small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls the newly
elected Peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists
the aid of allies ranging from the town drunk to young Peronists
to help hold his post. What follows is a slapstick war with
a serious message.
Run time: 80 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number:
PN1997.F8 1988 VIDEO |
Title: El Norte English:
The North
Directed by: Gregory
Nava
Year: 1984
Starring:
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto
Gómez Cruz, Lupe Ontiveros
Summary:
Mayan Indian peasants, tired of being thought of as nothing
more than "brazos fuertes" ("strong arms", i.e., manual laborers)
organize in an effort to improve their lot in life, and are
discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their
village and family, a brother and sister decide they must flee
to "El Norte" ("the North", i.e., the USA).
Run
time: 139 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.N6 1984 VIDEO |
Title: Una Novia para David English:
A Girlfriend for David
Directed by:
Orlando Rojas
Year: 1985
Starring:
María Isabel Díaz, Francisco Gattorno, Thais Valdés
Summary: The story of students of a high school
in Havana in the 60's, where love, politics, and moral contradictions
appeared.
Run time: 100 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.N68 VIDEO
|
Title: Los Olvidados
Directed
by: Luis Buñuel
Year: 1950
Starring: Alfonso Mejío, Estela Inda,
Miguel Inclán, Roberto Cobo
Summary:
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled
life in the festering slums of Mexico City. The morals of young
Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others in
this city.
Run time: 85 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.O44
1989 VIDEO |
Title: Les orgueilleux English:
The Proud Ones
Directed by: Yves Allégret,
Rafael E. Portas
Year: 1953
Starring:
Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Michèle
Cordoue, Josefina Escobedo, Jaime Fernández
Summary:
The first to die in an epidemic of meningitis in Vera Cruz is
a French tourist. His wife Nellie, detached and indifferent,
feels little grief and realizes that her coldness is her own
doom. Over the next two days, she is attracted to George, a
local drunk who has his own dark secret. In assisting the local
doctor to cope with the epidemic, these two emotional cripples
enable each other to rediscover reasons to live and to love.
Run time: 103 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.O744 1993
VIDEO |
Title: Oriane
Directed
by: Fina Torres
Year: 1985
Starring: Doris Wells, Daniela Silverio, Rafael
Briceño, Mirta Borges
Summary: Maria
learns that her aunt Oriana has died and willed her a crumbling
and remote Venezuelan hacienda where Maria spent time as a girl.
Maria goes to the hacienda to prepare the place for sale; while
going through her aunt's papers, she recalls her childhood visit.
Run time: 88 minutes
Format:
VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.O7536 VIDEO
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Title: Qué he hecho yo para merecer
esto!!
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Year: 1984
Starring:
Carmen Maura, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma
Summary:
A dysfunctional family in Madrid: Gloria is a cleaning
lady, hooked on No-Doze, living in a crowded flat with Antonio,
her surly husband, a cabby who adores an aging German singer
he used to chauffeur; he's also a forger. One teen son sells
heroin, the other sleeps with men. Her mother-in-law keeps bottled
water and cupcakes under lock and key, selling them to the family.
Can this chaos be tamed?
Run time: 101
minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.Q8 1988 VIDEO |
Title: Los Santos inocentes
Directed by: Mario Camus
Year:
1984
Starring: Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez,
Belén Ballesteros, Juan Sachez
Summary:
Somewhere in the Spanish countryside, in the 60s, Paco and his
wife Régula are very poor and work as tenant farmers
for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward.
The others cannot got to school because the master "needs" their
work. When Regula's brother is fired from where he has worked
for 61 years, he settles down at their little place...
Run
time: 107 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number: PN1997.S36 1986 VIDEO
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Title: Terra em transe English:
A Land in Distress
Directed by: Glauber
Rocha
Year: 1967
Starring:
Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha
Summary: Eldorado, a fictitious country in
Latin America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political
power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist
Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates:
a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo
is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission
of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing
really is what it seems to be.
Run time:
106 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.T47 1980 VIDEO |
Title: Tristana
Directed
by: Luis Buñuel
Year: 1970
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando
Rey, Franco Nero, Lola Gaos
Summary: When
Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship
of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Don Lope is well-known
for his honorable nature, despite his socialistic views about
business and religion. But his one weakness is women, and he
falls for the innocent girl in his charge.
Run time:
95 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.B795 1996 VIDEO |
Title: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Directed by: Fernando Birri
Year:
1988
Starring: Marcia Barreto, Fernando
Birri, Daisy Granados, Asdrúbal Meléndez
Summary: A strange man appears in a poor village.
He has very large wings growing from his back. The family in
whose yard he lands shelters him in a chicken coop and exploits
him as an angel in a carnival atmosphere. His message is not
necessarily what one expects from a creature of Heaven.
Run time: 90 minutes
Format: VHS
Library Call Number: PQ8180.17 A73 V4 VIDEO
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Title: Viridiana
Directed
by: Luis Buñuel
Year: 1961
Starring: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando
Rey, José Calvo
Summary: Viridiana
is a novice nun, who despite being exposed to the evils of the
outside world in the form of her lecherous uncle, decides to
show true Christian charity by opening up her house to all the
local cripples and beggars.
Run time: 90
minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.V57 1992 VIDEO |
Title: Women on the Verge of a Nervous
Breakdown
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Year: 1988
Starring: Carmen
Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma
Summary: A woman's lover leaves her, and she
tries to contact him to find out why he's left. She confronts
his wife and son, who are as clueless as she. Meanwhile her
friend is afraid the police are looking for her because of her
boyfriend's criminal activities. They talk to a female lawyer,
who turns out to be the lover's new lover.
Run time:
90 minutes
Format: VHS
Library
Call Number: PN1997.W6 VIDEO |
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