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Now in its 13th year, ¡Viva! celebrates the best in Spanish and Latin American cinema. This years programme is packed with great films including Fabián Bielinsky's final movie, the noir thriller and Hitchcockian thriller . This year the festival has also teamed up with Soda Pictures to release a selection of the films - past and present on DVD. The festival runs at Manchester Cornerhouse cinema from March 15 to 25, before touring the country.

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Coming-of-age drama about a janitor striving to turn his dreams into reality.

 Un Franco, 14 Pesetas
Gentle comedy drama - a love song to migrant workers everywhere.
Salvador (Puig Antich)
Biopic of a Catalan anarchist.

 En La Cama
A couple's one night stand in a motel room.
The Backwoods
A British couple's Spanish holiday turns to horror after a disturbing discovery on a hunting trip.

 El Violin
An old violinist tries to help his son's guerrilla faction.
Exterminating Angel
The dinner party from hell.

 Buenos Aires, 1977
A goalkeeper kidnapped and tortured by the Argentinian secret police becomes determined to escape.
The Uncertain Guest
A man in an isolated house admits a stranger, then doesn't know whether or not he's gone.

 The Aura
An epileptic taxidermist finds himself caught up in a heist.
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