San Sebastian Film Festival 2016

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To Steal From A Thief To Steal From A Thief
To Steal From A Thief and Julieta
Berserker (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Pablo Hernando; Writer: Pablo Hernando; Stars: Julián Génisson, Ingrid García Jonsson, Vicenç Miralles, Chema Adeva, Lorena Iglesias, Rocío León, Elena Serrano, César Abanades, Miguel Esteban, Daniel Mendez, Xabi Tolosa, Patricia García Méndez, Francisco Serrano, Daniel Luke, Xox Rodríguez)
Hugo Vartán can hardly make it to the end of the month and has run out of ideas for his coming book. Learning that an acquaintance witnessed a murder, he decides to look into what happened and use the story for his book.
Callback (Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Carles Torras; Writer: Martin Bacigalupo, Carles Torras; Stars: Martin Bacigalupo, Lilli Stein, Larry Fessenden, Timothy Gibbs, Rigoberto Garcia, Dave Bobb, Kathryn Kuhn, Butch McCain, Johnny Serret, Paulina Simkin)
Larry is a fervent Evangelical Christian living in New York who works as a removals man, although his big dream is to become a professional actor in advertising commercials. His luck seems to change the day Alexandra enters his life.
Julieta (Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Writer: Pedro Almodóvar, based on short stories by Alice Munro; Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Michelle Jenner, Rossy de Palma, Inma Cuesta, Emma Suárez, Darío Grandinetti, Daniel Grao, Nathalie Poza, Agustín Almodóvar, Mariam Bachir, Susi Sánchez, Pilar Castro, Priscilla Delgado, Bimba Bosé, Joaquín Notario)
A mother and daughter struggle to come to terms with grief.
The Olive Tree (El olivo) (Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Icíar Bollaín; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, Manuel Cucala, Miguel Angel Aladren, Carme Pla, Ana Isabel Mena, María Romero, Paula Usero, Janina Agnes Schröder, Cris Blanco, Paco Manzanedo, Inés Ruiz, Aina Requena, Pia Stutzenstein)
A woman sets out to recover her grandfather's tree from the company who bought it.
Palm Trees In The Snow (Palmeras en la nieve) (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Fernando González Molina; Writer: Sergio G. Sánchez, Luz Gabás; Stars: Mario Casas, Adriana Ugarte, Macarena García, Alain Hernández, Berta Vázquez, Djedje Apali, Daniel Grao, José María Kimbo, Fernando Cayo, Celso Bugallo, Petra Martínez, Luis Callejo, José Manuel Poga, Serge Happi, Michael Batista)
The accidental discovery of a letter forgotten for years prompts Clarence to leave his Huesca mountains and travel to Bioko to visit the land where his father, Jacobo, and his uncle Kilian spent most of their youth.
Politics, Instructions Manual (Política, Manual De Instrucciones) (Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Fernando León de Aranoa; Writer: Fernando León de Aranoa; Stars: Carolina Bescansa, Ada Colau, Xavier Domènech, Íñigo Errejón, Pablo Iglesias, Juan Carlos Monedero, Alexis Tsipras)
A detailed look at the construction of Podemos.
Toro (Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Kike Maíllo; Writer: Rafael Cobos, Fernando Navarro; Stars: Mario Casas, Luis Tosar, José Sacristán, Claudia Canal, José Manuel Poga, Ingrid García Jonsson, Luichi Macías, Alberto López, Nya de la Rubia, Hovik Keuchkerian, Gloria López, Christian Mulas, Manuel Salas, David Montero, Abel Mora)
Two brothers are reunited after five years apart. One has been in jail. The other has robbed a dangerous fence and is now on the run with Diana, his youngest daughter.
To Steal From A Thief (Cien años de perdón) (Country: Spain, France, Argentina; Year: 2016; Director: Daniel Calparsoro; Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría; Stars: Luis Tosar, Rodrigo De la Serna, Raúl Arévalo, José Coronado, Patricia Vico, Joaquín Furriel, Luciano Cáceres, Marian Álvarez, Luis Callejo, Miquel Fernández, Diego Starosta, Pablo Andrés Pinto, Joaquín Climent, Vicente Ayala, Maria Molins)
Crime thriller set against the backdrop of Spain's economic collapse.
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