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The Backwoods and Madeinusa
The Aura (El Aura)
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2005; Director: Fabian Bielinsky; Writer: Fabian Bielinsky; Stars: Ricardo Darin, Dolores Fonzi, Pablo Cedron, Alejandro Awada, Jorge D'Elia, Rafael Castejon, Manuel Rodal)
An epileptic taxidermist finds himself caught up in a heist.
The Backwoods (Bosque De Sombras)
(Country: UK, France, Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Koldo Serra; Writer: Jon Sagalá, Koldo Serra; Stars: Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Virginie Ledoyen, Lluís Homar, Yaiza Esteve, Andrés Gertrúdix, Jon Ariño, Kandido Urango, Álex Angulo, Savitri Ceballos, Patxi Bisquert, José Andrés Zalguegui)
A British couple's Spanish holiday turns to horror after a disturbing discovery on a hunting trip.
Buenos Aires, 1977 (Crónica De Una Fuga)
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2006; Director: Adrián Caetano; Writer: Adrián Caetano, Esteban Student; Stars: Rodrigo De la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado, Matías Marmorato, Martín Urruty)
A goalkeeper kidnapped and tortured by the Argentinian secret police becomes determined to escape.
Dark Blue Almost Black (Azuloscurocasinegro, darkbluealmostblack)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo; Writer: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo; Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Marta Etura, Antonio de la Torre, Raúl Arévalo, Eva Pallarés, Héctor Colomé, Manuel Morón, Ana Wagener, Roberto Enríquez), Official Site
Coming-of-age drama about a janitor striving to turn his dreams into reality.
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo)
(Country: Mexico / Spain; Year: 2001; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro; Stars: Marisa Paredes, Frederico Luppi,
Eduardo Noreiga, Fernando
Tielve, Inigo Garces, Irene
Visedo.)
Ghosts haunt an isolated
orphanage during the last year of
the Spanish Civil War.
Buenos Aires, 1977 and Exterminating Angel
Exterminating Angel (El Ángel exterminador)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 1962; Director: Luis Buñuel; Writer: José Bergamín, Luis Alcoriza, Luis Buñuel; Stars: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook, Jose Baviera, Augusto Benedico, Antonio Bravo, Jacqueline Andere, Cesar del Campo, Rosa Elena Durgel)
The dinner party from hell.
El Violin (The Violin)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2006; Director: Francisco Vargas Quevedo; Writer: Francisco Vargas Quevedo; Stars: Don Angel Tavira, Gerardo Taracena, Dagoberto Gama, Octavio Castro, Mario Garibaldi)
An old violinist tries to help his son's guerrilla faction.
En La Cama (In Bed)
(Country: Germany, Chile; Year: 2005; Director: Matías Bize; Writer: Julio Rojas; Stars: Blanca Lewin, Gonzalo Valenzuela)
A couple's one night stand in a motel room.
Ferpect Crime (Crimen Ferpecto)
(Country: Spain/Italy/France; Year: 2004; Director: Alex de la Iglesia; Writer: Alex de la Iglesia, Jorge Guerricaechevarria; Stars: Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera, Luis Varela, Fernando Tejero, Kira Miro, Enrique Villen, Javier Gutierrez, Tosario Pardo, Gracia Olaya)
An accidental killing leads to funny consequences of a psychotic nature.
Madeinusa
(Country: Peru/Spain; Year: 2005; Director: Claudia Llosa; Writer: Claudia Llosa; Stars: Magaly Solier, Carlos Juan de la Torre, Yiliana Chong, Juan Ubaldo Huaman)
The festival of the Little Virgins in a Peruvian village offers one teenager an escape route.
Salvador (Puig Antich) and Un Franco, 14 Pesetas
Salvador (Puig Antich)
(Country: Spain, UK; Year: 2006; Director: Manuel Huerga; Writer: Lluís Arcarazo, based on the book by Francesc Escribano; Stars: Daniel Brühl, Tristán Ulloa, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Joel Joan, Olalla Escribano, Carlota Olcina, Bea Segura, Andrea Ros, Celso Bugallo, Mercedes Sampietro)
Biopic of a Catalan anarchist.
The Uncertain Guest (El Habitante Incierto, The Uninvited Guest)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2004; Director: Guillem Morales; Writer: Guillem Morales; Stars: Andoni Gracia, Mónica López, Francesc Garrido, Agustí Villaronga, Minnie Marx)
A man in an isolated house admits a stranger, then doesn't know whether or not he's gone.
Un Franco, 14 Pesetas (Crossing Borders)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Carlos Iglesias; Writer: Carlos Iglesias; Stars: Carlos Iglesias, Javier Gutiérrez, Nieve de Medina, Isabel Blanco, Carmen Rossi, Ivan Martin)
Gentle comedy drama - a love song to migrant workers everywhere.
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