Ana De Día
The appearance of a double who starts living her life and fulfilling all of her obligations allows a frustrated woman to adopt total anonymity for the very first time and escape the tight regulations that have constrained her life.
The Angel
The story of a real life teenage serial killer in Argentina.
Alanis
An evicted sex worker attempts to get back on her feet with her young son.
Birds Of Passage
Story of a family who become involved with the drugs trade.

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The Day Of The Beast
A Basque priest discovers that the Antichrist is due to be born in Madrid on Christmas Day and sets out to avert the apocalypse with the help of a heavy metal fan and a television psychic.
The Executioner
A newly-married man must follow his father-in-law into the profession of State executioner in order to keep the family apartment, but he doesn't have the temperament for the job.

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Jean-François And The Meaning Of Life
A 12-year-old existentialist kid runs away from home to meet his favourite philosopher, Albert Camus, not knowing he has been dead for 50 years. On his way he finds love and rejection for the first time in his life.

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Miriam Lies
Shy girl Miriam is waiting to celebrate her 15th birthday and she wants to invite her guy. So far they’ve only chatted online, and the anticipated blind date only complicates things.
Plácido
A town's charity initiative to 'sit a poor man at your table' for Christmas dinner continually thwarts one man's efforts to protect his livelihood.

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Retablo
A teenage boy finds his world turned upside down when he learns a secret about his beloved father.
Rojo
Violence is sparked on the eve of Argentina's dictatorship.
The Silence Of Others
The struggle against the amnesty law in Spain for those who committed atrocities under the rule of General Franco.

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Yuli
The true story of Carlos Acosta, a black Cuban dancer who rose from an impoverished childhood to find international acclaim as a ballet dancer with London's Royal Ballet.
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