A forgotten national ballet company set in a theater under construction is shaken into life by the arrival of Julio Bocca, one of the best ballet dancers of all time.
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A forgotten national ballet company set in a theater under construction is shaken into life by the arrival of Julio Bocca, one of the best ballet dancers of all time.
Imagination and the World of Fantasy are in danger. Mar, an eight-year-old little girl, who's an expert in stories and legends thanks to the books read to her every night by her grandfather, decides she has to try and save them. With the help of her friends, the Lunnis, they will embark on a magical adventure to stop them disappearing.
A man explains his suicide, long meditated, as a manifestation of protest against the time in which he has lived. He tries to make an apology for the freedom that he has not been able to achieve, despite his permanent rebellion, only in some occasions when he has loved, with the few women he has had, with the friendship of a few friends and with the family of which only the father remains. He is happy when he knows that he will be released and he will achieve the absolute freedom so desired. Until the last moment, he retains the irony and a subtle humor.
Manu, a trans immigrant, must return to her native Chile after 10 years in France. In the days leading up to her departure, Manu’s platonic friend Daniel proposes marriage with the intention of solving her visa issues. Manu strongly considers the offer, but she’s wholly disheartened at the prospect of a life without love, romance, and sex—that is, until she meets a fellow foreigner who instills in her the hope for a romantic future.
A stand-up comedian is doing a gig at an open mic venue. The show is not going as she thought it would. Faced with this situation, her body reacts strangely, offering the audience the most grotesque show of their lives.
Emma is 15 and has a strong personality that she does not know how to manage. Today she got herself into trouble again, but awaiting her in the principals office are two people that she is not expecting: her parents.
A doctor invites his relatives to his castle, all the while planning to murder them when they arrive. However, when he himself is murdered, the relatives know they have to find the killer before he gets all of them.
David Riondino, an Italian film director, is coming to Spain to document the Atocha massacre of 1977, to make a film on its 50th anniversary. He will be helped by Alejandra, a young documentary filmmaker who urges him to contextualise the past with the current rise of the far right. By investigating the Atocha attack, David will recover a part of that recent past and at the same time will witness a reality that encourages reflection on some burning issues such as the advance of the far right, problems of access to housing and job insecurity.
“El Papel” explores the tension between identity and representation, showing how a woman, in her eagerness to project security and fit into an idealized professional image, ends up trapped in the construction of a character that distances her from herself. The résumé, the paper she has to hand in, is not just a document, but the symbol of a version of herself that she must interpret, a mask that she strives to make believable; ultimately, a role.
Argentinian film historians find a complete print of Fritz Lang's “Metropolis” (1927) at Buenos Aires Film Museum and take it to Germany for its restoration.
Julia, a 22-year-old mother of two, falls in love with Óscar, a troubled boy with whom she embarks on a love affair. The more time they spend together, the more Julia asks herself if Óscar is the person she really needs by her side, prompting her to set out on a personal journey to find happiness for herself and for her family.
Five are the characters that star in this story, in which the lives of Amy, Max, Silas, Alison and Indra will be intertwined, showing a hidden reality about why they are, dress and love like this. They will make you doubt the conception we have about these picturesque characters from the world of the night.
There must be men who think intellect and eloquence are sexy, but they don’t get a mention from the women in this short student film from Cuba. Over a black screen, they paint a picture of the man as hunter and the woman as willing prey who must give her all to arouse and maintain his sexual interest. The competition, lurking like vultures, must be ruthlessly eradicated, and even in your own home you shouldn’t think of wandering around in an old housecoat and slippers. We then see just how harsh the dictates of beauty can be: close-up sequences document beauty treatments that would earn medals in wartime. No area of the female body is allowed to go unnoticed. You have to suffer to be beautiful, the cliché goes. La Bonita reveals just how much suffering that entails.
A murder is committed in a small village of Andalusia.
After his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true, and which one is bastard.
An octogenarian named Manuel falls into a state of dementia after the sudden suicide of his wife, sparking a series of paranormal events that will put his family’s lives at risk.
King Charles V sent his confidant, Don Fernando,from France to the Spanish Court carrying an important documentation. However, the frigate where he travels is sunk by the British and all the sailors perish. Don Fernando manages to save his life reaching the island of Menorca where he is helped by a humble fisherman
Álvaro lives trapped between the demands of his sport and the silent violence of his home. While protecting his sister and discovering love outside the family, a pivotal night forces him to confront the burden he has silently carried for far too long.
Vera and Juan have made the decision to divorce and want Alonso to act as a Good Man, a kind of mediator to help them in the process. Isolated in an idyllic house by the sea, the time will come for all of them to reveal their secrets and to confront the idea of love and loss.
Biopic filmed in a single shot about the Majorcan musician Juanjo Monserrat.
A rich businessman, Julián, runs a foundation that seeks cures for people with disabilities or abnormalities. During one experiment he finds an extraordinary being, but it is just a mirage, as cerebral abnormalities begin to appear, and the being does not want to return to its primitive state.
The marriage between Federico and Monica is on the rocks. Federico has a mistress named Eva. There is a conspiracy between Monica's friend Elena and Eva to take over the company Eurozone owned by Federico. The situation becomes complicating when Diego appears, Federico's former associate.
After the civil war, Rosa, a beautiful and hard worker woman falls in love with a sharpener who turns out to be a con man. When she becomes a widow, she emigrates to Madrid with her daughter beginning to work as a nurse in the home of Don Pedro, an influential food manager.
Three popular radio personalities are fired and forced to rebuild their careers, while a group of prudish citizens attempt to keep them off the air permanently.
Inaxio Perurena is a young stone-lifter who aims to achieve his most important record: lift the 300 kilos stone. His father, the legendary Iñaki Perurena, was the first man lifting that stone in 1987.
Celia Sánchez Manduley (1920 - 1980) was a Cuban revolutionary, politician, researcher and archivist. She was a very close friend of Fidel Castro. She joined the struggle against the Batista government following the coup of March 10, 1952. She was the founder of the 26th of July Movement in Manzanillo. Together with Frank País, she was one of the first women to assemble a combat squad during the revolution.
In the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia's 'City of Eternal Spring') of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned about both his children and children from less favored classes. After a devastating loss in the family, Héctor gives himself to the greater cause of public health programs for the poor in Medellín to the consternation of the city's authorities.
Ernesto is a journalist in his 40's who comes from a generation which encountered much political persecution and exile; between the memories and unhealed wounds of his past, stands Ernesto. When his good friend Ricardo calls him one day and proposes to get together after 25 years, they decide to gather all the members of the “old gang” in order to revive those old feelings the best way they know how, through some good old rock n' roll. Amongst one of Ernesto's encounters is Ana, an old love who will bring a twisting unexpected turn into his life. The old gang is comprised of Ricardo's depressive, hypochondriac wife Ana and her socially-conscious former lover Ernesto, a journalist who left Ana years ago to pursue his political ideologies in socialist Cuba.
In this invigorating, music-filled drama, young Cuban dancers struggle to achieve fame and fortune on the world stage.
Brigadier Le Gouce and Private Flicot lose their horses during a campaign in Italy. To avoid looking ridiculous, the two hussars cross the country in search of their mounts. But when they are mistaken for deserters, their regiment gives chase.
Inspector for a major insurance company, Clint de La Roche, known as "le vicomte", is enjoying a pleasant vacation on the Spanish coast with a few pretty girls and his assistant, Billette, when he is urgently called back to Paris to investigate a bank robbery. The bank manager has had the key to the security system stolen by a certain Tania. But Tania is killed in a car bomb attack. However, Clint soon discovers that behind this case lies a rivalry between the gangs of Rico Barone and Marco Demoygne, who are fighting for control of the drug market.
An act of cowardice influences the lives of two Basque families over three generations.
This is a story based on true events that tells the misadventures of Martha, a woman who is near 40 years old and wants to have a child. She will encounter many problems, some due to their sexual status (she is lesbian) and by the age difference between her and her sentimental affair, who will cost more to get the idea.
In the crime filled city of Buenaventura, Colombia, a group of friends prepares for a dance competition that might change their lives forever. In this rough world, talent might be your only way out.
A young man works in the port of Buenos Aires translating the love letters that prostitutes receive and seeks inspiration for his works in them.
Gloria and Diana don’t have the best mother-daughter relationship. Diana fantasizes reactions that show her true feelings towards her mom. During one of her weekly visits to the supermarket, Diana loses her mom and finds what she really feels.
Thanks to a new technology, Andrés, a young policeman, discovers that he will die in 20 minutes.
In a world where there is hardly any life left, Marta must protect her son Samuel from the dangerous world that surrounds them. Everything changes when a curious survivor arrives at her precious home.
A Christmas Carol
Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and their 'hostages', the tobacconist and her niece Angeles, is relaxing, and a budding sympathy arises between them.
Wine Cellars itself is a Spanish-French co-production. He shot the film in the Paris studios and also in Spain, Andalusia and Seville. According to the critics, his story of love, honour, revenge, bulls and vineyards masterfully captures the spirit of this region, the sun beating down on the parched earth, life on the farms and vineyards and the celebrations coloured by the famous flamenco dance. Wine Cellars was originally a silent film and its soundtrack was only added later.
A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.