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Bitter Sugar

  Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. But his faith in the new Cuba Read More

Bolivar I Am

  Bolívar Soy Yo is a 2002 Colombian-French film detailing the story of an actor who is known for his interpretation of “El Libertador”, Simón Bolívar. The excitement of the Read More

Common Wealth

  A real estate agent finds $15 million in a dead man’s apartment, and begins to dream of a luxurious life. However, the neighbors are already well aware of the Read More

Cabeza de Vaca

  In this film based on a true story, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Juan Diego) sets out in 1528 with dreams of becoming a great Spanish conquistador, only to Read More

The Day of the Beast

  The Day of the Beast is a 1995 Spanish black comedy horror film co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia.  Determined to commit as many sins as possible Read More

The Brute

  A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about Read More

The Crime of Padre Amaro

  Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.

Carmen Story

  While rehearsing Carmen based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée, using music from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, the middle-aged choreographer Antonio brings in the very sexy Carmen Read More

No One Writes to the Colonel

  No One Writes to the Colonel is the story of an impoverished, retired colonel, a veteran of the Thousand Days’ War, who still hopes to receive the pension he Read More

The Cubs

  The film tells the story of a group of friends that stand by each other well into adulthood. It starts innocently enough when young Cuellar (12-years-old) enters a new Read More