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Viridiana

  Viridiana, a young novice about to take her final vows as a nun, accedes, moved purely by a sense of obligation, to a request from her widowed uncle to Read More

I Am Cuba

  This study of Cuba–partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko–captures the island just before it made the transition to a post-revolutionary society. Moving from city to country and back Read More

Intact

  Federico (Eusebio Poncela) has a rather unique talent: he can steal the luck of others. For Samuel Berg (Max von Sydow), who runs a lavish casino, that makes him Read More

Jamón, Jamón

  Jose Luis (Jordi Mollà) has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom, Conchita (Stefania Sandrelli), owns. Jose Luis makes the acquaintance of Silvia (Penélope Cruz), a Read More

Mad Love

  In 1496, Joanna, the third child of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, is leaving Spain through the port of Laredo. She is Read More

Like Water for Chocolate

  The youngest daughter in her family, the beautiful Tita (Lumi Cavazos) is forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro (Marco Leonardi). Since tradition dictates that Tita must care for Read More

Let’s Go with Pancho Villa

  The Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as “Los Leones de San Pablo”, decide to join Pancho Villa’s army and help end the suffering Read More

Lena

  Set in Galicia in northwestern Spain – an area famed for its beauty and smuggling – this film shows a once-thriving fishing and shipbuilding culture fallen on hard times. Read More

Lisbon

  Salesman Joao (Sergi López) travels the lonely roads between Lisbon, Portugal, and Madrid, Spain, hawking CDs. One day, he picks up a fetching middle-aged hitchhiker named Berta (Carmen Maura). Read More

Love in Concrete

  Amor En Concreto is a Venezuelan film whose centerpiece is the capital city of Caracas. A group of individuals provide a picture of the variety of life in the Read More