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The Holy Girl

  ENT physicians gather at a provincial hotel in Salta. The hotel owner, Helena, is subdued, brittle, avoiding the calls of her ex-husband’s pregnant wife. Family dysfunction seems everywhere. Helena’s Read More

In the Time of the Butterflies

  From 1930 to 1961, General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo held absolute control of the Dominican Republic. His secret alliance with the church, aristocrats, intellectuals and the press were the foundation Read More

My Mother Likes Women

  Elvira, an attractive but insecure twenty-something, joins her sisters Jimena and Sol to celebrate the birthday of their mother, Sofía, a divorced concert pianist.  Sofía announces that she’s fallen Read More

Barrio

  In August, when Madrid’s upper and middle classes escape the unbearable heat of the city for beach holidays, three poor inner-city teenagers are left in their crumbling neighborhood looking Read More

Belle Epoque

  In 1931, a young soldier (Fernando) deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner (Manolo) due to his political ideas. Read More

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