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Elsa & Fred
Spain, 2005, 107 min.
Two mainstays of Spanish language cinema, China Zorrilla and Manuel Alexandre, play aging widowers who rekindle their passions for love with a visit to the Trevi Fountain in Rome, a landmark from Fellini's La Dolce Vita, in this touching romantic comedy.... more
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The Grönholm Method
Spain, 2005, 116 min.
A group of corporate types are assembled to compete for one position using something called the Grönholm Method, a system meant to separate the weak from the strong. But the weak may be wilier than they appear... This tale of executive überdogs from the director of Kamchatka possesses a tru... more
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Iberia
Spain, 2005, 100 min.
In his latest tribute film, celebrated filmmaker Carlos Saura engages Spain's most celebrated actors, dancers and singers to interpret Isaac Albéniz's “Iberia” suite on its one hundredth anniversary. The freshness and spontaneity is heightened by Saura's focus on the evolution of the piece from init... more
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Idiot Love
Spain, 2005, 94 min.
Catalan director Ventura Pons returns with an erotically transgressive, occasionally tender and frequently very funny tale of sexual obsession that focuses on a sad-sack 30-something teacher who falls hard for an upwardly mobile woman. Refreshing and quirky in equal measures. ... more
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Malas Temporadas
Spain, 2005, 116 min.
Malas Temporadas places us in the heart of contemporary Madrid and the existential dilemmas of its three characters searching for their place in the world. Beautifully crafted as a choral piece, the film deftly explores the emotional barriers and walls its anguished characters must overcome.... more
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Queens
Spain, 2005, 108 min.
A touching ensemble comedy about five headstrong mothers coping with the conflicts surrounding the impending marriages of their gays sons. As these five very different women deal with their own desires, prejudices and histories, they attempt to survive the weekend as sex, anger, bigotry and love cla... more
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The Sky Turns
Spain, 2005, 116 min.
Winner of the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film festival, this is a lyrical meditation on the passage of time in a dying community, where the last birth took place some 30 years ago. A poignant documentation of the life of 14 remaining villagers and the landscape they inhabit.... more
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Sud Express
Spain, 2005, 104 min.
This remarkable film tells six interconnected stories dealing with the Sud Express, the celebrated bullet train that runs between Paris and Lisbon, serving as a kind of cultural bridge between the nations of France, Spain and Portugal. Europe may be united politically, but cultural diversity (for be... more
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Swindled
Spain, 2005, 111 min.
This fast-paced and witty heist film focuses on the relationship between a small time crook and an aging swindler who devise the ultimate scheme with a first-rate schemer; nothing is what it seems in this serpentine thriller featuring charismatic performances by Federico Luppi and Victoria Abril.... more
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The Wind
Spain, 2005, 101 min.
After the death of his daughter, sheep farmer Frank is determined to meet his granddaughter and tell her the truth about himself and his family. This thriller with the tone of an Eric Rohmer movie pulls the audience into the intimate reality of the two characters and the peculiar personalities congr... more
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