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Anything You Want
Spain, 2010, 101 min.
Traditional male and female gender roles are tossed out the window in this intelligent and affecting feature about a newly widowed Madrid father who takes radical action to comfort his grieving four-year-old daughter. Filmmaker Achero Mañas strikes an emotional chord in this film about unconditional... more
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Black Bread
Spain, 2010, 108 min.
A ten-year-old boy confronts an adult world of lies, myths, wicked crimes and painful revelations in post-Civil War Catalonia. Be advised the film contains a scene that may offend those with a heightened sensitivity regarding cruelty to animals, though no animals were harmed during the shooting of t... more
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Born to Suffer
Spain, 2010, 112 min.
A gentle, bittersweet dramatic comedy of female solidarity and subterfuge set in rural Spain. It centers on 72-year-old Flora, a spinster fearful that her relatives won’t care for her in her old age, and who marries her faithful female housekeeper in order to keep her covetous nieces at bay.... more
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Even the Rain
Spain, 2010, 104 min.
An idealistic young director has to move production of his period piece to Bolivia so as to save on labor costs. There he encounters a population in civic upheaval. This powerful and layered film lays bare the hypocrisies of a post-colonial world where injustices to the dispossessed continue uncheck... more
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For 80 Days
Spain, 2010, 105 min.
The nuance of an intense childhood friendship is re-explored decades later when two 70-year-old friends are unexpectedly reunited. Despite having lived very different lives, Axun and Maite find themselves spending more and more time visiting ailing relatives in the hospital as an excuse to spend mor... more
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Garbo: The Spy
Spain, 2009, 89 min.
A fascinating account of an extraordinary Spanish double agent who helped change the course of history during WWII. The peak of “Garbo”’s career came in 1944, when he succeeded in diverting German defense forces to Calais while the Allied landings were taking place in Normandy. After this, he retire... more
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Paper Birds
Spain, 2010, 115 min.
This touching tale of the bonds of friendship amongst the members of a traveling entertainment troupe in a post-civil war Spain celebrates the lost art of vaudeville and features superb performances from Spanish acting royalty: Imanol Arias, Lluis Homar and Carmen Machi. Winner, Audience Award, Mont... more
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