The writers start from a place where the screw is already turned and, just when you think they can't get it any tighter, find new ways to increase the tension - matching their torque with action.
Manuel, an influential deputy secretary of an regional government who has everything going his way, finds himself fighting for survival when news of his involvement in a corruption ring leaks out.
(Country: Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen; Writer: Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen; Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Mónica López, Josep Maria Pou, Nacho Fresneda, Ana Wagener, Bárbara Lennie, Luis Zahera, Francisco Reyes, María de Nati, Paco Revilla, Sonia Almarcha, David Lorente, Óscar de la Fuente, Mona Martínez, Pepe Ocio)
A meditation on both memory and movies as well as ageing and a hankering for the past that is informed by the melancholic knowledge that nostalgia is inevitably rose-tinted.
A TV show looking into the mysterious disappearance of an actor leads a director on a journey into his own past while making discoveries in the present.
(Country: Spain; Year: 2023; Director: Victor Erice; Writer: Víctor Erice, Michel Gaztambide; Stars: Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent, María León, Soledad Villamil)
The film deviates from more caricatured tales of domestic brutality.
Domestic abuse and its aftermath, Spanish style.
(Country: Spain; Year: 2003; Director: Iciar Bollain; Writer: Iciar Bollain, Alicia Luna; Stars: Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Pena, Rosa Maria Sarda, Sergi Calleja, Kiti Manver, Elisabet Gelabert, Nicolas Fernandez Luna, Dave Mooney, Chus Gutierrez)
For a first movie, Tesis has an astounding confidence. The performances of Torrent and Martinez are focused and electric.
A student, researching violence in film for a thesis, discovers an active cell of snuff moviemakers.
(Country: Spain; Year: 1996; Director: Alejandro Amenabar; Writer: Alejandro Amenabar; Stars: Ana Torrent, Fele Martinez, Eduardo Noriega, Nieves Herranz, Rosa Campillo, Miguel Picazo, Javier Elorriaga)
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
(Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)
As she doggedly searches for her inconstant lover, protagonist Pepa serves as the common thread linking absurd situations with insights into the bizarre lives of numerous characters.
(Country: Spain; Year: 1988; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Writer: Pedro Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Jean Cocteau; Stars: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Kiti Mánver, Guillermo Montesinos, Chus Lampreave, Eduardo Calvo, Loles León, Ángel López de Andrés, Fernando Guillén, Juan Lombardero, José Antonio Navarro, Ana Leza)
