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San Sebastian Film Festival · 2010

San Sebastian Film Festival 2010

Made In Spain

A showcase of the year’s Spanish movies.

Programme

19 films · 2 reviews

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Born To Suffer (Nacidas para sufrir)

The tale of a group of women (a sweet old lady, her religious niece, her servant and the latter’s disabled mother), all so generous and selfless that they almost compete with one another as ferocious rivals to see who can help most.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Miguel Albaladejo; Writer: Miguel Albaladejo; Stars: Geli Albaladejo, Malena Alterio, Ricard Borràs, Jorge Calvo, Ricardo Darín, Marta Fernández Muro, Empar Ferrer, María Elena Flores, Mariola Fuentes, Antonio Gamero, Patricia Gaztañaga, Anne Igartiburu, Margarita Lascoiti, Petra Martínez, Sneha Mistri)

Caracremada

Story of the last active guerrilla fighter against Franco's regime.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Lluís Galter; Writer: Lluís Galter; Stars: Lluís Soler, Domènec Bautista, Aina Calpe, Andreu Carandell, Carles Garcia, Sebastián Cabello, José Miguel Sánchez, Joan Muntal, Mariona Perrier, Jesús Aymerich, Clara Haro) , Official site

Cell 211 (Celda 211)

Review preview for Cell 211

This film doesn't just have one good idea, it has many, and it segues them together beautifully.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
When a prison guard is knocked unconscious at the start of a riot, he wakes to find he is trapped within the prison and must pretend to be a con to stay alive.

(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2009; Director: Daniel Monzón; Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Daniel Monzón, Francisco Pérez Gandul; Stars: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón, Carlos Bardem, Luis Zahera, Fernando Soto, Vicente Romero, Manolo Solo, Marta Etura, Joxean Bengoetxea, Patxi Bisquert, Jesús Carroza, Félix Cubero, Jesus Del Caso) , Official site

Full review

Cerca De Tus Ojos

A journalist draws up a document of human rights failures.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Elías Querejeta; Writer: Elías Querejeta; Stars: Belén Laguna, Maribel Verdú)

The Consul Of Sodom (El cónsul de Sodoma)

Journey through the life and work of the prestigious Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Sigfrid Monleón; Writer: Miguel Dalmau, Miguel Ángel Fernández, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Joaquín Górriz, Sigfrid Monleón; Stars: Jordi Mollà, Bimba Bosé, Àlex Brendemühl, Josep Linuesa, Isaac de los Reyes, Isabelle Stoffel, Marc Martínez, Manolo Solo, Juli Mira, Alfonso Begara, Vicky Peña, Carmen Conesa, Biel Durán, Susana Fialho, Rosa Boladeras) , Official site

Dodge And Hit (Esquivar Y Pegar)

Boxing documentary about a man's preparation for a big fight... and his incredible history.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Adán Aliaga, Juanjo Giménez; Writer: Adán Aliaga, Juanjo Giménez; Stars: Benito Eufemia, Alfons Goya, Ana Álamo)

Fake Orgasm

The first part of an ambitious multidisciplinary project on sexuality and identity.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Jo Sol; Stars: Judith Butler, Jango Edwards, Nina Braunsteiner, Thomas W. Laqueur, Lazlo Pearlman, Beatriz Preciado, Maria Llopis)

For The Good Of Others (El mal ajeno)

A harried doctor who has a near-death experience discovers it has left him with an unexpected gift.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Oskar Santos; Writer: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo; Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Belén Rueda, Angie Cepeda, Carlos Leal, Clara Lago, Luis Callejo, Dritan Biba, José Ángel Egido, Cristina Plazas, Marcel Borràs, Javier Coll, Ruth Armas, Concha Hidalgo, Carmen Losa, Sonia Lázaro)

The Inhabited Land (La terra habitada)

Documentary charts the changing landscapes on a train trip to Mongolia.

(Year: 2010; Director: Anna Sanmartí; Writer: Anna Sanmartí)

The Island Inside (La isla interior)

Siblings are forced to confront their feelings for one another by their father's imminent death.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Dunia Ayaso, Félix Sabroso; Writer: Dunia Ayaso, Félix Sabroso; Stars: Candela Peña, Alberto San Juan, Cristina Marcos, Geraldine Chaplin, Celso Bugallo, Antonio de la Torre, Emy Cazorla, Vicente Ayala, Paola Bontempi, Marta Rubio, Herminia Orihuela, Alcides Cairós, Pettit Lorena, Gara Mora, Tomás Monsalve)

Maria And I (María y yo)

Documentary about a single dad and his autistic teenage daughter.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Félix Fernández de Castro; Writer: Félix Fernández de Castro, Ibon Olaskoaga) , Official site

Paper Birds (Pájaros de papel)

The lives of a vaudeville troupe facing hard times after the Spanish Civil War

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Emilio Aragón; Writer: Emilio Aragón, Fernando Castets; Stars: Lluís Homar, Fernando Cayo, Diego Martín, Imanol Arias, Roger Príncep, Carmen Machi, Cristina Marcos, Luis Varela, José Ángel Egido, Javier Coll, Emilio Aragón 'Miliki', Lola Baldrich, Asunción Balaguer, Pedro Civera, Francisco Merino) , Official site

The Problem, Testimony Of The Saharawi People (El problema, testimonio del pueblo saharaui)

Documentary about the Saharawi, whose lives are threatened by Morocco's occupation of the Western Sahara.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Jordi Ferrer, Pablo Vidal)

Rage (Rabia)

After committing a crime, a bricklayer holes up in the attic of the mansion where his girlfriend works, with unexpected consequences.

(Country: Mexico, Spain, Colombia; Year: 2009; Director: Sebastián Cordero; Writer: Sergio Bizzio, Sebastián Cordero; Stars: Martina García, Yon González, Fernando Tielve, Icíar Bollaín, Àlex Brendemühl, Concha Velasco, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Xabier Elorriaga, Javier Tolosa, Karlos Aurrekoetxea) , Official site

[REC] 2 (Rec 2)

Review preview for [REC] 2

The acting lacks the raw feel from the first film.

Donald Munro · 3 out of 5
Satanic zombie action following on from where [Rec] left off as a TV crew's abandoned camera keeps rolling in a quarantined apartment building.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza; Writer: Jaume Balagueró, Manu Díez, Paco Plaza; Stars: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Pablo Rosso, Àlex Batllori, Javier Botet, Jonathan Mellor, Claudia Font, Ariel Casas, Nico Baixas, Andrea Ros, Martha Carbonell, Juli Fàbregas, Óscar Zafra, Pau Poch, Alejandro Casaseca) , Official site , Trailer

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Room In Rome (Habitación en Roma)

Two women in a hotel room embark on a physical adventure.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Julio Medem; Writer: Julio Medem; Stars: Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso, Najwa Nimri) , Official site

Stigmata (Estigmas)

Life changes for a rough, heavy-drinking man when he develops stigmata.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Adán Aliaga; Stars: Lourdes Barba, Morgan Blasco, Inés Cabot, Martha Carbonell, Núria Casas, Walter Cots, Josep Maria Domènech, Carmen Flores, Jaime González, Carla Gordillo, Ferran Lahoz, Manuel Martínez, Maribel Martínez, Marieta Orozco, Jaume Pla)

To Hell With The Ugly (Que se mueran los feos)

What happens when the love of your life is married to your brother?

(Country: Spain; Year: 2010; Director: Nacho G Velilla; Writer: Oriol Capel, Antonio Sánchez, David Sánchez, Nacho G. Velilla; Stars: Pere Arquillué, Javier Cámara, Silvia Casanova, Juan Diego, Julián López, Teresa Lozano, Carmen Machi, Petra Martínez, Kira Miró, Javier Mora, María Pastor, María Pujalte, Ingrid Rubio, Carmen Ruiz, Hugo Silva) , Official site

Where The Smell Of The Sea Doesn't Reach (Donde el olor del mar no llega)

Somewhat enigmatically, the programmers say: They’re losers and they don’t know it, that’s why they cling to a hope that’s always on the move and will never wait for them. Hatred and loneliness, let-downs and disproportionate loves, animals of uncertainty and desperation. Whose dreams come true lately anyway?

(Year: 2010; Director: Lilian Rosado González; Writer: Lilian Rosado González; Stars: Nuria Herrero, Yoima Valdés, Sergi Caballero, Alfred Pico, Candela Fernández, Eduardo Velasco)