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Spanish cinema: All genres

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Sergio Leone

A stranger rides into a small Mexican border town on a mule and is surprised to find the town almost deserted. An innkeeper, Silvanito, tells him that two rival families are fighting to take control of the town - the Rojos and the Baxters...   [More...]

Alice et Martin (1998)
André Téchiné

In the southwest of France, Martin is leading a tranquil childhood with his mother and her boyfriend when his wealthy father, Victor Sauvagnac, insists on taking custody of him...   [More...]

L'Auberge espagnole (2002)
Cédric Klapisch

A young economics student, Xavier, decides to spend the final year of his university course at Barcelona so that he can learn Spanish and thereby secure a job at the French Ministry of Finance...   [More...]

Carne trémula (1997)
Pedro Almodóvar

In Madrid, 1970, a prostitute gives birth to a son on a bus. Twenty years later, that son, Victor, finds himself in prison for his part in the shooting of a police officer, David...   [More...]

Cet obscur objet du désir (1977)
Luis Buñuel

Shortly after boarding a train in Seville, a respectable old man pours a bucket of water over a young woman standing on the platform...   [More...]

Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972)
Luis Buñuel

Monsieur and Madame Senechal have invited their friends, the Thevenots and Don Rafael, the Ambassador of a South American republic, to dinner, but, owing to a misunderstanding, their guests turn up a day early...   [More...]

Hable con ella (2002)
Pedro Almodóvar

Marco and Benigno are two men who, despite their very different backgrounds, are bound to share a common destiny. Marco is a travel writer who is still traumatised by the break-up with his girlfriend...   [More...]

Kika (1993)
Pedro Almodóvar

Returning to his family home, Ramón, a talented young photographer, is shocked to learn that his mother has just committed suicide...   [More...]

La Mala educación (2004)
Pedro Almodóvar

Enrique Goded is a Spanish filmmaker who, lacking inspiration, has resorted to scouring newspapers to find an idea for his next film...   [More...]

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)
Pedro Almodóvar

Pepa is an actress whose work consists mainly of TV ads and dubbing foreign films. When her lover, Ivan, calls her to put an end to their relationship, she is distraught but soon realises that life must go on...   [More...]

Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar

When her 17 year old son is killed in a road accident, Manuela gives up her well-paid hospital job and leaves Madrid for Barcelona in an attempt to repair her shattered life...   [More...]

Tristana (1970)
Luis Buñuel

Spain, in the 1920s. After the death of her mother, a beautiful young woman, Tristana, becomes the ward of a respectable but impecunious aristocrat, Don Lope...   [More...]

Viridiana (1961)
Luis Buñuel

Before taking her vows, a novice nun,Viridiana, visits her only living relative, her uncle, Don Jaime, who lives alone on his large country estate...   [More...]

Volver (2006)
Pedro Almodóvar

Raimunda and Sole are two sisters who live in a poor, working class district of Madrid. Life is hard for both of them, but they get by, although both still mourn the loss of their parents, who died recently in tragic circumstances...   [More...]

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