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What have I done to deserve this? (100 min.) In Spanish with English subtitles
1984. Director, Pedro Almodóvar . Cast: Carmen Maura, Luis Hostalot, Gonzalo Suarez, Veronica Forque. Summary: Gloria is a very resourceful working-class housewife, a true feminist heroine who's on the go 18 hours a day, trying to keep her outrageously wacky family afloat. Comedy and tragedy blend to portray a surreal and perverse fable of contemporary life.
Flower of my secret (ca. 107 min). In Spanish with English subtitles. 1996. Written and directed by Pedro Almodvar. Cast: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carmen Elias, Rossy De Palma, Chus Lampreave, Joaquin Cortes, Manuela Vargas. Summary: Leo writes romance novels--but with a loveless marriage, she finds herself fresh out of inspiration. Angel is a tough and gruff journalist with an iron will and a heart of gold. When their paths happen to cross, they discover something neither had expected--a real-life love affair!
Asignatura pendiente [198-?] (108 min.) In Spanish; poor picture quality. Cast: José Sacristán, Fiorella Faltoyano. Summary: A witty socio-political comedy about a young leftist lawyer who begins an affair with a girlfriend from his college years. Aside from charting the course of their relationship, which sours when he begins spending more time on his job than with her, the film takes up the theme of the freeedoms denied to Spaniards during the Franco years.
La Muerte de Mikel [198-?] (88 min.) In Spanish. Cast: Imanol Arias, Monserrat Salvador, Fama, Amaia Lasa, Ramon Barea, Martin Adjemian, Juan Maria Segues. Summary: A series of flashbacks gradually reveal the life of a young Basque pharmacist who was brutally killed for his involvement in the left-wing separatist movement.
El Diputado (198-?) (90 min.). Cast: José Sacristán, María Luisa San José
Summary: Deals with a Socialist legislator whose life and career are ruined through a politically motivated scheme to expose his homosexuality. Many contemporary political figures and incidents are woven into the plot.
High heels (113 min.) Subtitled in English 1992. Cast: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé. Writer/Director, Pedro Almodóvar. Summary: The husband of a TV anchorwoman, ex-lover of her long-estranged singer-actress mother, is mysteriously killed, and both mother and daughter come under suspicion in a frenzied investigation filled with romantic mix-ups and mistaken identities
Volver a empezar (90 min.). In Spanish. 1982. Academy Award winner, Best Foreign Film, 1982. Cast: Antonio Ferrandis, Encarna Paso, José Bódalo, Augustín Gonzalez
Summary: After many years of living in San Francisco, an aging Nobel prize winner returns to his native town in Spain for a last visit to look up his former friends and an old girlfriend
Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento. (100 min.) En español. 1991. Dirigida por Ana Belén. La vida de Carmen es bastante complicada. A sus 42 años está casada con Antonio, que es su tercer marido, y tiene dos hijos de anteriores matrimonios. Intenta llevar su carrera con profesionalidad, sin descuidar por ello su relación con Antonio, la organización de la casa, las amistades ni las necesidades emocionales de sus hijos. La vida diaria llega a ser tan complicada y contradictoria como una película de aventuras. Lo importante es no perder el sentido del humor.
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" In Spanish with English subtitles. 1988. Written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Cast: Carmen Maura, Fernando Guillén, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano. Summary: This movie could well be called ?Desperately seeking Iván,? It presents two chaotic days in the life of Pepa, an actress whose lover is about to leave her.
La ardilla roja (104 min) In Spanish with English subtitles. 1993. Dir. Julio Medem. Premio de la Juventud de Cannes. Summary: Jota, a troubled former pop star is the sole witness to the crash of a motorcycle ridden by a young woman. After learning of the woman's amnesia Jota pretends to be her lover, naming her Lisa and creating a fictitious life for her. Then the two take a vacation to the Red Squirrel campsite. But there may be more to Lisa than meets the eye..
