Amores Perros Three lives become inextricably linked in the wake of

Amores Perros
Three lives become inextricably linked in the wake of a
terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister
underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel’s pooch
disappears into the apartments floorboards; and an ex-radical
turned hit man rescues a gun-shot Rotweiler (back cover).
2000,153 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
…and the Earth did not swallow him
Brilliantly adapted from Tomas Rivera’s acclaimed novel…y
no se lo trago la tierra, this is a haunting and powerful film about a
young Mexican American boy’s coming of age amid the poverty
and adversity he and his family face as migrant farm workers in
the 1950’s. A series of moving and simultaneously disturbing
episodes unfold into a poignant story of inner strength and human
values vs. blind faith.
1994, 99 minutes, English with some Spanish
Belle Epoque
The story of Fernando, a handsome, young Spanish Civil War
deserter who befriends a free-thinking artist. Fernando finds
himself in a romantic dilemma when the artist's four beautiful
daughters return to their country home - which woman should he
romance? The answer is hilariously simple, as Fernando is
seduced instead, by each of the high-spirited sisters (back cover).
1994, 109 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Camila
Set in mid-nineteenth century Argentina, Camila tells the true
story of Camila O’Gorman, an aristocratic young woman who falls
in love with Ladislao Gutierrez, a young Jesuit priest. Ladislao
renounces the priesthood and escapes with Camila to the
provinces where they start a new life together as husband and
wife. Their love affair becomes a pawn in the Church’s alliance
with the aristocracy and the military dictatorship.
1984, 105 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Carmen
Based on the French novel and Bizet’s most popular opera
which it inspired, Saura’s exhilarating flamenco “Carmen”
explores the legend by staging a modern ensemble of musicians
and dancers busy rehearsing a flamenco interpretation of the
Carmen story. When producer and star dancer Antonio (Antonio
Gades) chooses a girl named Carmen (Laura del Sol) to play “his”
Carmen, life begins tragically to imitate art.
1983, 97 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Un Chien Andalou
Two great early films by Luis Bunuel; Un Chien Andalou
continues to shock audiences today as it did in 1928. Land
Without Bread is a horrifying account of one of Spain’s most
desolate regions, a documentary masterpiece made all the more
harrowing for its travelogue style.
1928/32, 42 minutes, Spanish--no subtitles
Danzón
A Mexico City telephone operator whose tame, predictable
life is enlivened only by the ballroom dancing she enjoys each
week. When her dance partner, Carmelo, disappears, Julia stuns
her friends by following his trail to Veracruz. Carmelo, about
whom she knows little, comes to symbolize all that is missing in
Julia’s life: passion, romance, mystery. And her search for him
holds all that and more, as this enchanting journey shakes Julia’s
ideas about life and offers a new definition of love.
1992, 103 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Ernesto CHE Guevara
On October 9, 1967, Che Guevara was executed by the
Bolivian army, aided by the CIA. Guevara’s diary is the basis of
this moving portrait. Che’s relationship with the mysterious Tania,
his betrayal by local peasants, his constant battle with asthma,
and his distress at the death of comrades are recounted.
Interviews with Bolivians who met Che during these final days
included.
1997, 94 minutes, English
Erendira
The story of an adolescent girl who accidentally burns down
her grandmother's sumptuous house and is forced into a life of
prostitution in order to make restitution. Despite selling her body
to dozens of men nightly, Erendira keeps her innocence.
Erendira, an erotic, black comedy, is laden with surreal
prankishness and political allegory, and boasts the magnificent
performances by Irene Papas as the lofty matriarch, and Claudia
Ohana as the young, innocent granddaughter.
1987, 103 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Eva Perón
An amazing and complex woman, Eva left an impoverished
childhood behind to rise to fame as the wife of Juan Peron,
popular President of Argentina. Loved by her people, but hated by
the elite, she was elevated to almost “saintly” status, before facing
the most difficult challenge of her life.
1996, 120 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Evita
Evita is the riveting true life story of Eva Peron (Madonna),
who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to
achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. Despite widespread
controversy, her passion changed Argentina forever! Winner of
the coveted Academy Award for Best Song (1996) and 3 Golden
Awards (Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Song)-critics
nationwide hailed Evita as a triumphant must see masterpiece
and so will you!
1996, 135 minutes, English
A Murder in Granada
This videocassette miraculously manages to cover every
major aspect of Frederico Garcia Lorca’s life and work without
giving short shrift to anything of significance; his poetry and plays,
their biographical and literary sources; the locales of his
childhood, education and literary successes, and the people who
played significant roles at each stage; the historical background,
the sense of period, taste, style and political framework-all these
are here.
English with some Spanish subtitles
Frida
On her deathbed, artist Frida Kahlo conjuers up images and
memories of her life as a painter, revolutionary and woman of the
world, which are all recalled in a style reminiscent of her own
work, simultaneously sophisticated and primitive, flamboyant and
delicate. Directed by Paul Leduc, Frida won first prize at the
Havana Film Festival.
1984, Spanish with English subtitles
Gabriela
Sonia Braga (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Dona Flor)
romances Marcello Mastroianni, a brkeeper in a small Brazilian
town in which sex and politics are the only things that matter.
Filmed in the coastal city of Parati, Gabriela combines lusty
humor with the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
1983, 105 min, Portuguese with English Subtitles
Goya in Bordeaux
In Bordeaux, France, in the early 1800s, Goya suffers from
strange visions and nightmares. While his young daughter cares
for him, Goya reflects in his tumultuous career.
2000,105 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
The Green Wall
Based on filmmaker Armando Robles Godoy’s own
experience of homsteading in the Peruvian jungle, The Green
Wall is a “bitter and beautiful movie” in which Godoy translates his
experience into film poetry rather than flat reportage and uses the
physical environment as a great natural mystery, idyllic but cruel,
rich but unyielding to the will of a handsome young settler who is
determined to survive there with his family.
1970, 110 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
High Heels
Part revenge comedy; thriller and sexual farce. Pedro
Almodovar's film is a melodrama about the bizarre, shifting
relationship of an aging Spanish movie star (Marisa Paredes) and
singer and her daughter, a prominent local television anchor
woman. Estranged for more than 20 years, Paredes returns to
Madrid to discover her daughter is married to one of her former
lovers. His murder sets the extravagant plot in motion.
1990, 115 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Improper Conduct
This powerful documentary is simply a series of interviews
with a fascinating array of Cuban intellectuals and homosexuals
who have been persecuted under the Castro regime. The
directors are themselves exiles, and they have created a
convincing indictment of El Jefe, implicating also those who would
turn a blind eye towards repression from the Left.
1984, 110 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Jamón Jamón
Story of two young lovers, the pregnant Sylvia and her lover
Jose Luis. As the couple announces their plans to wed, Jose
Luis’ overprotective and wealthy mother-who disapproves of the
marriage due to the small fact that Sylvia’s mother is the town
whore-hires the town’s sexiest young man to break up the
marriage. Naturally, nothing goes as planned.
1993, 95 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
La Plaza del Diamante
A family's life is shattered by the tragic reality of a civil war.
Two characters with opposite temperaments brought together by
a passionate love, learn to know and respect each other through
years of facing the many problems of married life. She, docile and
sensitive, becomes aware of the challenge of being a woman. He,
domineering yet childish, will need the cruel experience of the war
to mature.
1981, 112 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Like Water for Chocolate
Tita and Pedro are passionately in love but their love is
forbidden by an ancient family tradition. To be near Tita, Pedro
marries her sister. And Tita, as the family cook, expresses her
passion for Pedro through preparing delectable dishes. Now, in
Tita’s kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion. Her
creations bring on tears of longing, heated desire or chronic pain-while Tita and Pedro wait for the moment to fulfill their most
hidden pleasures.
105 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Live Flesh
When naive, love struck Victor attempts to seduce beautiful
and wealthy but strung-out junkie Elena, all he gets for his trouble
is a one-way, six year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on
strengthening his mind, his body...and his desire for vengeance
on the man who put him there. After his release, Victor crosses
paths with Elena who is as beautiful as ever since she’s cleaned
up her act. Still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing
to win her over.
1997, 101 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
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Lovers
A gripping tale of white-hot erotic obsession based on the
true story of a sensational romantic triangle that rocked an entire
nation-and shattered the lives of those it touched. An
atmospheric, emotionally super-charged tour de force acclaimed
for its stylish sensuality and unblinking exploration of passion
gone dangerously wrong.
1992, 105 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Man of la Mancha
The film version of this popular stage musical stars Peter
O'Toole as Don Quixote, James Coco as the faithful Sancho
Panza and Sophia Loren as Dulcinea. As if that isn't enough, the
soaring musical score includes one of the most inspirational
songs ever written - "The Impossible Dream." (Facets.org)
1972, 138 minutes, English
El Mariachi
All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his
grandfather and his great-grandfather before him. But the town
he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse - of deadly
mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the
mariachi is playing for his life in this critically-acclaimed film debut
from director Robert Rodriguez.
1993, 81 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Márquez: Tales Beyond Solitude
From interviews with family and friends, to glimpses of the
artist at work, no stone is left unturned as the life and work of
Gabriel García Márquez, is discussed. Considered by many to be
the leading exponent of magical realism, García Márquez won a
Nobel Prize for One Hundred Years of Solitude. (Rob Ferrier, All
Movie Guide)
1989, 59 min.
Memories of Underdevelopment
Set in the early 1960’s, this black and white film centers on
a Europeanized Cuban intellectual, too idealistic (or lazy) to leave
for Miami, but too decadent to fit into the new Cuban society.
This film demonstrates that political commitment and
entertainment are not incompatible. Also, it’s a shrewd,
passionate and sexy film from a world-class director, Tomas
Gutierrez Alea.
1968, 97 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Miracle in Rome
The story of Magarito Durate, a man whose seven year-old
daughter dies suddenly. Upon visiting her grave twelve years
later, Margarito finds his daughter’s body just as he had left it. His
fellow townspeople call the event a miracle, but the town bishop
wants the girl reburied. Margarito must fight his way through red
tape to have his daughter declared a saint and, in the end, it will
take a miracle of a different order for Margarito Duarte to get his
wish.
1988, 76 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
El Norte
An independent American film that became a hit, the
powerful story of a brother and sister who must leave their
oppressed country of Guatemala and make the hazardous
journey through Mexico to the U.S., only to find themselves living
as illegals in Los Angeles. (Facets.org)
1984, 141 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Ochoa
The Kafka-esque world of Cuba under Castro’s rule is
brought to light in this reconstruction of the 1989 trial execution of
General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez., the highest ranking general
and hero of the revolution and commander of the Angolan and
Ethiopian campaigns.
1991, 84 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
The Official Story
This Argentinean feature is the true story of a comfortable
middle-class couple and their adopted daughter. As the film
progresses, the couple gradually begin to suspect that their
daughter may be one of the many Argentinean children separated
from their parents as they are detained or tortured and given
away. The wife’s journey of self-discovery reveals the horrors of
the military dictatorship in Argentina.
1985, 92 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos)
The line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly blurred in
this complex psychological thriller. César tries to make sense of
his life after a car crash leaves his face disfigured. After he is
placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn’t
remember committing, César’s only hope is to delve into the
depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to ending his
living nightmare lies in his dreams.
1997, 117 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
The Other Cuba
This chronicle of a “bittersweet mosaic” in which Cuban exiles
are interviewed: the poet, the artist, the worker, the guerilla. They
and others speak eloquently about a revolution in which they once
believed.
1998, 94 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Romero
Raul Julia gives a compelling performance as the Archbishop of
El Salvador, who was murdered for his ability to stir the masses
into thoughts of political reform. Oscar Romero was a kind but
apolitical churchman until his eyes were opened and he became a
powerful voice of the people.
1989, 105 minutes, English
Selena
Selena is the story of the Grammy Award winning South
Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking
Tejano where it had never gone-into mainstream America.
1997, 128 minutes, English
The Silence of Neto
The Silence of Neto is the first internationally acclaimed
award winning film produced entirely in Guatemala. Filmed in the
colonial city of Antigua, this movie tells the politically-charged
story of a young boy striving to follow his dreams while his country
struggles to preserve democracy amidst CIA cold-war
propaganda. Through the eyes of young Neto, we are given an
authentic insider’s look at the diverse people of Guatemala and
the historical events.
1994, 106 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
The Spirit of the Beehive
A landmark Spanish film by Victor Erice, featuring the
remarkable Ana Torrent in the story of two little girls growing up
after the Spanish Civil War in the countryside. The hypnotic,
spellbinding nature of the film is a rare achievement in cinema, as
Erice evokes a deep poetry of childhood in a portrait of isolation.
1973, 95 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
Strawberry & Chocolate
The irresistible comedy treat that has received outstanding
critical acclaim. Meet David--a naive young college kid who's out
on his own for the very first time. With the help of two
extraordinary new friends, David soon learns everything there is
to know about the things that aren't taught in school! Diego is the
writer who teaches him about the passion of life...and Nancy is
the woman who teaches him about the passion of love!
104 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles
The Tigress
The Tigress re-creates the myth of woman as she could only
exist in a tropical, macho culture. Francisca Miranda possesses a
sensual beauty that she uses liberally to maintain dominance over
everyone around her, including her lovers and two sisters. The
film takes place in that dreamscape midway between fantasy and
reality, the territory inhabited in literature by magical realism. And
a Luzuriaga succeeds at creating a cinematic language that justly
translates this territory to the screen.
A story of love, power, magic and revenge, this prize-winning
film is based on the novella by Jose de la Cuadra.
1990, 80 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles.
Tristana
Rey is Don Lope, a liberated but hypocritical aristocrat who
seduces his beautiful young ward, Tristana. Given the
opportunity, she flees with her lover, but illness forces her to
return and later, marry Don Lope. The result is a tense union in
which Tristana slowly gains the upper hand.
1970, 98 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Magical realism and comic confusion blend in a startling film
about vision and expectations. Amid the debris of a Colombian
cyclone lands an old man with enormous wings, whose seemingly
miraculous anatomy attracts the curious and devout from around
the world. Silent and disheveled, this fantastical "creature" is
housed in a chicken coop as his hosts and the onlookers wait for
his heavenly message which turns out to be a very mixed
blessing. Original story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who also cowrote the screenplay.
1988, 90 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles.
We’re All Stars
At the center of this wonderful Latin American comedy are
various members of the Huambachano family who share a dream:
to win fortune and fame on the television game show, We’re All
Stars. Luck strikes when the popular host of the show knocks on
their door and invites them to appear as “family of the week.” The
only catch is, the television studio is looking for the perfect family,
and the Huambachanos are forced to cover up the family divorce.
What follows is a comedy of errors fueled by the family’s struggle
for a better life. A light comedy with a touch of satire, this film
hooks its audience with action and the universal inner-workings of
family.
1993, 80 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
A popular Spanish actress driven to distraction when her
lover leaves for another woman. She knows she can talk him out
of leaving only if she can talk directly with him and not deal with
the answering machine. A comedy of errors ensues that involve a
drugged pitcher of gazpacho, Shiite terrorists and a mental patient
who left the asylum too soon.
1985, 100 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles