The Women on the 6th Floor

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(2010)

Language: French/Spanish

Genre: Comedy

Director: Philippe Le Guay

Writers: Philippe Le Guay, Jérôme Tonnerre

Producers: Etienne Comar, Philippe Rousselet

Synopsis: Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis (Fabrice Luchini, Potiche) lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne (Sandrine Kiberlain, Mademoiselle Chambon) while their children are away at boarding school. The couple's world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid Maria (Natalia Verbeke). Through Maria, Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative reality just a few floors up on the building's sixth floor, the servants' quarters. He befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids (Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Sole, Concha Calan), refugees of the Franco regime, who teach him there's more to life than stocks and bonds. The women's influence on the house brings change... muy rápido! Official Selection of Berlinale. -- (Written by Strand)

Cast:

• Fabrice Luchini
• Sandrine Kiberlain
• Natalia Verbeke
• Carmen Maura
• Lola Dueñas
• Audrey Fleurot

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The Skin I Live In

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 (2011)

Language: Spanish

Genre: Thriller/Drama

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Writer: Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Thierry Jonquet

Producers: Agustín Almodóvar, Bábara Peiró Aso, Esther García

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Synopsis: Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig...-- (C) (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Antonio Banderas
• Elena Anaya
• Marisa Paredes
• Jan Cornet
• Bianca Suárez

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The Orphanage

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(2007)
Language: Spanish

Genre: Thriller

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona

Writer: Sergio G. Sánchez

Producers: Belén Atienza, Àlvaro Augustín, Sandra Hermida, Elena Manrique, Joaquín Padró, Mar Targarona, Guillermo del Toro

Synopsis: A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she opens an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Belén Rueda
• Fernando Cayo
• Roger Príncep

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Biutiful

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(2010)

Language: Spanish

Genre: Drama

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Writer: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Armando Bo

Producers: Fernando Bovaira, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Sandra Hermida, Jon Kilik, David Linde, Ann Ruark, Guillermo del Toro

  

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Synopsis: This is the story of Uxbal, a man living in this world, but able to see his death, which guides his every move. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Javier Bardem
• Maricel Álvarez
• Hanaa Bouchaib

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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

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(2005)

Language: English/Spanish

Genre: Drama

Director: Tommy Lee Jones

Writer: Guillermo Arriaga

Synopsis: A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Written by Anonymous)

Cast:

• Tommy Lee Jones
• Barry Pepper
• Dwight Yoakam
• January Jones

 

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Bad Education

 

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 (2004)

Language: Spanish

Genre: Drama

Director: Pedro Almodòvar

Writer: Pedro Almodòvar

Synopsis: In the early 60s, two boys - Ignacio and Enrique - discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school. Father Manolo, the school principal and Literature teacher, both witnesses and takes part in these discoveries. The three characters come against one another twice again, in the late 70s and in 1980. These meetings are set to change the life and death of some of them. (Written by Anonymous)

Cast:

• Gael Garcìa Bernal
• Fele Martìnez
• Lluìs Homar

 

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Unmade Beds

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(2009)

Language: English/French/Spanish

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Alexis Dos Santos

Writer: Alexis Dos Santos, Marianela Maldonado

Synopsis: Axl wants to find his long-lost father and rediscover his past. Vera just wants to forget hers as she tries to move on from heartbreak. Their stories come together in the melting-pot of 21st century London. (Written by Anonymous)

Cast:

• Dèborah Francois
• Fernando Tielve

 

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Volver

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 (2006)

Language: Spanish

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Pedro Almodòvar

Writer: Pedro Almodòvar

Synopsis: After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Penèlope Cruz
• Lola Duenas
• Carmen Maura

 

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All About My Mother

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 (1999)

Language: Spanish

Genre: Drama

Director: Pedro Almodòvar

Writer: Pedro Almodòvar

Synopsis: Young Esteban want to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his father, carefully concealed by the mother Manuela. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Cecilia Roth
• Antonia San Juan
• Penèlope Cruz

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Broken Embraces

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(2009)

Language: Spanish

Genre: Drama

Director: Pedro Almodòvar

Writer: Pedro Almodòvar

Synopsis: Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Penélope Cruz
• Lluìs Homar
• Blanca Portillo
• Josè Luis Gòmez

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