Spanish Films at Ames Public Library
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In Spanish with English captions, unless otherwise noted.
800 Bullets (DVD FOREIGN EIG) 124 min. 2002.
This anarchic comedy centers on a 12-year-old boy who sneaks off to find the Spanish setting of a number of Hollywood westerns in hopes of finding his grandfather, a former stuntman, who he's learned is still alive and performing at the run-down theme park.
All About My Mother (DVD FOREIGN ALL) In Spanish with English or French captions. 102 min. 1999.
Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed, her world crumbles.
Amores Perros (DVD FOREIGN AMO) In Spanish or French, with English, French, or Spanish captions. 153 min. 2000.
Three people are catapulted into dramatic circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash.
Angel de Fuego (DVD FOREIGN ANG) 92 min. 1991.
Alma is an adolescent trapeze artist and fire-breather in a miserable Mexico City circus, which is a brothel at night. Alma, in love with her father—an old and sick clown—bears the fruit of their incest. She decides to have the baby and abandons the circus.
Asi Del Precipicio (DVD FOREIGN ASI) 99 min. 2006.
Three female friends find themselves at life's crossroads. Money, sex, and marriage, it's not adding up like they thought it would. Each of them is plagued with extreme lack, extreme excess, or both. All are on the edge, and some will fall.
Bad Education (DVD FOREIGN BAD) 105 min. 2004.
This film traces the effects of sexual abuse and religious schooling on the lives of two lifelong friends.
Belle Epoque (DVD FOREIGN BEL) In Spanish or English, with English or Spanish captions. 109 min. 1992.
A handsome young Spanish Civil War deserter befriends a free-thinking artist and finds himself in a romantic dilemma when the artist's four beautiful daughters return to their country home.
Butterfly (DVD FOREIGN BUT) In Galician, Spanish, or French, with English, Spanish, or French captions. 95 min. 1999.
A shy young boy is brought out of his cocoon by a teacher who shows him the wonder of the natural world amidst the growing tensions and chaos of the Spanish Civil War.
Cilantro y Perejil - Recipes to Stay Together (DVD FOREIGN CIL) 90 min. 1997.
A female documentary director's latest project is to capture her sister's marital difficulties on film in hopes of shedding light on the travails of modern romance.
The City (VIDEO FOREIGN CIT) 88 min. 1998.
There are four stories about immigrants to New York City: a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks, two teenagers from the same hometown who meet and fall in love, a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school, and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops.
The Crime of Padre Amaro (DVD FOREIGN CRI) In Spanish or English, with English, French, or Spanish captions. 119 min. 2002.
A priest is sent to a parish church in rural Mexico. He meets a woman with a religious passion that borders on obsession. When the priest crosses the line that separates temptation from sin, he finds himself torn between the divine and the carnal, the righteous and the unjust.
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