Spanish Films at Ames Public Library
Today is 5/24/2012
Talk to Her (DVD FOREIGN TAL) In Spanish or French, with English or French captions. 114 min. 2003.
In a private clinic, Barco and Benigno find friendship while caring for comatose women.
Tango (DVD FOREIGN TAN) 115 min. 1998.
Set in Buenos Aires, director Mario Suarez's quest is to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario must find themes to hold the film together, while permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience. Complications arise when Mario falls in love with Elena, a dancer who is the girlfriend of Angelo Larroca, an investor in the picture. Mario's vision is challenged by his investors when he plans a scene to recreate Argentina's years of political suppression and "disappearances."
Timecrimes (DVD FOREIGN TIM) 89 min. 2009.
A man accidentally finds a time machine and travels back in time, where he is involved in a mystery filled with murders, terror, and another version of himself.
Tinta Roja (Red Ink) (DVD FOREIGN TIN) 118 min. 2000.
A college graduate wants to be an entertainment writer, but his first job assignment is the daily crime column of a tabloid newspaper.
Todo el Poder (DVD FOREIGN TOD) 102 min. 1999.
This film is a comedy about crime in Mexico City and its effects on the city's inhabitants. A filmmaker finds himself the victim of crime and violence as frequently as three times a day.
El Topo (DVD FOREIGN TOP) 124 min. 1970.
Arriving upon the scene of a massacre, gunslinger El Topo demands justice, tracks down the villains, and murders them all. A young woman is grateful to be released from the Colonel's bondage and agrees to ride with El Topo. She will pledge her devotion if he kills the four greatest guns in the desert. El Topo is eventually double-crossed, left for dead among an underground collective of deformed freaks. He helps build a tunnel between the cave and the town, unaware that the villagers shunned these lost souls and will do anything – including murder – to keep them away.
Tortilla Soup (DVD COMEDY TOR) 104 min. 2001.
In this comedy about food, family, and magic that only happens at the dinner table, Martin is the culinary genius behind a successful restaurant and the widowed father of three daughters. Hungry for independence, the girls are at odds with their traditionalist father.
Unconscious (DVD FOREIGN UNC) 109 min. 2004.
Set in early 1900 Barcelona. A very pregnant Alma searches for her missing psychiatrist husband. She recruits her love-struck brother-in-law and discovers a world where gender-bending psychoanalysis turns the roles of sex and sexuality inside out.
Undertow (DVD FOREIGN UND) 100 min. 2009.
Miguel, a respected Peruvian fisherman, is expecting his first child with his wife, Mariela. Their peaceful life is threatened by Miguel's love for Santiago, a visiting artist who is viewed as a threat by the villagers. When a fatal accident befalls the community, Miguel is faced with hiding his true feelings or coming to terms with who he is and risk losing everything, including those he loves.
Viridiana (DVD FOREIGN VIR) 91 min. 1961.
Novice nun Viridiana does her best to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and an assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism.
Volver (DVD FOREIGN VOL) 121 min. 2006.
Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters’ birth village, they lost their parents in a fire. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies, the situation changes and the past returns(volver).
Waiting List (DVD FOREIGN WAI) 102 min. 2000.
A rundown bus station in Cuba is the backdrop for romance and miracles in Juan Carlos Tabio's blend of magical realism and social commentary.
The Wind Journeys (DVD FOREIGN WIN) 120 min. 2009.
Ignacio Carrillo travelled the villages of northern Colombia, playing his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. He eventually married and settled in a village, leaving the nomadic life behind. When his wife dies, he vows to never play the accursed accordion again, and embarks on one last journey to return the instrument to its rightful owner. He is followed by a teenager determined to become his apprentice, but Ignacio tries to discourage him.
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (DVD FOREIGN WHA) 101 min. 1984.
This black comedy centers on Gloria, a housewife and cleaning woman, who is hooked on amphetamines and contends with her crazy family.
Who the Hell is Juliette? (DVD FOREIGN WHO) 91 min. 1997.
The lives and thoughts of some young people in Havana in the 1990s are seen through the making of a film, "The story of Yuliet Ortega & Fabiola Quiroz as filmed by Carlos Marcovich."
Without a Trace (DVD FOREIGN WIT) 113 min. 2000.
Two women are on the run: one a dealer in ersatz Mayan relics, the other a mother who has run away from her drug dealer boyfriend to pursue a better life for her two children. The two women form a bond that is tested when a border officer and the boyfriend catch them.
A Woman Without Love (DVD FOREIGN WOM) 91 min. 1952.
An unhappily married woman has a brief, torrid affair with an engineer, but then refuses to leave her elderly husband. Twenty-five years later, the former lover leaves a fortune to her son, causing an uproar.
XXY (DVD FOREIGN XXY) 91 min. 2008.
The parents of a 15-year-old hermaphrodite, born with what the doctors call “ambiguous genitalia,” move from Buenos Aires to an isolated cabin outside of Piriápolis, Uruguay, to protect their child from prejudice.
Y Tu Mama Tambian (DVD FOREIGN Y) 100 min. 2001.
Abandoned by their girlfriends for the summer,teenagers Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa at a wedding. To impress her, they tell Luisa that they are planning a road trip to a beautiful, secret beach. Intrigued with their story, Luisa asks if she can join them. Soon the three are headed out of Mexico City, making their way toward the fictional destination. Seduction, argument, and the contrast of the trio against the harsh realities of the surrounding poverty break out along the way.
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