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male friendship

Fermín Muguruza Director

Emma Suárez as Laia

Unax Ugalde as Manex

Rossy de Palma as Ruth Abransom

Isaach De Bankolé as Wilson Clever

New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; but the local authorities have not allowed the appearance of all of them: due to the racial prejudices that persist in many sectors of society, the participation of two black giants has been banned.

The Silence of Others

2018

8.0

♡ 9

100%

spanish civil war (1936-39)

spain

spanish civil war

Robert Bahar Director

Adolf Hitler as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

Richard Nixon as Self

Adolfo Suárez as Self

The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975). In a democratic country, but still ideologically divided, the survivors seek justice as they organize the so-called “Argentinian lawsuit” and denounce the legally sanctioned pact of oblivion that intends to hide the crimes they were subjects of.

Roads to the South

5.5

older man younger woman relationship

paris, france

spain

Joseph Losey Director

France Lambiotte as Ève Larréa

Yves Montand as Jean Larréa

Miou-Miou as Julia

Eugene Braun Munk as Le producteur Egon

France, 1975. Jean, an exiled Spanish Communist, is a successful screenwriter who, after a tragic event, struggles with his political commitment, his love for his country, under the boot of General Franco, whose death he and his comrades have waited for years, and his complicated relationship with his son. (A sequel to “The War Is Over,” 1966.)

El cochecito

1960

7.3

♡ 4

bodily disabled person

Comedy

dark comedy

madrid, spain

obsession

wheelchair

Marco Ferreri Director

José Luis López Vázquez as Alvarito

María Isbert as Andrea

Carlos Saura as Fraile 1

Chus Lampreave as Yolanda Proharán

Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…

The

5.5

based on graphic novel

countryside

guerrilla warfare

sabotage

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas Director

Aitor Luna as Capitán Bosch

Manuel de Blas as Coronel Cortés

Rocío Calvo as Josefa

Hugo Silva as Vicente Roig

Northern Spain, October 1944. Several groups of guerrilla fighters, former Republican soldiers exiled in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, infiltrate the country in order to provoke a popular uprising against General Franco's dictatorship.

The Endless Trench

2019

7.2

♡ 11

88%

82%

Action

Adventure

based on a true story

countryside

husband wife relationship

History

spanish civil war

spanish civil war (1936-39)

Thriller

War

Aitor Arregi Director

Ryan Colt Levy as Enrique

Ryan Cargill as Jaime

José Manuel Poga as Rodrigo

Belén Cuesta as Rosa

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

The War Is Over

1966

French

7.2

♡ 6

1960s

communist infiltrator

Alain Resnais Director

Bernard Fresson as André Sarlat

Françoise Bertin as Carmen

Michel Piccoli as L'inspecteur des douanes / First Customs Inspector

Geneviève Bujold as Nadine Sallanches

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.

While at War

2019

6.8

♡ 12

64%

spanish civil war (1936-39)

War

Alejandro Amenábar Director

Nathalie Poza as Ana Carrasco Robledo

Luis Callejo as General Emilio Mola

Eduard Fernández as General José Millán-Astray

Luka Peros as Johannes Bernhardt

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.

Jokes & Cigarettes

2023

Catalan

7.2

100%

barcelona, spain

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

portrait of an artist

Romance

David Trueba Director

Aina Tur as Comercial

Carolina Yuste as Conchita

César Tormo as Empresari Alacant

Marina Salas as Mari Carmen

Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.

A Forbidden Orange

2021

6.3

♡ 7

38%

1970s

cinema on cinema

controversial subject

Documentary

film censorship

film festival