Spanish & Portuguese Cinema
Undoubtedly the backbone of Alice's Spanish collection are the films of Pedro Almodovar. Since the 1980s this unique film maker has been bringing us such gems as 'Laws of Desire', 'Women on the Verge...' and 'Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down' and nurturing the talents of actors such as Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril and Penelope Cruz.
But there is more to Spanish film than the talented Mr Almodovar. Everything from the beautiful and haunting works of Carlos Saura to the off-beat and darkly humourous tales of Alex de Iglesia.
Pictured right: One-of-a-kind helmer, Pedro Almodovar.
The Method (2005)
7.3/10
Director: Marcelo Pineyro
Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Eduard Fernandez, Pablo Echarri, Ernesto Alterio,...
A cutting corporate satire from Spain, based on a famous play by Jordi Galceran, it features seven job applicants who turn up for an interview and fin... Read more
Marshland (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Alberto Rodriguez
Starring: Javier Gutierrez, Raul Arevalo, Antonio de la Torre, Nerea Barros
Spain in the early 80s. Two young girls disappear from a town deep in the Guadalquivir wetlands. Two detectives are sent from Madrid; both use very di... Read more
Camino (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Javier Fesser
Starring: Carme Elias, Nerea Camacho
Writer/director Javier Fesser has based his film on the case of Alexia Gonzalez-Barros, a devoutly Catholic Spanish girl whose exemplary hospital deat... Read more
Vengo (2000)
7.2/10
Director: Tony Gatlif
Starring: Antonio Canales, Orestes Villasan Rodriguez
The rich and passionate sounds of Spanish flamenco music provide the backdrop for this emotional drama of two families at war. Caco (Antonio Canales)... Read more
Kika (1993)
6.5/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Victoria Abril, Peter Coyote, Veronica Forque, Alex Casanovas, Rossy de Palma
A wacky, colourful, very adult story about a free-spirited make-up artist Kika (Veronica Forque) and the men in her life, including a corpse, an Ameri... Read more
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
7.1/10
Director: David Trueba
Starring: Javier Camara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Jorge Sanz
Scooping Spains Goya Awards this year (Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor, New Actress and Original Score), Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed is... Read more
The Flower Of My Secret (1995)
7.1/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Imanol Arias, Juan Echanove, Marisa Paredes, Rossy de Palma
Leo is a middle-aged woman (Marisa Paredes) whose seemingly great life is slipping away. Her husband is about to leave her, she must care for her crot... Read more
King of the Hill (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego
Starring: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Maria Valverde
It was meant to be a quiet drive across the Spanish countryside, but a simple detour to a mountain turns Quim's roadtrip into a living nightmare. A su... Read more
Killing Words (2003)
Director: Laura Mana
Starring: Goya Toledo, Dario Grandinetti, Fernando Guillen, Eric Bonicatto
A.k.a. "Palabras Encadenadas". Locked in a dark basement, Laura (Goya Toledo), a psychiatrist in her early thirties, contemplates in horror a video wh... Read more
A Gun in Each Hand (2012)
6.5/10
Director: Cesc Gay
Starring: Jordi Molla, Eduardo Noriega, Ricardo Darin, Javier Camara, Leonor Watling, Leon...
Chance encounters between old friends, acquaintances, ex-spouses and potential lovers form an engrossing series of six intertwined tales of love, lost... Read more