The Orphanage 2007  R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Cast: Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Mabel Rivera, Geraldine Chaplin, Andres Gertrudix, Edgar Vivar, Oscar Casas, Mireia Renau, Georgina Avellaneda, Carla Gordillo Alicia, Carmen Lopez, Montserrat Carulla
In this good, Spanish ghost story, Laura (Belen Rueda) is happily married to Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and has a seven-year-old adopted boy, Simon (Roger Princep). Laura also was adopted from an orphanage, and now she wants to open the now-abandoned orphanage as a home for handicapped children. The family moves in, and Simon enjoys his new home, cavorting with imaginary friends. But Simon disappears, and after months of anguish, Laura brings in Aurora (Geraldine Chaplin), a medium, to gather clues as to what happened to Simon. The answers may rest with Laura's own past in this frightening film.
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Savage Grace 2008  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Kalin
Cast: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Anne Reid, Belen Rueda, Hugh Dancy, Simon Andreu, Jim Arnold, Barney Clarke, Abel Folk, Mapi Galan, Lina Lambert, Minnie Marx
This six-part screenplay, based on a true story, takes place in Paris, Spain, Mallorca, and London during a period from 1946 to 1972. The plot follows the lives of Barbara Baekeland (Julianne Moore) and her son Tony (Barney Clarke as a child and Eddie Redmayne as an adult). Tony's father, Brooks (Stephen Dillane), thinks that his son is a failure, but over the years Barbara and Tony grow close–in fact, they even become lovers who sleep not only with each other but with bisexual Sam (Hugh Dancy) as well. The disintegration of the Baekeland family continues with disastrous results.
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The Sea Inside 2004 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Clara Sugura, Joan Dalmau, Alberto Jimenez, Tamar Novas, Francesc Garrido, Josep Maria Pou, Andrea Occhipinti, Alberto Amarilla, Federico Perez Rey, Nicolas Fernandez Luna
Spaniard Ramon Sampedro was paralyzed during a diving accident and spent the next 30 years as a quadriplegic. This film depicts his real-life battle with family and the court system to grant him the right of euthanasia. The film received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for one other.
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| 1. The Orphanage (2007)
2. Savage Grace (2008)
3. The Sea Inside (2004)
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