Antonieta 1982  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla, Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Carlos Bracho, Gonzalo Vega, Diana Bracho, Hector Alterio, Bruno Rey, Jose Lavat, Diego Luna
French psychologist Anna (Hanna Schygulla) journeys to Mexico to investigate the life of an author, Antonieta Rivas Mercado (Isabelle Adjani), who committed suicide inside Notre Dame Cathedral in 1931.
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Carmen 1983  R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Antonio Gades, Laura del Sol, Paco de Lucia, Marisol, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jimenez, Jose Yepes, Sebastian Moreno, Gomez de Jerez, Manolo Sevilla, Antonio Solera, Manuel Rodriguez, Lorenzo Virseda, M. Magdalena, La Bronce
As a Spanish dance company rehearses for Bizet's opera "Carmen," the plot of this story parallels that of the opera. Choreographer Antonio (Antonio Gades) falls in love with the sexy Carmen (Laura del Sol) who is performing the lead role. Just like in the opera, Carmen has an affair with another man, and Antonio's jealousy leads to deadly results. An excellent takeoff on the opera, with awesome dances. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Foreign Film.
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Cria! 1976  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Secret of Anna
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Ana Torrent, Conchita Perez, Maite Sanchez, Monica Randall, Florinda Chico, Hector Alterio, German Cobos, Mirta Miller, Josefina Diaz
Director Carlos Saura succeeds in blending past and present into this spellbinding tale of nine-year-old Anna's inner strength. Anna (Ana Torrent) is an orphan, but memories of her mother (Geraldine Chaplin) have not disappeared. Anna calls up imagined visits from her mother, which help her deal with the harsh realities of life at Aunt Paulina's (Monica Randall) house.
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Goya in Bordeaux 1999 R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernandez, Maribel Verdu, Eulalia Ramon, Joaquin Climent, Cristina Espinosa, Josep Maria Pou, Saturnino Garcia, Carlos Hipolito
When this story begins, it is toward the end of the life of Spain's great painter, Francisco de Goya, when he was living in France having left Spain because of turmoil at home. Now Goya (Jose Coronado) reminisces with his daughter, Rosario (Dafne Fernandez), about his life, deafness, and art. Although not a great movie, this film succeeds as a very good study of Goya.
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 Tango 1998  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Miguel Angel Sola, Cecilia Narova, Mia Maestro, Juan Carlos Copes, Carlos Rivarola, Sandra Ballesteros, Oscar Cardozo Ocampo, Enrique Pinti, Julio Bocca, Juan Luis Galiardo
A Buenos Aires tango artist, Mario Suarez (Miguel Angel Sola), hits a turning point in his life when his wife leaves him. He takes a new road, which should end in the production of the ultimate tango film. Complications arise with a new love interest (Mia Maestro) and problems with financial backers, but Suarez continues his quest in filmmaking.
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| 1. Antonieta (1982)
2. Carmen (1983)
3. Cria! (1976)
aka: The Secret of Anna
4. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
5. Tango (1998)
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