 All About My Mother 1999  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz, Eloy Azorin, Candela Pena, Antonia San Juan, Rosa Maria Sarda, Toni Canto, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Cayetana Guillan Cuervo, Juan Jose Otegui, Carlos Lozano, Fernando Guillen, Manuel Moron, Jose Luis Torrijo
Seventeen-year-old Esteban (Eloy Azorin) has been keeping a journal he calls "All About My Mother." One evening, Esteban and his mother, Manuela (Cecilia Roth), attend a play, and moments after the play's end Esteban is killed by a car while he chases down the star for her autograph. The tragedy sets in motion Manuela's search for Esteban's father. The quest includes entering the worlds of a pregnant nun, lesbians, and transsexuals. But each character gives Manuela a sense of purpose in the healing process following her son's death. An Academy Award was received for Best Foreign Film.
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Beyond Desire 2002  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Desire
Director: Gerardo Vera
Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Leonor Watling, Cecilia Roth, Ernesto Alterio, Maria Vazquez, Rosa Maria Sarda, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Gloria Munoz, Jordi Bosch, Norma Aleandro
In Argentina during 1945, Elvira's (Leonor Watling) husband, Julio (Ernesto Alterio), is imprisoned for political reasons, and her father has been killed by Franco's army. When Elvira needs money, she takes the job of maid to wealthy magnate Pablo (Leonardo Sbaraglia) who, it turns out, is aiding Nazi party members to escape. Elvira hates fascism but is drawn into an affair with Pablo, which lasts until Julio is released from prison and returns to Elvira. A rough road lies ahead for all concerned.
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Lucia, Lucia 2003 R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Antonio Serrano
Cast: Cecilia Roth, Carlos Alvarez-Novoa, Kuno Becker, Javier Diaz Duenas, Margarita Isabel, Max Kerlow, Mario Ivan Martinez, Jose Elias Moreno, Hector Ortega, Enrique Singer
Middle-aged housewife Lucia (Cecilia Roth) and her husband, Ramon (Jose Elias Moreno), are leaving on vacation when Ramon disappears. With the help of two neighbors (Carlos Alvarez-Nova and Kuno Becker) Lucia sets off to locate Ramon who, Lucia learns, is being held for ransom.
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The Stranger 1987  R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Adolfo Aristarain
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Peter Riegert, Barry Primus, David Spielberg, Marcos Woinsky, Julio De Grazia, Cecilia Roth, Federico Luppi, Ricardo Darin, Federico Luppi
After witnessing a murder, Alice (Bonnie Bedelia) suffers amnesia and tries to put the pieces of her lost memory together. Her psychologist (Peter Riegert) may or may not be helping her to regain the identity of the murderer.
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What Have I Done to Deserve This? 1984 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Carmen Maura, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma, Angel de Andres Lopez, Gonzalo Suarez, Veronica Forque, Juan Martinez, Chus Lampreave, Kiti Manver, Sonia Anabela Holimann, Cecilia Roth, Pedro Almodovar
Gloria (Carmen Maura) works hard to keep some sort of order in a wildly dysfunctional family. Husband Antonio (Angel de Andres Lopez) is a cabbie (and forger on the side) and is infatuated with an aging opera star for whom he was once a chauffeur. His current issue revolves around two writers who have written a manuscript that is intended to be the memoirs of Hitler–if Antonio will copy it in Hitler's handwriting. One son sells heroin while the other moves in with a gay dentist. Meanwhile, the mother-in-law is perhaps the most weird. A fun romp.
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| 1. All About My Mother (1999)
2. Beyond Desire (2002)
aka: Desire
3. Lucia, Lucia (2003)
4. The Stranger (1987)
5. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
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