 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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 Belle Epoque 1992 R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Jorge Sanz, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil, Miriam Diaz Aroca, Penelope Cruz, Gabino Diego, Michel Galabru, Agustin Gonzalez, Chus Lampreave
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this sex comedy revolves around army deserter Fernando (Jorge Sanz) who finds refuge with a farmer and his four beautiful daughters.
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Butterfly 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Musical
Director: Jose Luis Cuerda
Cast: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Manuel Lozano, Uxia Blanco, Gonzalo Uriarte, Alexis de los Santos, Jesus Castejon, Guillermo Toledo, Elena Fernandez, Tamar Novas, Tatan, Roberto Vidal Bolano, Celso Bugallo, Milagros Jimenez, Celso Parada, Antonio Lagares
Set in 1936, this story takes place in a short period of Spanish history when people dared to express their political and religious feelings. This compilation of three of Manuel Rivas' stories involves the trials of seven-year-old asthmatic Moncho (Manuel Lozano) as he comes of age amidst the turbulent times in his small village in Galicia, Spain. Fernando Fernan Gomez plays the understanding teacher who takes Moncho under his wing.
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The City of No Limits 2002  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Antonio Hernandez
Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Geraldine Chaplin, Ana Fernandez, Adriana Ozores, Leticia Bredice, Roberto Alvarez, Alex Casanovas, Monica Estarreado, Alfredo Alcon, Natacha Cucic, Jorge San Jose
Wealthy businessman Max (Fernando Fernan Gomez) lies in his Paris hospital bed awaiting treatment for cancer. Son Victor (Leonardo Sbaraglia), the last of the family to arrive and not associated with the lucrative business, begins to feel that Max has secrets he is hiding while the family bickers over the business. Victor is soon drawn in to help his father by seeking answers concerning a man from Max's past.
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 The Grandfather 1998  PG, 147 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jose Luis Garci
Cast: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Rafael Alonso, Cayetana Guillan Cuervo, Agustin Gonzalez, Cristina Cruz, Alicia Rozas, Fernando Guillen, Francisco Piquer, Naria Massip, Jose Caride
Following notification of his son's death, an aging Rodrigo de Arista (Fernando Fernan Gomez) returns to Spain where he greets his two granddaughters, Doli (Cristina Cruz) and Neli (Alicia Rozas). Because he knows his daughter-in-law, Lucrecia (Cayetana Guillen Cuervo), cheated on her husband, Rodrigo believes one of the children is not his blood relation. Rodrigo is in a position to search for the truth and reveal a possible family secret–but, will he? .
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The Shanghai Spell 2002  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Fernando Tielve, Aida Folch, Ariadna Gill, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Eduard Fernandez, Antonio Resines, Rosa Maria Sarda, Jorge Sanz, Juan Jose Ballesta, Gotz Otto, Feodor Atkine
Set during the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Dani (Fernando Tielve) is the primary character as he narrates events in this drama. Capt. Blay (Fernando Fernan Gomez) encourages Dani to draw a portrait of young Susana (Aida Folch) who is recovering from tuberculosis. The story unfolds as events from Susana's father's (Eduard Fernandez) life come to the fore when she tells about her father's activities as a spy. By story's end, Dani and Susana are on the verge of a romance with each other.
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Spirit of the Beehive 1973 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Victor Erice
Cast: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria, Jose Villasante, Juan Francisco Margallo, Ketty de la Camara, Estanis Gonzalez, Laly Soldevila, Miguel Picazo
When a young girl (Ana Torrent) watches the film "Frankenstein" she believes it is a real story and sets out to find Boris Karloff as the Monster.
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| 1. All About My Mother (1999)
2. Belle Epoque (1992)
3. Butterfly (1999)
4. The City of No Limits (2002)
5. The Grandfather (1998)
6. The Shanghai Spell (2002)
7. Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
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