The Devil's Backbone 2001  R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Eduardo(2) Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Inigo Garces, Irene Visedo, Francisco Maestre, Jose Manuel Lorenzo, Junio Valverde
Centering on a Spanish Civil War orphan, 10-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve), who has been left at the Santa Lucia school, this gothic tale includes not only an undetonated bomb on the campus, but also a strong headmistress (Marisa Paredes), a bully (Inigo Garces), and a mysterious caretaker (Eduardo Noriega). A good ghost story.
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 Imagining Argentina 2003  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Christopher Hampton
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Ruben Blades, Maria Canals-Barrera, Leticia Dolera, John Wood, Claire Bloom, Anton Lesser, Kuno Becker, Fernando Tielve, Stella Maris, Concha Hidalgo
During Argentina's military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s, theater director Carlos Rueda (Antonio Banderas) uses psychic powers as he desperately searches for his wife, Cecilia (Emma Thompson), and teenage daughter Teresa (Leticia Dolera). The two women have been abducted and are among Argentina's 30,000 "disaparecidos" who have vanished under the corrupt junta rule.
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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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| 1. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
2. Imagining Argentina (2003)
3. The Shanghai Spell (2002)
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