Bad Education 2004  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Romance
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Lluis Homar, Javier Camara, Francisco Boira, Juan Fernandez, Petra Martinez, Nacho Perez, Raul Garcia Forneiro, Alberto Ferreiro, Roberto Hoyas, Francisco Maestre, Agustin Almodovar, Leonor Watling
Childhood friends Ignacio Rodriguez and Enrique Goded (Gael Garcia Bernal and Fele Martinez) meet after 16 years when Ignacio arrives at Enrique's office in Madrid. Enrique is now a successful filmmaker, and Ignacio is an aspiring actor who goes by the stage name Angel Androde. Ignacio has written a semi-autobiographical manuscript that he presents to Enrique hoping that Enrique will use it for a film and cast Ignacio in a starring role. Ignacio's story is about sexual abuse encountered when a pedophile priest, Father Manolo (Daniel Gimenez Cacho), at St. John's Catholic school intervened in the sexual love Enrique and Ignacio shared as boys. Enrique decides to make the film but has questions about starring Ignacio.
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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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Faust: Love of the Damned 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Brian Yuzna
Cast: Mark Frost, Isabel Brook, Jeffrey Combs, Monica Van Campen, Junix Inocian, Andrew Divoff, Ronny Svensson, Marc Martinez, Jennifer Rope, Leslie Charles, Fermi Reixach, Robert Paterson, Clare Leach, Francisco Maestre, Alex Sarr
In this violent, gory tale, John (Mark Frost) witnesses the murder of his girlfriend by a group of thugs. While in a saddened state, he is visited by M (Andrew Divoff), an agent of the devil. In order to get revenge, John makes a deal with the devil, resulting in his performing monstrous murders on a regular basis.
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Libertarias 1996  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vicente Aranda
Cast: Ariadna Gil, Victoria Abril, Ana Belen, Blanca Apilanez, Laura Mana, Loles Leon, Jorge Sanz, Jose Sancho, Joan Crosas, Antonio Decent, Miguel Bose, Francisco Maestre
A Catholic Nun, Maria (Ariadna Gil), is forced out of her convent when it is attacked early in the Spanish Civil War (1936). She eventually joins an activist women's group who fight–including on the front lines of the war–for women's rights. This is the story of that war as seen through these women's eyes.
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| 1. Bad Education (2004)
2. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
3. Faust: Love of the Damned (2000)
4. Libertarias (1996)
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