 Belle de jour 1967  R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Genevieve Page, Pierre Clementi, Francisco Rabal, Francoise Fabian, Maria Latour, Georges Marchal, Macha Meril, Muni, Michel Charrel, Iska Khan, Bernard Musson, Francois Maistre
Young Severine (Catherine Deneuve) is a Parisian housewife who is bored with her husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). After a gang rapes her, Severine takes a job as a prostitute in a house of ill repute working only in the afternoons and returning home to the unsuspecting Pierre at night. But, is Severine's double life a reality, or is it only a sexual daydream?
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Dagon 2001  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Merono, Macarena Gomez, Brendan Price, Birgit Bofarull, Uxia Blanco, Ferran Lahoz, Alfredo Villa, Jose Lifante
When Paul's (Ezra Godden) yacht wrecks off the shores of Spain, he and his girlfriend paddle into a run-down coastal town. Horror awaits them, as the people worship a sea monster, Dagon, and are being turned into fish-like creatures. Based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft.
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Day and Night 1997  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bernard-Henri Levy
Cast: Alain Delon, Lauren Bacall, Xavier Beauvois, Arielle Dombasle, Marianne Denicourt, Francisco Rabal, Karl Zero, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Vanessa Bauche, Dionisos Espinoza
While the residents of a Mexican town prepare to revolt, life goes on for Parisian author Alexandre (Alain Delon) and his wife Ariane (Marianne Denicourt) who appear far-removed from the issues around them. But, they have their own unique set of problems within their small world at their Mexican hacienda.
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The Desert of the Tartars 1976  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Max von Sydow
French army recruit Lt. Drogo (Jacques Perrin) is serving at an isolated fort where many are training to repel an attack by the Tartars. As days turn into months, the soldiers experience boredom, loneliness, and even paranoia as they wait for the enemy who some doubt will appear.
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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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It Can Be Done Amigo 1972  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western / Comedy
aka: The Big and the Bad
Director: Maurizio Lucidi
Cast: Bud Spencer, Jack Palance, Renato Cestie, Francisco Rabal, Dany Saval, Luciano Catenacci, Roberto Camardiel, Salvatore Borghese, Franco Giacobini, Manuel Guitian, Luciano Pigozzi, Marcello Verziera, Dominique Badou, Dante Cleri, Luciano Pigozzi
This comedy/spaghetti Western begins with Hiram Coburn (Bud Spencer) seducing Mary (Dany Saval). But Hiram doesn't know that Mary is the sister of feared gunslinger Sonny (Jack Palance), and now Sonny has vengeance on his mind as he pursues Hiram. Some good laughs.
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Nightmare City 1980 R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: City of the Walking Dead
Nightmare
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Hugo Stiglitz, Mel Ferrer, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal, Sonia Viviani, Eduardo Fajardo, Stefania D'Amario, Ugo Bologna, Tom Felleghy, Manuel Zarzo, Pierangelo Civera, Achille Belletti, Nick Alexander, Frank Clement
While TV news reporter Dean Miller (Hugo Stiglitz) watches from an Italian airport, a plane makes an emergency landing, and zombies exit from the doors shooting and stabbing anyone in the way. Miller wants to inform the public about the bloody event, but Civil Defense General Murchison (Mel Ferrer) censors his attempts. Now, Miller tries to find his wife Anna (Laura Trotter) at the hospital where she works and escape from the nightmare city.
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Sorcerer 1977 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri, Peter Capell, Joe Spinell, Karl John, Friedrich von Ledebur, Jacques Francois, Joe Spinell, Rosario Almontes, Richard Holley, Anne-Marie Deschott, Jean-Luc Bideau
This remake of "The Wages of Fear" is a suspenseful thriller about four outcasts–(Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou)–who are given a second chance by trucking nitroglycerine through the South American jungle. They will be paid $10,000 and gain their citizenship if they survive. They accept the offer and set out on a very dangerous trek through the jungle.
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Stay as You Are 1978 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
Director: Alberto Lattuada
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Nastassja Kinski, Francisco Rabal, Monica Randall, Giuliana Calandra, Barbara DeRossi, Pascale Vignal, Ania Pieroni, Jose Maria Caffarel, Maria Pia Raimondo, Raimondo Penne, Massimo Bonetti, Mario Cecchi, Adriana Falco
Incest is the theme of this comedy in which Marcello Mastroianni plays Giulio Marengo who is smitten by the beauty of Francesca (Nastassja Kinski) and then learns that she might be his daughter.
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Talk of Angels 1998 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Franco Nero, Frances McDormand, Ruth McCabe, Francisco Rabal, Marisa Paredes, Ariadna Gil, Penelope Cruz, Rossy de Palma
During the Spanish Civil War, Mary (Polly Walker) leaves Ireland to serve as a governess for the children of Dr. Areavaga (Franco Nero). Once in Spain, Mary finds herself liberated and now embroiled in the anti-Franco controversy.
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 1990 NC-17, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles Leon, Julieta Serrano, Maria Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Francisco Rabal, Lola Cardona, Montse G. Romeu, Emiliano Redondo
Newly released from the mental hospital, Ricky (Antonio Banderas) kidnaps ex-porn star Marina (Victoria Abril) and ties her up. The objective of his actions: talk Marina into marrying him and raising a family.
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A Time of Destiny 1988 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Stockard Channing, Megan Follows, Francisco Rabal, Concha Hidalgo, Frederick Coffin, Kelly Pacheco, John O'Leary
William Hurt plays the son of a man who is killed accidentally. He feels he must avenge his father's death through the man, a close friend, who killed him (Timothy Hutton).
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Viridiana 1961  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Margarita Lozano, Victoria Zinny, Teresa Rabal, Jose Calvo, Jose Manuel Martin, Luis Heredia, Joaquin Roa, Lola Gaos, Maria Isbert, Teresa Rabal
Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) makes a last visit to her wealthy uncle, Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), before taking her vows to become a nun in the Catholic Church. When Don Jaime realizes that Viridiana closely resembles his wife who had died years ago on their wedding night, he drugs Viridiana and tries to rape her. Later, Don Jaime confesses but then hangs himself. Viridiana inherits his estate and invites homeless beggars to the estate for food and comfort. Her plans go awry when the beggars stage an orgy, which proves to be a pivotal point in Viridiana's life, and she finds that she must make choices.
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The Wide Blue Road 1957  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal, Umberto Spadaro, Peter Carsten, Federica Ranchi, Terence Hill, Ronaldo Bonacchi, Giancarlo Soblone, Josip Batistic
Squarcio's (Yves Montand) family is one of many poor fishing families who live in a small village off of Italy's Dalmatian coast. Times are indeed tough, and the local wholesaler exploits the fisherman. Squarcio has a plan to increase his yield, but the results are tragic.
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| 1. Belle de jour (1967)
2. Dagon (2001)
3. Day and Night (1997)
4. The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
5. The Eclipse (1962)
aka: L'Eclisse
6. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
7. It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
aka: The Big and the Bad
8. Nazarin (1958)
9. Nightmare City (1980)
aka: City of the Walking Dead
aka: Nightmare
10. Sorcerer (1977)
11. Stay as You Are (1978)
12. Talk of Angels (1998)
13. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
14. A Time of Destiny (1988)
15. Viridiana (1961)
16. The Wide Blue Road (1957)
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