Amores Perros 2000  R, 153 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Love's a Bitch
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Cast: Emilio Echevarria, Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Marco Perez, Rodrigo Murray, Humberto Busto, Gerardo Campbell
Three stories intertwine in this film set in Mexico City. A man is in love with his sister-in-law, a prominent editor left his family to live with a supermodel, and the caretaker of a hit man's beloved dogs is hired to kill a wealthy businessman. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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And Your Mother Too 2001 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Cast: Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho, Emilio Echevarria, Ana Lopez Mercado, Marta Aura, Andres Almeida, Veronica Langer, Arturo Rios
Two teens (Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna) come from different social and political classes of Mexico, but they are very close friends. When they invite a sexy, older woman (Maribel Verdu) to join them on a trip to the beach, to their surprise she accepts. Now, adolescent fantasies and reality combine to force a rivalry between the friends.
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 Babel 2006   R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi, Koji Yakusho, Elle Fanning, Nathan Gamble, Mohamed Akhzam, Mustapha Amhita, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Boubker Ait El Caid
This story involves people in four cities showing how we are all interconnected despite differences in geography and race. It begins with a random shooting in Morocco by a young boy that leaves Susan (Cate Blanchett) bleeding badly. As American tourists, Susan and husband Richard (Brad Pitt) are on a trip hoping to repair their marriage, and now Richard fights to keep Susan alive. The scene switches to Tokyo where deaf-mute teenager Chieko (Rinko Kikuchi) engages in sexual acts as a outlet to deal with her mother's suicide. Finally, the scene cuts back to San Diego where Richard and Susan's illegal alien housekeeper Amelia (Adriana Barraza) faces the problem of what to do with their children who she is tending while Richard and Susan are away. Amelia's son is getting married in Mexico, and she opts to take the American children across the border for the wedding. But, as luck would have it, problems present themselves when the group attempts to re-cross the border. The film received an Oscar for Best Original Score; five other nominations were received, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Rinko Kikuchi), and Supporting Actress (Adriana Barraza).
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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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Blindness 2008  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal, Yusuke Iseya, Jason Bermingham, Cica Meirelles, Don McKellar, Eduardo Semerjian, Joe Pingue, Susan Coyne, Mitchell Nye, Fabiana Guglielmetti, Antonio Fragoso
An epidemic of blindness hits a city, and those afflicted are forced into an abandoned hospital by the authoritarian government. Among those quarantined are an ophthalmologist (Mark Ruffalo) and his wife (Julianne Moore) who has not been affected but pretends to be blind so that she can help her husband and the others. As time passes, a bartender (Gael Garcia Bernal) appoints himself "King of Ward Three" and assumes the role of a dictator. Now, primal instincts take over the blind residents of the hospital as their world spirals downward. Will their only seeing person be able to lead them to safety?
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The Crime of Father Amaro 2002 R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Sancho Gracia, Ana Claudia Talancon, Angelica Aragon, Luisa Huertas, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Gaston Melo, Damian Alcazar, Andres Montiel, Gerardo Moscoso, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Veronica Langer
This film, based on an 1875 Portuguese novel, features Gael Garcia Bernal in the role of a newly ordained priest, Father Amaro, who is sent to a small, Mexican town to assist an elderly priest, Father Benito (Sancho Gracia), and to look into the activities of the town's other priests. It isn't long before Amaro falls in love with 16-year-old Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancon). As if this were not enough, Padre Benito has major drug connections as well as a mistress of his own–Amelia's mother, Sanjuanera (Angelica Aragon).
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Don't Tempt Me 2001  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Cast: Victoria Abril, Penelope Cruz, Fanny Ardant, Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Echanove, Demian Bichir, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Cristina Marcos, Gemma Jones, Elena Anaya, Bruno Bichir, Peter McDonald
Mexican boxer Manny (Demian Bichir) is close to committing suicide when an angel, Lola (Victoria Abril), from Heaven answers the call for help. But, the powers-that-be in Hell step in to interrupt the rescue and send their own agent, Carmen (Penelope Cruz), onto the scene.
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 Dot the I 2003 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Parkhill
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, James D'Arcy, Tom Hardy, Charlie Cox, Yves Aubert, Myfanwy Waring, Michael Webber, Jonathan Kydd, Michael Elwyn, Len Collin, Tasha de Vasconcelos
Flamenco dancer Carmen (Natalia Verbeke) and rich, boring Barnaby (James D'Arcy) are engaged to be married, but as the wedding date draws near, Carmen is attracted to Brazilian actor Kit (Gael Garcia Bernal) who she can't get out of her mind. But, watch out. All is not as it seems.
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The King 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Marsh
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, William Hurt, Pell James, Laura Harring, Paul Dano, E. Matthew Buckley, Derek Alvarado, Monica Pena, Mohammad Ahmed, Billy Joe Martinez
Newly discharged from the Navy, Elvis (Gael Garcia Bernal) heads to Corpus Chrisi, Texas, in search of his father who he has only heard about from his now-deceased Mexican mother. Elvis finds his father, David (William Hurt), who has found God and is now a minister and has a family with a son, Paul (Paul Dano), about to enter Bible School and 16-year-old daughter Malerie (Pell James). Upon meeting Elvis, David decides not to reveal to his family that he is his son. Incest, murder, and disillusionment follow.
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The Limits of Control 2009  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Isaach De Bankole, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Paz de la Huerta, Gael Garcia Bernal, Youki Kudoh, Alex Descas, Hiam Abbass, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Oscar Jaenada, Luis Tosar, Maria Isasi, Hector Colome, Norma Yessenia Paladines
A well-dressed, mysterious man (Isaach De Bankole) with a criminal past travels through Spain. He carries a briefcase and receives cryptic messages from contacts who he meets as he walks through cities and fields across the country to complete his mission of killing an American businessman (Bill Murray).
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Mammoth 2009 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Cast: Michelle Williams, Gael Garcia Bernal, Sophie Nyweide, Thomas McCarthy, Marife Necesito, Run Srinikornchot, Jan David G. Nicdao, Martin Delos Santos, Maria Esmeralda del Carmen, Perry Dizon, David Hagman, Rudina Hatipi
A successful couple, Leo and Ellen Vidales (Gael Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams), live in New York with their young daughter, Jackie (Sophie Nyweide). When Leo goes on a business trip to Thailand, Ellen's job as an emergency surgeon gives her little time with Jackie who spends most of her days and nights with doting Filipino nanny Gloria (Marife Necesito). The separation of Ellen and Leo leads to Leo getting involved in the sex trade and results in dramatic consequences for all.
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The Motorcycle Diaries 2004 R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Adventure
Director: Walter Salles
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mia Maestro, Mercedes Moran, Jorge Chiarella, Jean Pierre Noher, Lucas Oro, Marina Glezer, Gabriela Aguilera, Sofia Bertolotto, Franco Solazzi, Susana Lanteri, Ricardo Diaz Mourelle, Sergio Boris, Daniel Cargieman
Before he became a leader of the Cuban Revolution, Che Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) and his friend, Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De la Serna), were medical students who motorcycled across South America on their way to a leper colony. This is the story of that adventure. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Al Otro Lado Del Rio") and received one other nomination.
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Rudo y Cursi 2008  R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Tough and Corny
Director: Carlos Cuaron
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia, Jessica Mas, Adriana Paz, Salvador Zerboni, Tania Esmeralda Aguilar, Joaquin Cosio, Alfredo Alfonso, Fermin Martinez, Eduardo Von, Jorge Zarate, Axel Ricco, Harold Torres
Brothers Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael Garcia Bernal) are workers hauling stalks of fruit on a banana plantation when soccer talent scout Batuta (Guillermo Francella) arrives and discovers them. They move to the big city where they shine as professional players in the sport. Beto gains the nickname Rudo, which means "tough," while Tato's contrasting personality earns him the nickname Cursi, which means "corny." Tato dreams of becoming a famous singer, and his playing style earns him his nickname. Tato seeks celebrity status but doesn't quite reach it, while Beto works hard at soccer but gets involved in gambling and cocaine. The brothers will finally learn what success really means when their soccer teams play each against each other, and they square off on the field.
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The Science of Sleep 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Pierre Vaneck, Aurelia Petit, Sacha Bourdo, Stephane Metzger, Alain de Moyencourt, Inigo Lezzi, Yvette Petit
After his father dies, introverted Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) moves to Paris where his mother (Miou-Miou) finds him a job at a calendar-making company. But, the job is not what Stephane expected, and now he falls in love with Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) who, unfortunately, does not feel the same way about him. When things go bad for Stephane, he escapes into his dream world, and, in this film, members of the audience join him in escaping from their real lives.
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| 1. Amores Perros (2000)
aka: Love's a Bitch
2. And Your Mother Too (2001)
3. Babel (2006)
4. Bad Education (2004)
5. Blindness (2008)
6. The Crime of Father Amaro (2002)
7. Don't Tempt Me (2001)
8. Dot the I (2003)
9. The King (2005)
10. The Limits of Control (2009)
11. Mammoth (2009)
12. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
13. Rudo y Cursi (2008)
aka: Tough and Corny
14. The Science of Sleep (2006)
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