Broken Embraces 2009 
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluis Homar, Jose Luis Gomez, Ruben Ochandiano, Tamar Novas, Angela Molina, Chus Lampreave, Kiti Manver, Lola Duenas, Mariola Fuentes, Carmen Machi, Kira Miro, Rossy de Palma, Alejo Sauras
Fourteen years ago, Mateo Blanco–now known as Harry Caine (Jose Luis Gomez)–was blinded in a car crash that killed his beloved Lena (Penelope Cruz). Harry's collaborator Judit Garcia (Blanca Portillo) and her son, Diego (Tamar Novas) now help Harry make a living as a successful screenwriter. After Diego is injured in an accident, Harry takes care of him, and, one day, Diego asks Harry why he changed his name. Harry is compelled to tell the story, and, through flashbacks, the story of the love triangle involving Harry, his producer Ernesto Martel (Jose Luis Gomez), and Ernesto's mistress Lena is told.
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Common Wealth 2000 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Community
Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Cast: Carmen Maura, Eduardo Antuna, Maria Asquerino, Jesus Bonilla, Marta Fernandez Muro, Paca Gabaldon, Ane Gabarain, Sancho Gracia, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Kiti Manver, Terele Pavez, Enrique Villen
Real estate agent Julia (Carmen Maura) moves into a luxury apartment that she is trying to sell. The apartment is in an old, rundown building inhabited by oddballs who keep a watchful eye on her. First, the dead owner of the apartment is found followed by finding a hidden fortune. But now she finds that she is being held captive by the other inhabitants of the building who all know of the money and have agreed to share it among themselves. And the terror begins in this dark comedy/thriller.
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The Flower of My Secret 1995 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carmen Elias, Rossy de Palma, Chus Lampreave, Imanol Arias, Kiti Manver, Joaquin Cortes, Manuela Vargas, Gloria Munoz, Nancho Novo, Jordi Molla
Leo (Marisa Paredes) writes trashy romantic novels under the pseudonym "Amanda Gris." She has not been doing well in her professional life, and her personal life has hit a new low with her marriage in trouble. As if that weren't bad enough, Leo is now hired to write a negative article about "Amanda Gris."
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Mouth to Mouth 1995  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Manuel Gomez Pereira
Cast: Javier Bardem, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Jose-Maria Flotats, Maria Barranco, Myriam Mezieres, Jordi Bosch, Fernando Guillen Cuervo, Amparo Baro, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Tres Hanley, Alastair Mackenzie, Kiti Manver
Out-of-work actor Victor (Javier Bardem) takes a job at a phone sex company and enjoys success as a hustler of people calling in. Things heat up when he receives a call from Amanda (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) and begins an affair with her.
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What Have I Done to Deserve This? 1984 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Carmen Maura, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma, Angel de Andres Lopez, Gonzalo Suarez, Veronica Forque, Juan Martinez, Chus Lampreave, Kiti Manver, Sonia Anabela Holimann, Cecilia Roth, Pedro Almodovar
Gloria (Carmen Maura) works hard to keep some sort of order in a wildly dysfunctional family. Husband Antonio (Angel de Andres Lopez) is a cabbie (and forger on the side) and is infatuated with an aging opera star for whom he was once a chauffeur. His current issue revolves around two writers who have written a manuscript that is intended to be the memoirs of Hitler–if Antonio will copy it in Hitler's handwriting. One son sells heroin while the other moves in with a gay dentist. Meanwhile, the mother-in-law is perhaps the most weird. A fun romp.
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 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988  R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma, Maria Barranco, Kiti Manver, Guillermo Montesinos, Chus Lampreave, Yayo Calvo, Loles Leon, Angel de Andres Lopez, Fernando Guillen, Juan Lombardero, Jose Antonio Navarro, Ana Leza
Actress Pepa Marcos (Carmen Maura) gets dumped by her lover, but that's only the beginning of her story. When her ex-lover's son, Carlos (Antonio Banderas), arrives at Pepa's apartment, she takes him in along with his wife. Carlos proceeds to have an affair with Pepa's good friend, Candela (Maria Barranco), who Pepa has also taken under her wing because she is a fugitive from justice. When they talk to a lawyer, she just happens to be the new lover of Pepa's ex-lover. And the plot keeps twisting and turning.
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| 1. Broken Embraces (2009)
2. Common Wealth (2000)
aka: The Community
3. The Flower of My Secret (1995)
4. Mouth to Mouth (1995)
5. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
6. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
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