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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 Belle Epoque 1992  R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Jorge Sanz, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil, Miriam Diaz Aroca, Penelope Cruz, Gabino Diego, Michel Galabru, Agustin Gonzalez, Chus Lampreave
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this sex comedy revolves around army deserter Fernando (Jorge Sanz) who finds refuge with a farmer and his four beautiful daughters.
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Celestina 1996  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Gerardo Vera
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Juan Diego Botto, Terele Pavez, Maribel Verdu, Jordi Molla, Nancho Novo, Nathalie Sesena, Carlos Fuentes, Candela Pena, Angel de Andres Lopez, Lluis Homar, Ana Risueno
Calisto (Juan Diego Botto) has fallen in love with Melibea (Penelope Cruz) and gets advice from his servants who suggest that Calisto use a sorceress, Celestina (Terele Pavez), to help him woo Melibea. Celestina does convince Melibea of Calisto's love, and Calisto awards her for her work. Now, the servants are jealous and kill Celestina, but it is Calisto who is blamed for the murder.
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The Goalkeeper 2000  R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: El Portero
Director: Gonzalo Suarez
Cast: Carmelo Gomez, Maribel Verdu, Roberto Alvarez, Antonio Resines, Eduard Fernandez, Elvira Minguez, Abel Viton, Andoni Gracia, Julio Velez, Felipe Velez, Carolina Bona, Adrian Ramirez
After the Spanish Civil War, soccer was rebuilding, and former champion goalie Ramiro (Carmelo Gomez) travels the countryside making money by challenging people to get a soccer ball past him. When he arrives in one town, he meets and falls in love with Manuella (Maribel Verdu) and must decide whether or not to stay put with a real job.
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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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Jericho Mansions 2003  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alberto Sciamma
Cast: James Caan, Genevieve Bujold, Jennifer Tilly, Maribel Verdu, Peter Keleghan, Pierre Rioux, Bruce Ramsay, Susan Glover, Mark Camacho, Victoria Allen, John Bourgeois, Joe Cobden
Agoraphobic superintendent of an apartment building, Leonard Grey (James Caan) has not left the apartment in 30 years. When a murder occurs in the building, and he is the prime suspect, Leonard must conduct his own investigation to find the killer–even if it is he.
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 Pan's Labyrinth 2006  R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror / Fantasy
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Alex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Doug Jones, Manolo Solo, Cesar Vea, Ivan Massague, Gonzalo Uriarte, Eusebio Lazaro
In 1944, young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) moves to Northern Spain with her pregnant mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), where they join Carmen's new husband, Capitan Vidal (Sergi Lopez). With post-war Fascist repression in full swing and her new father serving as one of Franco's officers, Ofelia retreats into her own private world and meets the goat-god Pan (Doug Jones) who tells her that she is not human but is, instead, Princess Moanna who is the daughter of the King of the Underworld. In Ofilia's fable, in order to regain her status of princess, she must complete three tasks, which include killing a huge toad that lurks under a fig tree. Four Academy Award were received, including Best Foreign Film, and two other nominations were received. 1 User Review
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| | A true work of art! | davveb 02/02/2007 | What time is it? Do you have to obey? The aerchtypal princess is within you if you can face your
fears. First begin with nothing. The vision will appear to you in all it's terror. The inside will become the outside. Who is your daddy?? Do not give in to temptation.
The sacrifice of the inocent may open things up for your rembrance of the deap old ways, including what we would call magic. The first step may be the realization of the stunning real-surreal BEAUTY all too close to you. Same as it ever was! |
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Tetro 2009 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdu, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Carmen Maura, Rodrigo De la Serna, Leticia Bredice, Mike Amigorena, Sofia Castiglione, Erica Rivas, Francesca De Sapio, Silvia Perez, Adriana Mastrangelo
Thinking about launching a literary career, 18-year-old Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) leaves his orchestra conductor father and arrives in Buenos Aires looking for his half-brother Tetro (Vincent Gallo). He arrives at Tetro's apartment and is greeted by a less than enthusiastic reception from Tetro and his common-law wife Miranda (Maribel Verdu). In an effort to better understand his brother, Bennie searches around Tetro's apartment and discovers Tetro's unfinished manuscript. After being hit by a motorcycle, Bennie convalesces and decides to spend his time helping Tetro by secretly finishing Tetro's play. He sends it off to critic "Alone" (Carmen Maura) who proclaims it a masterpiece. But, there are still family secrets to be revealed if Bennie and Tetro are to really understand each other.
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| 1. And Your Mother Too (2001)
2. Belle Epoque (1992)
3. Celestina (1996)
4. The Goalkeeper (2000)
aka: El Portero
5. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
6. Jericho Mansions (2003)
7. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
8. Tetro (2009)
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