Iguana 1988 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Monte Hellman Cast: Everett McGill, Maru Valdivielso, Michael Madsen, Fabio Testi, Joseph Culp, Robert Case, Roger Kendall, Tim R. Ryan, Luis Barboo, Jack Taylor
Based (loosely) on a true story, a short story by Herman Melvill, and finally a novel, this is the story of Oberlus (Everett McGill), a sailor with a deformed face. After he had been made fun of and shunned by other sailors, he ended up as an outcast on an island. When others are washed ashore, he takes out his bitterness and hatred for the human race on them.
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Kasbah 2000 N/R, 99 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Mariano Barroso Cast: Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Verbeke, Jose Sancho, Mohamem Mehdi Ouazanni, Elena Ballesteros, Lucia Jimenez, Adolfo Fernandez, Maru Valdivielso
After several years of overseeing his father's business in Morocco, Mario (Ernesto Alterio) is due to return home to Spain. But fate intervenes when he is accused of murdering a woman (Elena Ballesteros) who he had just met at his father's request. Now, he must prove his innocence.
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Lovers of the Arctic Circle 1998 R, 116 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Julio Medem Cast: Najwa Nimri, Fele Martinez, Nancho Novo, Maru Valdivielso, Kristel Diaz, Victor Hugo Oliveira, Sara Valiente, Peru Medem
Ana and Otto meet as children, and their lives (like their palindromic names) are governed by circular patterns. Played by three sets of actors, Ana's and Otto's story continues through childhood as they travel toward a destiny that cannot be denied.
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| 1. Iguana (1988)
2. Kasbah (2000)
3. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
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