Asfalto 2000  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Asphalt
Director: Daniel Calparsoro
Cast: Najwa Nimri, Juan Diego Botto, Gustavo Salmeron, Alfredo Villa, Antonia San Juan, Roger Ibanez, Javier Nogueiras, Carla Calparsoro, Oliver G. Sarmiento, Jeff Bigot
Lucia (Najwa Nimri), a master at small-crime, her boyfriend Chino (Gustavo Salmeron), and their friend Charley (Juan Diego Botto) make a good crime team. But there are forces that may tear apart their friendship and success.
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Before Night Falls 2000  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Schnabel
Cast: Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Michael Wincott, Najwa Nimri, Hector Babenco, Jerzy Skolimowski, Vito Maria Schnabel
Noted anti-Castro Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (Javier Bardem) is the subject of this film about a poor boy who grows up and joins Castro's revolutionary forces. After the revolution, Arenas moves to Havana, publishes his first novel, and participates in the gay underground. His actions are considered dangerous by Castro's political regime, and Arenas is sentenced to concentration camps and later is exiled. Finally free and living in NY, Arenas contracts the AIDs virus and ultimately kills himself. What makes this film extraordinary is not the plot; instead, it is the painstaking blend of the movie's sights and sounds that tugs at viewers' emotions. Bardem was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award.
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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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Open Your Eyes 1997 R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Cast: Eduardo(2) Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martinez, Najwa Nimri, Gerard Barray, Jorge de Juan, Miguel Palenzuela, Ion Gabella, Joserra Cadinanos
This spooky, Spanish thriller reveals hidden emotions behind a once-handsome man, Cesar (Eduardo Noriega), who hides his injured face behind a mask. But his true love, Sofia (Penelope Cruz), confesses her love before his face is rebuilt through a new technique. Happy ending? NO! Now the plot takes a twist that cannot be revealed.
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Sex and Lucia 2001 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Julio Medem
Cast: Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Daniel Freire, Javier Camara, Elena Anaya, Silvia Llanos, Diana Suarez, Juan Fernandez, Charo Zapardiel
Young waitress Lucia (Paz Vega) works in Madrid but tries to survive the loss of her boyfriend, Lorenzo (Tristan Ulloa), by heading for an isolated Mediterranean island where she reviews her past and uncovers hidden truths about Lorenzo.
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| 1. Asfalto (2000)
aka: Asphalt
2. Before Night Falls (2000)
3. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
4. Open Your Eyes (1997)
5. Sex and Lucia (2001)
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