800 Bullets 2002  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Cast: Sancho Gracia, Angel de Andres Lopez, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela, Luis Castro, Manuel Tallafe, Enrique Martinez, Luciano Federico, Eduardo Gomez, Terele Pavez, Gracia Olayo, Ramon Barea
Twelve-year-old Carlos (Luis Castro) searches for and finds his grandfather, stuntman Julian Torralba (Sancho Gracia), who plies his trade at Texas, Hollywood–a dilapidated movie set in the Almerian desert. Trouble brews just as the two begin to bond when Carlos' uptight mother (Carmen Maura) bursts onto the scene with intentions of tearing down the ghost town and turning it into a profit-making amusement park.
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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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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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| 1. 800 Bullets (2002)
2. Celestina (1996)
3. Common Wealth (2000)
aka: The Community
4. The Day of the Beast (1995)
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