Latin American & Iberian Collections:
Videos from Spain
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- 1919, Antonio José Betancor et al., 1 videocassette
(82 min.), Madrid?, 198.
Notes: Performer Note: Miguel Molina, Cristina Marsillach, Walter
Vidarte, Jose Antonio Correa, Emma Suarez, Saturno Cerra, Conchita
Leza, and Marisa Leza.
Abstract: In 1919, a time of anarchist agitation and police
repression in Zaragoza, the adolescent son of a declining bourgeois
family discovers society's falsehoods as well as life's pleasures.
- 40 años de novios, Enrique Carreras et al., 1 videocassette
(93 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Notes: Performer Note: Lolita Torres, Germán Cobos, Enzo
Viena.
Abstract: A woman who hasn't forgiven her husband's infidelities
finally reconciles with him after 40 years.
- Abre los ojos, Alejandro Amenábar et al., 1 videocassette
(117 min.), Madrid, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete
Lera, Fele Martínez, Najwa Nimri.
Abstract: An imprisoned man who hides his face behind a
mask is telling his story, as a flashback, to a psychiatrist:
His name is César, he is an orphan but he had inherited a
fortune from his parents and used to live in a luxurious house
of his own. He was also very handsome and a renowned womanizer.
But then he fell in love with his best friend's girlfriend, Sofía.
Ce sar's ex-girlfriend, Nuria, was insanely jealous, and drove
her car--with both of them in it--into a tree, killing herself
and horribly disfiguring César. The doctors said they couldn't
help him. Then his luck seemed to change when Sofía said
she was still in love with him and the doctors called him and
told him that, with a revolutionary new technique, they could
rebuild his face. César was happier than ever; but strange
and scary things started to happen, and he found out that the
real nightmare had only just began for him.
- Acción mutante, Alejandro De la Iglesia et al.,
1 videocassette (090 min.), Barcelona, 1993.
Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Resines, Alex Angulo, Frederique
Feder, Fernando Guillén, Enrique San Francisco, Juan Viadas,
Karra Elejalde, Saturnino Garcia, Jaime Blanch.
Abstract: Dystopic science fiction film set in the year
2012 in a world ruled by bodybuilders, designers and the ultra-chic.
Accion Mutante, an underground group of mentally and physically
disabled are the sole resistance to the cult of beauty and wealth.
Ramon, the leader of the group devises plots to kidnap Patricia,
daughter of a wealthy industrialist, but the plot does not work
out as planned.
- Adiós Pepe, Adolfo Aristarain, Eusebio Poncela,
and Network (Firm), 1 videocassette, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Eusebio Poncela.
- Adios pequena, Imanol Uribe et al., 1 videocassette (86
min.), Spain?, 1987.
Notes: Performer Note: Ana Belen, Fabio Testi, Marcel Bozzuffi.
Abstract: A story of intrigue, romance and violence. Lucas,
a young drug dealier who has always had a hard struggle to come
out on top, is defended by the young and rich lawyer Beatriz.
The lies, agression and desperation surrounding the case will
convert Beatriz into a cold and implacable avenger.
- L'Age d'or = La edad de oro, Luis Buñuel et al.,
1 videocassette (80 min.), Barcelona, Spain.
Notes: Performer Note: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Max Ernst, Pierre
Prévert, Jacques Brunius
Added Titles: Age of gold ; Golden age.
Abstract: Two lovers declare war on a bourgeois society
intent on thwarting the fulfillment of their desire. The film
is a statement on the nature of the Church, the Establishment,
and middle-class morality.
- Alas de mariposa = Butterfly wings, Silvia Munt et al.,
1 videocassette (105 min.), Chicago, IL, 1994.
Notes: Performer Note: Silvia Munt, Fernando Valverde, Susana
Garcia, Laura Vaquero
Added Title: Butterfly wings.
Abstract: Ami is a sensitive 7 year old, whose mother Carmen
is obsessed with giving her husband Gabriel a son. When Carmen
becomes pregnant, her relationship with her daughter begins to
deteriorate. When the new son is born, events turn into a nightmare.
- Alba de América, Juan de Orduña et al., 1 videocassette
(108 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Vilar, Amparo Rivelles, José
Suarez, Mery Martin.
Abstract: Set in the time before the greatest discovery
of all times, during the reign of the Catholic monarchy in Spain.
Christopher Columbus meets for the first time with the monarchs
with a proposal to take a new--and much shorter--route to Japan
and the Orient. With their blessing and support, he sets off,
but the journey is difficult.
- Alegre, ma non troppo, Fernando Colomo et al., 1 videocassette
(104 min.), Madrid, 1994.
Notes: Performer Note: Penélope Cruz, Pere Ponce, Oscar Ladoire,
Rosa Ma Sarda.
Abstract: Pablo knows already, in his twenties, what he
wants from life: to become a musician, be likeable to his mother,
and find a lovely, faithful and nice boy to share the rest of
his life with. Pablo suffers a difficult emotional crisis when
his boyfriend leaves him, bored of his tenderness and so a demanding
behaviour, that it's near jealousy. Driven by a high insecurity,
he applies to an exam to become horn player in the Youth Spain
National Orchestra. But the one who auditions him is his father,
who has lived for years apart from his wife and voluntarily forgotten
by his son, whose sexual behaviour he doesn't find exactly marvelous.
Pablo's exam does not go brilliantly, and that depresses him yet
more. Anyway, a horn player from Valencia which has made the exam
with Pablo hasn't a place to sleep. Pablo takes this colleague
home to spend the night. But, next morning, Salome appears. And
she appears in of Pablo's bed.
- Alma gitana, Antonio Conesa et al., 1 videocassette (95
min.), Spain, 1996?
Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Alonso, Amara Carmona, Peret, Rafael
Alvarez, Loles Leon.
Abstract: A young man who wants to become a professional
dancer falls in love with a gypsy girl and realizes how much he
conflicts with her completely different cultural background.
- Amantes, Vicente Aranda et al., 1 videocassette (100
min.), Madrid, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú.
Abstract: After finishing military service, Paco sets off
to find work in Madrid, leaving behind his girlfriend Trini in
his hometown. In Madrid he embarks on an affair with his landlady
and becomes embroiled in the low-life of the district, but the
virtuous Trini tries to re-enter his life, with tragic results.
- La ardilla roja, Julio Medem et al., 1 videocassette
(105 min.), Madrid, 1994.
Notes: Performer Note: Emma Suárez, Nancho Novo, Maria Barranco,
Karra Elejalde, Carmelo Gómez.
Abstract: Jota is a young man whose fortunes are down.
His rocker girlfriend has left him and he is considering jumping
off of a jetty late one summer night in San Sebastian. Before
he can jump, a motorcyclist crashes through the barrier and Jota
runs to assist. The woman has amnesia and Jota takes her to the
hospital where he registers her as Lisa, his fiance. When "Lisa"
has recovered physically, Jota takes her from the hospital and
they go on a vacation to a campground called "The Red Squirrel".
- Asignatura pendiente, José Luis Garci et al., 1
videocassette (ca. 109 min.), Barcelona, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: José Sacristán, Fiorella Faltoyano,
Antonio Gamero.
Abstract: José (lawyer, married, one son), runs into
an old girlfriend, Elena (a middle class housewife, married to
an economist, two daughters). Their re-encounter, 20 years after
their adolescent love affair, has an air of sad nostalgia for
a past epoc, a time of when all of their hopes were still intact.
They look to each other for a way out of their stultifying marriages,
a path toward new hope.
- Atame! = Tie me up, tie me down, Victoria Abril et al.,
1 videocassette (105 min.), Burbank, CA, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles
Leon, Francisco Rabal.
Abstract: Comedy in which an orphaned mental patient kidnaps
a porn star in an irrationally inspired bid for love.
- Ay, Carmela!, Carlos Saura et al., 1 videocassette (100
min.), Madrid, 1991.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Maura, Andres Pajares, Gabino Diego.
Abstract: Aragón, Spain, 1938. Carmela and her two
companions quit their posts as entertainers for the Republican
troops in search for a better fortune. By mistake, they cross
over to the Nationalist zone, get arrested and are given the chance
to perform for their freedom.
- Barroco, Paul Leduc et al., 1 videocassette (107 min.),
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Francisco Rabal, Angela Molinna, Ernesto
Gómez Cruz.
Abstract: A series of images, music and sounds which transport
through Mexico's history, without any narrative sequence. The
film spins constantly round the question 'Where are the singers
from?' (De donde son los cantantes? in Spanish: the title of a
popular Cuban song).
- La Batalla de Chile la lucha de un Pueblo sin armas,
Patricio Guzmán et al., 3 videocassettes (263 min.), Madrid,
1993.
Notes: Performer Note: Abilio Fernandez
Contents: pt. 1 La insurrección de la burguesia (1:36) --
pt. 2. El golpe de estado (1:28) -- pt. 3. El poder popular (1:19)
Added Title: Battle of Chile.
Abstract: Documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular
Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September
1973. Shows the campaign strategies of the two groups fighting
for control of Congress and reactions of voters before and after
the election. Also shows effects on society after the election--strikes,
riots, etc.
- Belle époque, Fernando Trueba et al., 1 videocassette
(114 min.), Madrid, Barcelona, Lisboa, Paris, Madrid, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Penélope Cruz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca,
Gabino Diego, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Michel Galabru,
Ariadna Gil, Agustín Gonzáles, Chus Lampreave, Mary
Carmen Ramírez, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú.
Abstract: During the uprising against the monarchy in Spain,
in 1930-1931, Fernando, a deserter from the army, takes refuge
with Don Manolo, a republican partisan, who has a large farmhouse.
Fernando becomes his cook. Don Manolo has four daughters, who
all fall in love with Fernando. He tries his best in managing
all four. The local priest hangs himself the day of Fernando's
wedding with the youngest daughter. They go ahead with a 'secular
wedding', according to the ideas of the new Republic.
- Belmonte, Juan Sebastian Bollain et al., 1 videocassette
(101 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Achero Mañas, Jesús Bonilla,
Lautaro Murua, Mónica Molina.
Abstract: Juan Belmonte, the most famous Spanish bullfighter,
is a hero. The film describes his legendary story from a timid
boy craving for the bullring to a genius of bullfighting.
- Beltenebros, Andrés Vincente Goméz et al.,
1 videocassette (110 min.), Madrid?, Murcia, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José
Luis Gómez.
Abstract: One night in the winter of 1962, Captain Darman
remembers recent events. Days before in England he had been charged
with a secret mission, to fly to Madrid and execute a traitor
who had infiltrated the party's clandestine apparatus. Darman
remembers a similiar order 16 years before.
- Bienvenido Mister Marshall, Luis García Berlanga
et al., 1 videocassette (75 min.), Madrid, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Lolita Sevilla, Manolo Morán, José
Isbert, Alberto Romea
Added Title: Bienvenido Mr. Marshall.
Abstract: The inhabitants of tiny Villar del Rio hear that
they have been selected for aid under the Marshall Plan. The promise
of great wealth transforms the village overnight.
- Bilbao, Juan José Bigas Luna et al., 1 videocassette
(86 min.), Barcelona, 1993.
Notes: Performer Note: Angel Jové, Maria Martin, Isabel Pisano.
Abstract: Leo, an introverted misfit becomes obsessed with
Bilbao, a Barcelona prostitute. He stalks her and keeps a secret
scrapbook about her. Leo kills her and she is turned into sausage
at his uncle's pork factory.
- Boca a boca, César Benítez et al., 1 videocassette
(110 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Javier Bardem, Josep Maria Flotats, Aitana
Sánchez-Gijón, María Barranco.
Abstract: Comedy about a down and out actor who gets a
job with an erotic telephone service where the woman he falls
in love with turns out to be the wife of his best client.
- La buena estrella, Ricardo Franco et al., 1 videocassette
(102 min.), Spain, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Resines, Maribel Verdú, Jordi
Molla.
Abstract: Marina, a woman with a glass eye, has the bad
luck to be the victim of an sexual assault witnessed by Rafael,
a goodhearted butcher, who rescues her from her attacker, a man
named Daniel. Rafael has physical problems of his own, but the
two stay together as a couple. Marina gives birth to a baby who
is not Rafael's, for he lost his testicles in an accident. Nonetheless,
Rafael looks forward to raising the child as his own if Marina
will consent.
- Bwana, Imanol Uribe et al., 1 videocassette (82 min.),
Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Andres Pajares, Maria Barranco, Emilio
Buale, Alejandro Martinez, Andrea Granero, Miguel del Arco.
Abstract: A taxi driver and his family picnic on a lonely
beach where they meet Ombasi, an African newly arrived in Spain
in search of his fortune. They spend a pleasant night talking
but the morning brings a terrible surprise: the arrival of a group
of neonazis.
- Calle Mayor, Carlos Arniches y Barrera et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 90 min.), Madrid, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Betsy Blair, José Suarez, Luis Peña.
Abstract: For 18 years, since she left the convent, Isabel
has passed her empty hours walking up and down the main street
of her provincial town. Some bored young men decide that one of
their number should pretend to court the spinster.
- La calle sin sol, Rafael Gil et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Amparo Rivelles, Antonio Vilar, Manola
Morán.
- Cambio de sexo, Vicente Aranda et al., 1 videocassette
(104 min.), Madrid, 1997?
Notes: Performer Note: Victoria Abril, Lou Castel, Fernando Sancho,
Bibi Andersen.
Abstract: José María is a 16 year-old adolescent
boy who lives with his parents and goes to school, where his classmates
make fun of him for his effeminate nature. When the director of
the school suggests that José María is more like a woman
than a man, José María's father flies off the handle
and eventually the boy is on his way to Barcelona to be sexually
initiated by an old friend who works in a cabaret. Seeing Bibi,
female impersonator, gives him other ideas.
- La camerara del Titantic, Bigas Luna et al., 1 videocassette
(103 min.), Spain, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Romane Bohringer, Olivier Martinez, Aitana
Sanchez-Gijon.
Abstract: In 1912, Horty, a foundry worker married to Zoë,
wins a round-trip to England to attend the Titanic's departure.
On his return, a rumour spreads regarding his wife's infidelity.
Then Horty hears about the shipwreck... In desperation, he finds
peace by telling everybody the story of his night with the chambermaid...
But did she really exist?
- Camila, Maria Luisa Bemberg et al., 1 videocassette (105
min.), Los Angeles, Calif, 1985?
Notes: Performer Note: Susú Pecoraro, Imanol Arias, Hector
Alterio, Mona Maris.
Abstract: "Recounts the true story of a young Catholic
socialite from Buenos Aires, Camila O'Gorman, who falls in love
and runs away with a young Jesuit priest, Ladislao Gutierrez.
The two find temporary happiness in a small provincial village
... but their peace is ephemeral, and eventually they are recognized
and ultimately condemned to death without a trial."--External
container.
- Canción de Cuna, José Luis Garci et al., 1
videocassette (93 min.), Madrid, 1994.
Notes: Performer Note: Fiorella Faltoyano, Amparo Larrañaga,
Maria Massip, Virginia Mataia, Diana Peñalver, Maria Luisa
Ponte, Maribel Verdú.
Abstract: A group of Spanish nuns find a baby girl abandoned
in a basket. The foundling arouses the maternal instincts of the
cloistered nuns who take the baby in and raise her. Eighteen years
later she marries and leaves for Cuba. Set in Castille in the
19th century.
- Carne trémula = Live flesh, Javier Bardem et al.,
1 videocassette (101 min.), Santa Monica, CA, 1999.
Notes: Performer Note: Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto
Rabal, Ángela Molina, Jóse Sancho, Pilar Bardem, Penélope
Cruz.
Abstract: The lives of five people are intertwined by romance,
friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman, Elena.
Elena, wants nothing to do with Victor and she calls the cops
when he shows up at her apartment. The two cops that show up are
David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes
his wife, Clara may be having an affair with his partner, David.
- Carreteras secundarias, Sogetel (Firm) et al., 1 videocassette
(108 min.), Madrid, 1997.
Call Number: PQ6663.A748395 C37 1998g
Notes: Performer Note: Cast: Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo,
Maribel Verdú, Miriam Díaz Aroca.
Abstract: Father and son share picaresque adventures in
several regions of Spain. The relationship evolves through their
trials and tribulations.
- Cecilia, Daisy Granados et al., 3 videocassettes (290
min.), Cuba?
Notes: Performer Note: Daisy Granados, Imanol Arías, Raquel
Revuelta, Gerardo Riverón.
Abstract: A beautiful and mysterious mulatto woman moves
between Black and White worlds in an age when slavery is still
practiced and the rights of negros is an issue of debate.
- Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Alfonso Ungria
et al., 3 videocassettes (460 min.), Madrid, 198.
Notes: Performer Note: Julian Mateos, Carmen Maura, Carlos Lucena,
Francisco Rabal
Contents: tape 1. Capitulos I-III -- tape 2. Capitulos IV-VI --
tape 3. Capitulos VII-IX
Added Title: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Abstract: Friends and enemies of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
share their memories of episodes in the life of the author.
- Cet obscur objet du désir Ese oscuro objeto del deseo,
Luis Buñuel et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 103 min.), Spain,
199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Rey, Angela Molina, Carole Bouquet.
Abstract: A middle-aged Spaniard ardently pursues an elusive
young woman through Paris and Seville, against a background of
unexplained acts of street violence. The young woman is played
by two similar-looking actresses: one plays her innocent side,
and the other plays the worldly side.
- Cet obscur objet du désir That obscure object of desire,
Luis Buñuel et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Los Angeles,
Calif, 1986.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Rey, Carol Bouquet, Angelina Molina,
Andre Weber, Julien Bertheaw
Added Title: That obscure object of desire.
Abstract: A gentleman in his fifties falls desperately
in love with a woman half his age.
- Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie El discreto encanto de
la burguesía, Luis Buñuel et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 106 min.), Spain, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig,
Bulle Ogier, Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julien Bertheau.
Abstract: Every time a group of upper middle class friends
sits down to dine, odd things happen, giving film director Luis
Buñuel the opportunity to satirize such targets as diplomats,
socialites, and even radical terrorists.
- Che que loco, Ramón Torrado et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: José Iglesias, Emma Penella, Fernando
Fernández de Córdoba.
- A ciegas , Daniel Calparsoro et al., 1 videocassette
(ca 85 min.), Spain, 1999.
Notes: Performer Note: Najwa Nimri, Alfredo Villa, Ramón
Barea; Araba Films ; guión, Daniel Calparsoro, con la colaboración
de Nicolas Méndez ; producida por Juan Alexander ; dirigida
por Daniel Calparsoro.
Abstract: Marrubi, an ETA commando, loses control in her
first terrorist attempt, and shoots her partner. Alienated from
her associates and their motives, she tracks them down to get
her son who they have taken away from her. All the while, she
flees the police, and is held hostage to her obsessed rich boss.
- La Colmena, Mario Camus et al., 1 videocassette (111
min.), Barcelona, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Victoria Abril, Francisco Algora, Rafael
Alonso, Ana Belén, José Bodalo, Camilo José Cela.
Abstract: Neorealist motion picture of everyday life of
everyday people gathering at the coffee-house "La Delicia",
in Madrid, winter of 1943.
- Cómo ser infeliz y disfrutarlo, Andrés Vicente
Gómez et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.), Madrid, 1994?
Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Maura, Alicia Agut, Asunción
Balaguer, Pilar Bardem, Irene Bau, Francis Lorenzo, Ramón
Madaula, Fernando Valverde, Antonio Resines.
Abstract: Carmen comes home after a night out with her
boyfriends and finds her husband so enraged that he drops dead
of a heart attack. Newly widowed, Carmen misses her husband and
her former life, yet is seen as available by her newspaper boss
and co-workers. When her 20 year-old daughter becomes pregnant,
Carmen's life gets even more complicated.
- Como ser mujer y no morir en el intento, Carmen Maura
et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Madrid, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines.
Abstract: Carmen's life is complicated. At 42 she is married
to her third husband, Antonio, and has two children from previous
marriages. She tries to carry on her professional career, without
neglecting her relationship with Antonio, the house, her friends,
or the emotional needs of the children.
- Como un relamago, Miguel Hermoso et al., 1 videocassette
(103 min.), Spain, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Santiago Rámos, Assumpta Serna, Eloy
Azorín.
Abstract: Sonia, who lives in Madrid with her 17-year-old
son Pablo, is a successful lawyer and a radical feminist. She
also has a secret: she has always refused to speak to Pablo about
his father.
- Corazón de papel, Roberto Bodegas et al., 1 videocassette
(106 min.), Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Ferrandis, Patxi Andión, Ana
Obregón, Héctor Alterio.
Abstract: Borja, a journalist of the old school, funs a
news agency, Agepress, which is under threat of being closed down
because it hasn't been successful enough. He works with three
others, Tomás, Nico and Julia. One ordinary day, Tomás
is witness to a robbery and photographs everything, not knowing
that his actions will endanger his life and that of Agepress.
- Cosas que dejé en La Habana, Manuel Gutiérrez
Aragón et al., 1 videocassette (106 min.), Madrid, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Perugorría, Violeta Rodríguez,
Kiti Manver.
Abstract: Three Cuban sisters arrive in Madrid searching
for a better situation. There they find their aunt who emigrated
a long time before and also a Cuban man who later tries to seduce
and exploit them.
- Costa Brava : A Family Album, Marta Balletbò-Coll
et al., 1 videocassette (92 min.), s.l., 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Marta Balletbò-Coll, Desi del Valle,
Montserrat Gausachs.
Abstract: Anna lives in Barcelona, where she works as a
tour guide to pay the bills. Her dream is to perform her monologue,
Love Thy Neighbor, on tour with Another State, a gay and lesbian
theater company based in San Francisco. On one of her guided tours,
she meets Monserrat, a Jewish seismic engineer who was born in
Tel Aviv and educated in Boston and New York. From that point
on, adventures and misadventures shape this tender love story.
- Cría The Secret of Anna, Carlos Saura et al., 1
videocassette (110 min.), United States?, 1985?
Notes: Performer Note: Geraldine Chaplin, Ana Torrent, Conchi
Perez, Maite Sanchez
Added Titles: Secret of Ana ; Raise ravens.
Abstract: "Drama about a sensitive girl's secret about
her father's death."--External container.
- Cristobal colon de oficio ... descubridor, Mariano Ozores,
1 videocassette (VHS), Madrid, Spain, 1991.
- La Cruz del Sur, Patricio Guzmán et al., 3 videocassettes
(55 min. each), Madrid, 1992.
Notes: Added Title: Southern Cross.
- Danza Flamenca de Hoy Flamenco dance today, Rafael Fajardo
et al., 1 videocassette (60 min.), Madrid, España, 1991.
Notes: Performer Note: Cantaores: Rafael Fajardo, Pedro Montoya
; Cantaora: La Tobala ; Guitarristas: Pedro Sierra, Juan Machón
; Bailaoras: Beatriz Martin, Esther Ponce ; Bailaor: Adrián.
Abstract: Demonstrations of modern flamenco dancing in
Spain.
- Demonios en el jardin, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón,
Angela Molina, and Coleccionistas, S.A, 1 videocassette (ca. 60
min.), Madrid, 1984.
Notes: Performer Note: Angela Molina, Ana Belen, Encarna Paso,
Imanol Arias.
Abstract: A view of everyday life and childhood in a small
provincial Spanish city.
- Deprisa, deprisa, Carlos Saura, Jose Antonio Valdelomar,
and Coleccionistas, S.A, 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.), Madrid,
1981.
Notes: Performer Note: Jose Antonio Valdelomar, Jose Ma Hervas,
Jesus Arias, Berta Socuellamos.
Abstract: Action drama which focuses on the lives of troubled
youth who want money and love in a hurry.
- Días contados, Imanol Uribe et al., 1 videocassette
(95 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmelo Gómez, Ruth Gabriel, Candela
Peña, Karra Elejalde, Elvira Mínguez, Javier Bardem.
Abstract: Antonio, a member of an ETA terrorist cell that
is hatching a plot against Madrid, challenges his priorities when
he falls in love with Charo, a beautiful drug addict 12 years
younger than he.
- Divinas palabras, Ramón del Valle-Inclán et
al., 1 videocassette (106 min.), Madrid, 1987.
Notes: Performer Note: Ana Belén, Francisco Rabal, Imanol
Arias, Esperanza Roy, Aurora Batista, Juan Echanove.
Abstract: In 1920, in the village of San Clemente, in Galicia,
a cruel and shameless story unfolds with the exploitation of a
hydrocephalic put on display in fair after fair by the wife of
the sacristan, the ecclesiastical authority in the village.
- Doña Francisquita, Ladislaus Vajda et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Mirtha Legrand, Armando Calvo, Antonio
Casal.
Abstract: The Lambertini studio is mounting a performance
of the zarzuela "Doña Francisquito" for a benefit
function. It appears that Fernando will be the male half of the
love duet in the musical work. The excellent singing and enthusiasm
of Lambertini make real the love that the dreamy Francisquita
feels for Fernando. Unfortunately, he is in love with Aurora.
- El amante bilingüe, Vicente Aranda et al., 1 videocassette
(099 min.), Madrid, Roma, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Imanol Arias, Ornella Muti (her voice dubbed
by Victoría Peña), Loles León, Javier Bardem, Joan
Lluis Bozzo.
Abstract: A rich girl marries below her status because
of sexual attraction. After five years, she finds outside marriage
the satisfaction she wants. She divorces her husband and he becomes
a beggar. In a riot incident he is hit by a bomb and his face
remains disfigured. With the help of a mask he is able to sexually
attract his ex-wife again as a completely new person.
- El amor perjudica seriamente la salud, César Benítez
et al., 1 videocassette (116 min.), Madrid, 1997?
Notes: Performer Note: Ana Belén, Juanjo Puigcorbé,
Gabino Diego, Penélope Cruz.
Abstract: This romantic comedy charts the course of a long-time
on-again-off-again love affair between Diana Balaguer and Santi
Garcia.
- El año de las luces, Fernando Trueba et al., 1 videocassette
(115 min.), Barcelona, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdu, Manuel Aleixandre,
Rafaela Aparicio, José Sazatornil, Santiago Ramos, Chus Lampreave,
Violeta Cela y Verónica Forqué.
Abstract: April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus,
who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant
in the Army, to a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis,
situated on the border with Portugal. Once in the sanatorium,
Manolo, surrounded by boys all much younger than he is, feels
a bit like the cock of the walk since the only other man around
is the handyman Emilio who looks after the gardens and does whatever
needs to be done about the place. His wife, Rafaela, is the cook.
Manolo meets Irene, a falangist who runs the sanatorium, and the
school teacher, Miss Transito, a crabby spinster. He has his first
sexual experience, albeit as a voyeur, with his nurse Vicenta.
When she has to leave, her place is taken by a girl from the village,
Maria Jesus, with whom Manolo falls hopelessly in love. A relationship
grows up between them which will mark them both for ever.
- El asesino de Pedralbas, Gonzalo Herralde et al., 1 videocassette
(1 hr. 25 min.), Barcelona, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Interviewers: Gonzalo Herralde, Juano Merlo,
José Martí Gómez.
Abstract: A film portrait of José Luis Cerveto who
was convicted of murder in 1974, including a series of interviews.
- El Bosque animado, Alfredo Landa et al., 1 videocassette
(109 min.), Madrid, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo Landa, Encarna Paso, Fernando Rey,
Fernando Valverde, Alejandra Grepi, Miguel Rellan, Alicia Hermida,
Amparo Baro.
Abstract: A bandit, a well digger, a working girl, a boy
who doesn't want to work, a girl who is emigrating, a ghost who
is looking for company ... and a matriarch who exploits the working
children are all intertwined in this story.
- El caserío, Juan de Orduna et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Madrid, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Mari Frances, José Moreno, Armando
Calvo.
Abstract: Film version of a play about Basque life in which
a sensual and amorous drama develops during a family gathering
at a country house. Popular songs, typical Basque dances and instruments,
together with characteristic Basque speech, are all artfully utilized
in this tale of life in a Basque village.
- El color de las nubes, Mario Camus et al., 1 videocassette
(111 min.), Madrid, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Julia Gutíerrez Caba, Antonio Valero,
Ana Duato, José María Domenech.
Abstract: In an old big rambling house of a coastal town
of Cantabria lives and conflicts come together, loves and hatreds.
A rich man, who has inherited the house from his father, wants
to throw out the woman who inhabits it, an old lover of the deceased
man. A Bosnian fishing friend and his niece try to help her. They
inadverdantly come across a cache of cocaine. Things heat up even
further with the addition of Madrilenian boyanother Bosnian, the
well-intentioned lawyer contracted by the heir, an ex-policeman
"narcotics detective," ... and a dead man.
- El Crack, José Luis Garci et al., 1 videocasette
(120 min.), Madrid, 198-.
Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo Landa, María Casanova, Manuel
Tejada, José Bódaldo.
Abstract: Germán, a detective, receives a very special
assignment: to find the daughter of a León landowner who
mysteriously disappeared three years ago. His inquiry comes at
the price of the life of an innocent, Maite, the daughter of Germán's
more or less platonic lover. Germán is faced with the need
for vengeance.
- El crimen de Cuenca, Pilar Miró et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 90 min.), Spain, Suero de Quiñones, 1982.
Notes: Performer Note: Amparo Soler Leal, Hector Alterio, Daniel
Dicenta, Jose Manuel Cervino.
Abstract: The story of two friends wrongly imprisoned for
a crime they did not commit and what happens to them.
- El dedo en la llaga, Alberto Lecchi et al., 1 videocassette
(110 min.), IArgentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Dario Graninetti, Juanjo Puigcorbé,
Karra Elejalde.
Abstract: Angel and Eduardo are two good friends that travel
around together acting. As they head to another destination their
car breaks down and they are forced to stay in a small pueblo
for awhile. While there, Eduardo runs into an old friend, now
a professor in the town, and together the three of them try to
open the town's theater up again. However, the police do not approve
and try multiple times to break up the acting group.
- El derecho de nacer, Tito Davison et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 93 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Aurora Bautista, Julio Aleman, Maricruz
Olivier.
Abstract: A young woman in Cuba in the early part of the
20th century gives birth to an illegitimate son. The child is
taken away to be raised by the family's maid. Years later, he
has grown into a handsome young man and she has become a nun,
having been shunned by her family. When her father is on his deathbed,
she comes to to him in an attempt to reconcile.
- El día de la bestia, Andrés Vicente Gómez
et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 100 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Alex Angulo, Armando de Razza, Santiago
Segura.
Abstract: The priest Angel Berriatua, professor of Theology
at the university of Deusto, has spent the last twenty five years
of his life studying the Apocalypse according to Saint John, deciphering
the message which lies hidden behind the sacred text. At last,
he has reached a conclusion: the Antichrist will be born in Madrid
on the 25th of December 1995, before daybreak. The problem is
that the priest does not know the exact place where the birth
will take place. In order to enter into contact with evil, he
arms himself to the teeth and sets off to the Spanish capital.
There he attempts to earn brownie points with the Master of Darkness,
robbing a blind man of his begging bowl, pushing a mime artist
down a metro shaft and blessing a dying man with the hope that
he goes to hell. Just not bad enough. As his stubble and frustration
grows, Father Angel stumbles into a heavy metal music store run
by death metal freak José Maria and establishes a base at
the dismal pension presided over by José Maria's termagent
mother.
- El Diputado Confessions of a congressman, Carlos Orengo
et al., 1 videocassette (110 min.), Hollywood, CA, 1983.
Notes: Performer Note: Jose Sacristan, Angel Pardo, Jose Alonso,
Juan Antonio Bardem
Added Titles : Confessions of a congressman ; Deputy.
Abstract: "The story of a [gay] member of Spain's
Socialist Party .... Robert Orbea ... is married and does love
his wife and does have a moral sense rare in politics. ... He
falls in love with a young hustler who is in the employ of political
rivals.... Orbea is set up for blackmail and/or public discreditation."--External
container.
- El Disputado voto del Sr. Cayo, Miguel Delibes et al.,
1 videocassette (98 min.), Madrid, 1986?
Notes: Performer Note: Francisco Rabal, Juan Luis Galiardo, Iñaki
Miramón, Lydia Bosch
Added Title: El Disputado voto del Señor Cayo.
Abstract: A group of young politicians come to Cureña,
a town in northern Castile, to campaign for votes. There they
meet two neighbors who hate each other and never speak. One of
these is Cayo, a soft-spoken older man full of ancestral wisdom.
The encounter between the world of the young city politicians
and that of Sr. Cayo is the necessary counterpoint to contrast
two cultures ignorant of each other.
- El Dorado, Carlos Saura et al., 1 videocassette (118
min.), Madrid, 1989.
Notes: Performer Note: Omero Antonutti, Eusebio Poncela, Gabriela
Roel, Lambert Wilson.
Abstract: Film about the explorer, Lope de Aguirre and
his search for the mythical El Dorado.
- El Espiritu de la Colmena, Víctor Erice et al.,
1 videocassette (120 min.), Madrid, 1984.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Teresa Gimpera,
Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria.
Abstract: The year is 1940, the weekly movie comes to an
isolated Spanish village. The video presents the reactions of
two little girls to "El Doctor Frankenstein".
- El Lute camina o revienta, Imanol Arias et al., 1 videocassette
(120 min.), Madrid, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Imanol Arias, Victoria Abril, Antonio Valero,
Carlos Tristancho.
Abstract: Based on the true story of a gypsy forced into
a life of crime. His circumstances make him him the hero of this
film.
- El Lute II mañana sere libre, Imanol Arias et al.,
1 videocassette (129 min.), Madrid, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Imanol Arias, Jorge Sanz, Pastora Vega,
Angel Pardo.
Abstract: Based on the true story of a gypsy, imprisoned
for his crimes. Presents his life in prison and after. He educates
himself and becomes a lawyer.
- El macho, Marcello Andrei et al., 1 videocassette (90
min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Monzón, Malisa Longo, Susana
Giménez.
Abstract: A shipment of gold destined for the Bank of Abilene
is robbed by bandits. When the Sheriff arrives, he notices that
one of the dead bandits looks like the Kid, an adventurer whom
the Sheriff has met recently. The Sheriff persuades the Kid to
infiltrate the bandit. The Kid discovers that the gold is a fake
and the whole thing is an insurance swindle cooked up by Banker
Ross, in collaboration with the Sheriff and a mysterious figure
called Soledad.
- El mar y el tiempo, Fernando Fernán Gómez et
al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Madrid, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Rafael Aparício, José Soriano,
Fernádo Fernan-Gómez.
Abstract: Madrid, 1968. The film tells the story of a small
family--amother who has given up on life, a son, Eusobio, maitre-d'
at a slightly pretenious restaurant, and his two daughters, ona
a progressive-pragmatist, and the other, a teremendous idealist.
They were the losers in the Civil War. Eusobio waits for a brotherwho
was a political prisoner in Argentina. When hereturns, he encounters
the new ideas which have forged the current era in Spain.
- El Muerto = The Dead man, Fernando Ayala et al., 1 videocassette
(103 min.), United States, Fresno, CA, 1987?
Notes: Performer Note: Francisco Rabal, Thelma Biral, Juan Jose
Camero
Added Title: Dead man.
Abstract: "Traces the life of Benjamin Otálora.
In nineteenth century South America, Otálora must flee Buenos
Aires for killing a man. On his arrival in Montevideo, he meets
the leader of a smuggling ring who takes him under his wings.
As the aging gang leader takes sick however, Otálora covertly
attempts to claim power within the ring."--External container.
- El negro que tenía el alma blanca, Hugo del Carril
et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Hugo del Carril, María Rosa Salgado,
Antonio Casal.
- El Pájaro de la felicidad, Pilar Miró et al.,
1 videocassette (122 min.), Madrid, 1994.
Notes: Performer Note: Mercedes Sampietro, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón,
José Sacristán.
Abstract: Carmen is a strong and beautiful woman approaching
fifty. At a dinner at her son's house, Carmen's son reproaches
her for the way she has leds her life. When she leaves the apartment,
preparing to get into her car, Carmen is sexually assaulted by
a group of hoodlums. Back at home, her significant other, Fernando,
seems unable to help her make sense of what has happened. Humiliated
and frightened, Carmen checks into a hotel to be alone, and writes
a letter to Fernando, in which she explains that she must look
back and search for her parents, her first husband, her past.
- El perro del hortelano, Pilar Miró et al., 1 videocassette
(109 min.), Madrid?, 1997.
Notes: Performer Note: Emma Suárez, Carmelo Gómez, Ana
Duato, Fernando Conde, Miguel Rellán, Angel de Andrés,
Juan Gea, Maite Blasco, Rafael Alonso.
Abstract: A 17th-century Spanish noblewoman romances her
low-born personal secretary, who is in love with her maid.
- El Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra et al., 2 videocassettes
(267 min.), Madrid, 1991.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Rey, Alfredo Landa, Francisco
Merino, José Luis Pellicena.
Abstract: The adventures of the legendary 'hidalgo' Don
Quixote as written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
- El Rey pasmado, Maria Barranco et al., 1 videocassette
(105 min.), Madrid, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Maria Barranco, Joaquim de Almeida, Laura
del Sol.
Abstract: It is the 17th century and the king of Spain
is a young man, inexperienced in politics and love. Nevertheless,
he soon discovers a world of new sensations in the arms of Marfisa,
one of the most beautiful prostitutes of the court. The news runs
from mouth to mouth, filtering through the walls of the palace.
- El último viaje de Robert Rylands, Gracia Querejeta
et al., 1 videocassette (105 min.), Spain, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Ben Cross, Cathy Underwood, Kenneth Colley.
Abstract: Robert Rylands, professor and archaeologist,
of whom no one at Oxford University has heard anything since his
unusual disappearance ten years earlier, returns suddenly on the
eve of his seventieth birthday. On his arrival Rylands makes a
voluntary statement to the local police, detailing the truth of
his disappearance and the complex mystery at its core. His narrative
becomes the thread which links the past and the present, and its
effect is to reverberate dramatically through his circle of friends
and former lovers. Through Ryland's memory we get to know the
red-haired Jill, her daughter Sue, the Indian house keeper Ahria,
the black student Abraham Jones and the Spaniard Juan Noguera,
recently arrived to teach literature. Above all Rylands' reminiscences
lead us to his former friend Alfred Cromer-Blake, and reveals
the close bond and secret that binds the two men - until their
last journey.
- El Viaje The voyage, Fernando E Solanes et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 133 min.), United Kingdom, 1997.
Notes: Performer Note: Walter Quiroz, Soledad Alfaro, Ricardo
Bartis.
Abstract: In this companion piece to Solanas' films Tangos
and Sur, 17 yr. old Martin sets out an odyssey through Latin America
to find his father, last heard of working as an anthropologist
in Brazil. He hopes his journey will serve as an important rite
of passage to resolve his search for his identity. He sets out
by bicycle, wending his way from Tierra del Fuego to Peru, the
Andes highlands, and then on to the Amazon, finally reaching the
Brazilian gold mine where his father now works as a prospector.
Along the epic journey, Martin experiences Latin American reality
and myth, and witness the absurdities and contradictions which
the director, Fernando Solanas, believes represent modern-day
Argentina.
- Entre rojas, Azcuna Rodríguez et al., 1 videocassette
(93 min.), Spain, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Penélope Cruz, Cristina Marcos, Ma
ria Pujalte, Miriam de Maeztu, Ana Torrent, Gloria Muñoz,
Pilar Bardem.
Abstract: Madrid, 1974, in the ancient women's jail of
Yeserias. Lucia, an upper-class young woman, is condemned to spend
ten years in jail due to her relationship with a militant protester
against Franco's dictatorship. While being in prison she lives
with every kind of woman intelectuals, killers, illiterates, et
al. All of them must share food, living space, joys and pities;
joined by the same fate, lack of freedom, they will have to fight
together against desperation. Lucia is willing to live, to learn
form that world the fate has given to her where, contrary to what
she imagines, tenderness and laughter exist. And also the complicity
and solidarity of women living an experience which will mark them
forever.
- Esquilache, José Sámano et al., 1 videocassette
(102 min.), Madrid, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Fernán Gómez, José
L. López-Vázquez, Angelina Molina, Angel de Andrés,
Concha Velasco, Adolfo Marsillach, Amparo Rivelles, Alberto Closas,
Fernando Valverde.
Abstract: In 18th century Madrid the people rise against
the monarchy. The destiny of the crown and the Marqués de
Esquilache Ilega depend upon the next few hours.
- Estado de sitio = State of siege, Costa Gavras et al.,
1 videocassette (120 min.), Madrid, 198.
Notes: Performer Note: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse,
Jacques Weber, Jean-Luc Bideau
Added Title: State of siege.
Abstract: A political thriller based on fact, about the
kidnapping and murder of an American "adviser" in Uruguay
that is used as a pretext for clamping down on civil liberties.
- Familia, Fernando Leon et al., 1 videocassette (95 min.),
Spain, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Juan Luis Galiardo, Amparo Muñoz,
Agata Lys, Chete Lera, Elena Anaya, Raquel Radrigo.
Abstract: A comic treatment on the Spanish family in which
Santiago (the father) is greeted on his birthday by a present
from his son which he does not appreciate. He laments, as does
his family, "Who has not wished for the perfect family?".
- Fiesta gitana--por tangos y bulerías, Pilar Pérez
de Guzmán et al., 1 videocassette (32 min.), Madrid, Spain,
1994.
Notes: Event Note: Recorded onstage at the Teatro Salón "Cervantes,"
Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Performer Note: Dancers: Joseico "El Torombo," Rosa
Manzano, Angelita Vargas, and Antonia Vargas [child dancer]
Performer Note: Singers: Morenito de Illora, Rafael Fajardo, and
Eva Durán ; guitarists: Eugenio Iglesias, José Cortés,
and José Carbonel "Montollita" ; percussionist:
José Jimenez.
Abstract: Flamenco dance performance.
- La flor de mi secreto, Pedro Almodóvar et al., 1
videocassette (ca. 103 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carmen Elias,
Rossy De Palma, Chus Lampreave, Joaquin Cortes, Manuela Vargas.
Abstract: Leo writes romance novels--but with a loveless
marriage, she finds herself fresh out of inspiration. Angel is
a tough and gruff journalist with an iron will and a heart of
gold. When their paths happen to cross, they discover something
neither had expected--a real-life love affair!
- For a few dollars more, Sergio Leone et al., 1 videocassette
(130 min.), Culver City, Calif, 1991.
Notes: Performer Note: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria
Volonte.
Abstract: Two bounty hunters in the Southwest join forces
to try and collect the $10,000 reward money for the head of a
sadistic outlaw known as Indio.
- Fortunata y Jacinta, Mario Camús et al., 4 videocassettes
(590 min.), Madrid?, 1980.
Notes: Performer Note: Ana Belen, Maribel Martin, Mario Pardo,
Francois Eric Gendron.
Abstract: The film depicts the unfailing love of two women
for the same man, one of whom is his wife and the other his mistress.
- Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos, Pilar Miró
et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 102 min.), Madrid, Spain.
Notes: Performer Note: Mercedes Sampietro, Jon Finch, Carmen Maura.
Abstract: A woman nearing her forties, Andrea Soriana,
has always pushed aside personal questions and romantic relationships
in pursuit of professional success. Now a major illness forces
her to reconsider her life--work, family, friendships, men--causing
a psychological and emotional crisis pushes her toward a drastic
decision.
- Geisha, Eduardo Raspo et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 92
min.), San Luis, Argentina, 1996?
Notes: Performer Note: Manuel Bandera, Jorge Marrale, Ana Álvarez.
Abstract: After a long commitment in a psychiatric clinic,
because of the suicide of his wife Ángela, Lorenzo meets
Julio, his friend and partner. At night he dines at the house
of Mónica and Héctor, two old friends from the time
when his wife was still with him, Mónica accidentally finds
a letter which Ángela had sent shortly before her suicide.
In her will, Ángela makes plans for the future. Mónica
decides to show the letter to Lorenzo and to visit the policeman
who handled the now dubious suicide case, and who confirms the
events to her. Nevertheless, after some probing, Mónica finds
new trails which lead her to discover the truth.
- Guantanamera, Jorge Perugorría et al., 1 videocassette
(104 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Perugorría, Mirtha Ibarra, Carlos
Cruz.
Abstract: A satire about life in Cuba. The members of a
funeral procession and some truckdrivers who have to take the
same route begin to talk about God and the world ending up in
discovering that life for both groups has many similarities as
well as a lot of differences depending on the point of view.
- Guarapo, Teodoro Rios et al., 1 videocassette (103 min.),
Madrid, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Juan Luis Gallardo, Luis Suarez, Patricia
Adriani.
Abstract: Gomera, Canary Islands, 1936. Benito, aka "Guarapo,"
peasant without land, like many others, longs to emigrate to America,
but legal limits to immigration prevent him. He must find a clandestine
way to go. Not only does he have the legal barriers, but he is
also in love with Amparo, who works for Don Luis Ventura, wealthy
landowner. Persecuted by the Guardia Civil, he must find a way
to escape.
- La guerra de Dios, Rafael Gil et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Spain?, 1987.
Notes: Performer Note: Claude Laydu, Francisco Rabal, Marco Davo.
Abstract: A young priest, recently graduated from the seminary
and profoundly interested in social problems, is sent to a small
parish in strife. Relations between the local mine owner and the
town's miners improve with the priest's help, when a disaster
in the mines entombs the priest, the mine owner and two young
boys.
- High heels, Victoria Abril et al., 1 videocassette (113
min.), United States, Hollywood, Calif, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel
Bosé.
Abstract: The husband of a TV anchorwoman, ex-lover of
her long-estranged singer-actress mother, is mysteriously killed,
and both mother and daughter come under suspicion in a frenzied
investigation filled with romantic mix-ups and mistaken identities.
- Historias del Kronen, Alta Films et al., 1 videocassette
(95 min.), Spain, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Juan Diego Botto, Jordi Mollá, Nuria
Prims, Aitor Merino, Armando del Río.
Abstract: Carlos has just turned twenty. Every night he
goes to the Kronen, a bar where he meets up with his friends.
Carlos is on a summer holiday, and what he prefers is nightlife.
Everything is possible, everything is allowed. One adventure leads
to another as if the night would never end. For Carlos and his
friends, there are no limits, no boundaries. Every situation is
pushed to its extreme, nothing must get in the way. In transgression,
they are looking for something different, that makes them feel
alive. It is only once the tragedy is inevitable, that Carlos
and his friends have to face a reality they are trying to ignore.
- Hola, estás sola?, Iciar Bollain et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Spain, 1996?
Notes: Performer Note: Candela Peña, Silke, Alex Angula,
Elena Irureta, Arcadi Levin.
Abstract: Nina is a 20 year-old woman from Valladolid who
lives with her divorced father, an authoritarian and conservative
man. Trini is ofthe same age and has lost her mother. For Nina
and Trini, Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer,
so they go on an adventurous voyage to the Costa del Sol in the
south of Spain.
- In memoriam, Emiliano Piedra et al., 1 videocassette
(96 min.), Los Angeles, Calif, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Geraldine Chaplin, José Luis Gomez,
Eusebio Poncela.
Abstract: A man returns home after years of living abroad.
There he discovers that he has been inadvertently involved in
a crime the night he left the country. He now must come to terms
with his past.
- Insomnio, Chus Gutiérrez et al., 1 videocassette
(106 min.), España, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Cristina Marcos, Candela Peña, Ernesto
Alterio, María Pujalte, Gine García Millan.
Abstract: The lives of three insomniacs are woven into
a comic tale of love that hurts. Eva, Is a TV administrator with
a new born baby, Alba, her upstairs neighbor who has just been
dumped by her boyfriend, and Juan, Eva's real estate agent, who
is on the precipice of marriage to a controlling woman. What they
all have in common is their inability to sleep because of relationship
problems.
- La isla de la pasión Clipperton, Emilio Fernández
et al., 1 videocassette (125 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1998.
Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Armendáriz, Isabel Corona, David
Silva, Carlos López, Miguel Inclán, Pituka de Foronda.
Abstract: A story of the vicissitudes of a group of Mexicans
abandoned on an island situated several thousand km. from their
country. The French attempt to take over the island, but the Mexicans
make a valient effort to defend themselves. Their obsessions are
shaped by patriotism, unhappy relationships, rivalries between
subordinates and superiors, and the forces of nature.
- Jamon Jamon, Bigas Luna et al., 1 videodisc (90 min.),
Chatsworth, CA, 1994.
Notes: Performer Note: Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan
Diego, Penelope Cruz.
Abstract: A hilarious, sexy, and complex story of two young
lovers--the pregnant Sylvia and her lover Jose Luis. When they
announce their plan to wed, his mother hires the town's sexiest
man to break up the marriage. Naturally, nothing goes as planned.
- Justino un asesino de la tercera edad, Saturnino García
et al., 1 videocassette (94 min.), Barcelona, 199.
Notes: Performer Note: Saturnino Garcia, Carlos Lucas, Carmen
Segarra, Francisco Maestre, Concha Salinas, Carlos de Gabriel.
Abstract: A retired bullfighter finds a new career in crime.
- Laberinto de pasiones = Labyrinth of passion, Pedro Almodóvar,
Cinevista (Firm), and Image Entertainment (Firm), 1 videocassette
(100 min.), New York, N.Y, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Celia Roth, Imanol Arias, Antonio Banderas.
Abstract: A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac),
Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor
of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner). When Riza
Niro discovers that Sadec and his colleagues are after him, he
disguises himself as a punk rocker, and falls in love with the
stunning Sexilia, his first straight relationship. Meanwhile Queti,
Sexilia's "biggest fan", helps Sexilia come to terms
with her new life-style.
- Las autonosuyas, Rafael Gil et al., 1 videocassette (ca.
93 min.), Barcelona, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo Landa, María Casanova, Fernando
Sancho.
Abstract: Eternal Spain, Cradle of El Cid, Light of the
Council of Trent, Hammer Against the Heretics, Guardian of the
West and other worthy historical appelatives, now suddenly converts
freely to democratic elections, in a chaotic Tower of Babel within
each province, each city, each village, where everyone can decide
for themselves... Paquito can no longer keep the order in his
town and warns the people of a new band of villians who will seize
control if they can and who are known by the terrible name of...The
Nationalists!
- Las Bicicletas son para el verano, Jaime Chávarri
and Fernando Fernán Gómez, 1 videocassette (ca. 103
min.), Madrid, 1984.
Notes: Performer Note: Amparo Soler Leal, Agustin Gonzalez, Victoria
Abril.
Abstract: A family chronicle set in Madrid during the Spanish
Civil War (1936-1939), based on the novel by Fernando Fernan Gomez.
Presents, Madrid 1936, and the day-to-day experiences of a lower
middle class family in Madrid during the Civil War.
- Las cosas del querer, Jaime Chávarri et al., 1 videocassette
(95 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Angela Molina, Angel de Andrés Lopéz,
Manuel Bandera.
Abstract: A drama set in 1940s Madrid. It follows the fortunes
of three vaudeville performers: handsome Juan, who plays piano
for his passionate girlfriend Pepita, and her onstage partner,
flamboyant Mario. Like Pepita, Mario is in love with straight
man Juan; rebuffed, he happily moves his attention to a string
of lovers. After an affair with a young nobleman, whom Mario spurns,
the nobleman's mother concocts a nasty revenge.
- Las tumbas, Javier Torre et al., 1 videocassette (90
min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Norma Aleandro, Federico Luppi, Eduardo
Saucedo.
Abstract: A young deliquent boy ends up in a cruel and
strict reform school which he ultimately escapes. However, while
on the street, he steals a lady's purse and is caught again and
sent to another prison like place. This one is religious (and
yet just as strict) and here he befriends Maria, one of the ladies
that help run the place and she helps him plan an escape. So one
night, he tries to escape, and two other boys follow, only to
find that it is not that easy.
- La ley de la frontera, Adolfo Aristarain et al., 1 videocassette
(120 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Pere Ponce, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón,
Achero Mañas, Federico Luppi.
Abstract: Barbara, a journalist in the beginning of the
20th century, searches in the border between Portugal and Galicia
a bandit called El Argentino. In her travel she meets two men
that say that they belong to his gang. João and Xan were
both born on the same day, one in Spain and the other in Portugal.
As they get older, neither of them wanted to keep leading the
type of life they had. Thus, they both planned an escape and unexpectedly
ran into each other and quickly decided to travel together. Their
adventures included a lot of robbing and stealing as they searched
for what they wanted out of life.
- Libertarias, Andrés Vicente Gómez et al., 1
videocassette (125 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Ana Belen, Victoria Abril, Ariadna Gil,
Miguel Bose.
Abstract: July 19th, 1936. The revolution has just started
in a small town near Barcelona. Maria, a young innocent nun escaping
from her convent, which is being ransacked by revolutionaries,
finds refuge in a whorehouse. In the whorehouse some militia women
- Libertarias - burst in with the mission of freeing the prostitutes.
Befriended by the group, Maria will participate in the armed fight,
and her the course of her life will change forever.
- La Linea del cielo Skyline, Fernando Colomo et al., 1
videocassette (84 min.), Carmel, CA, 1986?
Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Resines
Added Title: Skyline.
Abstract: "Depicts the adventures and misadventures
of a Spanish photographer who comes to Manhattan seeking fame
and fortune ..."--External container.
- Lola, Bigas Luna et al., 1 videocassette (86 min.), Barcelona,
1993.
Notes: Performer Note: Ángela Molina, Patrick Bauchau, Assumpta
Serna.
Abstract: Bigas Luna creates a catalog of obsessions. He
presents two men, one from the north (representing civility, the
intellect and rationality) and the other from the south (representing
passion, the emotions and irrationality). These two worlds meet
in their attraction to Lola and in their attraction lies the seeds
of tragedy.
- Los amantes del circulo polar, Julio Medem, 1 videocassette,
Spain, 1998.
- Los peores años de nuestra vida, Emilio Martínez
Lázaro et al., 1 videocassette (97 min.), Madrid, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Gabino Diego, Ariadna Gil, Jorge Sanz.
Abstract: Alberto lives with his parents and his brother
Roberto, who is quite attractive, and who tells him there are
lots of girls out there for him. Alberto is a romantic guy, and
doesn't find a girl for his own. He falls in lover with María
at first sight, although he doesn't know if she likes him. His
brother tells him he will help, but things get difficult when
Roberto also falls in love with her.
- Los santos inocentes, Alfredo Landa et al., 1 videocassette
(105 min.), PAL, Madrid, 1984.
Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo Landa, Francisco Rabal.
Abstract: A rural Spanish family dreams of rising out of
poverty and changing their life of subordination.
- Los Santos inocentes The Holy innocents, Julián
Mateos et al., 1 videocassette (108 min.), Irvine, Calif, 1986?
Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo Landa, Francisco Rabal, Terele
Pávez, Belen Ballesteros, Jual Sachez
Added Title: Holy innocents.
Abstract: "Focuses on a family of peasants [in the
mid-1960's ... in northern Spain] who must contend with the whims
of the landowners."--External container.
- Los tarantos, Alfredo Mañas et al., 1 videocassette
(84 min.), Barcelona, 1995?
Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Amaya, Sara Lezana, Daniel Martín.
Abstract: Based on classic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,
Los Tarantos tells the story of forbidden love in the Barcelona
Gypsy barrio of Somorrostro. Juana and Rafael are in love, but
their families, the Zorongos and the Tarantos, are sworn enemies.
- La madre muerta Araba Films ; un film de Juamma Bajo Ulloa
; escrita por Juamma y Eduardo Bajo Ulloa, Juamma Bajo Ulloa
et al., 1 videocassette (115 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Karra Elejalde, Ana Alvarez, Lio, Silvia
Marso.
Abstract: Ismael Lopez, a petty criminal, shoots and kills
a painting restorer during a bungled burglary, and shoots her
daughter as well. Twenty years later, and the daughter Leire has
been left mute and with a mental age of a child, spending most
of her time in a mental home. A chance meeting between Leire and
Ismael, who now works in a bar, leads Ismael to think that she
still might be able to recognise him, and turn him in to the police.
With the help of his girlfriend Maite, he kidnaps Leire and chains
her to the bed in his house. He is unable to kill her, however,
and instead asks the mental home for a ransom for her return.
While a prisoner, though, Leire and Ismael grow closer and closer
through his attempts to make her laugh and their mutual love for
chocolate.
- MadreGilda, Tornasol Films et al., 1 videocassette (108
min.), Madrid, 1994?
Notes: Performer Note: José Sacristán, Juan Echanove,
Barbara Auer, Kamel Chérif.
Abstract: In post WWII Spain, in an old tavern in Madrid,
every first Friday, Hauma organizes a secret card party for a
disparate group of veterans of the campaigns in Africa gathers
to play cards.
- Malena es un nombre de tango, Gerardo Herrero et al.,
1 videocassette (109 min.), Spain, 1996?
Notes: Performer Note: Ariadna Gil, Marta Belaustegui, Carlos
López, Luis Fernando Alves, Isabel Otero, Marina Saura, Jesús
Ruyman.
Abstract: Post-Franco Spain -- Malena explores life and
relationships in this ever-changing world. Malena's older sister,
Reina, is impeccably well-behaved, and sets an example against
which Malena rebels. As she stumbles from catastrophe to catastrophe,
Malena becomes her family's poster-child for what not to do with
one's life.
- Maravillas, Fernando Fernán Gómez et al., 1
videocassette (99 min.), Madrid, 1984?
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Cristina Marcos.
- Marcelino pan y vino, Ladislaus Vajda et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Barcelona, 1987.
Notes: Performer Note: Pablito Calvo, Rafael Rivelles, Antonio
Vico, Juan Calvo, José Marco Davo, Fernando Rey, Isabel De
Pomes.
Abstract: Story of the miracle of a little boy, abandoned
at a monastery, who is discovered to be talking with Jesus Christ.
- Marianela, Angelino Fons et al., 1 videocassette (106
min.), United States, Fresno, CA, 1987.
Notes: Performer Note: Rocío Durcal, Pierre Orcel, Jose Suarez,
Jacqueline Parent, Julieta Serrano.
Abstract: "The story of a disfigured orphan whose
only solace is to serve as guide to a young and handsome blind
man... . When he recovers his eyesight, Marianela's fragile world
is shattered."--External container.
- Martín (Hache), Adolfo Aristarain et al., 1 videocassette
(135 min.), Argentina, 1997.
Notes: Performer Note: Federico Luppi, Cecilia Roth, Eusebio Poncela.
Abstract: Filmmaker Martín lives in Madrid but has
a 19-year-old son, also named Martín, but know as Hache (or
simply H.), and ex-wife who live in Buenos Aires. One night, his
son accidentally has too much to drink and takes too many drugs
and ends up in the hospital. Martín flies to Argentina and
then decides to bring Hache home with him to Madrid. Hache soon
gets introduced to his father's much younter girlfriend Alicia
and good friend Dante, who is gay. The four of them have some
intense conversations, share sorrows and hopes, and together Martín
and his son attempt to build up their relationship.
- Más allá del jardín, Andrés Vicente
Gómez et al., 1 videocassette (91 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Concha Velasco, Fernando Guillén,
Manuel Bandera, Andrea Occhipinti, Ingrid Rubio.
Abstract: This romantic melodrama centers on the struggles
of a Seville rancher's dissatisfied wife. Palmira's husband Willy
has not slept with her in ages, her teenaged son is sexually confused,
her sister a lesbian and her daugher is seeing a man on the sly.
Matters worsen when Palmira finds out that her husband is having
an affair, that her daughter is pregnant with a hemophiliac child
and her son has died in a motorcycle accident. She learns of her
son's homosexuality shortly after the funeral from his bisexual
best friend, the one with whom Palmira had a brief affair. Overwhelmed,
Palmira leaves the family to search for herself and for her long-lost
first love.
- La memoria del agua, Héctor Faver et al., 1 videocassette
(76 min.), Buenos Aires, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Boris Rotenstein.
Abstract: The story of Joseph Fruferman, whose memories
of his childhood in Russia and his adult life in France take up
the last moments of his life. Images of his mother, late wife
and daughter frame these poignant memories in a haunting black-and-white
film in which the narrative is interspliced with documentary fragments.
The film centers on the love that makes the impossible possible
through its overwhelming power and survives physical death and
separation just as water retains its memory even after its molecules
separate.
- Mi hijo el "Che" un retrato de familia de don Ernesto
Guevara, Fernando Birri et al., 1 videocassette (71 min.),
Argentina, 1998.
- Mi mujer no es mi señora mi marido no funciona,
Hugo Moser et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay,
1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto Olmedo, Nadiuska, Joe Rigoli.
Abstract: Juan Carlos is the president of a modeling agency
where he is very popular with many women. A cigarette company
requests that he provide a model for their ads. Juan Carlos suddenly
decides to have María, a pretty new model, do the job. However,
first her mother must be convinced that her daughter will be all
right. So with extra charm, Juan Carlos woos them both, marries
María, and attempts to complete his business deal. However,
Maria' s mother is unaware of the REAL Juan Carlos and so she
tries to find out what her daughter has married.
- Mi querida senorita, Jaime de Armiñan, José
Luis López Vázquez, and Royal Video (Firm), 1 videocassette
(ca. 75 min), Madrid, 198.
Abstract: Lopez Vázquez plays the double role of a
man and a woman. Shows the life of an old maid who spends all
her time doing charitable works and the love that leads to the
discovery of herself as a man.
- Mi tio Jacinto, Ladislao Vajda et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 90 min.), Madrid, 1987.
Notes: Performer Note: Pablito Calvo, Antonio Vico, José
Isbert.
Abstract: Jacinto, who was once a bullfighter and who now
lives a miserable life with his little nephew, Pepote, receives
a letter which invites him to participate in a bullfight which
will take place shortly. The letter enfuriates Jacinto because
he has been retired for many years.
- Mi último tango, Luis Cesar Amadori et al., 1 videocassette,
Mexico, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Sara Montiel, Maurice Ronet, Isabel Garcés.
Abstract: A light and lively musical comedy in which Marta
is forced by events to impersonate a famous Spanish singer in
Argentina, eventually finding romance with her own impresario,
and friendship with a new-born star who would later become "King
of the Tango" in his country.
- The Mission La Mision, Roland Joffé et al., 1 videocassette
(VHS) (115 min.), Madrid, 1989.
Notes: Performer Note: Robert DeNiro, Jeremy Irons
Added Title: La Mision.
Abstract: A powerful epic about a man of the sword and
a man of the cloth who unite to shield a South American Indian
tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th century colonial empires.
Esa asombrosa escena abre La Mision, una poderosa historia epica
acerca de un hombre de espada y de un hombre de manto quienes
se unen para escudar a una tribu de indios sudamericanos de la
brutal subyugacion de los imperios coloniales del siglo 18.
- La Mitad del cielo Half of heaven, Luis Megino et al.,
1 videocassette (127 min.), Beverly Hills, Calif, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Angela Molina, Margarita Lozano, Antonio
Valero, Nacho Martinez, Santiago Ramos, Francisco Merino, Monica
Molina, Carolina Silva, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Added Title: Half of heaven.
Abstract: The story of the social rise of an ambitious
peasant girl, her relationships with her mystical grandmother,
her sisters, and her daughter.
- La Muerte de Mikel, Imanol Uribe et al., 1 videocassette
(88 min.), Madrid, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Imanol Arias, Monserrat Salvador, Fama,
Amaia Lasa, Ramon Barea, Martin Adjemian, Juan Maria Segues.
Abstract: A series of flashbacks gradually reveal the life
of a young Basque pharmacist who was brutally killed for his involvement
in the left-wing separatist movement.
- Muerte de un ciclista, Juan Antonio Bardem et al., 1
videocassette (84 min.), Madrid, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Lucia Bose, Alberto Closas, Carlos Casaravilla.
Abstract: An adulterous couple leave the scene of a fatal
accident because they fear exposure. Once the danger is past,
the woman settles down to her former life, but her lover is tormented
by guilt. She decides he must be eliminated.
- Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" = Women
on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Pedro Almodóvar
et al., 1 videocassette (88 min.), New York, N.Y, 1989.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta
Serrano
Added Title: Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Abstract: Comedy about a woman who has been jilted by the
love of her life, her friend who is in love with a terrorist,
and her ex-lover's crazed wife.
- Muy cerca de la muerte, Adolfo Aristarain, Eusebio Poncela,
and Network (Firm), 1 videocassette, Uruguay, 198-.
Notes: Performer Note: Eusebio Poncela.
- Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto,
Agustín Díaz Yanes et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 105
min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Victoria Abril, Federico Luppi, Pilar Bardem.
Abstract: Gloria is the young, attractive wife of Juan,
a bullfighter with a bright future until Juan is struck by a bull's
horn, leaving him in a deep coma, he's nothing more than a living
corpse. Gloria starts to drink and when debts accumulate, she
leaves to Mexico, hoping to leave all misery behind her. Now an
alcoholic, Gloria earns her drinking money as a prostitute. Accidentally,
she gets involved in some dirty business between Mexican gangsters
and "undercover" agents of the American Drug Enforcement
Agency. As a result, she is deported back to Spain. She has to
go back to Madrid where she'll be confronted with her past. The
Mexican gangsters dispatch Eduardo, a professional killer without
any compunction, to take care of her. In her fight to survive,
Gloria has only one ally: Donna Julia, her mother-in-law. This
extraordinary woman is still a loyal communist. The battle against
Franco's regime was the most beautiful time of her life.
- Nosotros los pobres, Ismael Rodriguez Ruelas et al.,
1 videocassette (118 min.), Madrid?, 1985.
Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Infante, Carmen Montejo, Blanca Estela
Pavon, Evita Muñoz "Chachita."
Added Title: We, the poor people.
Abstract: Portrays the life of the lower classes in Mexico
who sing their problems and suffering in beautiful songs.
- Olé torero, Benito Perojo et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Sandrini, Paquita Rico, Manolo Morán.
- Opera prima, Fernando Trueba et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 95 min.), Madrid, 198.
Notes: Performer Note: Oscar Ladoire, Paula Molina, Antonio Resines,
Marisa Paredes.
Abstract: Lighthearted romance between two young cousins
in Paris.
- Padre Nuestro, Fernando Rey et al., 1 videocassette (91
min.), Santa Monica, CA, 1993.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Rey, Victoria Abril, Francisco
Rabal
Added Title: Our father.
Abstract: A satirical film about the church and aristocracy
and a character study of people in a Castilian village. A dying
cardinal returns to his home town to settle his affairs. He makes
peace with his brother, an atheist and then solves the problem
of how to will his vast estates, a dilemma since his immediate
heir is his illegitimate daughter turned prostitute and known
far and wide as "La Cardenala".
- Pajarico, Carlos Saura et al., 1 videocassette (95 min.),
Madrid, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Paco Rabal, Alejandro Martinez, Dafne Fernandez.
Abstract: "Pajarico" shows the transition from
childhood to adolescence of Manu, a 10 year old boy, during his
vacations with his grandfather and uncles far from his parents,
who are in the process of divorcing. In a town of the province
of Murcia, the boy begins to imagine his uncles and grandparents
as the enchanted characters of fairy tales and forests. But with
the passage of the days, Manu will discover the complexities the
traumas and the joys of the adult life. And he will also discover
his first love.
- Pasajes, Daniel Calparsoro et al., 1 videocassette (90
min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Najwa Nimri, Alfredo Villa, Ion Gabella,
Charo López.
Abstract: Gabi is a lesbian gang member and petty criminal.
She is in love with Carmina, a heterosexual woman, and wants Carmina
to join her in her crimes and in love. Gabi dreams that her lover
will wear green high heels. She knows Carmina owns a pair.
- The Passenger, Carlo Ponti et al., 1 videocassette (119
min.), Burbank, CA, 1986?
Notes: Performer Note: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny
Runacre, Ian Hendry.
Abstract: TV reporter David Locke endures a world of ...
grandstand politics of his public life and the empty monotony
of his marriage. ... [He] escapes his quiet desperation by taking
on the identity of a recently deceased man, assuming his wardrobe,
passport, and appointment book ... and as he soon discovers, his
profession as an international gun smuggler."--External container.
- Que he hecho yo para merecer esto? = What have I done to
deserve this?, Pedro Almodóvar et al., 1 videocassette
(100 min.), New York, NY, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Maura, Luis Hostalot, Gonzalo Suarez,
Veronica Forque
Added Title: What have I done to deserve this?
Abstract: Gloria, a very resourceful working class housewife,
is a true feminist heroine who's on the go 18 hours a day, trying
to keep her outrageously wacky family afloat.
- Que vivan los crotos, Ana Puliak et al., 1 videocassette
(75 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Bepo Ghezzi, Filiberto Sati, Uda Conti.
Abstract: José Américo "Bepo" Ghezzi,
an unemplyed anarchist stonecutter, leaves town one day in 1930,
not to return until 1955. For 25 years, he walks about with no
other destination than that which is staked out by the railroad
tracks, immersing himself in the silent world of the hobos. It
is there that he meets the Frenchman, a teacher of life who leaves
an indelible mark on him. In his home town, meantime, his friends
and a woman await him, puttin together their own, different and
sometimes opposed lives. Sixty years later, facing a camara, they
relive their loves and visions of the world in a kind of cllage
of glances and dreams in which the key element is the question
everybondy poses: Is freedom possible?
- La Raulito en libertad, Lautaro Murúa et al., 1
videocassette (85 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Marilina Ross, Charo López, María
Asquerino.
Abstract: A young lady nicknamed La Raulito is flown from
Buenos Aires, Argentina to Madrid to be the actress in an interview
type film. She has an interesting story having been a psychiatric
patient for many years. The film is to be her answering questions
and thus describing her life. She is accompanied by two other
ladies who do not really care about her. At first all goes well,
but soon Raulito starts feeling pressured by her new career.
- Remando al viento, Gonzalo Suárez et al., 1 videocassette
(96 min.), Barcelona, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Hugh Grant, Lizzy McInnerny.
Abstract: A film about the English poets Mary Shelley and
Lord Byron and their involvement with each other.
- La Revoltosa, José Diaz Morales et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 109 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Sevilla, Tony Leblanc, Tomas Blanco,
María de los Angeles Morales.
Abstract: Mari Pepa, a pretty young laundress, lives with
her brother and an aunt in the suburbs of Madrid. Felipe, a cabinetmaker,
is in love with her, but she doesn't take him seriously. After
Mari Pepa's brother is robbed, Felipe is accused. He protests,
but Manolo, Mari Pepa's brother, doesn't believe him and she can't
see Felipe any more.
- Rosa Rosae, Fernando Colomo, 1 videocassette (92 min.),
Barcelona, 1994.
Notes: Performer Note: Ana Belén, María Barranco, Juanjo
Puigcorbe, Chris de Oni, Rosa Novell, Maria Luisa Ponte.
Abstract: The story of two women, who met as girls, and
who much later meet again after various traumatic experiences.
Rosae shares her journal with Rosa, who turns it into a novel.
- Sandino, Miguel Littín et al., 1 videocassette (ca.
135 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Kris Kristofferson, Joachim de Almeida,
Dean Stockwell.
Abstract: A dramatized profile of the Nicaraguan guerilla
leader, Augusto Calderón Sandino, who opposed U.S. intervention
in support of the country's ruling clique under General Somoza.
A contemporary American journalist interviews leading figures
of the time.
- Se infiel y no mires con quien, Andrés Vicente Gómez
et al., 1 videocassette (85 min.), Barcelona, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Ana Belén, Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines.
Abstract: Paco and Fernando have succeeded in promoting
a best seller for Adela Mora. Paco asks Fernando for his house
to carry on an affair. Paco's wife asks Fernando's wife for her
house to carry on her own affair. Fernando suspects that his wife
is having an affair with Oscar and Oscar thinks Fernando is a
homosexual who is having an affair with his partner.
- Secretos del corazón, Montxo Armendáriz et
al., 1 videocassette (105 min.), Madrid, 1997.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Silvia
Munt, Victoria Peña, Andoni Erburu, Alvaro Nagore, Iñigo
Garcés.
Abstract: Over the course of a summer vacation, a young
boy searches for the answers to a number of puzzling family mysteries.
Javi and his friend Carlos visit an old house on the outskirts
of a small Spanish village. According to his brother Juan, this
is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead.
- Sevillanas, Carlos Saura et al., 1 videocassette (55
min.), Los Angeles, CA, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Paco de Lucia, Lola Flores, Rocio Jurado.
Abstract: Filmed like a documentary, "Sevillanas"
consists of eleven short performances by Spain's most famous flamenco
dancers, singers and guitarists. Director Carlos Suara here provides
an in-depth look at the Sevillanas form of flamenco and its dancers,
who range in age from about 8 to nearly 80.
- Le Siècle des lumières Explosion in a cathedral,
Alba De Céspedes et al., 3 videocassettes (247 min.), Cuba?,
1994?
Notes: Performer Note: Francois Dunoyer, Jacqueline Arenal, Rustam
Urazaev, Frederic Pierrot
Added Titles: Siglo de las luces ; Explosion in a cathedral.
Abstract: In 18th century Cuba, a young brother and sister
and their cousin meet a dynamic freemason, a man of ideas and
action, and become swept up in the events of the French Revolution.
- Socrate, Roberto Rossellini et al., 1 videocassette (120
mins.), S.l, 1970.
Notes: Performer Note: Jean Sylvère, Anna Caprile, Ricardo
Palacios, Bepy Mannaiuolo.
Abstract: A documentary recreating 5th century B.C. Athens,
and the political forces which called for the trial and death
of Socrates.
- Sonatas, o, Adventuras del Marqués de Bradomín,
Juan Antonio Bardem et al., 1 videocassette (86 min.), S.l., Madrid,
1991.
Notes: Performer Note: Aurora Bautista, Francisco Rabal, María
Félix
Added Title: Adventuras del Marqués de Bradomín.
Abstract: Marquis Bradomin, involved in an affair with
a sick woman, flees to Mexico with his lover to escape a political
conspiracy.
- Sueño del mono loco, Fernando Trueba et al., 1 videocassette
(109 min.), S.l., Madrid, 1990.
Notes: Performer Note: Jeff Goldblum, Miranda Richardson, Daniel
Ceccaldi, Dexter Fletcher.
Abstract: An American scriptwriter, residing in Paris,
is asked to write a film script for a young and unknown motion
picture director. The writer's life undergoes a change after he
penetrates the incestuous world of the director and his beautiful
sister.
- The Summer of Miss Forbes, Hanna Schygulla et al., 1
videocassette ( 87 min.), New York, NY, 1991.
Notes: Performer Note: Hanna Schygulla, Alexis Castanares, and
others.
Abstract: Explores the excitement of repressed desire.
Miss Forbes is a go verness hired to look after two boys whose
parents have taken a six-week vacation. By day, she runs the household
with oppressive discipline, prompting the boys to fantasize about
her brutal murder. By night, she parades around the house naked,
drunk on tequila. The boys spy on her nighttime binges and her
attempted seduction of their scuba teacher. But ever their plans
for her death are not as grim as her ultimate fate.
- Sur la terre comme au ciel Between heaven and earth,
Marion Hänsel et al., 1 videocassette (80 min.), S.l., 1994.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Maura, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Didier
Bezace, Samuel Mussen, André Delvaux.
Abstract: A single career woman, a television journalist,
finds herself pregnant, and enjoys a normal pregnancy until she
covers a violent political demonstration. Then her baby begins
talking to her, saying that unborn children don't want to enter
a world full of trouble. When she discovers that many pregnancies
are overdue and induced labors result in still born births, she
decides to try to convince her child to give the world a chance.
- Surcos, Natividad Zavo et al.Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Peña, Maruja Asquerino, Francisco
Arenzana.
Abstract: The tragedy of people who move from the country,
lose touch with the land and succumb to the dangers and seductions
of the city.
- Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando, Jaime
Chávarri et al., 1 videocassette (97 min.), Madid?, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Darío Grandinetti, Aitana Sánchez-Gi
jon, Juan Echanove, Ulises Dumont, Raúl Brambilla, Carlos
Carella, Ramón Rivero, Pepe Soriano.
Abstract: Set in Buenos Aires, 1933. The life of Renzo
Franchi, an obscure tango singer, is at a point of permanent change
because of Juanita, a beautiful young Spanish woman. Upon meeting
Renzo, Juanita notices his great physical resemblence to Carlos
Gardel, whom she secretly admires. Dazzled by the similiarity
of both people, she pushes Renzo to transform himself into a perfect
imitator of the "Zorzal Crillo" (native fox) in both
image and musical style. When a representative of Gardel notices
the simularity between Renzo and his client, he contracts him
to join the group. Soon Renzo feels he is loosing his identity.
His relationship with Juanita and the musicians deteriorates until
he finds himself alone and penniless in Columbia. There his path
crosses with Rinaldo Costra and Alfredo Le Pera, from whom he
receives a proposition with unpredictable consequences.
- Suspiros de España (y Portugal), José Luis
García Sánchez et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.),
Spain, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Juan Echanove, Juan Luis Galiardo, Rosa
María Sárda.
Abstract: After the death of the abbot of a small monestary,
the two monks who are left discover among the the late abbot's
papers letters from the mother of one of them indicating that
he is the natural son of a landowner in Extremadura. In order
to claim his legacy, the monk must travel to Extremadura; fortunately,
the other lived outside of the monestary for some time. Together
they plan the voyage to the property of the heir's father, picking
up on their way his friend's daughter and lover. Once in Extremadura,
things don't go exactly according to plans.
- Tatiana la mu unica rusa, Santiago San Miguel et al.,
1 videocassette (95 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Karra Elejalde, Ornella Muti, Laura del
Sol, Héctor Alterio.
Abstract: This is the story of a young Russian woman and
a expert capitalist. One day, they meet, fall in love, and soon
they become tangled in a careful plot to gain influence in a wealthy,
but corrupt company. After a time, their passion feels unsatisfying
and infidelity creeps into their relationship.
- Tengo una casa, Mónica Laguna et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Madrid, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Nacho Novo, Pedro Alonso, Silke.
Abstract: Three young men fleeing the world meet by coincidence
in a cabin in the woods.
- La Teranyina = The cobweb, Jaume Cabré et al., 1
videocassette (123 min.). Barcelona, Spain.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Guillén, Sergi Mateu, Ramon
Madaula, Amparo Soler Leal
Added Title: The cobweb.
Abstract: Set in 19th century Cataluna the film tells the
story of political intrigue and labor unrest surrounding the fortunes
of a family-held textile mill colored by the threat of anarchist
revolt.
- Territorio Comanche, Gerardo Herrero et al., 1 videocassette
(98 min.), Madrid, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Imanol Arias, Carmelo Gómez, Cecilia
Dopazo.
Abstract: Based on a real events Territorio Comanche tells
the story of Laura, an Argentine journalist working for Spanish
television, who travels to Sarajevo to report on the unraveling
of Yugoslavia. There she meets Mikel, a Bosnian journalist, and
José, his photographer. They each struggle with the ethics
of reporting on human tragedy and when to give aid, while trying
to stay alive in a city under siege.
- Tesis, Alejandro Amenábar et al., 1 videocassette
(126 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo
Noriega.
Abstract: Angela is preparing a thesis on violence and
the media. Figueroa, her project director, accidentally uncovers
a "snuff film" and on the following day he turns up
dead. Angela's curiosity gets her in up to her neck.
- La teta y la luna, Juan José Bigas Luna et al.,
1 videocassette (95 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Biel Durán, Mathilda May, Gérard
Darmon.
Abstract: Nine-year-old Tete is badgered by his macho dad
and amusingly revolted by the recent arrival of a baby brother
-- when he sees the little wrinkled one suckling at his mother's
breast, he decides the baby is a greedy pig, stealing mom's milk
for himself. He promptly begs the moon for a breast of his own.
Enter French cabaret performer Estrellita and her impotent husband.
Soon Tete is battling for Estrellita's love with the husband --
a circus performer whose specialty involves a symphony of flaming
flatulence -- and Miguel, a local electrician with a fine flamenco
voice.
- Things I never told you, Isabel Coixet et al., 1 videocassette
(88 min.), Barcelona, 1997.
Notes: Performer Note: Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy, Debi Mazar.
Abstract: Ann has just been jilted by her boyfriend Bob,
who took a job in Prague soon after Ann moved to Oregon in order
to be near him. Don sells tract homes and works nights as a "Hope
Line" telephone counselor so that he doesn't have to think
about his own loneliness. Ann's next door neighbor Paul is secretly
in love with her, while the transsexual Diane, one of Don's "Hope
Line" regulars, mourns the loss of his/her penis after being
pressured by a lover to undergo a sex-change operation.
- Tiempo de silencio, Luis Martín-Santos et al., 1
videocassette (107 min.), Madrid, 1998.
Notes: Performer Note: Imanol Arias, Victoria Abril, Juan Echanove
; Francisco Rabal, Charo López, Francisco Algora, Joaquín
Hinojosa.
Abstract: Madrid in the late 40's and early 50's; the story
of our time of silence, the story of the love between Pedro, a
researcher, and Dorita, a young bourgeois woman.
- Tierra, Julio Medem et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 120
min.), Madrid, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmelo Gomez, Emma Suarez, Karra Elejalde
Silka, etc.
Abstract: Angel has done time in a loony bin, has a mind
brimming with metaphysical teasers posed by a celestial voice,
and is accompanied by his alter ego-cum-doppelgänger. But
is Angel dead or alive, man or spirit, totally gaga or terrifyingly
sane?
- Tierra y libertad, Ken Loach et al., 1 videocassette
(104 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Iciar Bollain,
Mark Martinez, Tom Gilroy, Frederic Pierrot.
Abstract: David, a young communist in training, leaves
Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in the Spanish Civil
War. Wounded, he is hospitalized in Barcelona, where his political
loyalty is challenged by a new love.
- Todo es mentira, Enrique Cerezo et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 100 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Penelope Cruz, Coque Malla, Jordi Molla,
Gustavo Salmeron, Irene Bau.
Abstract: Pablo hates everything. When Lucia comes into
his life, he thinks she's the woman he dreams of, and sees the
solution to all his problems. But Lucia, who is rather manipulating,
is just what will make Pablo explode. Nobody believes in the ideal
couple, not even Pablo's friends, who live all in couples, and
all with problems.
- Torrente el brazo tonto de la ley, Santiago Segura et
al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Barcelona, 1997.
Notes: Performer Note: Santiago Segura, Javier Cámara, Neus
Asensi.
Abstract: Torrente is a lazy, rude, drunkard, sexist, racist,
extreme-right-wing Madrid cop; a despicable character who only
cares about himself. He lives in a decrepit slum with his wheelchair-bound
father, whom he treats quite badly. One day, a new family of neighbours
move in, and the sexy younger daughter, Amparito, catches his
eye, so he becomes a friend of Rafi, her nerdy brother, to get
closer to her. At the same time, he discovers that a band of drug
traffickers are operating in a nearby Chinese restaurant; he knows
that if he cracks this case, it could make him regain the status
he lost within the police department; but the only people he can
count on to help him are Rafi and his equally nerdy friends.
- Tristana, Luis Buñuel et al., 1 videocassette (98
min.), Las Cruces, N.M, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco
Nero.
Abstract: Set in 1920's Spain, this film is a scathing
examination of moral decay. Tristana, a victim of her own captivating
beauty, is desired by two men. One is her lecherous guardian whose
physical advances repulse her and cause her to have nightmares
of his death by decapitation, and the other is a young artist
who wants to marry her, but lacks the courage.
- Tu nombre envenena mis sueños, Rafael Díaz
Salgado et al., 1 videocassette (118 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Ángel
de Andrés, Anabel Alonso, Tony Cantó.
Abstract: Love leads to vengeance in this thriller. Inspector
Paco attends a funeral where he encounters his former police partner
Angel. This inspires a flashback of the Spanish Civil War, where
Paco and Angel were investigating a triple homicide that occurred
in the home of the deceased. Back at the funeral the two meet
Julia, the daughter of the dead man. She tells Angel all the details
of her life since then. This gives him clues he needs to finally
solve the case.
- Últimas imágenes del naufragio, Eliseo Subiela
et al., 1 videocassette (131 min.), Buenos Aires, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Lorenzo Quiteros, Noemi Frankel, Hugo Soto.
- Últimas tardes con Teresa, Gonzalo Herralde et al.,
1 videocassette (111 min.), Madrid, 1984.
Notes: Performer Note: Maribel Martin, Angel Alcazar, Patricia
Adriani.
Abstract: The story of an ill-fated love between Teresa
a society girl, and Manolo an ambitious petty-thief. She sees
in him an exploited working-class man, for him she signifies hope.
- Un archivo de futuro, Spain et al., 1 videocassette,
Spain, 1991.
Abstract: Describes the document digitization project at
the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain, sponsored by
the Ministerio de Cultura of Spain, IBM Spain, and the Fundación
Ramón Areces, and tells some of the history of the Archivo.
- Un chien andalou, Salvador Dalí et al., 1 videocassette
(17 min.), Barcelona, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Jaime
Miravilles, Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel.
Abstract: When writing the script, Luis Bunuel and Salvador
Dali deliberately rejected anything that made rational sense.
Un Chien Andalou consists of seventeen minutes of bizarre and
surreal images which may or may not mean anything. A woman's eye
is slit open, a man pokes at a severed hand in the street with
his cane, a man drags two grand pianos containing dead and rotting
donkeys and live priests, a man's hand has a hole in the palm
from which ants emerge.
- Un Día en el tríangulo, Fernando De Bran et
al., 1 videocassette (88 min.), Madrid?, 1988?
Notes: Performer Note: Berenguela Parres, Jose Vidal, Fernando
de Bran, and "Pinciano".
Abstract: An impossible pair, a punk "chick"
and a rocker living in a bizarre world are visited by a hippie,
Pinciano, who introduces them into a world of magic and fantasy,
and, with his words and deeds, transforms this pair into a crazy
and absurd love triangle.
- Un lugar en el mundo, José Sacristán et al.,
1 videocassette (ca. 120 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Jose Sacristan, Federico Luppi, Leonor
Benedetto, Cecilia Roth.
Abstract: Drama set against the backdrop of a ranching
valley in Argentina, which chronicles a confrontation between
traditional values and the incursions of progress. Mario and Ana,
in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine
valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school
and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda,
a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded
Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local
patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which
would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
- Una casa en las afueras, Enrique Cerezo et al., 1 videocassette
(97 min.), Madrid, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Juan Echanove, Emma Suárez, Tenia
Henche, Susi Sanchez, Asuncion Balaguer, Tony Isbert, Lydia Bosch.
Abstract: Daniel, a yuppie whose emotional life leaves
something to be desired meets Yolanda a beautiful young woman.
She has her daughter and a heap of problems. He seems to offer
security, promises of happiness and a mysterious and impressive
house in the outskirts of town.
- Una jaula no tiene secretos, Agustín Navarro et
al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Tasca, Alberto Olmedo, Nuria Torray.
Abstract: Antonio is an elevator operator that on New Year's
Eve is going about his normal job when the elevator suddenly gets
stuck between floors. There are eight other people with him and
thus begins the long wait for everything to get fixed. However,
the seven men and one woman all have small matters that need to
be taken care of, one of these being a wedding. This movie reveals
how unfamiliar people can come together through a similar shared
experience.
- Una mujer cualquiera, Rafael Gil et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: María Félix, Antonio Vilar, Mary
Delgado.
- Vacas, Julio Medem et al., 1 videocassette (132 min.),
Barcelona, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Emma Suarez, Carmelo Gómez, Ana Torrent,
Txema Blasco, Karra Elejalde, Klara Badiola, Kandido Uranga.
Abstract: The film was shot in the Baztán Valley (Spain).
The story is set in a small Basque village, from 1875 to 1936.
Two neighbor families compete between themselves for their cows,
land and women, while two wars come and go. Divided into four
different episodes that span through three generations of men
and cows, the motion picture keeps somehow its continuety because
the same actors play the main roles (the cows change though!).
- Valentina, Antonio José Betancor et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), S.l., 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Sanz, Paloma Gomez, Saturno Cerra,
Concha Leza, Alfredo Lucchetti, Anthony Quinn.
Abstract: A love story that takes place in a small town
in northern Spain between two children who defy their families
to be together. In 1939, a Spanish Republican soldier held in
a French internment camp finds spiritual sustenance in the memory
of Valentina, whom he had loved since a boy of twelve.
- La Vaquilla, Luis García Berlanga et al., 1 videocassette
(118 min.), Madrid, 199.
Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo Landa, José Sacristan, Guillermo
Montesinos, Santiago Ramos, Carlos Velat.
Abstract: During the Spanish Civil War, a group of republican
soldiers plans a raid on a village fiesta.
- Velazquez el pintor de los pintores, Didier K Baussy
et al., 1 videocassette (56 min.), Spain, 1991.
Abstract: This film explores the special relationship of
extraordinary painter and his friend and patron, Philip IV, whose
life and times he chronicled. In addition to painting the king,
Velázquez painted the sombre Infante, the courtesans and
the jesters, forever immortalizing them in his art. Director Didier
Baussy shows the 79 works on display at the Exposición Velázquez
in the Museo del Prado, many of which were recently restored to
their original, brilliant colors.
- La verbena de la Paloma, Benito Perojo et al., 1 videocassette
(70 min.), Madrid, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Miguel Ligero, Roberto Rey, Raquel Rodrigo.
Abstract: Set in Madrid in 1893, the young and noble Julian
has fallen for Susana, who treats him with indifference. He pursues
her without success and nearly gives up hope when he sees her
on the arm of the town apothecary, Don Hilarión.
- La vieja música, Mario Camus et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 104 min.), Montevideo Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Federico Luppi, Charo Lopez, Francisco
Rabal, Asumpta Serna.
Abstract: The new coach of the basketball team of Lugo
arrives from Argentina. He really knows nothing about training
a basketball team so he keeps the previous coach on and in the
meantime tries to learn from videos and books, but his real reason
for coming to Spain was to find out about an old lost love.
- La Violetera, Luis César Amadori et al., 1 videocassette
(111 min.), Madera, Calif, 1984?
Notes: Performer Note: Sara Montiel, Raf Vallone, Frank Villard.
Abstract: "Sara, the poor flower vendor meets a rich
aspiring diplomat, they fall in love only to be torn apart by
their opposite positions in society."--External container.
- La Voie Lactée La Vía Láctea, Luis Buñuel
et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Spain, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain
Cuny, Michel Piccoli, Delphine Seyrig, Pierre Clementi, Georges
Marchal.
Abstract: A surreal comedy on the history of human folly.
Two scraggly pilgrims set out on a modern odyssey that sends them
travelling through time to meet Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Devil,
the Marquis de Sade and a multitude of fools and knaves who wielded
oppressive power in the name of holiness.
- Volver a empezar, José Luis Garci et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 90 min.), Madrid, 1983.
Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Ferrandis, Encarna Paso, Jose Bodalo,
Agustin Gonzalez
Added Title: Begin the beguine.
Abstract: An exiled Spanish writer and U.C.-Berkeley professor
returns to his native town, he re-lives old memories and meets
his sweetheart of 40 years ago.

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