, 1h46 Directed byCarlos Saura OriginEspagne GenresDrama ActorsAssumpta Serna, Álvaro de Luna, Jacques Lalande, Isabel Mestres, Julien Thomast, Marion Game Roles Marta, Juan's sister Rating62% The past is a riddle to Juan (Inaki Aierra), the playwright. He is tormented by it - by memories of the elderly father who went off, and the young mother who committed suicide, and he has written a play, Sweet Hours, which contains the key scenes of his early life. The play is in rehearsal and he attends the sessions, watchful and absorbed. He is searching for something. Juan slips in and out of the actor reconstructions and his own memories. Finally, light dawns on Juan, he dredges up the repressed material, and his Oedipus Complex is resolved.
, 1h38 Directed byPilar Miró OriginEspagne GenresDrama ThemesFeminist films ActorsMercedes Sampietro, Jon Finch, Carmen Maura, Agustín González, Isabel Mestres, Amparo Soler Leal Roles Marisa Rating66% Andrea Soriano est une réalisatrice de télévision reconnue et appréciée. Or, une visite chez le gynécologue lui révèle la gravité de son état : atteinte d'un début de cancer de l'utérus, elle doit subir de toute urgence une opération risquée. Le film est le journal intime d'une femme confrontée à l'éventualité de la mort.
, 1h41 Directed byVicente Aranda OriginVenezuela GenresThriller ActorsLautaro Murúa, Victoria Abril, Isabel Mestres Roles Soledad Rating53% Luis Forest, an aging Falangist writer, has retired to Sitges to devote himself to review his past, write his memoirs and ruminate over his failed marriage. Due to a sense of guilt for his political past, aligned with the Francoist regime, he lives in virtual isolation in a large house accompanied only by his dog and Tesla, the housekeeper.
, 2h5 Directed byCarlos Saura OriginEspagne GenresDrama ActorsFernando Rey, Geraldine Chaplin, Isabel Mestres, Ana Torrent Roles Isabel Rating72% On a secluded farmhouse in Castile and León, Luis is reuinted with his estranged daughter, Elisa after a 20-year separation. On the farmhouse, Luis writes what appears at times to be both an autobiography and a novel. The book is played out, with memories of the past, such as when Luis walked out on his family and is mixed with fantasies about Elisa's adult life as well as her failed marriage.
Directed byFranco Zeffirelli GenresDrama, Historical ThemesFilms set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity ActorsRobert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Olivia Hussey, Claudia Cardinale, Abdelmajid Lakhal Roles Salome Rating84% The storyline of Jesus of Nazareth is a kind of cinematic Diatessaron, or “Gospel harmony”, blending the narratives of all four New Testament accounts. It takes a fairly naturalistic approach, de-emphasizing special effects when miracles are depicted and presenting Jesus as more or less evenly divine and human. The familiar Christian episodes are presented chronologically: the betrothal, and later marriage, of Mary and Joseph; the Annunciation; the Visitation; the circumcision of John the Baptist; the Nativity of Jesus; the visit of the Magi; the circumcision of Jesus; the Census of Quirinius; the flight into Egypt and Slaughter of the Innocents; the Finding in the Temple; the Baptism of Jesus; the woman caught in adultery; Jesus helping Peter catch the fish; the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32); a dialogue between Jesus and Barabbas (non-biblical); Matthew's dinner party; the Sermon on the Mount; debating with Joseph of Arimathea; the curing of the blind man at the pool; the Raising of Lazarus (John 11:43); the Feeding of the Five Thousand; the Entry into Jerusalem; Jesus and the money changers; the Last Supper; the
, 1h35 Directed byJorge Grau OriginEspagne GenresScience fiction, Horror ThemesMedical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films ActorsCristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, John Arthur Kennedy, José Lifante, Anita Colby, Fernando Hilbeck Roles Telephonist Rating67% George (Ray Lovelock) is taking a trip from his antique shop in Manchester to the Lake District to work on a new house with some of his friends. On the way, his Norton motorcycle is accidentally damaged by Edna (Cristina Galbó) while reversing her Mini Cooper at a petrol station. He demands she give him a lift to his destination, while Edna, on her way to visit her troubled sister, asks to go to South Gate first, and to let George take her car to Windermere where she will later retrieve it.