Isabel Mestres

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China 9, Liberty 37
5.3

China 9, Liberty 37

Aug 04, 1978
Condamné à mort, le tueur Clayton se voit offrir une chance de rachat : il doit tuer le rancher Matthew. L'affrontement a lieu, et Clayton s'enfuit avec la femme de sa cible. Mais Matthew est-il vraiment hors d'état de nuire ?
Action
Salomé
5.5

Salomé

Jan 01, 1978
Short film by Almodovar, which tells the origin of the veil.
Drama
Jugando a papás
4

Jugando a papás

Jan 01, 1978
Leonor and Juan are a united couple of good standing that cannot have children. They want to adopt one but do not succeed because he is too old. Leonor proposes Juan an audacious plan: having a child with another woman, offering her a significant amount of money if she renunciates to the child. As it is very difficult to find the girl, they publish an advertisement in the press. Ana finally applies, as she has no job and lives far away from his family, so she accepts the deal.
Comedy
Asalto al Banco Central
6
Film adaptation of a real event that occurred on May 23, 1981, in which a TV broadcaster, director of a major newspaper, and a deputy were involved
Thriller
Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos
5.9
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.
Drama
Elisa, mon amour
6.7

Elisa, mon amour

Apr 21, 1977
Luis vit seul dans une vaste demeure depuis qu'il a abandonné sa famille il y a vingt ans. Un jour, sa fille Elisa vient lui rendre visite. Au fil des conversations, Elisa se rapproche de ce père qu'elle avait oublié. Mais la maladie dont Luis est atteint vient assombrir ces retrouvailles.
Drama
Truhanes
5.393

Truhanes

Sep 21, 1983
A man of a certain social position falls in jail and request protection to a pickpocket and con man during his stay. On his release he promises to help his friend what then creates many problems.
Comedy
Perros callejeros II
5.6

Perros callejeros II

Oct 08, 1979
A veteran policeman named Fernando feels a lot of hatred against Ángel because the boy ran him over with a car leaving him lame. Now Fernando accuses the young crook of having participated in a robbery at a gas station in which a murder has occurred. Helped by his friends, Ángel rebuilds the facts that serve him as an alibi, but while he is in pre-trial detention in La Modelo prison (Barcelona) a terrible mutiny will take place.
Crime
El arreglo
5

El arreglo

Oct 03, 1983
After a period of inactivity, Crisanto, a police inspector, returns to the service. When a friend of his is murdered, he decides to take over the investigation.
Drama
Caso cerrado
5

Caso cerrado

Sep 29, 1985
Cesar and Isabel just got married for the Jewish rite, their religion. He is a director of a banking company. She works in a bookstore owned by her mother-in-law. The couple sees their happiness truncated when César discovers financial anomalies in the entity where he works. What were initially charges against some managers, becomes an accusation of embezzlement against César, who is in France to prevent his entry into military service. Go back and appear before the judge to prove his innocence.
Drama
Doux moments du passé
5.8
Juan est un auteur de théâtre tourmenté par son passé : son vieux père perd la mémoire, sa jeune mère s'est suicidée. Il a écrit une pièce sur ses jeunes années. Il assiste aux répétitions, à la recherche de quelque chose…
Drama
Adiós, Alicia
5.8

Adiós, Alicia

Apr 27, 1977
Alice is a girl devoid of affection seeking refuge in the images shown in the movie screen of a theater that his father manages in the Venezuelan Andes. This creates improbable stories in which she is the protagonist...
Fantasy
Lejos de África
6

Lejos de África

Aug 12, 1996
The story of a friendship between two girls of different races, Susana and Rita, in Equatorial Guinea, from 1950 to 1961. Susana discovers with her friend a fascinating but troubled new world in Africa, where she comes of age and experiences love and sex.
Drama
Volvoreta
1

Volvoreta

Jan 01, 1976
Sergio falls in love with Federica, the maid of the house whom everyone calls "Volvoreta" ("butterfly" in Galician). Aware of the situation, the mother of the young gentleman dismisses the maid, who has no choice but to go to the capital city. But Sergio's love is so strong that he will follow her wherever she goes.
Drama
El hombre de moda
5

El hombre de moda

Nov 14, 1980
Pedro Liniers, a literature teacher, comes back to Madrid after his wife has just left him. Meanwhile, Aurora Villalba, came to Spain from Argentina, running away from the militaries, she has a special way of living her own way. Pedro wants to get back the job as a teacher through an old friend, Bruno Baena, who is the head master of the school. Aurora starts going to Pedro's classes. Pedro will become "El hombre de moda", very soon.
Romance
Más allá del deseo
4.2

Más allá del deseo

Jan 01, 1976
Mónica has just died in a traffic accident. Along with her was another man. Pedro Bernáldez, painter and lover of Mónica, was so in love with her that he came to change his painting style for the one indicated by his lover. Now that Mónica has died, Pedro will investigate what relationship the deceased had with each other and begins to discover many things.
Drama
Parranda
4.6

Parranda

Mar 17, 1977
Cebrian, a blast furnace worker Asturian, being held at the Civil Guard barracks. There has to be accountable for the disasters in a day of party with two friends.
Drama
Dos
1

Dos

Oct 13, 1980

Dos

In Madrid, inside a middle-class apartment, through a succession of dialogues, the young Luis and Julia act as lovers, friends, brothers, husband and wife. Dos is one of the most radical examples of non-narrative cinema in cinematography, not just Spanish, but worldwide.
Drama
Le Massacre des morts-vivants
6.4
Au cœur de la campagne anglaise, George (Ray Lovelock) et Edna (Christina Galbo), deux compagnons de route, se retrouvent happés par une attaque de morts ressuscités par les radiations ultra-soniques d'une machine agricole, destinée à anéantir les insectes.
Horror
Cuentos eróticos
3.7

Cuentos eróticos

Mar 13, 1980
A set of nine stories whose central theme is eroticism. The different directors of the film deal from philosophical aspects to others that are almost pornographic, but always with a common denominator: sensuality.
Comedy
La muchacha de las bragas de oro
4.8
Luis, un auteur phalangiste vieillissant et coupable, écrit de fausses mémoires. Deux journalistes, sa nièce Mariana et son amie lesbienne Elmyr, arrivent pour faire un reportage sur lui. En vérifiant ses mémoires, Mariana devient attirée par lui.
Thriller
Honeymoon Academy
5.1

Honeymoon Academy

Dec 01, 1989
A honeymooning couple become entangled in a plot to recover plates for counterfeiting US dollars. SHE thinks she's just retired from a government 'dirty jobs' department, but her superiors have other ideas. HE thinks she's a retired travel agent.
Comedy
El anacoreta
5.9

El anacoreta

Oct 27, 1976
Eleven years ago Fernando Tobajas, a man of a certain age, decided to live in the bathroom, in which he created a small apartment, and never leaves it. Tobajas has given up everything except vanity, and his contacts with the world are reduced to visits from friends and messages sent through the toilet inside aspirin tubes in the hope that someone will receive them and know about his existence. Arabel Lee, a beautiful girl, finds one of those messages.
Drama
La Regenta
4.3

La Regenta

Dec 19, 1974
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Clarín, which narrates the difficulties of Ana Ozores to adapt to the sordidness of life in Vetusta, a provincial city of northern Spain inspired in Oviedo. The young Ana, married to a retired regent, lives oppressed by the provincial hypocrisy and the mystical fears of an absorbing religion. Sexually dissatisfied, beset by constant erotic dreams, she reveals in her confessional her intimate torments, and her confessor begins to feel a morbid passion for her. At the same time, Álvaro Mesía, a Don Juan, intends to seduce Ana.
Drama
Jésus de Nazareth
7.7

Jésus de Nazareth

Apr 10, 1977
L'évocation minutieuse de la vie de Jésus de Nazareth, de sa naissance à Bethléem à sa résurrection en passant par sa crucifixion sous l'ordre de Ponce Pilate.
Drama