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Butterfly’s Tongue
Butterfly’s Tongue (also known as Butterfly) is the English release title for La lengua de las mariposas (Spanish The Tongue of the Butterflies), a 1999 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda. The film centres on Moncho (Manuel Lozano) and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops...
Intimate Stories
Historias mínimas (English: Minimal Stories and Intimate Stories) is a 2002 Argentine and Spanish drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín and written by Pablo Solarz. The film was produced by Martin Bardi, Leticia Cristi, and José María Morales. It features, among others, Javier Lombardo, Antonio Benedicti, and Javiera Bravo. This road movie chronicles three individual yet intertwined stories of...
The Dark Side of the Heart
The Dark Side of the Heart (Spanish: El lado oscuro del corazón) is a 1992 Argentine classic directed by Eliseo Subiela. From the poet protagonist (played by Dario Grandineti) to the use of poems by Mario Benedetti , Juan Gelman and Oliverio Girondo, poetry is the dominate force of this...
Cría cuervos
Cría cuervos (English: Raise Ravens) is a 1976 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is an allegorical drama about an eight year old girl dealing with loss. Highly acclaimed, it received the Special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Carlos Saura’s exquisite Cría cuervos…...
The Crime of Father Amaro
The Crime of Father Amaro (Spanish: El crimen del padre Amaro) is a 2002 movie directed by Carlos Carrera. It is loosely based on the novel O Crime do Padre Amaro (1875) by 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz.When it was released, El Crimen del...
Gael Garcia Bernal talks about migration
Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal was honored by WOLA (Washington Office On Latin America) for “fostering deeper understanding and visibility of migrant issues”. He talks about changing the narrative on immigration during his acceptance speech at the 2011 WOLA Human Rights Awards. Watch the speech:
Behind the Sun
Behind the Sun (Portuguese title: Abril Despedaçado) is a 2001 Brazilian film directed by Walter Salles, produced by Arthur Cohn, and starring Rodrigo Santoro. Its original Portuguese title means Shattered April, and it is based on the novel of the same name (original Albanian title: Prill i Thyer) written...
Nine Queens
Nine Queens (Spanish: Nueve Reinas) is an Argentine crime drama film written and directed by Fabián Bielinsky. The picture features Gastón Pauls, Ricardo Darín, Leticia Brédice, and Tomás Fonzi, among others. The film was nominated for 28 awards and won 21 of them. The film’s screenplay was adapted in...
