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Esp. 2025. Drama by Carla Simon with Llucia Garcia, Mitch Martin, Tristan Ulloa. In Vigo, an 18-year-old woman is investigating the death of her biological father.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Beasts

V.O.: As bestas
Esp. 2022. Thriller by Rodrigo Sorogoyen with Denis Ménochet, Marina Foïs, Luis Zahera. A couple of French farmers who have been living in a small Spanish village for a long time suddenly attract the wrath of two local brothers who are determined to drive them out of the area.
Runtime: 137 min.

Official Competition

V.O.: Competencia oficial
Esp. 2021. Satire by Mariano Cohn, Gaston Duprat with Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martinez. Commissioned by a millionaire to make a film worthy of a major festival, an eccentric female filmmaker brings together a popular actor and a hard-nosed stage actor.
Runtime: 114 min.

The Good Boss

V.O.: El buen patrón
Esp. 2021. Dramatic comedy by Fernando León de Aranoa with Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor. Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, a boss tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.
Runtime: 120 min.

Rosa's Wedding

V.O.: La Boda de Rosa
Esp. 2020. Comedy by Iciar Bollain with Candela Pena, Sergi Lopez, Nathalie Poza. A forty-something seamstress, who helps everyone without receiving anything in return, decides one day to leave everything behind and marry herself in the coastal town of her childhood.
Runtime: 97 min.

The August Virgin

V.O.: La virgen de agosto
Esp. 2020. Psychological drama by Jonas Trueba with Itsaso Arana, Isabelle Stoffel, Vito Sanz. The chronicles of a 33-year-old former actress, single and childless, looking for the meaning of her existence, during the first two weeks of August in Madrid.
Runtime: 125 min.

Fire Will Come

V.O.: O que arde
Esp. 2019. Drama by Oliver Laxe with Amador Arias, Benedicta Sanchez, Inazio Abrao. After serving a prison sentence for starting a fire, a man returns to his hometown, where he lives peacefully with his mother until a fire threatens the area.
Runtime: 85 min.

Summer 1993

V.O.: Verano 1993
Esp. 2017. Drama by Carla Simon with Laia Artigas, Bruna Cusí, David Verdaguer. When her mother dies, a six-year-old girl from Barcelona goes to live with her uncle in the countryside.
Esp. 2012. Drama by Juan Antonio Bayona with Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland. In the aftermath of the December 26, 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, a vacationer from London clings to the hope of reuniting his family, separated by the disaster.
Runtime: 114 min.

Cell 211

V.O.: Celda 211
Esp. 2009. Social drama by Daniel Monzon with Alberto Ammann, Luis Tosar, Antonio Resines. Trapped during a riot at the prison where he was to start working the next day, a guard poses as an inmate.
Runtime: 114 min.

The Secret in Their Eyes

V.O.: El Secreto de sus ojos
Arg. 2009. Drama by Juan José Campanella with Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago. In 1999, a retired investigator and his ex-girlfriend recall the circumstances of a 25-year-old murder case for which justice has not been served.
Runtime: 129 min.

The Sea Inside

V.O.: Mar Adentro
Esp. 2004. Biography by Alejandro Amenabar with Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas. With the help of a lawyer, and despite his entourage, a quadriplegic who has been bedridden for 28 years tries to obtain the right to die.
Runtime: 125 min.

Talk to Her

V.O.: Hable con ella
Esp. 2002. Drama by Pedro Almodovar with Javier Camara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor Watling. A lonely nurse who secretly loves a comatose patient befriends a writer whose girlfriend is also in a coma.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Day of the Beast

V.O.: El Dia de la Bestia
Runtime: 103 min.

Jambon jambon

V.O.: Jamon Jamon
Esp. 1992. Mores drama by Bigas Luna with Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Stefania Sandrelli. A domineering mother plots to prevent her son from marrying a brothel owner's daughter whom he got pregnant .
Runtime: 96 min.

Cria!

V.O.: Cria Cuervos
Esp. 1975. Psychological drama by Carlos Saura with Ana Torrent, Geraldine Chaplin, Monica Randall. A little girl believes she has the power of life and death over her family.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Spirit of the Beehive

V.O.: El Espíritu de la colmena
Esp. 1973. Psychological drama by Victor Erice with Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria, Fernando Fernán Gomez. Impressed by the story of Frankenstein, a little girl helps a fugitive who has taken refuge in an abandoned house.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Executioner

V.O.: El Verduago
Esp. 1963. Comedy by Luis Garcia Berlanga with Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, Jose Isbert. A mortician falls in love with the daughter of an executioner whose estate he must take over.
Esp. 1961. Mores drama by Luis Bunuel with Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey. A young girl turns her deceased uncle's estate into an asylum for beggars.
Runtime: 90 min.

Main Street

V.O.: Calle Mayor
Esp. 1956. Psychological drama by Juan Antonio Bardem with Betsy Blair, Jose Suarez, Yves Massard. A group of aimless young people play at making a single woman in her thirties believe that she has found true love.
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