Spanish Feature Films

• Abre los ojos
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, c1999
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: César tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured. After he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn't remember committing, César's only hope is to delve into the depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to ending his living nightmare lies in his dreams
  Language: Spanish with English subtitles
  

• El abuelo; The grandfather
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c1998
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: When news of his son's death brings old Count Albrit home to Spain after years abroad, he's pleased to meet his two charming young granddaughters. But one of the girls is not his son's daughter, and therefore not his true heir. The determined Count sets out to discover which granddaughter is worthy of his love and name
  Language: In Spanish with optional yellow English subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
  

• All about my mother
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2000]
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles;Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
  

• El Amor brujo; Love, the magician
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Pacific Arts Video, c1987
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Set in Spain, a sizzling tale of young lovers separated by fate, but whose hearts still burn with a passion only for each other
  Language: Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Atame!; Tie me up, tie me down
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1990, c1989
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A comedy in which an orphaned mental patient kidnaps a porn star in an irrationally inspired bid for love
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Belle epoque
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: [Burbank, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1994]
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Fernando, a handsome, young Spanish Civil War deserter who befriends a free-thinking artist, finds himself in a romantic dilemma when the artist's four beautiful daughters return to their country home. Which woman should he love?
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Butterfly
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2000], c1999
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: A shy young boy is brought out of his cocoon by a wise teacher who shows him the wonder of the natural world around him, amidst the growing tensions and chaos of the Spanish Civil War in Galicia
  Language: Spanish or French language with yellow English subtitles; Closed-captioned
  

• Camila
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Nelson Entertainment, [1985?]
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: 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 in 1847. Eventually they are found and executed by the repressive government
  

• Carne trémula; Live flesh
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment [distributor], [1999]
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: When, naive, lovestruck Victor attempts to seduce beautiful and wealthy but strung-out junkie Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body, and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release, Victor crosses paths with Elena, who is as beautiful as ever since she's cleaned up her act. Still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over, even if it means revenge, for Elena has married the cop who sent him to prison
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Un Chien Andalou ; Land without bread
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Interama Video Classics, c1990
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (43 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Un chien Andalou (16 min.) is a surrealistic movie, written over the course of a three-day exchange of fantasies and dreams with Salvador Dali. Land without bread (27 min.) is Bunuel's only documentary film. It portrays the everyday lives of indigent peasants in one of Spain's most desolate regions
  Language: Un chien Andalou is a 1928 silent film. Land without bread is a 1932 motion picture in English
  

• Elisa, vida mia;Elisa, my love
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Santa Monica, Calif. : Connoisseur Video Collection, c1995
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Elisa and her father, a famous novelist, are reunited after twenty years. In an isolated farmhouse in Segovia, they discuss their problems. A psychological, introspective drama
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• El espinazo del diablo;Devil's backbone
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002]
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
  Description: During the Spanish Civil War, young Carlos is abandoned at a completely isolated orphanage. The tensions therein have been building for years, exacerbated by the unexploded bomb resting menacingly in the courtyard. Bullies scheme, tempers flare, and a ghost that visits Carlos's bed seems to be the key to it all
  Language: Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
  

• El espíritu de la colmena
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: [Chicago] : Public Media Home Vision, c1988
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: When a traveling cinema truck comes to their village, two little sisters are profoundly affected by viewing the old film, Frankenstein. The younger girl becomes obsessed with its images and story and is convinced that the monster actually exists and sets off into the woods to find him. The hypnotic mood of the driven child permeates the film itself, building a sense of dread not unlike that of a horror film, but based on the poetry of a child's imagination
  Language: Spanish dialogue with English subtitles
  

• El espíritu de la colmena
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : Connoisseur Video Collection, c1988
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: After the Civil War, a Spanish family lives in retreat in the countryside. When a traveling cinema truck comes to their village, two little sisters are profoundly affected by viewing the old film, Frankenstein. The younger girl becomes so obsessed with its images and story that she tries to recreate it in reality. The hypnotic mood of the driven child permeates the film itself, building a sense of dread not unlike that of a horror film, but based on the poetry of a child's imagination
  Language: Spanish dialogue with English subtitles
  

• Fábula de la bella palomera;The fable of the beautiful pigeon fancier
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: New York, NY : Fox Lorber Home Video, c1991
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (73 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Set on a panoramic Brazilian beach; confronts the sexual and social tensions between classes in the romantic story of a wealthy aristocrat's obsessive desire
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• El flor de mi secreto;The flower of my secret
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c1996
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: 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
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• The garden of delights
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Los Angeles, Calif. : Connoisseur Video Collection : Tamarelle's International Films [distributor], 1988
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A ruthless tycoon suffers amnesia and paralysis and loses his ability to communicate after an auto accident. His greedy family tries to shock his memory back, in order to get his signature and his Swiss bank account. Meanwhile, he tries to capture his own identity and plots his twisted revenge
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Goya
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: [New York, N.Y.] : Sony Pictures Classics ; Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2000]
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: In Bordeaux, France, in the early 1800's, Goya suffers from strange visions and nightmares. Goya reflects on his tumultuous career: a love affair with the beautiful Duchess of Alba and the evil crusade of Napoleon's French army
  Language: In Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
  

• La gran vida;Living it up
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2001], c2000
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: A sexy waitress down on her luck meets a charming, big-spending millionaire. While the two indulge in a romance, complete with expensive dinners, hundreds of roses, and a champagne-filled swimming pool, the clock is ticking on a million-dollar debt to the mob. Secrets on both sides abound. Will this spicy fairy tale have a happy ending?
  Language: Spanish (5.1 or 2-channel surround), English, and French language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
  

• Hable con ella
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2003
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
  Description: In a private clinic Barco and Benigno strike up a friendship while caring for comatose women
  Language: In Spanish or French with English and French subtitles
  

• High heels
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: [Burbank, CA] : Miramax Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : distributed and marketed by] Paramount [Home Video], 1992
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: 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
  Language: Closed-captioned;In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• The hunt
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: [S.l.] : Film Forum, 1989
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Four men, three of whom are veterans of the Spanish Civil War, go rabbit hunting. As the day progresses, bitterness overwhelms them until they senselessly kill each other
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Los lunes al sol;Mondays in the sun
  Location: Circulation Desk
  Publication information: [United States] : Studio Home Entertainment ; Marina Del Rey, CA : Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Laid off from the local shipyard, six men spend their days at the town bar, where they discuss their current state. Gruff puts up a tough front. The morose José openly worries about his wife, whom he fears might leave him. Amador, the oldest of the bunch, keeps reassuring everyone that his wife will be back any day now from her trip. Meanwhile, Lino refuses to give up hope of employment, going to interview after interview for jobs being offered to applicants half his age. Presiding over the glum bunch is Rico, the bar owner and the men's co-worker from their shipyard days
  Language: Spanish dialogue, English subtitles
  

• La mala educación;Bad education
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005]
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Traces the effects of sexual abuse and religious schooling on the lives of two lifelong friends
  Language: Soundtrack in Spanish with optional English subtitles
  

• Mar adentro;The sea inside
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: [Burbank, Calif.] : New Line Home Entertainment, c2005
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Ramón Sampedro wants to end his life because a diving accident 28 years before that turned him into a quadriplegic. For most of those years he made the most of it: writing, developing a close relationships with his family, who all help to care for him. While grateful to his family and friends for their help, Ramón was always an active person. He has come to see his life as frustrating and pointless and wishes to die with what remains of his dignity. Gené is a friend who works with a Right to Die organization who introduces Ramón to Julia, a lawyer he hopes will help him persuade the courts to let him end his own life. As Ramón and Julia work together on his case, Ramón finds himself falling in love with his attorney, but Ramón remains convinced that the greatest gift to him would be an end to his life
  Language: In Spanish with English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
  

• Marcelino pan y vino;The miracle of Marcelino
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : Meridian Video Corporation, c1995
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Story of the miracle of a little boy, abandoned at a monastery, who is discovered to be talking with Jesus Christ
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Marianela
  Location: General
  Publication information: [United States] : Condor Video ; Fresno, CA : Distributed by Vid-Dimension, [1987]
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: 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
  

• Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios;Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: New York : Orion Home Video, c1989
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: 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
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios;Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c2001
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
  Description: Comedy film about a woman who has been jilted by the love of her life, her friend who discovers her lover is a a Shiite terrorist, and her ex-lover's crazed wife
  Language: Spanish, English or French language soundtracks with subtitles available in Spanish, English or French ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
  

• Que he hecho yo para merecer esto?;What have I done to deserve this?
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: New York, NY : Cinevista, c1988
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: 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
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Un Señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes;A very old man with enormous wing[s]
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: New York, NY : Fox Lorber Home Video, [1991]
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Amid the debris of a Columbian cyclone lands a man whose seemingly miraculous anatomy attracts the curious and devout from around the world. Silent and disheveled, this fantastical creature is housed in a chicken coop as onlookers wait for his heavenly message which turns out to be a very mixed blessing
  Language: Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Tesis;Thesis
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: [Huntington Beach, Calif.] : Tanelorn Films : Distributed by Vanguard Films, c1999
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Angela, a university student in Madrid, is writing a thesis on violence in the media. During her research she discovers a snuff movie
  Language: a film in which a murder has actually been committed on film. She soon uncovers evidence that the film was shot on the university campus, and that school administrators may be involved in a series of disappearances of students
  

• Todo sobre mi madre
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c2000
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles
  Language: In Spanish (5.1 Dolby digital and 2-channel Dolby surround) with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
  

• Tristana
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Las Cruces, N.M. : Hen's Tooth Video, [1992]
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A scathing examination of moral decay set in 1920's Spain. 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. The other is a young artist who wants to marry her but lacks the courage
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

• Viridiana
  Location: Rental Collection
  Publication information: Las Cruces, NM : Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video, [1992]
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Viridiana, about to take final religious vows, visits her uncle at his country estate. He drugs her and attempts rape, finds he cannot go through with it, and hangs himself, leaving the estate to Viridiana and his illegitimate son, Jorge. While Jorge purues plans to modernize the estate, Viridiana attempts to convert it into a haven for derelicts. Left alone, the beggars take over the house for a feast which becomes an orgy; one of the beggars rapes Viridiana when she and Jorge return home. After the beggars are dispersed by police, Viridiana assumes more modern dress and joins in a card game with Jorge and his mistress. A powerful film widely considered to one of Buñuel's most important works
  Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
  

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List generated on November 7th, 2005