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Film critic Mr.Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) recommends 25 important films to teach Spanish language.

by FilmCriticLalitRao • Created 10 years ago • Modified 10 years ago
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  • Nilo Zimmermann and Adriana Ozores in Héctor (2004)

    1. Héctor

    20041h 47mTV-14
    6.7 (692)
    Adolescent Hector faces a major lifestyle change after moving into his aunt's flat in a blue-collar suburb of Madrid.
    DirectorGracia QuerejetaStarsAdriana OzoresNilo ZimmermannJoaquín Climent
  • Belén Ballesteros, Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Francisco Rabal, Juan Sachez, and Susana Sánchez in Les saints innocents (1984)

    2. Les saints innocents

    19841h 47mPG
    8.1 (5.2K)
    Spain, 1960s. The family of poor farmers work hard in the countryside for the rich landowners who exploit them.
    DirectorMario CamusStarsAlfredo LandaTerele PávezBelén Ballesteros
  • Javier Bardem in Mar adentro (2004)

    3. Mar adentro

    20042h 6mTous publics74Metascore
    7.9 (88K)
    The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
    DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola Dueñas
  • Solas (1999)

    4. Solas

    19991h 41mTous publics75Metascore
    7.5 (4K)
    While waiting for her husband to recover in a hospital, a mother stays with her estranged daughter, Maria, who fled her parents rural home in Andalusia because she could no longer bear her father's abusiveness and her mother's passivity.
    DirectorBenito ZambranoStarsMaría GalianaAna FernándezCarlos Álvarez-Nóvoa
  • Mort d'un cycliste (1955)

    5. Mort d'un cycliste

    19551h 28mTous publics
    7.6 (4.8K)
    A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.
    DirectorJuan Antonio BardemStarsLucia BosèAlberto ClosasBruna Corrà
  • Alejandro Amenábar, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, and Ana Torrent in Tesis (1996)

    6. Tesis

    19962h 5m16
    7.4 (46K)
    While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...
    DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsAna TorrentFele MartínezEduardo Noriega
  • Le Jour de la bête (1995)

    7. Le Jour de la bête

    19951h 43m12
    7.3 (26K)
    Bent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still hope?
    DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsÁlex AnguloArmando De RazzaSantiago Segura
  • Nueve cartas a Berta (1966)

    8. Nueve cartas a Berta

    19661h 30m
    6.9 (280)
    Lorenzo is a young man who has just returned to Salamanca (Spain) from England, where he fell in love with Berta, a girl daughter of exiled parents who have never seen Spain. Lorenzo tries through some beautiful letters that she understands how is the world where her parents once lived.
    DirectorBasilio Martín PatinoStarsEmilio Gutiérrez CabaMary CarrilloElsa Baeza
  • Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent in Cría cuervos... (1976)

    9. Cría cuervos...

    19761h 45mTous publics
    7.9 (12K)
    In the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt and try their best to acclimatize to a new reality. Can they summon up the courage to grow up?
    DirectorCarlos SauraStarsAna TorrentConchita PérezMayte Sanchez
  • María Barranco and Coque Malla in L'effet papillon (1995)

    10. L'effet papillon

    19951h 50mTous publics
    5.6 (470)
    A young Spanish student travels to London; where he falls in love with his Aunt. This has repercussions for the relationships of those around him.
    DirectorFernando ColomoStarsCoque MallaMaría BarrancoRosa Maria Sardà
  • El viaje a ninguna parte (1986)

    11. El viaje a ninguna parte

    19862h 14m
    7.5 (2K)
    The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. We assist to the end of an era.
    DirectorFernando Fernán GómezStarsJosé SacristánLaura del SolJuan Diego
  • Flores de otro mundo (1999) Flowers from another world

    12. Fleurs d'un autre monde

    19991h 48mTous publics
    6.7 (1.1K)
    In the small town of Santa Eulalia, singles organize a party attended by a coach of women marriages. Damián, Alfonso and Carmelo will seek to establish a relationship with Patricia, a Dominican girl, Marirrosi, a nurse from Bilbao and Milady, a young Cuban.
    DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsJosé SanchoLuis TosarLissete Mejía
  • Un asunto privado (1996)

    13. Un asunto privado

    19961h 38m
    3.6 (39)
    Alex is a famous singer who lives in a big mansion. One quiet night, a hooded stranger comes into his home, shoots the butler and then takes the mask out. Surprisingly, it's a woman. At the beginning she just want to have dinner with him.
    DirectorImanol AriasStarsJorge PerugorríaAntonio ValeroPastora Vega
  • Andrew McCarthy and Lili Taylor in Des choses que je ne t'ai jamais dites (1996)

    14. Des choses que je ne t'ai jamais dites

    19961h 33mTous publics
    6.7 (1.7K)
    Ann, a cute video camera store clerk, calls a suicide hotline when her boyfriend breaks up. She speaks with Don, who volunteers there when he's not selling real estate for his dad. By chance, he finds out who Ann is.
    DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsAndrew McCarthyLili TaylorPeggy West
  • El nido (1980)

    15. El nido

    19801h 37mPG
    7.0 (719)
    In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric 60-year-old widower is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13-year-old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita), the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro. Although he knows the village is talking, Alejandro spends time with Goyita, on walks, horseback rides, and dinners. He's enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that he's living for the first time. Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro, and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highly-charged relationship.
    DirectorJaime de ArmiñánStarsHéctor AlterioAna TorrentLuis Politti
  • La secte sans nom (1999)

    16. La secte sans nom

    19991h 42m16
    5.8 (8K)
    5 years after a mom's 6 y.o. girl is murdered, she gets a phone call from someone claiming to be the daughter. An ex cop and a reporter help. A secret group called The Nameless may be behind it all.
    DirectorJaume BalagueróStarsEmma VilarasauKarra ElejaldeTristán Ulloa
  • Manuel Lozano in La Langue des papillons (1999)

    17. La Langue des papillons

    19991h 36mTous publics69Metascore
    7.6 (10K)
    Spain, 1936. Moncho is an outcast at school but is able to form a strong bond with his outspoken teacher. When fascism arrives to Spain, his teacher is considered an enemy of the regime.
    DirectorJosé Luis CuerdaStarsManuel LozanoFernando Fernán GómezUxía Blanco
  • Pilar López de Ayala and Xavier Lafitte in Dans la ville de Sylvia (2007)

    18. Dans la ville de Sylvia

    20071h 24mUnrated
    6.8 (2.7K)
    A man returns to a city to try to track down a lovely woman he met six years earlier.
    DirectorJosé Luis GuerínStarsPilar López de AyalaXavier LafitteLaurence Cordier
  • Vacas (1992)

    19. Vacas

    19921h 36m
    7.1 (4.1K)
    Set in the Basque region, a story of the rivalry of two families, period 1870-1935
    DirectorJulio MedemStarsEmma SuárezCarmelo GómezAna Torrent
  • Bienvenue Mr Marshall (1953)

    20. Bienvenue Mr Marshall

    19531h 18mTous publics
    7.9 (5.1K)
    After finding out that North American people are visiting the Spanish villages, the citizens of Villar del Río start preparing themselves to welcome them when they arrive.
    DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLolita SevillaManolo MoránJosé Isbert
  • Andoni Erburu in Secrets du coeur (1997)

    21. Secrets du coeur

    19971h 45m
    7.0 (2.2K)
    Javi and his friend Carlos snoop around an old house on the way home from school. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the room where his father was found dead). He is so interested in these mysteries that he starts to investigate all the secrets of these dead people and their stories.
    DirectorMontxo ArmendárizStarsCarmelo GómezCharo LópezSilvia Munt
  • Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs (1988)

    22. Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs

    19881h 28mTous publics85Metascore
    7.5 (50K)
    A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
    DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MauraAntonio BanderasJulieta Serrano
  • Patsy Kensit and Terence Stamp in Beltenebros (1991)

    23. Beltenebros

    19911h 49m
    5.7 (364)
    Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.
    DirectorPilar MiróStarsTerence StampPatsy KensitJosé Luis Gómez
  • Seconde chance (2000)

    24. Seconde chance

    20001h 29m16
    6.7 (343)
    Seven individual stories ending with each character meeting their doom are replayed with alternate endings, showing how one slight shift of events can change their fate.
    DirectorVentura PonsStarsCarme EliasLluís HomarRoger Coma
  • Isabel Tellería and Ana Torrent in L'Esprit de la ruche (1973)

    25. L'Esprit de la ruche

    19731h 38mTous publics87Metascore
    7.7 (22K)
    In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven-year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.
    DirectorVíctor EriceStarsFernando Fernán GómezTeresa GimperaAna Torrent

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