Movies (fiction) by Category

Alicia en el Pueblo de Maravillas Alice in Wondertown 2008

Humberto Hernández, Daniel Díaz Torres, Thais Valdes, Reinaldo Miravalles , Alberto Pujol, Carlos Cruz, Raúl Pomares, Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, and First-Run Features (Firm)

Alice is a drama teacher who goes on a cultural mission to a small town where the most bizarre occurrences are commonplace. Mirrors become doors, circus animals walk along the streets, and it appears that anything can happen. Everyone except Alice seems resigned to the situation. She discovers before long that the town's population is made up of officials and workers who have been fired for violating rules, minor or illusionary, and now cannot find their way out of this strange town. 1 videodisc (93 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2532

 

Alucarda 2003, 1977

Claudio Brooke, Tina Romero, Susana Kamini , David Silva, Juan López Moctezuma, Alexis Arroyo, Max Guefen, Eduardo Moreno, Films 75 (Firm), Yuma Films (Firm), Boum Productions Ltd, and Mondo Macabro (Firm)

A strange friendship develops between two girls, Justine and Alucarda, and their relationship destroys the lives of those around them in a torrent of blood, death and damnation. 1 videodisc (78 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3191

 

Arriba las mujeres! c2007, 1943

Carlos Orellana, Joselito Rodraiguez, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna, Antonio Badau, Pedro Infante, Margarita Cortaes, Teodoro J Remairez, Pelaiculas Rodraiguez, Warner Bros. Entertainment, and Warner Home Video (Firm)

A woman, along with her daughters, creates a feminist union to rebel against men. Her hatred for men is also directed towards her own husband, Pedro Infante. This unfortunate neglected husband has no alternative but to unite with other deprived husbands to teach his wife and daughters a lesson. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

MEDIA 10-1448

 

Aventurera c2004, 1950

Alberto Gout Abrego,  Guillermo Calderon, Pedro A Calderon, Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco Martínez, Andrea Palma, Cinematográfica Calderón, Condor Media (Firm), Cinemateca (Firm), and Facets Video (Firm)

Elena tries to make a new life for herself after her mother leaves her alone, but she is drugged, seduced, and forced to work as a dancer/call girl in a nightclub. She soon rises to stardom as a dancer, but still plots revenge and escape. 1 videodisc (101 min.)

MEDIA 10-916

 

The blue diner la fonda azul 2003, c2000

Natatcha Estébanez, Jan Egleson, Miriam Colon, William Marquez, Jack Mulcahy, Lisa Vidal, José Yenque, Virginia Rambal, Edouard DeSoto, Blue Dine Film Project (Firm), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Goldheart Pictures (Firm), and First Look Home Entertainment (Firm)

When Elena mysteriously loses her ability to speak her first language, Spanish, her mother believes that Elena is trying to reject her past. As her language disappears, her boyfriend's paintings begin to appear at the Boston museum where Elena's mother works. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-279

 

Camila c2006

Maria Luisa Bemberg,  Beda Docampo Feijóo, Juan Bautista Stagnaro, Lita Stantic, Susś Pecoraro,  Imanol Arias, Héctor Alterio, Mona Maris, SBP Worldwide, GEA Cinematografica S.A, and Impala (Firm)

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. The film also makes a statement about the affect of dictatorship on personal and political freedom. 1 videodisc (105 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2940

 

Cautiva c2007

Gastón Biraben, Bárbara Lombardo, Mercedes Funes, Susana Campos, Hugo Arana, Osvaldo Santoro, Silvia Bayle, Roxana Berco, Lidia Catalano, José Luis Castińeira de Dios, Cacerolaso Producciones (Firm), Red Envelope Entertainment (Firm), Koch Lorber Films, Koch Entertainment (Firm), and Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (Argentina)

"Cristina Quadri's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina's relatively recent past and the nightmare that claimed tens of thousands of lives during the country's 'Dirty War'" -- Container. 1 videodisc (109 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2303

 

Central Station 1999

João Emanuel Carneiro, Marcos Bernstein, Walter Salles, Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, and Marília Pera

When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. 1 videodisc (106 min.)

MEDIA 10-54

 

La ciénaga 2005, 2001

Lita Stantic, Lucrecia Martel, Mercedes Morįn, Graciela Borges, Martķn Adjemķan, Silvia Bayle, Juan Cruz Bordeu, Daniel Valenzuela, Hugo Colace, Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), and Cuatro Cabezas Films S.A

Mecha is a middle-aged woman with several bored teenagers, a husband who dyes his hair, and the tedious problem of sullen servants - nothing a few drinks can't cure. To avoid the hot and humid weather, they spend their summers at a country estate. Mecha's cousin, Tali, lives in a nearby city, has a crew of small, noisy children she is trying to deal with. Before long, the restlessness of domesticity strains both families' nerves, exposing secrets and threatening to erupt into violence. 1 videodisc (100 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3036

 

Coolie pink and green 2009

" A young Indian girl in Trinidad, a small island in the Caribbean, is torn between the ancient culture of her ancestors and the multicultural world of the modern society in which she has grown up. Told in a mix of poetry and prose, against the haunting sounds of Indian classical and chutney music, Coolie Pink and Green is the universal tale of the children of migrants who must carve out their own identity in the place they call home." --Container. 1 videodisc (23 min.)

MEDIA 10-3985

 

The Cuban masterworks collection: The twelve chairs; The adventures of Juan Quin Quin; A successful man; Cecilia; Amada c2006

Tomaas Gutiaerrez Alea, Julio Garcaia Espinosa, Humberto Solaas, Margarita Alexandre, Josae Ramaon Paerez, Humberto Hernaandez, Enrique Santiesteban, Caesar Evora, Raquel Revuelta, Gerardo Riveron, Eslinda Nauanez, Daisy Granados , Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematograafica, Vaideo ICAIC, Icestorm Entertainment GmbH, and First-Run Features (Firm)

Five restored classic films from Cuba.
Dolce sillas (The twelve chairs): A rich woman decides, before dying, to hide the family jewels under a chair lining. An ex-proprietor and his ex-driver find this out and undertake a desperate search for the treasure, which gives rise to amusing situations and incredible adventures.
Aventuras de Juan Quin Quin (The adventures of Juan Quin Quin): A peasant farmer becomes a soldier in the Cuban revolution in this offbeat adventure comedy. His healthy cynicism towards the police, wealthy landlords, and the government serves him well after he joins up with a female guerilla. He rises to become a lieutenant as he waits for the signal for the rebellion to begin.
Un hombre de aexito (A successful man): Cuba's history before the Revolution is chronicled through the story of two brothers, one a revolutionary man of action, the other an unscrupulous politician trying to steer a treacherous middle path between opposing political ideas. Cecilia: In 1830 Cuba, the son of a rich colonial family falls in love with a proud, beautiful but poor mulatto girl.  His father, however, wants him to marry a woman from his own social class.
Amada:  Set in Havana in 1914, as World War I begins.  Amada, a young conservative bourgeois woman unhappily married to an ambitious politician, and tied to obsolete values, falls passionately in love with her cousin Marcial, a young nonconformist who tries unsuccessfully to shake her out of her traditionalism with tragic results. 5 videodiscs (529 min.)

MEDIA 10-1384

 

Frida 1985, 1989

Paul Leduc, Ofelia Medina, Juan Jose Gurrola, and Max Kerlow

On her deathbed artist Frida Kahlo conjures up images and memories of her life as a painter, revolutionary and woman of the world. 1 videocassette (108 min.)

MEDIA  DANA 10-2997      2-810        392

 

Guantanamera 2000

Jorge Perugorría,  Mirta Ibarra, Carlos Cruz, Raúl Eguren, Conchita Brando, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío, Eliseo Alberto, and Gerardo Herrero

In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido.  Overjoyed with the rekindled memories of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fizzles while in Candido's embrace.  Joining Yoyita's funeral procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted for political nonconformity, and her husband Adolfo, a tasteless government official in charge of the funeral proceedings.  As the cortege wends westward across Cuba, its path keeps crossing that of Mariano, a gallant truck driver who once had a crush on Gina and whose recurring presence crystallizes her doubts about her marriage. 1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA  DANA 10-169       1835

 

Hello, Hemingway 2006

Ricardo Guila, Maydo Royero, Fernando Paerez, Laura de la Uz, Raaul Paz, Herminia Saanchez, Caridad Hernaandez, Icestorm Entertainment GmbH, and First-Run Features (Firm)

Havana 1950s. Larita loves Elvis, Ernest Hemingway and her rebellious friend Victor. But Victor is more concerned with the turbulent political situation in Cuba than Larita's likes and dreams. Hoping to study in the United States, she quickly discovers that her origins and poverty work against her. In spite of her obstacles she is inspired by her own rich fantasy world. A story written by Hemingway becomes her own story of striving for a better future. 1 videodisc (84 min.)

MEDIA 10-1380

 

La historia oficial 2004, 1985

Marcelo Pińeyro, Aķda Bortnik, Luis Puenzo, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafańe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela Ruķz, Patricio Contreras, Jorge Petraglia, Atilio Stampone, Marķa Elena Walsh, Historias Cinematograficas (Firm), and Koch Lorber Films

An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered. 1 videodisc (114 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2994

 

I, the worst of all 1990

Maria Luisa Bemberg,  Antonio Larreta, Octavio Paz, and First-Run Features (Firm)

This historical drama tells the story of Juana Inaes de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent in Mexico.  There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry.  But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to. 1 videodisc (107 min.)

MEDIA 10-1892

 

L'Homme sur les quais The man by the shore 1993

Set in Haiti in the 1960's, 8-year-old Sarah and her two sisters are victims of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier's reign of terror. 1 videocassette (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-3555

 

Las Madres the mothers of Plaza de Mayo 2001?

Susana Muńoz, Lourdes Portillo, Nina Serrano, Ying Ying Wu, Carmen Zapata, Direct Cinema Ltd, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Mothers who believe their children were kidnapped by the Argentine government tell how they banded together to demonstrate in the Plaza de Mayo to publicize their complaints, and seek assistance in finding "los desaparecidos" and punishing the kidnappers. In 1977, the darkest year of the military dictatorship in Argentina, fourteen ordinary women began to march. They risked their lives, defying the law prohibiting public meetings, by marching before the Presidential palace in Buenos Aires, in the Plaza de Mayo, demanding to know the whereabouts of their missing children. These middle-aged and elderly women, without formal political education, sparked both an Argentinian national movement and an international campaign for the release of all "disappeared" persons. 1 videocassette (64 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 10-3661      2-5554          2-5555

 

Las ra©Uces de mi coraz©šn The roots of my heart 2001

This drama follows a young Cuban woman investigating her family history, and discovering disturbing revelations about the 1912 genocide, in which over 6,000 members of the Independents of Color were killed by the Cuban Army. 1 videodisc (55 min.)

MEDIA 10-5204

 

Lucia 2010, 1968

Set during three periods in Cuban history, the film portrays three different Lucias, emphasizing each Lucia's role as a woman in the social milieu of the period. Each story is hung on a love drama. The first story focuses on the upper class, the second on the middle class, and the third on the working class. Each have different ranges of potential action and responses. 1 videodisc (160 min.)

MEDIA 10-4305

 

Madeinusa 2007

Claudia Llosa, Antonio Chavarrías, José María Morales, Magaly Solier, Carlos J. de la Torre, Yiliana Chong, Film Movement (Firm), and RB Media

Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl. 1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2469

 

Maria full of grace 2004

Paul Mezey, Joshua Marston, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, John Alex Toro, Guilied López, Patricia Rae, Jim Denault, Anne McCabe, Lee Percy, Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum, Lauren Press, Sarah Beers, Monica Marulanda, Debbie De Villa, HBO Video (Firm), HBO Films, Fine Line Features, Journeyman Pictures (Firm), Tucán Producciones, and Alter-Ciné, Inc

Maria, a poor Columbian teenager, is desperate to leave a soul-crushing job. She accepts an offer to transport packets of heroin -- which she swallows -- to the United States. The ruthless world of drug trafficking proves to be more than for which she bargained. 1 videodisc (101 min.)

MEDIA 10-2195

 

María Cano 2005?

Camila Loboguerrero,  Luis González, Felipe Aljure, María Eugenia Dávila, Frank Ramírez,  Compańía de Fomento Cinematográfico (Colombia), Video Factory (Firm), and Corporación Fondo Mixto de Promoción Cinematográfica--Proimágenes en Movimiento (Colombia)

A biographical docudrama about María Cano, Colombian poet and labor leader of the 1920s. 1 videodisc (106 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2456

 

Mosquita y Mari 2013

An exquisitely crafted coming of age tale following a pair of Latina teens who fall gradually in love against the backdrop of East L.A. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

MEDIA 10-5310

 

La mujer del puerto The woman of the port c2005, 1934

Carlos de Najera, Arcady Boytler, Servando C. de la Garza, Andrea Palma, Domingo Soler, Consuelo Segarra, Luisa Obreg©đn, Joaqu Un Busquets, Arturo Manrique Panseco, Eurindia Films (Firm), Cinemateca (Firm), and Facets Video (Firm)

"Rosario becomes a prostitute after losing her father and discovering her boyfriend had a liaison with another woman. In Veracruz, Rosario lives above a sordid cabaret "selling her love to the men coming from the sea." One night, sailor Alberto rescues Rosario from the dirty hands of a drunken man. They get along and go to Rosario's room. After making love, they begin to talk and Rosario discovers they're siblings."--Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 76 min.)

MEDIA 10-626

 

La mujer sin cabeza The headless woman 2009

Agustin Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Lucrecia Martel, Tilde Corsi, Veronica Cura, Esther García, Cesare Petrillo, Enrique Pińeyro, Vieri Razini, Marianne Slot, María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón, Daniel Genoud, Guillermo Arengo, Inés Efron, Aquafilms (Firm), Deseo, S.A, R & C Produzioni (Firm), Slot Machine (Firm), Teodora Film (Firm), and Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm)

A bourgeois woman is driving alone on a dirt road when she becomes distracted and runs over something. In the days following this jarring incident, she becomes dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life. She becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone. The police confirm that there were no accidents reported in the area and everything returns to normal. That is until a gruesome discovery is made. 1 videodisc (87 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2472

 

La nana 2010

Sebastian Silva, Pedro Peirano, Gregorio Gonzįlez, Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedon, Mariana Loyola, Andrea Garcķa-Huidobro, Alejandro Goic, Elephant Eye Films (Firm), and Oscilloscope Pictures

Raquel has worked as a housemaid for an upper-class Santiago, Chile, family for 23 years. On Raquel's 41st birthday, Pilar Valdez and family force the sullen, withdrawn maid to emerge from her kitchen sanctum and join the family for a celebration, but her discomfort is as strong as the family's need to acknowledge their awkward dependence on her. Raquel becomes unable to care for the house alone and new help is hired, which throws her into a jealous frenzy. The home soon becomes the stage for Raquel's darkly comedic tricks as she drives away anyone trying to take her place. 1 videodisc (97 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2792

 

La nińa santa 2005

Lucrecia Martel, Lita Stantic, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar, Marķa Alché, Mercedes Morįn, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Julieta Zylberberg, Mķa Maestro, Félix Monti, Santiago Ricci, Andrés Gerszenzon, Fine Line Features, Lita Stantic Producciones, Home Box Office (Firm), and HBO Films

Two teenage girls adjust to their maturing sexuality and religious upbringing. 1 videodisc (104 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2862

 

La sagrada familia 2006

Sebastián Campos,  Ursula Budnik, Sergio Hernández, Coca Guazzini, Néstor Cantillana,  Patricia López Lucio, Horamágica (Firm), and GCO (Firm)

"It's Easter in the beach house of a Chilean well-to-do and nowadays family. A self-centered and successful father, a disoriented mother and a son overshadowed by his successful father. The three of them wait for the arrival of the son's first official girlfriend; a disturbing and rebellious young lady who will invade the house with her powerful sexual load and other "gifts", breaking loose an emotional cataclysm with no stepping back." -- IMDb. 1 videodisc (99 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2773

 

Seńora de Nadia Nobody's wife c2003

Lita Stantic, Maria Luisa Bemberg, Luisina Brando, Rodolfo Ranni, Julio Chávez, Gabriela Acher, Susú Pecoraro, China Zorrilla, GEA Cinematografica S.A, Cinemateca (Firm), Condor Media (Firm), and Facets Video (Firm)

Leonor is living the good life: a husband, two kids, a comfortable home. But when she discovers her husband is cheating on her, that life collapses. Leonor flees the world she knows, finds a new job and begins to meet new men. From a distance, she cautiously observes her children. 1 videodisc (98 min.)

MEDIA 10-937

 

Sin nombre 2009

Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amy Kaufman, Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejķa, Marcelo Zarvos, Canana Films (Firm), Primary Productions (Firm), Focus Features, Alliance Films, and Alliance vivafilm (Firm)

Sayra is a beautiful young Honduran woman who joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with El Casper, a teenage Mexican gang member, who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. 1 videodisc (96 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3087

 

La teta asustada The milk of sorrow 2010

Magaly Solier, Susi Sánchez, Efraín Solís, Marino Ballón, Claudia Llosa, Antonio Chavarrías, José María Morales, Natasha Braier, Frank Gutiérrez, Oberon Cinematográfica (Firm), Wanda Vision (Firm), Vela Producciones, and Olive Films

Fausta suffers from 'The Milk of Sorrow, ' an illness transmitted through mother's milk by women who've been raped during Peru's civil wars. Stricken with the fear that she's contracted the illness from her mother's breast milk, Fausta goes to extreme lengths to protect her own sexuality and safety. After her mother's sudden death, she finds herself compelled to embark on a frightening journey for re-awakening, freedom, and wholeness. 1 videodisc (94 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2462

 

XXY c2008

Lucía Puenzo, José María Morales, Luis Puenzo, Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti, Martín Piroyansky, Inés Efron, Sergio Bizzio, Holger Haase, Steffen Weinert, Steffen Groth, Chantal Hourticolon, Nina Weniger, Pyramide Productions (Firm), Historias Cinematograficas (Firm), Wanda Vision (Firm), H2 Medienproduktion (Firm), Südwestrundfunk (Germany), Arte (Firm), Cine Argentino (Firm), Pyramide distribution (Firm), and Film Movement (Firm)

"Alex is a 15-year-old teenager with a dark secret. Soon after her birth, her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to settle in an isolated wooden house tucked away in the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit with their 16-year-old son Álvaro. Álvaro's father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical concern for Alex. The inevitable attraction between the teenagers forces both families to face their worst fears. As rumors begin to spread, the town's fascination with Alex becomes dangerous." -- Container.  1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.)

MEDIA 10-2196

 

Y tu mamá también c2002

Jorge Vergara, Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón, Maribel Verdú, Gael García, Diego Luna, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jorge Vergara Producciones, Producciones Anhelo, IFC Films, Good Machine (Firm), and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

Two teens set off on a wild cross-country trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Luisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever? 1 videodisc (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-354