Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) appears to have everything - he is charming, rich and very handsome - but his decision to climb into the car of the woman he's just snubbed changes his life, looks and loves - and possibly his grip on reality.
A transcontinental dream that quickly turns into a living nightmare for an American couple travelling on one of the world's most legendary railway journeys.
It's been said that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in 1908. In Blackthorn, Cassidy (Sam Shepard) survived and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village. Tired of his long exile from the US and hooing to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. However, when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminals derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasnt experience since he glory days with the Sundance Kid. Also stars Nickolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Oscar nominee Stephen Rea
From acclaimed Mexican horror maestro Guillermo Del Toro comes The Devil's Backbone a truly terrifying spine-tingler combining state of the art special effects with towering performances from a combination of Latin legends (Federico Luppi and Marisa Paredes) and younger stars (Eduardo Noriega from Alejandro Amenabar's Open Your Eyes). A deliciously dark horror The Devil's Backbone tells the tale of a remote Spanish orphanage during the final days of The Spanish Civil War whose young inhabitants are brutally terrorised by Santi a decomposing spirit who stalks the building's dark decaying hallways. But as the film builds to a grisly explosive finale the children learn the true story of Santi's death and rise up to vow a deadly vengeance on his vicious murderer. Produced by Pedro Almodovar and brilliantly photographed for maximum suspence by leading cinematographer Guillermo Navarra The Devil's Backbone is a truly haunting memorable ghost story.
As Guillermo Del Toro films go The Devils Backbone is a defining moment in his career, breaching the gap between International Art House and mainstream Hollywood success, it being his last film before Blade 2. Based within an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s, the film is driven by its characters and, just like his previous films (Cronos and Mimic), it draws on the supernatural to outline and re-define exactly what it is that drives them. Although Del Toro insists that this is not a film about the Civil War, by trapping and threatening its inhabitants the orphanage inevitably becomes a mirror for the events outside. These four walls become a place of protection for boys who have been orphaned during the war, a place for them to lead a relatively normal existence full of school life, bullying and adventure. Their main source of the latter being Santi, a young ghost who haunts the halls looking for revenge for his recent murder. Yet the pivotal character who evokes real fear in the children is not the spirit, but the greedy, selfish Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega), a former orphan, whose experiences have left him with deep emotional scars. With a strong cast and even stronger imagery (created by cinematographer Guillermo Navarro) Del Toro whips up a hauntingly effective film about love, life and the afterlife. On the DVD: entering the extras literally through the keyhole, there are several opportunities to obtain a deeper understanding of this disturbing film. A "Behind the Scenes" featurette includes the casts own character profiles and interpretation of the story, as well as Del Toro explaining his thoughts about the film and how he achieved some shots. Two of the sequences"Aerial Bombardment" and "The Ghost"--can be seen in further technical detail, with film footage and computer animation combined to make a whole scene. A selection of storyboards can also be viewed which run alongside the soundtrack to the scene, with the option to intercut between storyboard and finished film. A theatrical trailer, a picture gallery and written biographies are standard. The film and additional features are in Spanish with English subtitles and menu. With Dolby 5:1 sound and a widescreen picture, the film not only looks and sounds, but also feels fantastically chilling. --Nikki Disney
A transcontinental dream that quickly turns into a living nightmare for an American couple travelling on one of the world's most legendary railway journeys.
Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) appears to have everything - he is charming, rich and very handsome - but his decision to climb into the car of the woman he's just snubbed changes his life, looks and loves - and possibly his grip on reality.
Alejandro Amenabar's first film Tesis has impressive restrain for a debut, as you might expect from the man who went on to make Open Your Eyes and The Others. It's also the most intelligent consideration of the urban myth of snuff films seen onscreen in recent years. Ana Torrent is a priggish young student writing a thesis on violence in movies and finds out more than she wants to know. From the opening shots of her fascinated attempt to see a suicide victim mashed on the Madrid metro to her ambivalent involvement with Chemo (Fele Martinez)--a sinister nerd, obsessed with collecting dubious videos--and her flirtation with one of their principal suspects, Torrent portrays a traditionally plucky heroine along with her darker, more complicit and self-destructive side. As in his later work, Amenabar achieves maximum terror with minimum effect--dark rooms, gazes averted from torture we never see--because of his rich sense of the complexity of human character. What terrifies us here is the sense of our own demons. On the DVD: the DVD, which is presented in a 1.85:1 letterboxed video ratio and has Dolby Digital sound, comes with optional English subtitles, an intelligent, if slightly earnest documentary about the making of the film, a filmography, the theatrical trailer and a review article by the excellent Roger Clark. --Roz Kaveney
It's been said that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in 1908. In Blackthorn, Cassidy (Sam Shepard) survived and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village. Tired of his long exile from the US and hooing to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. However, when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminals derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasnt experience since he glory days with the Sundance Kid. Also stars Nickolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Oscar nominee Stephen Rea
Agnosia (a-gnosis or loss of knowledge) a neuropsychological illness that affects perception. Although the eyes or ears are in perfect condition the brain cannot interpret the stimuli it receives through them. This visually stunning & elegant story follows the life of Joana Prats a beautiful young woman who suffers from agnosia. As the only one who knows the deep dark secret left behind by her father she is drawn into a sinister and life-threatening plot by those trying to garner information taking advantage of her sensory confusion. The deceitful criminals will stop at nothing to get what they want and as the plot unfolds will her two closest suitors protect her from falling victim to their cunning plans?
It's 1963 and Paris is sizzling with sex. The stylishly butch Gigola spends her days roaming chic cafs, taking on the criminal underclass, enticing pretty femmes away from their pimps, breaking hearts and making enemies along the way. Her evenings are spent in famous lesbian cabaret bar Chez Moune, picking up rich older women who keep her flush. Based on the long censored novel of the same name, Gigola captures a little known chapter in Parisian history in which eroticism defied conventional morals. Starring a host of renowned faces of European cinema, including Rossy De Palma (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Eduardo Noriega (Open Your Eyes, The Devil's Backbone), Marisa Paredes (All About My Mother, The Skin I Live In) Thierry Lhermitte (The Dinner Game), Marisa Berenson (I Am Love) and introducing Lou Doillon, daughter of Jane Birkin, as the eponymous Gigola.
Erotic French comedy. Graham (Eduardo Noriega) is a young office worker who loses his ability to retain long-term memories after an accident. Taking advantage of his situation secretary Irene (Anna Mouglalis) begins an intense affair with him reassuring Graham that although he can't remember the details of their passionate relationship she'll keep the memories for him until he recovers.
On his 17th Birthday Michael is given a present of a Ouija board by Tony his best friend. At a session Tony using a medium known to him as 'Virgil' unwittingly unlocks the evil forces of the board. Soon there is a wave of violent killings and the cheif suspect appears to be Michael who has been a witness to all the killings via premonitions and out of body experiences. Is Michael the killer and can he prove his innocence or is someone else being possessed by the evil spirit?
Based on real life events, this '70s drama follows a Basque construction worker who infiltrated terrorist group ETA.
One night Collette gets a phone call that wasn't intended for her: a woman she's never heard of who's coming out of prison. The woman asks her to go and pick up her little boy and bring him to meet her at a train station the next day.The womans state of panic catches Colette off guard. She goes to pick up the boy a certain Billy who is actually no child but dangerously close to adulthood.In the station at the appointed time Colette fails to find Billy's mother little knowing that Billy has just been orphaned due to the murky business of a debt which is all he will inherit.Although she doesnt know it yet Billys problems have just become Colette's. Their lives are now linked...because she is all he has in the world...and he maybe is all she has too.
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