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Searching for: spanish foreign films 
Matches: 125  Displaying titles 1 - 10 Page:  [1]  2  3  4  5 ... 13  
2008
1.  Under the same moon [DVD] = La misma luna Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]     Edition: Widescreen.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: PG-13; for some mature thematic elements.     

Summary: Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again.     
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2004
2.  Maria full of grace [DVD] Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: New York, NY : HBO Home Video, [2004]     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: R; for drug content and language.     

Summary: Maria, a poor Colombian 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 she bargained for.     
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1994
3.  Like water for chocolate [DVD] Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: Burbank, CA. : Miramax Home Entertainment, 1994.     Edition: Widescreen.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
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2001
4.  Amores perros = [DVD] Love's a bitch Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: Marina del Rey, CA : Lions Gate Entertainment, 2001.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     

Summary: Three lives become inextricably linked in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a gun-shot Rotweiler.     
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2008
5.  Dark blue almost black [DVD] Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: [United States] : Strand Releasing, 2008.     Edition: Widescreen ed.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: Rating: Unrated; This film contains mature subject matter.     

Summary: When his father suffers a debilitating stroke, Jorge is forced to put his life and career on hold. He takes over his father's janitorial position, cares for his father and studies at night.     
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2007
6.  Live-in maid [DVD] = Cama adentro Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: Port Washington, NY : Koch Lorber Films : Distributed by Koch Entertainment, c2007.     Edition: Widescreen     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: Not rated.     

Summary: When Buenos Aires is plunged into an economic meltdown, Bebe faces crises and is unable to pay her longtime maid, Dora. The two realizes that in order to survive, they must put aside their class resentments. Extras included. Winner of several awards.     
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2008
7.  Pope's toilet [DVD]. Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: [S.I.] : Film Movement, 2008.     Edition: Fullscreen.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
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2008
8.  The violin [DVD] Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: [Fair Lawn, N.J.] : Film Movement ; [Prince Frederick, Md] : Distributed by RB Media, 2008.     Edition: Widescreen     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: Not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission.     

Summary: Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and his grandson Lucio live a double life: on one hand they are musicians and humble farmers, on the other, they support the campesina peasant guerilla movement?s armed efforts against the oppressive government. When the military seizes the village, the rebels flee to the sierra hills, forced to leave behind their stock of ammunition. While the guerillas organize a counter-attack, old Plutarco executes his own plan. He plays up his appearance as a harmless violin player in order to get into the village and recover the ammunition hidden in his corn field. His violin playing charms the army captain, who orders Plutarco to come back daily. Arms and music play a tenuous game of cat-and-mouse which ultimately results in painful betrayal.     
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2007
9.  Barrio Cuba [DVD] Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: [United States] : Laguna Productions, [2007]     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     

Summary: The leading characters live life to its fullest, propelling themselves over and over against an uncertain fate, searching for a way out. The harsh reality of the barrio contests them, but they never lose the hope of a better future.     
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2004
10.  Official story [DVD] Add to My List  
... Spanish foreign films. ...
     
Publisher, Date: [United States] : Koch Lorber Films, [2004]     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: Not rated.     

Summary: 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.     
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