Spanish Videos :: Collection

Written by: Jorge Luis Borges
Director: Hector Olivera
Starring: Francisco Rabal, Thelma Biral, Juan Jose Camero
Running Time: 103 minutes Color

--- Based on the short story by the same name by Jorge Luis Borges, EL MUERTO traces the life of Benjamin Otálora. In ninteenth century South America, Otálora must flee Buenos Aires from killing a man. On his arrival in Montevideo, he meets the leader of a smuggling ring who takes him under his wing. As the aging gang leader takes sick however, Otálora covertly attempts to claim pwer within the ring. In the treacherous final showdown, his destiny is figured.

Written by: Senel Paz
Directors: Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio
Starring: Jorge Perugorria, Vladimir Cruz, Mirtha Ibarra, Francisco Gatorno Running Time: 104 minutes Color 1994 Rated R

(Spanish with yellow English subtitles)

--- Robert Redford adn Miramax Films proudly present "Strawberry and Chocolate," the irresistible comedy treat that's received outstanding critical acclaim! Meet David-a naive young college kid who's out on his own for the very first time. With the help of two extraordinary new friends, David soon learns everything there is to know about the things that aren't taught in school! Diego is the writer who teaches him about the passion of life... and Nancy is the woman who teaches him about the passion of love! Nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film in 1994, Strawberry and Chocolate is a deliciously fun-filled celebration of life at its entertaining best!

Written by: Laura Esquivel
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Starring: Ada Carrasco, Mario Ivan Martinez, Claudette Maille, Tareli Arizmendi
Color Running time: 105 minutes Rated R

--- Based ont the best-selling book - now experience for yourself the erotic tale of forbidden love that seduced both critics and audiences nationwide!

Written by: Maria-Luisa Bemberg, Beda Docampo, Felijoo, and Juan B. Stagnaro
Directed by: Maria-Luisa Bemberg
Starring: Susœ Pecoraro, Imanol Arias
Color 1984 Running time: 105 minutes Not Rated

--- Nominated for the Academy Award for "Best Foreign Film," CAMILA recounts the true story of a young Catholic socialite from Buenos Sires, Camila O'Gorman, who falls in love and runs away with a young Jesuit priest, Ladislao Gutierrez. The two find temporary hapiness in a small privincial village, where they live peacefully as man and wife.
But their peace is ephemeral, and eventually they are recognized and ultimately condemned to death without a trial. But CAMILA is more than a story of doomed love. It is also a strong statement about personal and political freedom it extends beyond what we see, deep into the feelings and desires which are common to human beings everywhere.

By: Nestor Almendros and Orlando Jimenez Leal
With: Heberto Padilla, Susan Sontag, G. Cabrera Infante, Carlos Franqui, Reynaldo Arenas, Juan Goytisolo, Ana Maria Simo, Dr. Martha Frayde, Fidel Castro, and others.
Color 1984 Running time: 110 minutes (French/Spanish with English Subtitles)

--- This pwerful documentary is simply a series of interciews with a fascinating array of Cuban intellectuals and homosexuals who have been persecuted under the Castro regime. The directors are themselves exiles, and they have created a convincing indictment of El Jefe, implicating also those who would turn a a blind eye towards repression from the Left.

Written and Directed by: Mariano Moreno
Color 1990 Running time: 18 minutes Not Rated
Narrated by: Orson Welles

--- Filmed almost entirely from a helicopter, this film presents spectacular views of seven of the most important archaelogical sites in Mexico: Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, Mitla, Tulum, Palenque, Chichen Itza and Uxmal. Narrated by Orson Welles and featuring a symphonic music score by Mariano Moreno, the film conveys a spritual and aesthetic impression of the lost civilizations of Ancient Mexico.