14 Mar 2001 Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain, France 1999 104 min Manuela, a nurse in Madrid, loses her son Esteban in a tragic accident on his 17th birthday. Devastated, she travels to Barcelona to find his father, Lola, a transgender woman who is unaware of Esteban’s existence. There, Manuela reconnects with an old friend, Agrado,… Continue reading All About My Mother
Tag: Fernando Fernán Gómez
Butterfly Tongue – La Lengua de las mariposas
19 March 2003 Director: José Luis Cuerda Spain 1999 96min Moncho is eight and it is the beginning of an idyllic year for him. He begins school with a wonderful teacher and makes a friend in Roque. His older brother is a saxophonist and takes him on a trip from their Galician town. It would… Continue reading Butterfly Tongue – La Lengua de las mariposas
El Espiritu de la Colmena – Spirit Of The Beehive
04 Nov 1998 Director: Victor Erice Spain 1973 98 min Set in rural Spain soon after Franco’s victor. Ana, a lonely village girl, goes to the town hall to see Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein. She becomes entranced with the creature. When her sister convinces Ana that the monster really exists, she sets off into the countryside… Continue reading El Espiritu de la Colmena – Spirit Of The Beehive