Comments for Spanish Movies

Comment on Los Abrazos Rotos by El nuevo avance de Los Abrazos Rotos | Actualidades: Blogueando Para Aprender

Mon, 10 May 2010 13:30:44 +0000

[...] Más: Los Abrazos Rotos (Imdb), Penélope Cruz, Pedro Almodóvar, SpanishMoviesOnline [...]

Comment on Máncora by Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:31:11 +0000

When I watched this movie I thought that it was like the tv show the O.C. but in Spanish.

Comment on El Laberinto Del Fauno by Spanish Movie | Spanish Movies

Spanish Movie | Spanish Movies — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:35:42 +0000

[...] A spoof of contemporary Spanish movies, including Volver, El Laberinto del Fauno, Los Otros, and [...]

Comment on Volver by Spanish Movie | Spanish Movies

Spanish Movie | Spanish Movies — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:39:38 +0000

[...] A spoof of contemporary Spanish movies, including Volver, El Laberinto del Fauno, Los Otros, and [...]

Comment on El Laberinto Del Fauno by Lenguajero Blog » Blog Archive » A quick-and-easy back to school guide: Speaking Spanish

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:33:12 +0000

[...] Pan’s Labyrinth – It takes place in Spain in May and June, 1944, after the Spanish Civil War, during the Franquist repression. Also present is the main character Ofelia’s fantasy world which centers around an overgrown abandoned labyrinth.” [...]

Comment on Che Guerrilla by Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:56:31 +0000

This movie is really interesting in comparison to Che – El Argentino. Both movies were made at the same time. El Argentino is about the successful Cuban revolution while Guerrilla is about failed revolution in Bolivia.

Comment on Fresa y Chocolate by El Cuerno De La Abundancia | Spanish Movies

El Cuerno De La Abundancia | Spanish Movies — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:32:52 +0000

[...] Why See It: Hysterical and 100% Cuban in everyway. The movie stars Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz y Mirta Ibarra who all gained fame from the internationally acclaimed Fresa y Chocolate. [...]

Comment on Sin Nombre by Lenguajero Blog » Blog Archive » Best Spanish Language Movies in the 00’s

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:33:36 +0000

[...] Sin Nombre (Without Name) – 2009 Sin Nombre is the story of a young Honduran woman, Sayra (Paulina Gaitán), who dreams of going to the United States in hopes of starting a better life. To achieve her dreams she must first get to Mexico, and to do that she must stow away on a train that will take her north. Her path crosses with a gang member played by Edgar Flores whose life changes when he kills the leader of his gang in order to help Sayra. This award winning film has garnered international admiration, and is on the short list for Best Foreign Language film at the 2010 Academy Awards. [...]

Comment on Maria Llena Eres De Gracia by Lenguajero Blog » Blog Archive » Best Spanish Language Movies in the 00’s

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:32:19 +0000

[...] Maria Llena Eres De Gracia (Maria Full of Grace) – 2004 This Academy Award nominated film, written and directed by Joshua Marston, explores the world of the Colombian-American drug trade, and the lives of those at the bottom of this world. María Álvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno), a 17-year-old Colombian girl, finds herself pregnant and alone after she quits her job at a flower plantation. Desperate for money she accepts a job as a mule, and flies to the U.S. with drugs hidden inside her body. [...]

Comment on El Laberinto Del Fauno by Lenguajero Blog » Blog Archive » Best Spanish Language Movies in the 00’s

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:25:38 +0000

[...] El Laberinto Del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) – 2006 Set in post-Civil War Spain in 1944, this Academy Award winner, directed by Guillermo del Toro, is the highest grossing Spanish language movie of all time. The movie tells the tale of Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), a young girl who travels between two worlds. One is a world of fantasy and imagination, while the other is the harsh reality of life in rural Spain, where her mother’s second husband, a lieutenant in the fascist Spanish army, is attempting to brutally suppress an armed resistance. The two worlds merge together as a character in Ofelia’s imaginary world (The Faun) orders her to carry out tasks in the real world. [...]

Comment on Y Tu Mama Tambien by Lenguajero Blog » Blog Archive » Best Spanish Language Movies in the 00’s

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:25:23 +0000

[...] Y Tu Mamá También – 2001 This Oscar nominated film by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Maribel Verdú focuses on the lives three young Mexicans. Two teenage boys, Tenoch (Diego Luna) and Julio (Gael García Bernal), from Mexico City convince Luisa (Maribel Verdú), a married woman, to take a road trip with them to an imaginary beach on the Pacific coast of Mexico. The movie is a coming of age story that explores sexuality and individuality, while tying in the real time economic and political backdrop of Mexico at the turn of the century. [...]