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Category Archives: Spanish Cinema
Carolina Bang & co in “La Daga de Rasputín” [2011, Spain]
I’ve known Jesús Bonilla only as an actor, but looks like he’s now advanced into film making too, and not for the better in my view. His recent film, “La Daga de Rasputín” [Eng. Title: The Dagger of Rasputin] is … Continue reading
Posted in Spain
Tagged carolina bang, frontal nudity, Spain, spanish, Spanish mainstream cinema
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Scenes from “Satanás” [2007 Colombia, Mexico]
You’d be forgiven for assuming that any Latin American film titled “Satanás” must be a nunsploitation flick from a bygone age. As it turns out, this 2007 drama is a recreation of a shocking 1986 massacre in Colombia when a … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Mexico
Tagged Colombia, Latin America, mexico, rape, shocking, urination
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Emma Suárez & Rosario Flores in “Contra el Viento” [1990 Spain]
Paco Periñán’s directorial full-length feature debut, “Contra el Viento” [Eng. Title: Against the Wind] should have kick-started a successful career – he was also nominated for a Goya the following year, but for reasons unknown, it was also the last … Continue reading
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Tagged Emma Suárez, incest, Rosario Flores, Spain, spanish, Spanish mainstream cinema
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Natalia Pelayo & Alejandra Baldoni in “Aniceto” [2008 Argentina]
Now here’s something different – a film musical..! Veteran actor-filmmaker Leonardo Favio revisits a film he made forty years earlier (El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca) – this time, as a musical, “Aniceto”. Favio produced this popular story as … Continue reading