87% (3) The Spirit of the Beehive 98 min, Not Rated, [Drama, Fantasy] [Víctor Erice] [05 Jan 1977]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 87%, External Reviews
Awards: 7 wins & 1 nomination.
Actors: Ana Torrent, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Isabel Tellería, Teresa Gimpera
Writer: Ángel Fernández Santos (original screenplay), Víctor Erice (original screenplay)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Spain
Plot: In Castilla around 1940, a traveling movie theatre brings James Whale's black and white film classic "Frankenstein" (1931) to a small village. Two young girls, Isabel and Ana, are subsequently determined to find the monster themselves.
Rotten Tomatoes: Eight-year-old Ana lives in a close-knit Castillian village with her daydreamer mother Teresa, older sister Isabel and father Fernando, who tends beehives for a living. After watching James Whale's 1931 version of Frankenstein with Boris Karloff, little Ana becomes convinced that the monster in living in one of the nearby, rundown houses. When an escaped convict seeks refuge in one house, Ana believes she has finally met the monster of her nightmares.
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80% (3) Butterfly 96 min, R, [Drama] [José Luis Cuerda] [18 Aug 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews
Awards: 6 wins & 19 nominations.
Actors: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Gonzalo Uriarte, Manuel Lozano, Uxía Blanco
Writer: Rafael Azcona, José Luis Cuerda, Manuel Rivas
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish, Gallegan, Latin Country: Spain
Plot: For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque, he begins to figure out some of the mysteries of Eros, and, with his older brother, a budding saxophone player, he makes a trip with the band from their town in Galicia. But it's also the year that the Spanish Republic comes under fire from Fascist rebels. Moncho's father is a Republican as is the aging teacher, Don Gregorio. As sides are drawn and power falls clearly to one side, the forces of fear, violence, and betrayal alter profoundly what should be the pleasure of coming of age.
Rotten Tomatoes: Veteran director Jose Luis Cuerda delivered this sensitive portrait of a child coming of age during a tense political situation just before the Spanish Civil War. On his first day of school, frail eight-year-old Moncho (Manuel Lozano) is so terrified by the imposing figure of his teacher Don Gregorio (Fernando Fernan Gomez) that he flees into the nearby woods. In spite of his authoritarian appearance, the schoolmaster proves to be a kind, free-thinking Republican who teaches Moncho the virtues of being good. The boy is soon spending much of his time with the elderly Gregorio in the Galician countryside, admiring such wonders of nature as the tongue of a butterfly. Other people in young Moncho's world include his down-to-earth mother (Uxia Blanco), his Republican father, and his older brother, who plays the saxophone with a group of local musicians. However, when the Fascists roll into town, the boy's life changes forever. La Lengua de las Mariposas was screened at the 1999 San Sebastian Film Festival.
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61% (3) The Grandfather 151 min, PG, [Drama] [José Luis Garci] [30 Oct 1998]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 53%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 17 nominations.
Actors: Agustín González, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso
Writer: José Luis Garci, Benito Pérez Galdós (novel), Horacio Valcárcel
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Spain
Plot: An elderly man returns to Spain after spent some time in Peru looking for gold mines and losing his fortune. He returns because his son has died leaving two daughters, and the son has left a note stating that one of the two is a bastard child. The grandfather hopes to find out which is his true granddaughter.
Rotten Tomatoes: THE GRANDFATHER tells the story of love, friendship, honor and betrayal within one powerful family spanning three generations. Director Jose Luis Garci's tale is set within the rich historical context of turn of the century Spain. The old Count of Albrit, now penniless and almost blind, returns from Peru where he has lost his large fortune. While he is pleased to meet his charming granddaughters, Nelly and Dolly, he is burdened by a secret that surrounds them. When the Count was still in America, his only son died. Upon his death, his few belongings, including an unfinished letter, were shipped to the Count. The letter informed the Count that his daughter-in-law, the beautiful Lucrecia Richmond, was not a faithful wife to his son. Furthermore, the Count learns, one of his granddaughters is not his true heiress and he is determined to discover which grandchild is worthy of his name and his love. When the Count threatens to expose this betrayal, Lucrecia Richmond conspires to get rid of him to protect both her good name and the security of her family. As the Count grows weary from the battle with his daughter-in-law, he becomes despondent and frail. Ultimately, he is saved by an unlikely angel who teaches him that blood ties are meaningless; only love matters.
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83% (2) Belle Epoque 109 min, R, [Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Fernando Trueba] [25 Feb 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 24 wins & 14 nominations.
Actors: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Gabino Diego, Jorge Sanz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca, Penélope Cruz
Writer: Rafael Azcona (screenplay), Rafael Azcona (story), José Luis García Sánchez (story), Fernando Trueba (story)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish, French Country: Spain, Portugal, France
Plot: In 1931, a young soldier (Fernando) deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner (Manolo) due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters (Rocio, Violeta, Clara and Luz). Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Rotten Tomatoes: After striking responsive chord at the Berlin Film Festival, Fernando Trueba's Belle Epoque (aka Age of Beauty) went on to win 9 Spanish Goya awards and an Academy Award for "Best Foreign Film." Set in pre-Franco Spain, film stars Jorge Sanz as Fernando, a carefree, pacifistic army deserter. Wandering about the countryside, Fernando is welcomed into home of the wealthy Don Manolo (Fernando Fernan Gomez). Far from upset by the boy's AWOL status, Manolo is delighted because he shares Fernando's political philosophies. What follows is sheer heaven for the peaceloving lad, who sits smilingly on the sidelines as Manolo's four voluptuous daughters (Adrian Gil, Maribel Verdu, Miriam Diaz-Aroca, and Penelope Cruz) literally fight for his attentions.
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72% (1) El último caballo 85 min, [Comedy, Drama] [Edgar Neville] [23 Nov 1950]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins.
Actors: Conchita Montes, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Luis Ozores, Mary Lamar
Writer: Edgar Neville (screenplay), Edgar Neville (story)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Spain
Plot: Fernando (Fernando Fernan Gomez), is a young man who has just completed military service in a cavalry regiment. This regiment has received the order of motorize and therefore must sell all their horses to a manager of the bullring that provides horses to the picks. Hence, Fernando decides to buy a "Bucéfalo", the horse that has been his partner during this time and returns to Madrid taking away the animal. Everything has changed, the city is no longer the same does not find stables, and, not even have time to assist it.
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70% (1) The Anchorite 108 min, [Comedy, Drama] [Juan Estelrich] [27 Oct 1976]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination.
Actors: Charo Soriano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José María Mompín, Martine Audó
Writer: Rafael Azcona (original idea), Rafael Azcona (screenplay), Juan Estelrich (screenplay), Rafael Azcona (dialogue), Juan Estelrich (dialogue)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Spain, France
Plot: Eleven years ago Fernando Tobajas, a man of a certain age, decided to live in the bathroom, in which he created a small apartment, and never leaves it. Tobajas has given up everything ...
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