A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly.
Based on the French novel and Bizet's most popular opera which it inspired Carlos Saura's exhilarating flamenco 'Carmen' became an instant classic on its release and was rewarded with many international accolades including Academy Award nominations and prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. The film explores the legend by staging a modern ensemble of musicians and dancers busy rehearsing a flamenco interpretation of the Carmen story. The producer and star dancer is Antonio (Antonio Gad
A startling directorial debut from Achero Ma'as El Bola is a vivid and powerful drama of young urban lives. El Bola 'Pellet' is a 12-year-old with a dark disturbing secret and no friends until new classmate Alfredo moves into the neighbourhood and reveals a wondrous new world that fleetingly offers joy and hope. Truly accomplished on all levels El Bola's real strength lies in the incredible performances from the young central duo of Juan Jos'' Ballesta (El Bola) and Pablo Gal'n (Alfredo). The winner of four Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars) including Best Film Best Emerging Director Best Emerging Actor (Ballesta) and Best Original Screenplay Ma'as also won the Fassbinder/European Discovery Award at the 2001 European Film Awards.
Beat the Devil is a wacky comedy that's played as straight as any film noir and is even funnier as a result. Five men (Bogart, Lorre, Morley, Barnard, and Tulli) are out to garner control over East African land which they believe contains a rich uranium ore lode. Billy Dannreuther (Bogart) is married to Maria (Gina Lollobrigida), the other four are their 'business associates', and Jones and Underdown are added to the mix for some interesting diversification. As the boat leaves from Italy to...
Stirling Moss Sir Stirling Moss is known throughout the world as the greatest racing driver never to win the Formula One World Championship. However what this notion obscures is his mastery of all types of racing, including rallying; indeed Stirling Moss OBE is arguably the greatest all-round racing driver of all time and was the first true racing professional. Racing Through Time Stirling Moss looks at all of the classic moments of his illustrious racing career and features in-depth ...
Leo (Paredes) leads a secret double life as an author of romantic fiction. However despite her success as the best-selling Amanda Gris her husband doesn't love her her best friend is strangely distracted and her mother and sister are too busy bickering to notice that anything's wrong. Abandoned by her muse and seeking solace in the bottle since the collapse of her marriage an unlikely figure steers her on a collision course with a new emotional entanglement!
STIRLING MOSS: Sir Stirling Moss is known throughout the world as the greatest racing driver never to win the Formula One World Championship. However what this notion obscures is his mastery of all types of racing, including rallying, indeed Sir Stirling Moss OBE is arguably the greatest all-round racing driver of all time and was the first true racing professional. Racing Through Time Stirling Moss looks at all of the classic moments of his illustrious racing career. Moss talks about the cars, his team-mates and rivals and the great races in which he took part. Documenting his entire racing career from his earliest racing days and break through into Formula One to his career ending accident in 1962, this programme is a great tribute to a motor-racing legend and a must have for all fans of British motor racing. GRAHAM HILL: The path to Formula One has never been simple or straight forward and Graham Hill was more aware of this perhaps than any other Forumla One World Champion, as he succeeded against all the odds to reach the pinnacle of any extremely competitive sport. Only one driver has won the Formula One World Championship, the Indianapolis 500 and the Le Mans 24 hour Race, and that driver was Graham Hill. In this episode of Racing Through Time, the late Graham Hills wife, Bette Hill, tells the story of Graham's long career, his dogged determination, undoubted ability and the personality that made him a British National sporting hero. From Graham's early life and his subsequent racing career, all the way to his untimely death in November 1975, this fascinating programme has all the action from all of the key races of one of Britain's most highly acclaimed champions and is a fitting tribute to a true sporting legend. JUAN MANUEL FANGIO: Juan Manuel Fangio was, by any measure one of the most successful racing drivers of all times winning an astonishing five Forumla One World Championships an an incredible twenty four of the fifty one races that he contested. Perhaps more importantly howevever, it was the standards that Fangio set on and off the track that gained him the worldwide respect of both his rivals and spectators. This charasmatic Argentinean so captured the publics attention during his career that he became the sports biggest and most revered name. From his humble beginnings back in Balcarce, Argentina and his big break into motor-racing all the way to Fangio's final Grand Prix at Reims in 1958. Racing Through Time Juan Manuel Fangio has all the action from all of they keys races of the Formula One's most highly acclaimed champions; and also includes interviews with race legends Emerson Fittpaldi and Sir Stirling Moss who give their own personal accounts of the Maestro himself, making this a must have for all fans of motor-racing.
Fangio took just 10 years to scoop an astonishing five World Championship titles - driving Alpha Romeo Ferrari Maserati and Mercedes. In this all-action documentary Fangio re-lives his great victories. As his Silver Arrows partner Moss says Fangio was ""simply the best"".
Leo Macias writes sentimental novels with great success but hidden under a pseudonym, Amanda Gris. She is unhappy with her professional life and with her husband, a soldier working in Brussels and Bosnia that is never at home. She will try anything to change her life.
Leo Macias writes sentimental novels with great success but hidden under a pseudonym, Amanda Gris. She is unhappy with her professional life and with her husband, a soldier working in Brussels and Bosnia that is never at home. She will try anything to change her life.
Radio talk show worker Miranda uses daily dog walking as an excuse to cruise for extra-marital encounters. And successful scriptwriter Javier is a phone sex junkie. When the two meet at a sex addiction clinic to undergo therapy they embark on a steamy affair with psychological suspenseful and shocking ramifications. Meanwhile Miranda's husband Felix is investigasting a murder case that inexplicably becomes linked to his wife's affair. You'll be hooked by the opening credit sequence and then you'll be swept away by the sheer bravura style non-stop sexual antics and powerful luridness of this highly erotic study in compulsive obsession - with a startling and unexpected twist ending.
Pablo is a 12-year old boy raised in an unforgiving environment. Hurt by the brutality of his family life he isolates himself from his classmates engaging them only through a dangerous game. The arrival of a new pupil with whom he learns to be friends leads to the discovery of a family where love and warmth prevail over violence. Told through both the children's and adults' points of view the film carefully juxtaposes the lives of a caring father unable to connect with his willfu
A neurotic director in charge of creating voice-overs for B-level television shows Orlando lives with Sonia a 'new age' personality in search of inner peace. Feeling suffocated by Sonia's love and tempted by the appearance of a new woman Orlando moves from woman to woman incapable of being alone. Then there is Mauricio Rene who have a rollercoaster relationship - constantly breaking up yet enjoying the making up. These tangled love stories unfold against the backdrop of the
GP Trio 1955 - A memorable review of the Monaco Dutch and British Grands Prix. The stars are Moss and Fangio performing under the watchful eye of the legendary Mercedes team manager Alfred Neubaur. Plus GP d'Europe 1958 - the fastest and shortest Grand Prix of the 1958 season sees Hawthorn set a new lap record of 132.36 mph for the 8.75 mile Spa Francorchamps circuit. he race also marks the first Grand Prix win for Tony Brooks.
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