1 The Best of Spanish Fiction

2 AKELARRE Director: Pedro Olea (1984) Drama. Sorcery. Cast: Silvia Munt, José Luis López Vázquez, Mari Carrillo, Walter Vidarte, Patxi Bisquert, Iñaki Miramón, Javier Loyola, Félix Rotaeta, Mariví Bilbao 17th century. In a small village in Navarra, a feudal lord with the help of an inquisitor begins a crusade against sorcery and paganism. 1984: Berlin Festival: Official selection

3 BEARN O LA SALA DE MUÑECAS Director: Jaime Chávarri (1983) Mallorca, 1865. Funerals are held by the Lords of Bearn, whose motto has always been "rather die than mix my blood”. The chaplain Juan Mayol, orphan who doesn’t know his past, decides to reconstruct the history of the Family : The journey of Don Antonio to Paris, his return to Bearn, the visit to the Pope and his passion for his niece Doña Xima. Drama Cast: Fernando Rey, Ángela Molina, Amparo Soler Leal, Imanol Arias, Alfredo Mayo, Juana Ginzo, Concha Bardem, William Layton, Eduardo MacGregor Almost folkloric chronicles about decline of Mallorcan aristocracy that Chávarri turns in a work of jewelry. Miguel Ángel Palomo; El País journal

4 CATORCE ESTACIONES Director: Antonio Giménez Rico (1991) Drama. Historical. Cast: Géraldine Danon, Juan Luis Galiardo, Jacques Penot, Mónica Randall, Santiago Ramos, Joaquín Hinojosa, Javier Loyola, Michel Tugot-Doris In times of Franco´s political era, Simon, a man who just got out of jail, must kill a professor who is against the dictatorship. But Simon falls in love of the wife of his target. Spanish and French cast in a film that brings us a love story in the middle of one of the most difficult Spanish historical moments. A cold murdered with passional feelings.

5 LUNA DE LOBOS Director: Julio Sánchez Valdés (1987) Drama. Histórical. Cast: Santiago Ramos, Antonio Resines, Álvaro de Luna, Kiti Mánver, Fernando Vivanco At the end of Spanish civil war (1936 – 1939), some republican fighters continue the battle with guerrilla operations. Ramiro, Santiago y Gildo, three milicians, are persecuted by a Benemérita patrol with a commanding sagent that is in love with the same woman that Ramiro. To earn money and escape to France they distrain a mine owner. Antonio Resines, current president of the spanish film academy, stars this film based in the novel of the same name written by Julio Llamazares.

6 PELOTAS (SEASON 2) El terrat producciones (2009) Comedy Cast: Ángel de Andrés López, Javier Albalá, Belén López, Celia Freijeiro, Carlota Urdiales, Blanca Apilánez… “Pelotas” (Balls) tells the daily life of friends that meet each Sunday morning to see the Union Football Club, the small soccer team in its neighborhood. Pelotas brings the debut in television fiction of José Corvacho and Juan Cruz, winners of a Goya award for the short film “Tapas”

7 LAS SONATAS DE VALLE-INCLÁN RTVE (1981) 11 episodes based on a novel Sonatas Cast: Manolo Sierra Director: Miguel Picazo Scriptwritter: Enrique Llovet “Las sonatas de Valle-Inclán” is a TV series produced by RTVE based on the seasonal sonatas written by Ramón Valle-Inclán, the famous writter born in 1866. The main character, the marquis of Bradomín, is a self- potrait of the writter. The Summer sonata happens in Mexico, while the Winter one occur in Italy.

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