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1) Viva Cuba
Series
Film Movement volume 5, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother a poor socialist proud of her family's social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between...
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
It's 1988, and Melo, an Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. 50,000 people are expected to attend, and the locals believe that selling food and drink to the multitude will make them rich. Beto decides he will build a WC in front of his house and charge for its use.
Towers supreme...alternately heartbreaking and hilarious.--Village Voice
3) Lake Tahoe
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 3
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
After crashing the family car, teen-age Juan embarks on a one-day journey to find help fixing it. The absurd and bewildering worlds of the characters he meets drag Juan into a one day journey in which he will come to accept what he was escaping from in the first place--an event both as natural and inexplicable as a loved one's death.
4) The window
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 6
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
While waiting for his estranged son's visit, 80-year-old Antonio walks in his fields, reminiscing about his life.
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
For most of his life, Ignacio Carrillo travelled the villages of northern Colombia, playing traditional songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. He eventually married and settled in a small town, leaving the nomadic life behind. But after the traumatic death of his wife, he vows never to play again, and embarks on one last journey to return the instrument to its rightful owner.
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Jacob van Oppen, the former strongest man on Earth, and his crafty manager, Orsini, make a good living by traveling around small South American towns, organizing wrestling exhibitions in run-down theaters. Once this oddball pair disembarks at the village of Santa Maria, business really kicks off: the local newspaper sponsors the fight and helping hands place posters announcing an open call for a worthy adversary.
Alvaro Brechner's ambitious debut...
Series
Film Movement volume 9, film 3
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93, 14 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Young Manuel lives with his hard-working farmer parents in the remote, mountainous region of the Colombian countryside. While the adults in their lives try to avoid both the armed military and the guerrilla rebels fighting each other in the area, Manuel and his friend Juli�Łn are obsessed with playing soccer any chance they get. Shortly after his birthday, the new ball Manuel received as a gift gets kicked off to a minefield, and he and his...
Series
Film Movement volume 9, film 6
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98, 9 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Karen has left her slimy but successful husband Mario after ten years of marriage. She needs a fresh start to find out who she is and who she could be, despite her husband's proclamation that she can do absolutely nothing. She walks out into Bogot�Ł with no job, no friends, and hardly any money, but catches a break when she meets a hairdresser named Patricia at a cheap flophouse. With her younger and seemingly stronger friend by her side, Karen...
9) Amador
Series
Film Movement volume year 10, film 3
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2012, c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min., 18 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Marcela, a young immigrant with financial troubles, finds a summer job looking after Amador, a bed-ridden elderly man whose family is away. She thinks her problems are solved, but Amador dies shortly thereafter, putting Marcela in a predicament. His death leaves her jobless, something she can't afford to let happen. Faced with a difficult moral dilemma, Marcela will prove that death can't always stop life.
10) Tanta agua
Series
Film Movement volume 11, film 11
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Alberto, a divorced father, takes his two children for a vacation at a thermal resort in Salto. Things don't turn out as planned as the non-stop rain forces them to stay indoors, away from the pools and with no TV. Alberto's efforts to entertain his children are met with indifference by Federico, his youngest son, and Luca̕, his teenage daughter.--IMDb.com
11) La familia
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A dramatic thriller about Andrés and Pedro, a father and son. When 12 year-old Pedro fatally injures another boy in a fight, they are forced to flee the violence in Caracas, Venezuela.
12) A translator
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Malin, a Russian literature professor, is sent to translate between Cuban doctors and children sent from the USSR for medical treatment. Torn from the abstract world of academia and forced into the relentlessly real world of medicine, Malin becomes increasingly depressed. When he meets a child who tells him a story, Malin connects with the kids and finds his way through. Just as he adapts to his new job, the Berlin Wall falls and Cuba enters the deepest...
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Based on harrowing true events, it tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose newborn baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic, and never returned. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions, suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society. Set in 1988, in a Peru wracked by political...
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