Palm Trees in the Snow (
2015) | IMDb:
7.3
Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.
Starring:
Mario Casas
,
Adriana Ugarte
,
Macarena García
,
Alain Hernández
,
Berta Vázquez
,
Djédjé Apali
The Apostle (
2012) | IMDb:
6.8
A recently escaped convict seeks to recover a treasure he hid years ago in a small, secluded Galician village. However once there, he finds out that in the village there is an even worse sentence than the one he fled from.
Starring:
Carlos Blanco Vila
,
Xosé Manuel Olveira
,
Paul Naschy
,
Jorge Sanz
,
Celso Bugallo
,
Geraldine Chaplin
Directed by:
Fernando Cortizo
The Sea Inside (
2004) | IMDb:
8
Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.
Mondays in the Sun (
2002) | IMDb:
7.5
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.
Starring:
Javier Bardem
,
Luis Tosar
,
Nieve de Medina
,
Enrique Villén
,
Celso Bugallo
,
José Ángel Egido
Directed by:
Fernando León de Aranoa
Butterfly (
1999) | IMDb:
7.6
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.
Starring:
Fernando Fernán Gómez
,
Manuel Lozano
,
Uxía Blanco
,
Gonzalo Uriarte
,
Alexis de los Santos
,
Jesús Castejón