My Life Without Me (
2003) | IMDb:
7.4
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.
Starring:
Sarah Polley
,
Amanda Plummer
,
Scott Speedman
,
Mark Ruffalo
,
Leonor Watling
,
Debbie Harry
Directed by:
Isabel Coixet
The Devil's Backbone (
2001) | IMDb:
7.4
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Starring:
Marisa Paredes
,
Eduardo Noriega
,
Federico Luppi
,
Fernando Tielve
,
Íñigo Garcés
,
Irene Visedo
All About My Mother (
1999) | IMDb:
7.8
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Starring:
Cecilia Roth
,
Marisa Paredes
,
Candela Peña
,
Antonia San Juan
,
Penélope Cruz
,
Rosa María Sardà