Bird of Fire 2021

Tony Martinez, a young man, returns to Costa Rica from a stint in a reformatory with the dream of break dancing and rejoining his working class community, while trying to avoid being drawn in by the local gangs.

Ernesto, Gracias 2022

Motherly love and the unbreakable bond of family fuse the lives of director Laura Ángel Córdoba, her mother Liliana and autistic brother Ernesto as they struggle to overcome their economic and medical challenges in Costa Rican society. In this intimate and deeply poetic family portrait, Córdoba's sensitive lens unmasks the stereotypes and misconceptions that have surrounded her family as they fight to create a safe and joyful space for Ernesto in an unforgiving atmosphere. As Liliana fights through a medical system full of misinformation around treatments for autism, she faces a looming eviction that threatens to destabilize her family and Ernesto's safety. Amid Liliana's strife, Córdoba discovers she is pregnant and questions her own ability to be as strong as her mother. In this powerful story of love, perseverance and hope, we discover through a mother's strength a new and beautiful light shining on the horizon.

Snakes and Ladders 1965 ( 4.8)

Jose Antonio Amor co-stars with Sonia Bruno and Maria Blanco in this comedy drama about a married man with three children. When his family leaves on vacation, the man has an affair with a pretty office worker. The relationship between the two develops slowly before they end up in bed together. Speeded up shots are used effectively to illustrate the thoughts of the characters. Technical aspects and performances are fine and overshadow some uneven editing.

María de la O 1959 ( 5.3)

María de la O leaves her family and her former boyfriend Miguel to go with a rich landowner who's supposedly in love with her...

El hombre que perdió el tren 1960 ( 5.4)

Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! 1967 ( 5)

Antonio Torres, a serious singer of Spanish popular music, and Bárbara, a vivacious yé-yé singer, face off in a chaotic contest promoted by Rodolfo Sicilia, an overworked publicist.

Hidden Pleasures 1977 ( 6.1)

Eduardo, a wealthy banker who has a pastime for hiring young street hustlers to keep his bed warm, spots Miguel, an extremely handsome teen who has a penchant for women and motorcycles.

¡Cómo está el servicio! 1968 ( 5.4)

Vicenta Verruguillo came to Madrid to work as a bridesmaid in the house of a doctor and falls in love with his son. The boy, to keep his family is left without service, follow the advice of his father and pretends to be in love with her. Meanwhile, his cousin Manolo, a likeable rogue, who works as a nurse, several maids dupes that get her salary every month because he has promised to buy a flat before marrying them.

Surcos 1951 ( 7.271)

A farm family moves into a city maybe at the end of the Spanish Civil War. They move in with the sister of the farmers wife. In the city everything is illegal or immoral or both.