Foreign Language Film Submissions from Spain to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category
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- DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsJavier BardemManolo SoloAlmudena AmorAwaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAitor ArregiJon GarañoJose Mari GoenagaStarsAntonio de la TorreBelén CuestaVicente Vergara1936. A country taken by the fascism. A husband marked for the killing. A wife determined to all for saving him. An endless incarceration in his own home.93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasAsier EtxeandiaLeonardo SbaragliaA film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJavier FesserStarsJavier GutiérrezAthenea MataJuan MargalloA basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorCarla SimónStarsLaia ArtigasPaula RoblesBruna CusíAfter her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsEmma SuárezAdriana UgarteDaniel GraoAfter a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events involving her estranged daughter.89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJon GarañoJose Mari GoenagaStarsItziar ItuñoNagore AranburuItziar AizpuruAne's life turns around when, week after week, she receives a bunch of flowers at home. Always at the same time and always without a senders note.88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorDavid TruebaStarsJavier CámaraNatalia de MolinaFrancesc ColomerIn Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorGracia QuerejetaStarsTito ValverdeMaribel VerdúArón PiperMargo is struggling to deal with her son, Jon a rebellious and free-spirited teenager who runs with a bad crowd.86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPablo BergerStarsMaribel VerdúEmilio GaviraDaniel Giménez CachoA twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorAgustí VillarongaStarsFrancesc ColomerMarina ComasNora NavasIn the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsGael García BernalLuis TosarKarra ElejaldeAs a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.83rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2010) | Status: shortlisted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFernando TruebaStarsRicardo DarínAbel AyalaMiranda BodenhoferWith the advent of democracy in Chile, a general amnesty for prisoners of non violent crime is enacted. Angel Santiago, a young man determined to avenge the abuse he suffered in prison, goes in search of the famous bank robber Vergara Grey, whose robberies have earned him a reputation he'd leave back. His plan for a daring robbery is complicated by the magical presence of Victoria, a mysterious young dancer.82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis CuerdaStarsMaribel VerdúJavier CámaraRaúl ArévaloOurense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling in the front, returns to seminary in Ourense.81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzCarmen MauraLola DueñasAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.79th ACADEMY AWARDS (2006) | Status: shortlisted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMontxo ArmendárizStarsPilar López de AyalaJuan Diego BottoBárbara LennieA rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn leads to a wealth of self-discovery.78th ACADEMY AWARDS (2005) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.77th ACADEMY AWARDS (2004) | Status: won
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorDavid TruebaStarsAriadna GilRamon FontserèJoan DalmauWhen the professor and writer Lola Sánchez is assigned to write a column in the newspaper about the Spanish Civil War, she researches and finds for the first time about the shooting of Rafael Sánchez Mazas. Lola has lost her passion for writing, and she becomes intrigued about Rafael, who was a writer and journalist that returned to Spain from the Italy of Mussolini and founded the fascist party Spanish Falange, becoming advisor of the leader Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. When the lefts won the election in 1936, the Falange became illegal, and later there was a military coup d'stat. Rafael miraculously escaped from the shooting and was spared by an unknown soldier. Lola decides to write a book about the historic event and to disclose the identity of the unknown soldier. But her acquaintance Conchi advises that her work is affected by her lack of passion. When Lola reads a work of a student about the heroic former soldier Miralles, Lola becomes obsessed to find him and see of he is connected to the event.76th ACADEMY AWARDS (2003) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsJavier BardemLuis TosarJosé Ángel EgidoThis is the story of those who live as if every day was a constant Sunday, those who spend their Mondays in the sun. The story of people who worked in a dockyard but are now unemployed.75th ACADEMY AWARDS (2002) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorVicente ArandaStarsPilar López de AyalaDaniele LiottiRosana PastorThe love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.74th ACADEMY AWARDS (2001) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsLydia BoschJulia Gutiérrez CabaJuan DiegoSpain, late 1940s. Julia leaves Madrid after falling into a deep depression when his lover, José Miguel, a prominent painter and opponent of the Fascist regime, is incarcerated.73rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2000) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.72nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1999) | Status: won
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsFernando Fernán GómezRafael AlonsoCayetana Guillén CuervoAfter his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true and which one is bastard.71st ACADEMY AWARDS (1998) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMontxo ArmendárizStarsCarmelo GómezCharo LópezSilvia MuntJavi and his friend Carlos snoop around an old house on the way home from school. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the room where his father was found dead). He is so interested in these mysteries that he starts to investigate all the secrets of these dead people and their stories.70th ACADEMY AWARDS (1997) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorImanol UribeStarsAndrés PajaresMaría BarrancoEmilio BualeAntonio, a taxi driver, his wife, and two chidren arrive one fine afternoon at a solitary beach, looking for sea-shells. However, they will find more than expected: namely, Ombasi and Yambo, two illegal African immigrants, apparently thrown back to the ocean from where they came, in search of a better life in Spain. The sun sets, and the evening, night and morning which follow see other bizarre characters entering the scene, before the Africans' and the other characters' fates are finally decided.69th ACADEMY AWARDS (1996) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsMarisa ParedesJuan EchanoveCarme EliasLeo writes trashy romance novels under a pseudonym but as she struggles in her relationship with her husband, she finds her output becoming darker.68th ACADEMY AWARDS (1995) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsFiorella FaltoyanoAmparo LarrañagaMaribel VerdúIn this latest Spanish-language remake of Gregorio Martinez Sierra's classic sentimental drama, a group of nuns find an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent.67th ACADEMY AWARDS (1994) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFernando TruebaStarsFernando Fernán GómezJorge SanzPenélope CruzA 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer's four daughters pay a visit and he falls for all of them.66th ACADEMY AWARDS (1993) | Status: won
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro OleaStarsOmero AntonuttiAssumpta SernaJoaquim de AlmeidaA fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before, he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to learn a particular thrust which he is famous for. When a local nobleman becomes involved with her the intrigue begins.65th ACADEMY AWARDS (1992) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsVictoria AbrilMarisa ParedesMiguel BoséA singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.64th ACADEMY AWARDS (1991) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorCarlos SauraStarsCarmen MauraAndrés PajaresGabino DiegoDuring the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.63rd ACADEMY AWARDS (1990) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorVicente EscriváStarsCristina HoyosSancho GraciaJuan ParedesHistory about hate and passion between two gypsy families.62nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1989) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MauraAntonio BanderasJulieta SerranoA television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.61st ACADEMY AWARDS (1988) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsJesús PuenteVictoria VeraTeresa GimperaA writer is having a midlife crisis. He recollects his life and it makes him feel even worse. Only a love affair or two helps him take his mind off things.60th ACADEMY AWARDS (1987) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorManuel Gutiérrez AragónStarsÁngela MolinaMargarita LozanoFernando Fernán GómezRosa is an cantabrian woman who travel to Madrid after the Civil War. With the help of Don Pedro, a chief supplies, she opens a restaurant that transforms in a political and intelectual center.59th ACADEMY AWARDS (1986) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJaime de ArmiñánStarsFrancisco RabalConcha VelascoVictoria AbrilCesar pretends to be a magician and travels from city to city with his wife Pilar to lure the money out of people's pockets with their magical shows. But then they encounter Saga, a real witch who makes his magic come true.58th ACADEMY AWARDS (1985) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsAdolfo MarsillachJesús PuenteMaría CasanovaThe film tells the story of the friendship between two men who live their lives through movies. One is a director who is having trouble connecting with his children; the other is a screenwriter and playwright who is having trouble with his wife. They're working on a film together about growing old and connecting with the younger generation.57th ACADEMY AWARDS (1984) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorCarlos SauraStarsAntonio GadesLaura del SolPaco de LucíaA group of flamenco dancers are rehearsing a very Spanish version of Bizet's dramatization of Prosper Merimee's novella Carmen. The choreographer Antonio falls in love with Carmen, the main dancer. Their story then turns similar to the play.56th ACADEMY AWARDS (1983) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsAntonio FerrandisEncarna PasoJosé BódaloA renowned Spanish writer returns to his natal city after 40 years and embarks on a journey back to his roots, triggering memories of his past.55th ACADEMY AWARDS (1982) | Status: won
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLuis CigesLuis EscobarAgustín GonzálezSecond installment of the saga of the Leguineche's preceded by "The National Shotgun" and completed by "National III". After the death of Franco (1975) and the restoration of the monarchy, the Marquis of Leguineche returns to his palace in Madrid. After thirty years of voluntary exile in his farm in Los Tejadillos, he intends to approach the King to resume the court life of yesteryear. However, it is not so easy to access to the Royal Family.54th ACADEMY AWARDS (1981) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJaime de ArmiñánStarsHéctor AlterioAna TorrentLuis PolittiIn a town near Salamanca, an eccentric 60-year-old widower is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13-year-old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita), the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro. Although he knows the village is talking, Alejandro spends time with Goyita, on walks, horseback rides, and dinners. He's enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that he's living for the first time. Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro, and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highly-charged relationship.53rd ACADEMY AWARDS (1980) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorCarlos SauraStarsGeraldine ChaplinAmparo MuñozFernando Fernán GómezAna is alive and married with Antonio; they arrive in the manor in the countryside of Spain where she worked as a nanny many years ago, for the centennial birthday of the matriarch. In their reunion, she finds that Jose died three years ago; Juan left his wife Luchy; Fernando is still living with his mother and unsuccessfully trying to fly a hang glider; and the three little girls are grown-up. Further, she discovers that the dysfunctional family is completely broken, and Luchy in embezzling mother's money. When Juan arrives for the celebration, he plots with Fernando and Luchy to kill the mother to get the inheritance. Meanwhile, Antonio has a brief affair with Natalia.52nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1979) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorManuel Gutiérrez AragónStarsAna BelénNorman BriskiMaría Rosa SalgadoAna, who works on the Committee for the release of some suspected terrorists sentenced to death, suffers a faint. Her uncle Norman, a former doctor who was withdrawn from the drug smuggling license, offers her a remedy that could cure her brain disease, but warns Ana that it can also have consequences: it produces such a dis-inhibition that the patient lies beyond good and evil, ethics and convictions.51st ACADEMY AWARDS (1978) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando ReyCarole BouquetÁngela MolinaRecounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.50th ACADEMY AWARDS (1977) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorCarlos SauraStarsAna TorrentConchita PérezMayte SanchezIn the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt and try their best to acclimatize to a new reality. Can they summon up the courage to grow up?49th ACADEMY AWARDS (1976) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis BorauStarsLola GaosOvidi MontllorAlicia SánchezAngel is a poacher who lives in the forest with his domineering mother. One day he goes to the city and meets Milagros, an escapee from a reform school and the lover of a known criminal so he takes her to his house in the mountains.48th ACADEMY AWARDS (1975) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorCarlos SauraStarsJosé Luis López VázquezLina CanalejasFernando DelgadoAfter being given permission to re-inter his mother's body in their family vault, a middle-aged man who survived the Spanish Civil War as a child returns home and relives old memories.47th ACADEMY AWARDS (1974) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorManuel Gutiérrez AragónStarsJosé Luis López VázquezKiti MánverFrancisco AlgoraGrandfather Ramiro is on vacation at a mountain inn in the company of his family. He decides to send his people to Madrid and stay in a shelter, saying that his health needs it. But the reason is another one.46th ACADEMY AWARDS (1973) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJaime de ArmiñánStarsJosé Luis López VázquezJulieta SerranoAntonio FerrandisA 43-year-old woman living in a small town discovers that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-minded society?45th ACADEMY AWARDS (1972) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Antonio Nieves CondeStarsMarisa MellStephen BoydJesús PuenteA wealthy landowner haunted by the spectre of his dead mother has a fling with a beautiful fugitive who bears a striking resemblance to his missing wife, who may have been murdered.44th ACADEMY AWARDS (1971) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsCatherine DeneuveFernando ReyFranco NeroShortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.43rd ACADEMY AWARDS (1970) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorCésar Fernández ArdavínStarsJulián MateosElisa RamírezAmelia de la TorreIn the last years of the Middle Ages, the Corpus Christi procession takes place in the Spanish city of Toledo. There, the young Calixto meets the beautiful lady Melibea, and he falls in love immediately, trying to court her, but getting only the rejection of the young woman. Determined to make her his mistress, Calixto chases her wherever she goes, thus causing "incidental" encounters. Then the lover decides to follow the advice of his servant Sempronius and go to an old bawd called Celestina, who, with the help of her evil arts and tips, bow down Melibea's will and causes tragic consequences for everyone.42nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1969) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJaime CaminoStarsManuela VargasMark StevensMarianne KochDr. Foster (Stevens) returns to Spain for the first time since serving as a doctor for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War three decades earlier. He meets the daughter (Vargas) of an old girlfriend (also named Maria) who accompanies him while he is attending a conference in Barcelona. He remembers the war while re tracing his steps from thirty years earlier in much the same way Alvah Bessie did while working on the film as an actor and writer.41st ACADEMY AWARDS (1968) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFrancisco Rovira BeletaStarsAntonio GadesLa PolacaRafael de CórdobaA violent man and a passionate man are dueling for the heart of the pretty young country girl.40th ACADEMY AWARDS (1967) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMiguel PicazoStarsAurora BautistaCarlos EstradaIrene Gutiérrez CabaTula, a 31-year-old single woman whose sister has just died, decides to live in the home of her bank-employee brother-in-law Ramiro and his two children. She takes control of their lives, playing wife/mother without the sexual commitments or maternal responsibilities. Ramiro likes her because she adores his children, but she rejects his courtship. Desperate Ramiro tries to rape her and the priest advises her to marry the man. Tula insists on maintaining platonic relations and decides to take them to her village and, in the presence of relatives, redirect Ramiro's feelings to the memory of her deceased sister. Ramiro rapes Tula's young cousin Juanita at the earliest opportunity, but the rest of the family does not know until months later when it's obvious that she's pregnant. Ramiro is forced to marry her, and he takes her and the children back to the city.38th ACADEMY AWARDS (1965) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorManuel SummersStarsMaría José AlfonsoAlfredo LandaPilar Gómez FerrerRocío, daughter of a humble Andalusian family, is very happy because the end of the mourning that she has to save for the death of her grandmother arrives. At last she will be able to marry with Rafael, her boyfriend, since they had to postpone the wedding due to granny's death. But next day, her grandfather eats too much at a baptism, and dies of indigestion. Again, Rocío has to mourn and postpone the wedding.37th ACADEMY AWARDS (1964) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFrancisco Rovira BeletaStarsCarmen AmayaSara LezanaDaniel MartínA boy and a girl from two rival Gypsy families fall in love.36th ACADEMY AWARDS (1963) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorVicente EscriváStarsMillie PerkinsFolco LulliWalter SantessoA young lady named Aldonza receives a communication from the famous Don Quixote, via Sancho Panza, and takes on the identity of the Cervantes character Dulcinea, which gets her into trouble.35th ACADEMY AWARDS (1962) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsCassenJosé Luis López VázquezElvira QuintilláIn a small Spanish town, a group of old ladies decides to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "seat a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celebrations also include a parade, and in its midst is Plácido, the humble owner of a three-wheeler, whose family is forced to live in a public lavatory because they lack the money to pay rent, and who must pay the second bill on his vehicle before midnight or else he will lose it.34th ACADEMY AWARDS (1961) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJuan Antonio BardemStarsFrancisco RabalEnrique DiosdadoNúria EspertThe title refers to the common time for bullfights, and the story involves an ambitious young torero on his way up the ladder of success, and an older one on his way down, a bitter view of the popular Spanish spectacle.33rd ACADEMY AWARDS (1960) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJuan Antonio BardemStarsCarmen SevillaRaf ValloneJorge MistralIn rural Spain, sister of an ex con convinces him to take revenge against the local who tipped off the authorities about the man's whereabouts, which led to his subsequent arrest. Unfortunately, she soon falls in love with the snitch.31st ACADEMY AWARDS (1958) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJuan Antonio BardemStarsBetsy BlairJosé SuárezYves MassardA couple of friends decide to have a good time and play a trick on an unmarried woman. Therefore one of them has to pretend to fall in love with her.30th ACADEMY AWARDS (1957) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsDomingo OrtegaAntonio BienvenidaMaría AsquerinoSellout in the bullring of Las Ventas in Madrid. A luxury poster is about to deal a cattle from Antonio Pérez Tabernero. A spontaneous jumps into the ring, the wife of one of those bullfighters is expecting a child secretly, one of the matadors is prey to nerves during slaughter, some spectators are cheering and discussed among themselves - Halfway between documentary and fiction, carries out this production which, as its title suggests, revolves around a bullfight.29th ACADEMY AWARDS (1956) | Status: submitted
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