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Chela and Chiquita, both descended from wealthy families in Asuncion, Paraguay, have been together for over 30 years. But recently their financial situation has worsened, and they begin selling off their inherited possessions. But when their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality.
2) Viola
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A dazzling and delightful mystery about love and its follies from filmmaker Matías Piñeiro. VIOLA follows a young woman who joins a small Shakespeare theater company in Buenos Aires and becomes entangled in a seductive roundelay of romantic dalliances, intrigue and revelation. Official Selection at **Toronto International Film Festival** and the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"Piñeiro's bold but graceful camera movements, exploring space...
3) Gloria
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A story about a middle aged woman who gets caught up in a passionate whirlwind romance with a retired naval officer, whom she meets at a dance club for singles. But when she discovers the truth of their relationship, she takes matters into her own hands and sets forth to change her life.
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The story of two women on the run: one a Spanish dealer in ersatz Mayan relics the other a young mother who has run away from her drug dealer boyfriend and who hopes to build a better life for her two children. The two women ultimately form a bond of solidarity and camaraderie that is put to the test when both a border officer and the boyfriend catch up with them.
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Three border-crossing stories are intertwined on the contemporary U.S.-Mexican border at Tijuana: those of a young Mexican mother with three children, seeking to start a new life after her husband's death; of a gringa adventurer looking for her whale-watching brother and for a Chicana friend in search of her roots; and of a campesino seeking to cross the border for better living conditions.
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A beautiful, young TV reporter and her crew cover the night shift at the local fire station. When the station receives a call from an old lady trapped in the her apartment, the reporter and crew decide to ride along. Once the building is sealed off, the news crew, firefighters, and residents all become trapped inside, and with the camera running, nothing may survive but the film itself.
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Criterion collection volume 723
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A pair of horny Mexico City teenagers from different classes who, after their girlfriend's jet off to Italy for the summer, are bewitched by a gorgeous older Spanish woman they meet at a wedding. When she agrees to accompany them on a trip to a faraway beach, the three forms an increasingly intense and sensual alliance that ultimately strips them both physically and emotionally bare.
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Jorge, who is now an adult, reflects back on his life as a rebellious teenager and the special friendship he shared with an elderly woman. The unforgettable lessons and conversations regarding human nature and society in general she bestowed upon him determined his life as an adult.
10) Leona
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Tells the story of a young Jewish woman from Mexico City who finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love. Ripe with all the drama and interpersonal conflicts of a Jane Austen novel, Ariela navigates the labyrinth of familial pressure, religious precedent, and her own burgeoning independence as she struggles with her heart to find the right path.
11) Flowers
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Three women's lives intertwine when a tragic event jolts their lives into a new reality, and brings with it the delivery of anonymous flowers.
12) Viridiana
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Criterion collection volume 332
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"Novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism"--Container.
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"Elisa se ha convertido en un chica tímida, conservadora, dedicada a su empleo y evita tener vida social. Entre su familia y su trabajo, la única persona con la que convive en su rutina es Carlos, a quien podría considerar su mejor amigo. Un día Elisa es visitada por su yo del futuro, quien le explica que el camino para retomar su vida u encontrar la felicidad es perder el miedo en el trabajo y dejarse encontrar por el amor."--Container
Elisa...
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Criterion collection volume 723
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A pair of horny Mexico City teenagers from different classes who, after their girlfriend's jet off to Italy for the summer, are bewitched by a gorgeous older Spanish woman they meet at a wedding. When she agrees to accompany them on a trip to a faraway beach, the three forms an increasingly intense and sensual alliance that ultimately strips them both physically and emotionally bare.
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"Tras escuchar el vals 'Carmelita', dedicado a su esposa, el presdiente Díaz encarga a Don Susanito que busque al compositor Chucho Flores para regalarle un piano. Don Susanito encuentra a Chucho, un bohemio que vive borracho y rodeado de poetas y artistas. Don Susanito es nombrado mecenas de los artistas y protector de jóvenes aspirantes a estrellas del escenario, lo cual lo conduce a una serie de aventuras en medio de canciones, bailes y amores."--Container.
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Twenty-three-year-old Laura lives in the largest city in the world, and like most she feels alone. She knows exactly the date she will die: on April 30th. Laura does not know what she is going to do between and now and then. Fate unites her with Sebastian, an actor who apparently has lost everything. They learn together that sometimes, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and find that happiness exists only when shared.
17) La ciénaga
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Mecha, her husband Gregorio and their friends are spending another stifling day drinking and lounging around the filthy swimming pool of their crumbling summer estate when Mecha stumbles and is badly cut on her broken wine glass. On hearing the news, her less affluent cousin Tali marshals her own large family for a visit. The long, hot summer and crowded situation strain everyone's nerves and repressed family conflicts surface. An atmosphere of oppressive...
18) Clementina
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After being brutally attacked by her husband, Juana returns home. He has run away so she starts her recovery by herself, slowly. Strange sounds, objects that change places, shadows and voices that follow her: Juana doesn't know if her husband is hidden there, everything is a figment of her imagination, or the house is haunted by a ghost.
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In the third month of pregnancy, Federica finds out that the baby she's expecting doesn't share her DNA. She goes to the clinic where she underwent an In Vitro Fertilization treatment and they acknowledge they made a mistake by exchanging her embryo with another couple's. The clinic identifies the woman into whom they implanted her embryo, but she suffered a miscarriage. Federica decides to go on with her pregnancy, have and keep the baby, but the...
20) Viaje redondo
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"Fer and Lucia meet by chance at a bus stop. They are forced by circumstances to spend two nights together in a landscape that is completely alien to them, confromting their realities, desires and dreams, but also allowing something to bloom between them that, as women, brings them together and makes them sisters"--Container.
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