Familiarity with the language, culture of Spain is best to start with the study of cinema. The country of contrasts, contradictions, tenderness and passion, love and hatred, Spain amazes, falls in love with itself at first sight. Serious passions boil in films. Subtle interweaving of fates, impulsive characters of heroes, incredible love stories. You can get to know all this in our rating of the most interesting and exciting Spanish films.
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Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown (1988)
The film of the brilliant Spanish director Almodovar was awarded a whole placer of prestigious international awards. What if a married lover leaves you? What if your girlfriend got in touch with a terrorist and is now on the wanted list? Who should I contact if your lawyer is your lover’s new passion? Do not go crazy and answer these questions is the main character of the film Pepe Marcos.
The fates of the heroes intersect very unexpectedly, just in the peculiar manner of Almodovar. The result of the intricate relationships of the heroes is that all the female heroines are on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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2
Thesis (1996)
The disappearance of girls for this institution is not a new thing, which means the killer is somewhere nearby! Investigate the death of one of the students taken by a graduate of the Film Institute in Madrid, Angela.
For her graduation work, she took on a rather scary topic - "Audiovisual violence in the cinema." As a reference, a tape crashes into her hands, on which cruel torture and the murder of a former student of the same institute are recorded.
The film became revolutionary in design and atmosphere, which is immediately confirmed by the seven Goya awards! Unfortunately, in Russia this film is known only to avid moviegoers. But among the psychological thrillers “Thesis”, undoubtedly, in a leading position!
3
All About My Mother (1999)
Bright melodrama in which almost all the characters are women. The film won the most prestigious awards: Oscar, Golden Globe, Cesar, prize for best directing at the Cannes Film Festival.
Like all other films directed by Pedro Almodovar, “Everything About My Mother” addresses the issues of gender self-identification of a person. As well as acute social issues of same-sex families, the spread of prostitution and AIDS, gaining during the release of the picture.
This is a drama about women's destinies, nervous, tough, aggressive, drowning in emotions on the highest notes, full of despair and faded hope ... The extravagant approach of master Almodovar to plot interweaving, of course, will not appeal to every spectator. But - the film is worthy of attention!
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4
The Sea Inside (2004)
All films are divided into two categories. Those that give answers to questions, and those that ask us questions. So, the editors of thebiggest.ru website cannot clearly attribute the “Sea Inside” tape to either the first, but the second.
Can love and death exist parallel to each other or are they mutually exclusive? Each of us has its own sea - knowledge and experience, passion and harmony. Do we want to share this with others?
The plot of the film is built around the hopelessly sick paralyzed Spaniard Ramona Sampedro, who for 30 years has been fighting not for life, but for the right to voluntarily leave it. At the same time, the hero was imbued with sympathy for two women at once - for his lawyer and for an old friend. His wise advice more than once helped women decide on important things. So, a person who has completely lost the desire to live becomes for many an example of courage, a frantic desire for his goals.
This film may be an excellent way for you to clear the lacrimal canals, or it can provide a basis for reflection on the difficult moral issues of the fate of terminally ill people and their right to euthanasia.
5
The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Drama - winner of 21 prestigious awards, 14 nominations.
People are unique creatures, because only they, probably the only one on the planet, are pleased to torment and kill their own kind. This is unnatural and not inherent in nature, but still spread and strengthened in our world ... Where is the salvation from this malice? How strange it sounds: salvation is also in people! Who, if not ourselves, is capable of correcting the mistakes of the past. Time is running out! Errors corrected, everything has changed, but how to look at the world in a new way?
The peculiar relationship of Hannah and Joseph - hard of hearing and visually impaired - is permeated with tenderness, humor, pain, irony, love and the ghosts of the past.
6
Perfumer: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Orphan Jean-Baptiste Grenouil did not know family, love and affection, for a long time was a loner and an outcast. He achieved success in only one thing - perfumery.
Thanks to the innate sense of smell and craving for a beautiful, young talent, it was easy to create truly beautiful, exciting aromas. The young women of Paris were ready to patiently wait for their turn for a bottle of lovely perfumes.
Having created hundreds of wonderful aromas, being an assistant to an old Parisian perfumer, Grenouille went to Grasse - the place where the masters of the world came from.
The hero was fired up with the idea of creating the perfect fragrance that could conquer, deprive of reason ... To realize his idea, he began to kill. 13 young girls became the basis of a new revolutionary smell.
7
Labyrinth of the Faun (2006)
The fantasy drama directed by Guillermo del Toro was rightfully included in the top five of the rating of “100 Best Films of World Cinema” compiled by the famous fraternal magazine Empire.
The story of two worlds that exist parallel to each other and, as expected, only one person knows about it - the 10-year-old girl Ophelia. Her stories about the strange creature Faun take everything for fiction.
Ophelia is on the verge of two realities: in the first, she has a mother and stepfather, who does not have tender fatherly feelings for her; in the second, she is the lost princess of Mouanna from the wizarding country. Before the full moon, the girl must decide which of the worlds to choose.
8
Three meters above the sky (2010)
Romance and drive are closely intertwined in this acclaimed and highly grossing film.
The story of true Spanish passion. Babi is a tender, vulnerable girl from a wealthy family, and Ace is a street hooligan who is about to go to jail.
It would seem that their meeting is impossible, but fate decides otherwise, pushing heroes more and more often. Ace jokingly decides to fall in love with Babi, but he himself does not notice how he falls in love. What kind of power pulls them together? What trials must lovers pass, and will they be happy in the end?
After all, young years are needed precisely for doing stupid things, making mistakes, flirting, finding love, learning in each person to see not only dark, but also bright sides.
9
The skin that I live in (2011)
The plot of the film is very interesting and unusual. One of the most famous plastic surgeons in the world - Robert Ledgard made a truly revolutionary discovery, artificially recreating human skin. He assured his colleagues and management that he conducted all experiments exclusively on rodents, but is this really so?
Dr. Ledgard in his country house keeps his real experimental subject - a girl named Vera, who is being looked after by housekeeper Marilia. Soon this secret of the servant girl finds out about this secret. The young man faces a difficult choice: to help the girl and tell all the police, or leave the situation as it is?
The film touches not only aspects of the internal struggle, but also the hot topics of innovation and ethics in science.
10
My Big Spanish Family (2013)
The plot focuses on a very funny Spanish family in which there are five sons with biblical names. The youngest Efrain, as a real man, decides to marry his pregnant girlfriend. By coincidence, the couple chooses for the wedding a day coinciding with the day of the final game of the Spanish national team at the World Cup in South Africa.
Newlyweds refuse to change the date of the celebration, and all other family members do not intend to miss the most important football match of the year!
In a previously friendly family, serious passions boil, incredible secrets are revealed, intrigues are woven. Is it possible to prepare for the most important celebration in life in such an environment? You will learn about this in the good comedy directed by Daniel Sanchez Arevalo.
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Conclusion
We have tried to collect for you the best films of Spanish production, noted at various festivals, film screenings. Each of the films presented has long found its audience and audience recognition. So feel free to choose a movie and start watching.
Author: Olesya Shcherbakova.