Parallel Mothers
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and…
Labyrinth of Passion
A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner).
The Human Voice
A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up. but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand…
Matador
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn’t commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
Pain and Glory
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia,…
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.
Broken Embraces
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name,…
Live Flesh
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
All About My Mother
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress’ autograph. Beside herself with grief, she contributes to Barcelona to…
Talk to Her
Volver
Raimunda lives and works in Madrid together with her husband Paco and their daughter Paula. Raimunda’s sister Sole lives close by. The 2 sisters miss their mom Irene who died…