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5) Patriots Day
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
El coronel Villagra llega a gobernar al pueblo de San Jorge como funcionario de un opresivo gobierno dictatorial. Alli conoce a la esposa del telegrafista local, una bella mujer con la cual establece una extra~na y seductora relacion de deseo y dominacion.
Colonel Villagra rises to the position of governor of the small politically oppressed town of San George. It is in this town that the beautiful wife of a local telegraph operator catches his eye,...
7) Japon
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
Español
Description
Mexican director Carolos Reygadas' first film is a poetic, existential drama that explores life, death, truth and redemption by following a suicidal old man on his journey through the rugged and unforgiving Mexican landscape.
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Español
Description
Rodrigo and Roco are cousins with little in common but devotion to their grandfather. When the grandfather dies, other family members are consumed by the the old man's will and the distribution of the inheritance. The two cousins take it upon themselves to carry out their grandfather's wishes to have his ashes scattered into the sea at Acapulco and embark on a journey of self-discovery and mutual understanding.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Español
Description
"En Ciudad de M?xico, un fatal accidente automovil?stico afecta tr?gicamente a tres personas. Octavio, un adolescente, decide escaparse con Susana, la esposa de su hermano; el Cof?, su perro, se convierte en el instrumento para conseguir el dinero necesario para la fuga. Al mismo tiempo, Daniel, un hombre maduro deja a su esposa y a sus hijos para irse a vivir con Valeria, una hermosa modelo. El mismo d?a en que celebran su nueva vida, el destino...
10) El Mariachi
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse--of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life.
11) Into The Wild
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
12) Viola
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
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...
13) El evangelista
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Español
Description
Pablo is a Bible-quoting hit man who works along side his wise-cracking sidekick Pedro. The duo relishes in their work and offers their victims the opportunity to redeem themselves before terminating their life.
Un asesino que le gusta citar de la Biblia se enfrenta a muchas dificultades cuando no quiere matar a un pastor de su pueblo.
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Español
Description
During a family reunion, the son of a well-admired man kidnaps him for money, and now the son must stop at nothing to bring his father back and face the consequences.
"Santiago Valbuena, hijo de un rico hacendado de los Llanos Orientales, lleva una doble vida. Su ambición lo ha llevado a montar una red que vende adinerados cautivos a grupos subversivos. Justo cuando quiere detenerse, Santiago es traicionado por uno de los miembros de su grupo; lo...
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Español
Description
Dolores is devastated when her husband Pepe, fed up with her excessive generosity toward other men, leaves her. Determined to get him back, she attempts to quit her giving ways. But it's soon evident that Dolores has a gift. When she commits adultery, she ends up bringing the color and happiness back to her town.
Dolores está devastada cuando su esposo Pepe, harto de su excesiva generosidad hacia otros hombres, la abandona. Con el firme propósito...
17) 20 centimeters
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
Español
Description
Welcome to the vibrant world of Marieta/Adolfo - a narcoleptic, pre-op transsexual woman who longs to remove her last eight inches.
"Marieta...nació cómo Adolfo, pero se siente mujer. Detesta su pene y quiere cambiarse de sexo, cómo bien refleja en su DNI. Padeciendo narcolepsia, Marieta sueña un musical al estilo Tómbola de Marisol o de Enrique y Ana." --From es.wikipedia.org.
18) Lucia, Lucia
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
"A woman's search for her missing husband ignites a dangerous and unexpectedly romantic adventure. It's a wild ride through the mysterious territory of identity, as Lucia finds herself in a triagle of love and friendship with a reawakened passion for life that's different from anything she ever imagined"--Container back cover.
19) El patriota
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Español
Description
A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.
Heroe de la batalla entre los franceses e indios, Benjamin Martin renuncio a pelear para siempre para cuidar a su familia en paz. Pero cuando los ingleses llegan a su hogar en Carolina...
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Español
Description
Despues de algun tiempo sin verse, tres hermanas se reencuentran en el funeral de la madre que acaba de morir. Obligadas por el ultimo deseo de la madre a dividir sus cenizas y entregarlas a tres diferentes destinatiaros, las hermanas inician un recorrido emocional de descubrimiento y reconciliacion.
Three estranged sisters meet up after the death of their mother to carry out her last wishes. She requested that her ashes be divided and given to three...
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