Deseo

Madrid is trying to heal its scars while Europe is fighting against the upheaval of the Second World War. Elvira needs a job, and finds one in Pablo’s house, an Argentinean businessman of German origin. This job represents not only a means for Elvira to support her family financially but also the window on a [...]

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La Celestina

A film by Gerardo Vera on the intimate connections between eroticism and love’s ambiguities behind which are hatched magical practices, social changes and sentimental labyrinths. Calixto is in love with Melibea. Anxious to possess her he follows the rigid rules of courtly love, the conventions and the scheming ways of an old prostitute, Celestina. Melibea, [...]

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