7.5

Biutiful

2010, Mexico, Spain

• Actors: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella, Eduard Fernández, Cheikh Ndiaye, Diaryatou Daff, Cheng Tai Shen, Luo Jin, George Chibuikwem Chukwuma, Lang Sofia Lin, Yodian Yang, Tuo Lin, Xueheng Chen, Xiaoyan Zhang, Ailie Ye, Xianlin Bao, Ana Wagener, Rubén Ochandiano, Karra Elejalde, Nasser Saleh, Tomás del Estal, Ángel Luis Arjona, Dolores Echepares, Adelfa Calvo, Manolo Solo, Violeta Pérez, Germán Almendros, Isaac Alcayde, Nacho Moliné
• Genre: Drama
• Director(s): Alejandro González Iñárritu
• Available languages:
  • Spanish Spanish.

Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

  7.7

Celda 211

2009, Spain, France

• Actors: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón, Carlos Bardem, Marta Etura, Luis Zahera, Fernando Soto, Vicente Romero, Manolo Solo, Patxi Bisquert, Joxean Bengoetxea, Anartz Zuazua, Miguel Martín, Félix Cubero, David Selvas, Ricardo de Barreiro, Antonio Durán 'Morris', Jesús Carroza, Suso Lista, Juanma Hernández, Jesus Del Caso, Ramiro Alonso, Xavier Estévez, Juan Carlos Mangas, Fernando Otero, Hilario Pino, Pedro Piqueras, Pedro Salazar, Marian Varela
• Genre: Action, Drama
• Director(s): Daniel Monzón
• Available languages:
  • Spanish Spanish.

Juan Oliver wants to make a good impression at his new job as a prison officer and reports to work a day early, leaving his pregnant wife, Elena, at home. His destiny is forever changed by this fateful decision, as during his tour of the prison, an accident occurs that knocks him unconscious. He is rushed to the empty but visibly haunted walls of cell 211. As this diversion unfolds, inmates of the high security cell block strategically break free and hijack the penitentiary. Aware of the violence that is to come, the prison officers flee, leaving Juan stranded and unconscious in the heart of the riot. When Juan awakens, he immediately takes stock of the situation; in order to survive, he must pretend to be a prisoner. Juan develops a dialogue with the violent leader of the riot, Badass, and the two begin a partnership, Badass fully believing that Juan is a new inmate. Negotiations go smoothly until the rioters take three ETA (the militant Basque separatist organization) prisoners hostage. When this hits the news, it triggers a stream of prison riots throughout the country as well as demonstrations in the Basque Country. Juan quickly realizes that he is on his own as the situation becomes more politicized and the government gets involved, afraid of potential ramifications in the Basque community. As the drama heightens, unexpected shifts in character both within and without the prison occur.

  8.4

El laberinto del fauno

2006, Spain, Mexico, USA

• Actors: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo, César Vea, Roger Casamajor, Ivan Massagué, Gonzalo Uriarte, Eusebio Lázaro, Francisco Vidal, Juanjo Cucalón, Lina Mira, Mario Zorrilla, Sebastián Haro, Mila Espiga, Pepa Pedroche, María Jesús Gattoo, Ana Sáez, Chani Martín, Milo Taboada, Fernando Albizu, Pedro G. Marzo, José Luis Torrijo, Íñigo Garcés, Fernando Tielve, Federico Luppi, Chicho Campillo
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, War
• Director(s): Guillermo del Toro
• Available languages:
  • Spanish Spanish.

In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again.