The aristocrat Juan de Santa Cruz meets Fortunata, a girl of humble origins, and a passionate love arises between them; but his mother decides to marry him to her niece Jacinta.
Manuela, a single mother from Madrid, loses her son in a tragic accident. She embarks on a journey to Barcelona to find her son's transvestite father, Lola, who is unaware of his parenthood. Along the way, Manuela reunites with her transvestite friend Agrado and meets a pregnant nun named Rosa, who contracted AIDS from Lola. Manuela helps care for Rosa and works for actress Huma, with whom her son was infatuated. After Rosa's death, Lola returns and meets his son before succumbing to AIDS. Manuela returns to Madrid with her baby.
In post-Civil War Spain, a young girl named Ana explores her vivid imagination to escape the harsh reality of her surroundings. She becomes fascinated with the movie 'The Spirit of the Beehive' and its mysterious character, Frankenstein. As the lines between fantasy and reality blur, Ana embarks on a journey of self-discovery and understanding.
In Butterfly, a young boy witnesses the political unrest and violence of the Spanish Civil War. He forms a friendship with a teacher and navigates the struggles of love, survival, and family dynamics. The story explores themes of fascism, communism, and a society on the brink of collapse.
Chechu is a 13 year old boy who lives surrounded by peculiar people: his grandfather, his uncle, and two maids. He falls in love with one of them.
In 1931, Fernando, a young army deserter, arrives at the village of the beautiful and wild Amparo. There he falls in love with her, and soon, he is entangled in a complicated web of desire, jealousy, and political upheaval.
A group of generals of the army meet for a course about NATO and new weapons. In the beginning everything is normal but as the time passes they behave more and more like school children.
In the 15th century, in a poor Italian village, the monks of a modest convent take up an abandoned baby. Unfortunately, for all their efforts, they prove unable to trace his parents. So they set up providing tender loving care to the little boy. Marcellino lives a happy life among the men of God but, as he grows up, he misses his mother more and more.
On Earth as It Is in Heaven is a satirical comedy that takes place in a rural area of Spain. The movie delves into the concept of the apocalypse and offers a unique perspective on it. With its witty humor and engaging storytelling, the film takes viewers on a hilarious and thought-provoking journey.
In Francoist Spain, a woman named Anna rejects the advances of a man and becomes entangled in a web of dark family secrets. As she explores her surroundings, she discovers allegorical references to violence against women and the suffocating patriarchal society she lives in. Through singing, painting, and encountering symbolic objects such as guns, scissors, and candles, Anna unravels a murder mystery, revealing the dysfunctional dynamics of her family and the social commentary embedded in her country estate. Along the way, she also grapples with her own secret admirer and delves into a triad of love, obsession, and fantasy life. Anna's journey takes her from the art-filled halls of a museum to the mysterious incantation of an epileptic dowager with gout. Through it all, Anna forges platonic relationships and navigates the contrasting landscapes of an oppressive city and the freeing countryside. As her nightmares and anonymous letters intensify, Anna must confront her fears and find her own truth.
Life Goes On is a drama film set in Madrid, Spain. It explores the lives of a family struggling with poverty and the consequences of fratricidal violence. The story revolves around a waiter who becomes entangled in the world of football pools. It is based on a novel and delves into themes of domestic violence, sibling relationships, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Eleven years ago Fernando Tobajas, a man of a certain age, decided to live in the bathroom, in which he created a small apartment, and never leaves it. Tobajas has given up everything except vanity, and his contacts with the world are reduced to visits from friends and messages sent through the toilet inside aspirin tubes in the hope that someone will receive them and know about his existence. Arabel Lee, a beautiful girl, finds one of those messages.
Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?