Movies and TvShows featuring "catalan" theme.
Merlí. Sapere Aude is a spin-off series to Merlí that focuses on the life of Pol Rubio, a student of Philosophy in his university years. As Pol navigates through his academic and personal life, he struggles to find his purpose and identity. The series explores themes of friendship, love, and self-discovery.
With its expert and attractive crime squad run by these two, Barcelona can be proud of its homicide team: Xavi, independent, impulsive, enigmatic, with a well-functioning network of contacts on the city‘s dark side; and his charming partner Fina, a single mother and self-confident beauty. They‘re never far behind the plotters and schemers who prefer to do their dark dealings after sunset. Their cases take them throughout the Catalan metropolis – out to its suburbs and deep into the heart of the medieval city. With puzzling mysteries waiting to be solved, Xavi and Fina have lots to do before crimes are mercilessly stopped.
Berta Prieto and Belén Barenys write, together with Miguel Ángel Blanca (Magaluf Ghost Town) this series about the vital moment of a generation, of which five episodes will be screened. Autodefensa is about two friends who have a great time together without having to ask anyone's permission. The film is about being in your twenties, living in Barcelona and wanting to step over every possible emotional red line to discover who you really are. It's about the adventures of two cheeky lunatics who don't want anyone to tell them how to do things, creating their own world in order to be queens. Actually, Autodefensa is about two girls who are really scared and having fun in self-defence. They say they're sorry, it was all 'self-defence', they were just too scared.
Bilbao, Basque Country, 2001: a ruthless terrorist attack shatters the family of police officer Carlos Martínez. Barcelona, 2013: Carlos leaves Mariusz, a Polish immigrant, in charge of his daughter and, offering vague excuses, returns to the Basque Country and rents a house in Lekeitio, a small village by the sea.
With his seemingly naïve, symbolic paintings, Joan Miró formed a new artistic language in the 20th century. Brought up in Barcelona, the painter, graphic artist and sculptor was drawn to Paris and, under the influence of the surrealists, developed his unique style and poetic imagery that unite Catalan folk art and fantastic elements. Robin Lough followed the 85-year-old Miró to theatre rehearsals and went to see him in his studio on Majorca. There he met with an amazingly creative and disciplined artist, whose visionary pictures paved the way for abstract expressionism.
Lluis de Serracant leads a double life. By day he's a young lawyer, scion of a Catalan bourgeois family. At night he's a transvestite performer known to his fans as "Flower of Autumn".
Antonio Gaudí is a documentary film that explores the life and work of the renowned Catalan architect. The film delves into Gaudí's unique vision and his contributions to Barcelona's architecture. It covers various aspects of his career, including his iconic buildings and his artistic style. The documentary also touches upon Gaudí's influences and the historical context in which he lived, including the Spanish Civil War.
Isa is a feminist, bisexual, and polyamorous posh girl, she passionately defends her life. When Guillem proposes to be a monogamous couple, Isa is not sure if he wants to change her life and, given her lack of decision, Guillem decides to break the relationship. Living in a world of appearances and comforts, her contradictions come to light and her universe is crumbling at the blow of likes and moral judgments in this web that social networks have become.
In 19th-century Spain, a French soldier embarks on a brutal manhunt in Catalonia during the Peninsular War. The soldier confronts violence, brutality, and death as he hunts down a dangerous fugitive. Along the way, he faces challenges such as crossing mountains, surviving in the forest, and dealing with the complexity of war. With each step, the soldier's journey becomes more harrowing and tests his loyalty and humanity.
We accompanied an 8 months pregnant Yuri, who migrates with her partner Mike and her son Santi with one objective, to give birth in USA
El amante bilingüe is a 1993 movie that tells the story of a bilingual lover who becomes entangled in a web of infidelity and eroticism. Set in Catalonia, the film revolves around a street musician who embarks on a passionate affair with a married woman. As their secret relationship grows, they find themselves caught in a series of erotic encounters and dangerous situations. Based on the novel of the same name, El amante bilingüe explores themes of desire, betrayal, and the complexities of love.
Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell (Serge Reggiani) is the house pianist. A flashback takes the tale four decades into the past where the younger Rossell (Pere Ponce) rejoins Teresa (Paulina Galvez) after having spent years in prison for helping anti-Franco anarchists. The story continues into Paris of the '30s, the period when Doria and Rossell first met, sharing a mutual interest in music and Teresa, before civil war sent them in different directions.
It's summer. Three friends meet. They will spend a few days in the mountains, camping, walking, chatting. As the days go by, so do their relationships, their misgivings, their affections. And when they return, nothing will be the same.
Joana Biarnés, una entre tots (2015) is a documentary film that tells the untold story of Joana Biarnés, the first female photojournalist in Spain and her groundbreaking career. Through archived footage and interviews, the film showcases Biarnés' remarkable achievements and challenges as she navigates through a male-dominated industry.
March 2020. The roomates leave with their families and Artur is left on one's own thinking that this lockdown will only lasts fifteen days. In the apartment next door, Cèlia lives in a similar situation. In these difficult moments they begin to become close, but always keeping in mind that she has a partner.
Winter of 1943. Andorra, a small country in the Pyrenees. In the tense calm of a borderland, where echoes of a nearby war reach the ears of the local inhabitants, Antonio and Sara, a young, married couple, are expecting their first child. No one knows exactly what is going on, nor what is being fought over, the priority is just to survive another day. When a family of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution arrives in the valley, the locals will find their lives disrupted and filled with a sense of fear and unease. Sara will have to face her own contradictions and decide whether to follow her head... or her conscience. The past, along with all the secrets that have remained buried under the snow for so many years, are about to surface. The burning cold has reached the mountains.
In the slums of Kathmandu, a determined teacher named Lila fights against the poverty and the system by providing education to the children in her neighborhood. Along the way, she faces various challenges including deportation, marriage, and abortion. With her commitment and determination, Lila becomes a beacon of hope in her community.
Elena, a depressed young Catalan translator, discovers that David, her former lover, is living in New York with a new girlfriend, where she will travel to obsessively look for him and try to win him back.