Shasta College

World Languages Department

2007

 

Recommended Films in Spanish                                     

Tango Feroz directed by Carlos Saura, 1999, Spain. 

 

Belle Époque directed by Fernando Trueba, 1993, Spain.

 

Fresa y chocolate directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1994, Cuba.

 

Hasta cierto punto directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1984, Cuba.

 

Memorias del subdesarrollo directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1968, Cuba.

 

De eso no se habla directed by María Luisa Bemberg, 1994, Argentina.

Miss Mary directed by María Luisa Bemberg, 1986, Argentina.

Camila directed by María Luisa Bemberg, 1984, Argentina.

 

La historia oficial directed by Luis Puenzo, 1984, Argentina.

 

Todo sobre mi madre directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 1999, Spain.

 

Mujeres al borde de ataques de nervios directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 1998, Spain. 

 

La flor de mi secreto directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 1996, Spain.

 

Danzón directed by María Novaro, 1992, México.

 

Tristana directed by Luis Buñuel, 1970, Spain.

 

Viridiana directed by Luis Buñuel, 1961/1980, Spain.

 

Milagro en Roma directed by Lisandro Duque Naranjo, 1984, Colombia.

 

Como agua para chocolate directed by Alfonso Arau, 1992, México. 

 

Mi familia  directed by Gregory Navas, 1994, U.S.A. (Jimmi Smits, Edward James Olmos )

 

El norte directed by Gregory Navas, 1983, U.S.A.

 

El espejo enterrado: Refexiones sobre España y el Nuevo Mundo directed by Carlos Fuentes,      1991, México.

 

The Milagro Beanfield War directed by Robert Redford, 1988, U.S.A.

 

Zoot Suit directed by Luis Valdez, 1987, U.S.A.

 

La Bamba directed by Luis Valdez, 1982, U.S.A.

 

La Ofrenda directed by Lourdes Portillo y Susana Muñoz, 1988, U.S.A.

 

El super directed by León Ichaso, 1979, U.S.A.

 

Un lugar en el mundo directed by Adolfo Aristarain, 1994, Argentina.

 

Missing directed by Costa Gavras, 1982, USA.

 

Romero directed by John Dulgan, 1989, USA.

 

Cabeza de vaca directed by Nicolas Echevarria, 1990, 1993, Spain.

 

Flamenco  (dancing without narration)

 

Frida, 2002,  in English with Spanish subtitles,  123 min.

 

Frida, 108 minutes.

 

El Norte (The North), Director: Gregory Nava , 1983.  

 

Señorita Extraviada, Director Lourdes Portillo, 76 min, 2001.

 

A Day Without a Mexican, Director Arau-Arizmendi,  28 minutes, 2004.

 

Farmingville: Welcome to the Suburbs, Home of the New Border Wars, Director Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini, 72 minutes, 2004.

 

 

PELÍCULAS RECOMENDADAS por Margarita Córdoba, profesora en Red Bluff

 

Antes que anochezca (Before night falls)

Butterfly (Mariposa) (España)

Cabeza de Vaca (España)

Camila (Argentina)

Carmela (España)

Como agua para chocolate (Like water for chocolate)

De amor y de sombra (Of love and shadows)

Don Quijote de la Mancha

El abuelo  (The grandfather) (España)

El bola (España)

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

EL crimen del padre Amaro  (The crime of father  Amaro) (Mexico)

Es espinazo del Diablo (the devil's backbone) España)

El hijo de la novia (The son of the bride)

La mala educación (Mexico)

El Norte

Eva Peron (Argentina)

For the love of the country

Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and chocolate) (Cuba)

Frida

Goya in Bordeaux (España)

Guantanamera (Argentina)

Hable con ella  (Talk to her)  (España)

Havana

Hijos del  circulo polar (Lovers of the artic circle)

Hombres armados

Imagine  Argentina

In the time of the butterflies

La casa de los espíritus (House of the Spirits)

La Ciudad

La historia oficial (The official story) (Argentina)

La ley de Herodes (Mexico)

La muralla verde (Perú)

La Virgen de los Sicarios  (Our Lady of the assassins)

Los lunes al sol  (España)

Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) España)

Nico y Dani (España)

Noriega

Proof of life

Romero

Salvador

Santitos (Mexico)

Secretos del corazón (Secrets of the Heart) (España)

Segunda piel  (Second Skin) España)

Solas España)

The disappearance of Garcia Lorca

The Motorcycles Diaries

Todo sobre mi madre (All about my mother) España)

Valentín (Argentina)

Voces inocentes (El Salvador)

Volver (España)

 

Films related to or in Spanish that are available at the Shasta College library

Still life: Spain in the Golden Age, National Gallery (Great Britain)

ND1393 .S7 S75 1996

 

Don Quijote; Los tres cerditos

PC4112 .D67 1989

 

The life and times of Frida Kahlo, Amy Stechler

ND259 .K33

 

Diego Rivera: The Age of Steel, Shelby Newhouse

ND259 .R5 1998

 

The Frescoes of Diego Rivera, 1886-1957

ND259.R5 F7 1986

 

Flamenco!, Ken Haas

GV1796 .F55 2000

 

Octavio Paz

PN6099 .36 no.7

 

Folklórico: Ballet Folkórico de México, Million Dollar Video Corp.

GV1627 .F65 1989

 

Picasso the Sculptor, British Film Institute

NB553 .P5 A4 1968

 

Isabel Allende: The Woman’s Voice in Latin-American Literature, Isabel Allende,

PQ8098.1 .L54 Z74

 

Isabel Allende, ICA Video

PQ8098.1 .L54 I73