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1) Viola
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
A dazzling and delightful mystery about love and its follies from filmmaker Matías Piñeiro. VIOLA follows a young woman who joins a small Shakespeare theater company in Buenos Aires and becomes entangled in a seductive roundelay of romantic dalliances, intrigue and revelation. Official Selection at **Toronto International Film Festival** and the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"Piñeiro's bold but graceful camera movements, exploring space...
Publisher
Laguna Films
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Para ayudar a un compadre, el vago Beto lo suple por un día como maletero en el aeropuerto, donde atienda a unas gringas y es abofeteado por María, sirvienta de Silvia. Esta, que viaje a Los Angeles para enfrentar un conflicto con su marido Arturo, deja a su hijo el niño Paquito con María. Como María malinterprete las señas que Silvia le hace a través de un vidrio, Paquito queda abandonado; Beto lo lleva a vivir con él en su cuarto de azotea,...
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Gabriel has not had good luck meeting women, so when he falls head-over-heels for Alejandra, he knows he has to do whatever it takes to make her his. But, when he loses sight of her in a packed nighclub, he is left finding ways to meet her again. His Cyrano bumblings and pack of stooges for friends take them on an emotional roller coaster ride. She becomes his inspiration to write a song that becomes a popular hit song.
Pub. Date
1933
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Un joven provinciano llega a la ciudad de México con la ilusión de triunfar como cantante en la televisión. Su sueño es posible gracias al apoyo y amistad que le brindan una muchacha y su padre, que trabaja en la emisora de televisión. Sin embargo, su camino al éxito es boicoteado constantemente por otra mujer, que le tiene una profunda envidia.
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min., 94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
La ilusión viaja en tranvía: Confronted with the news that their favorite streetcar will be decommissioned, two municipal transit workers become drunk and decide to borrow it for one last ride without charging the passengers. However, they end up embarking on a series of adventures, as they are confronted with situation after bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the borrowed streetcar.
Nazarín: A humble priest is forced to leave...
Series
Publisher
[distributed by] Winstar TV & Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
An extravagant road movie set on New Year's eve, 1999 in a Madrid suburb where the highways seem to lead nowhere. It begins with a simple invitation to dinner for Manuel and his very pregnant wife, Paloma. Soon, the night becomes a succession of misunderstandings, hitchhiking, lost cars, mistaken identities, small accidents, and petty disputes. Beggars, thieves, tourists, taxi drivers, and police officers all come together at the crucial moment when...
Publisher
Desert Mountain Media
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
The road adventures of a group of elderly musicians who escape from a Mexican nursing home and play in numerous clubs on the way to Tijuana, where their leader hopes to fulfill his friend's dying wish.
Las aventuras de un quinteto de ancianos que se escapa de una clínica en México y toca en varios clubes nocturnos camino de Tijuana para cumplir el deseo de una amiga que acaba de morir.
Publisher
Vanguard
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A modern version of the biblical flood. This film reflects the postmodern visions of the battle between good and evil on our society, through the dramatic experiences lived by a group of Mexico City urbanites seeking friendship, loyalty and love.
Una visió moderna del diluvio bíblico. Esta "ópera prima" refleja las visiones postmodernas de lo bueno y lo malo en nuestra sociedad, a través de experiencias dramáticas vividas por un grupo de amigos...
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Ernesto da vida a Serafín, un doctor tímido, que nunca se arriesga en nada y que trabaja en una clínica de fertilidad.
A biologist in an insemination clinic unexpectedly falls in love with a free-spirit trapeze artist and the idea of fathering her child.
Publisher
Slingshot Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"La cautivadora historia de un famoso director de escena que despues de varios anos regresa a la vida de sus mejores amigos, pero como protagonista de un alarmante conflicto en sus matrimonios."--Container.
Mexico's leading man, Mauricio Garces, is caught in the middle of a love triangle.
Publisher
Laguna Films
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
El profesor Evaristo regresa de un viaje de estudios en Egipto y en una conferencia dice haber hallado la fómula para resucitar a los muertos. El profesor, su sobrino, el maestro Salinas y otros colegas más, lograron sobrevivir a una momia, que dice ser Isis y las transportan al viejo Egipto.
15) Volver
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies the situation changes and the past...
16) Casa de mi Padre
Author
Publisher
LionsGate
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Armando works on his father's ranch in Mexico, but the ranch has financial difficulties, then his brother Raul shows up and it seems that the ranch's troubles are over.
Series
Publisher
DistriMax
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Three men share nothing but the same name: Angel Flores Fuentes. When a woman in search for her lost true love opens the telephone book, she has no option but to send a desperate love message to the three, hoping to obtain a response from the "real one."
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (210 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Los tres García: Comedia ranchera que narra la vida de tres primos educados por su abuela, cuyos padres fueron asesinados por los López, ladrones, asesinos y bandidos que se proponen matar a los jóvenes García. Fiestas mexicanas, llenas de colorido y alegría son el marco de esta película. Vuelven los García: Dos jóvenes que se aman de dos familias resentidas deberán elegir entre el honor de su apellido, la lealtad entre primos y el amor que...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
When in San Pedro de los Saguaros, the mayor is lynched by a group of indigenous people, the old junkyard operator Juan Vargas is named the Temporary Municipal President. This makes him believe that his dream of power is going to come true; but when confronted with the problems of the place, he decides to resign. However, his boss obliges him to stay by telling him that he's been touched by Herodes Law and gives to him the constitution as an aid and...
Publisher
DistriMax
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
After her boyfriend cheats on her, Martha decides to become a 'manizer' and joins an internet dating service. But when she finally meets her Prince Charming she has to choose between freedom or the chance to make a fairy tale love come true.
"Martha es una carismática y guapa diseñadora de interiores de 27 años que como cualquier mujer tiene el sueño de encontrar al hombre perfecto. Cuando cree haberlo encontrado, una sospecha hace que descubra...
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