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Francisco Rabal (1926-2001) was a Spanish actor and director who appeared in over 100 films throughout his career. He won numerous awards, including a Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. Rabal was known for his intense and complex performances, and his work influenced generations of Spanish actors.
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana r...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecut...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >A May-December romance. Roué Giulio Marengo, a Roman landscape architect unhappy in his marriage, meets Francesca, a young and beautiful Florentine, and then learns she might be his daughter. He resol...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promi...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >The Mighty Crusaders (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is a 1957 film about the First Crusade, based on the 16th-century Italian poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. This film was directed by...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos at the same time creating death and panic in their wake. As they flee the scenes of their crimes police begin to close i...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge.
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