The best Antonia San Juan’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Antonia San Juan’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Antonia San Juan.
The Platform
7/10
A mysterious place, an indescribable prison, a deep hole. An unknown number of levels. Two inmates living on each level. A descending platform containing food for all of them. An inhuman fight for survival, but also an opportunity for solidarity.
75 días
6.2/10
All About My Mother
7.8/10
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
Amnèsia
6.1/10
In the Spanish island of Ibiza, porn filmmaker Sandro and Angelino, the manager of a beachside watering hole, find their very different lives overlapping. Meanwhile, the island police chief, who is currently at odds with his rebellious son Jorge, is investigating the death of a drug dealer (which was accidentally brought on by Angelino). Jorge's plans to move to America have so far been thwarted by his father, but when he finds out about the affair his dad had been having with a male nightclub dancer, he uses it as blackmail fodder.
Manolito Four Eyes
6.1/10
The usually absent father of a chubby kid shows up to take him on a road trip.
Asfalto
6.1/10
Three young and desperate inhabitants of Madrid attempt to rise above their circumstances by any means available to them in that sun-drenched city. This tight-knit trio must scramble when their hasty plans become derailed by a demanding matriarch, an abusive older brother, and the entire corrupt underclass with which they deal.
Once Upon a Time...: All About My Mother
6.5/10
A documentary about the making of the 1999 film ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, featuring interviews with director Pedro Almodóvar; producer Agustín Almodóvar; actors Penélope Cruz, Marisa Paredes, Cecilia Roth, and Antonia San Juan; production manager Esther García; and author Didier Eribon.
Excuse Me Darling, But Lucas Loved Me
5.6/10
Until Lucas appeared in their lives, Dani, Carlos and Toni had a quiet life with no major concerns. They shared almost everything: the house, housework, dogs, his homosexual tendencies and debts. It was these that forced them to rent one of the bedrooms of their floor. Then came Lucas, his hair long, his charming smile, and his muscular body to completely change the life and destiny of their lovers home. Lucas is found dead but ... Who killed him? All had reasons to do so, or maybe none.
¿Infidelidad?
6.9/10
Walter (Miguel Óscar Menassa) is married to Silvia (Cruz Gonzalez), but realizes that the desire his wife feels for other men leads her to sleep with his friend Gustavo (Luis Miguel Seguí). She decides to confess to her husband the whole truth in front of her lover, but infidelity is not always committed in the same way. A writer who cheats her husband and is cheated at the same time and a mature woman with much to live, are other infidels. Through their comic and emotional stories, a whole treatise on infidelity is elaborated.
Lamento
Piedras
6.9/10
The stones of the title are the dreams and burdens carried by these five women with interlinked lives. This story of decision and transformation was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
The Wooden Box
6.1/10
After the death of don Lucio, his widow Eloísa asks one of her neighbours to use the latter's house in order to hold the dead man's wake, since Eloísa's own house is too small for that. From then on, a series of strange happenings take place during a single day.
Desechos
4.3/10
In economic crisis, Kiko (Eric French) and Marcelo (Adrià Collado) believe finding a solution to their economic problems re-letting a room in his house in Ibiza ... As the floor in the living only two fit the closet of the housing as if it were a small room. After several unsuccessful visits appears Soto (Fernando Tejero), a strange character who not only accepts live in the small "bedroom" but also offers the ultimate solution to your all their woes ...
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
6.2/10
When looking at Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography, it becomes evident that women are everywhere; in fact, his work revolves around them. His divas are the best to create a real portrait of Almodóvar and evoke the emotional power of his films. These women are the ideal observers of a cinematic career that, from La Mancha to Hollywood, has changed the image of Spain in the world.
Verbal Assault
6.4/10
Seven "Word Attack" situations involving two people each.
Istmo
The Stone Raft
5.8/10
An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate itself from the calamity, and panic ensues among tourists and residents attempting to escape. When Spain and Portugal physically separate from the continent, the detached Iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans.
Age of Monster
4.7/10
The Summer Side
5.8/10
Comedy about a family of Gran Canaria island that shown in a "situation totally on edge" and reflects the way to be the canaries, as its author.
Llevo cartas
4.6/10
