Espe (Fulda)

The Pelayos (2012)

Actors: Loris Omedes (producer), Lluís Homar (actor), Eduard Fernández (actor), Daniel Brühl (actor), Loris Omedes (producer), Vicente Canales (miscellaneous crew), Ferran Lahoz (actor), Pablo Usón (producer), Miguel Ángel Silvestre (actor), Eduard Cortés (director), Eduard Cortés (writer), Oriol Vila (actor), Vicente Romero (actor), Gustavo Ferrada (producer), Blanca Suárez (actress),

Genres: Action, Drama,

No somos nadie (2002)

Actors: Jordi Mollà (actor), Álex Angulo (actor), Roque Baños (composer), Jordi Mollà (writer), Candela Peña (actress), Jordi Mollà (director), Florinda Chico (actress), Enrique Villén (actor), Daniel Giménez Cacho (actor), Andrés Vicente Gómez (producer), Juan Carlos Vellido (actor), Bina Daigeler (costume designer), José Moreno (actor), Silvia Casanova (actress), Alejandro Lázaro (editor),

Plot: Two Spanish pan-handlers soon find themselves in over their heads when they stumble upon an opportunity to redeem themselves and perhaps the entire planet. The world appears to suffer from rampant poverty, violence and spiritual desperation and the relentless news media force-feeds these images to the Spanish people. A popular reality television show lets the audience decide between life or death for suspected felons, and one of the opportunistic pan-handlers attempts to escape poverty through this raucous and sensational TV program.

Keywords: murder, sect, television
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: La televisión está buscando su próxima estrella. Atrévete.

Entre tinieblas (1983)

Actors: Pedro Almodóvar (writer), Pedro Almodóvar (director), Cecilia Roth (actress), Carmen Maura (actress), Julieta Serrano (actress), Lina Canalejas (actress), Lucia Bosé (actress), Chus Lampreave (actress), Mary Carrillo (actress), Pedro Almodóvar (actor), Agustín Almodóvar (actor), Marisa Paredes (actress), Manuel Zarzo (actor), Yuyi Beringola (miscellaneous crew), José Salcedo (editor),

Plot: Yolanda sings in a seedy nightclub. When her boyfriend dies of an overdose, she fears the police and seeks refuge in a convent that saves women from the streets. These off-beat nuns include a heroin using abbess who loves Yolanda, one who writes romance novels under a pseudonym, another raising a tiger in the convent yard, and one who designs fabulous fashions and is in love with the local priest. They plan an evening extravaganza starring Yolanda to celebrate the abbess's birthday and to convince their wealthy patron not to abandon them.

Keywords: abbess, acid, black-comedy, campy, convent, corrupt, corruption, decadence, drug-abuse, drug-overdose
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Quotes:

Sor Rata de Callejón: There are as many kinds of kisses as kinds of love; the paternal kiss on the forehead, the kiss on the eyes full of peace, the amusing kiss on the nose, the friendly kiss on the cheek. All of these are somewhat anodyne, but they could be taken as tempting invitations to more perfidious ones, such as the indiscreet kiss on the throat, or the coaxing kiss in the ear which is like being told a secret. And finally there is the kiss on the lips. "A kiss means nothing," say the thoughtless. Perhaps not, if you are cold as ice and your companion, lacking in ardor, lets you escape easily from his embrace. But if that kiss has filled you with delieght, bear in mind that it has moved him even more strongly and awoken all the strength of his desire.

Antonia's daughter: Aren't you a nun?::Yolanda Bel: No, I'm a whore.

Marquise: And anyway, I have no money. You may not have heard here about the economic crisis.::Abbess Julia: You're a millionairess!::Marquise: To survive, one needs to be. And I don't want just to survive, I want to live life now!

Abbess Julia: One of the bases of our community is self-mortification and humiliation. That's why we have such bizarre-sounding names: Sister Manure, Sister Rat, Sister Damned, Sister Snake. Man will not be saved until he realizes he is the most despicable being ever created.

Sor Rata de Callejón: Are you going out?::Abbess Julia: Yes, I have to pay a visit.::Sor Rata de Callejón: Where to?::Abbess Julia: I'm going to blackmail the Marquise.

Sor Estiércol: [as she is eating a piece of cake] Eating this is like taking communion. Jesus appeared to me while I was making it; He offered me his wounds to suck, like a swallow.::Sor Rata de Callejón: That's called a hallucination!

Abbess Julia: Very soon, this place will be full of murderesses, drug addicts, prostitues, just like before.

Antonia: It's too late to change; your place is here. And where could you go? You're 48 years old.::Sor Rata de Callejón: I beg your pardon, but I'm only 47!::Antonia: [as her sister brushes away the plant by her face] Move over a bit! The plant keeps hitting you in the mustache!