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DESERT CENTAURS This is one of the last times that director John Ford and actor John Wayne worked together, the fundamental pairing of the Western. The first was Stagecoach (1939), which opened a chapter in the history of the genre, and the last was The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), which defined
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"Love" a film by Michael Haneke. “Georges and Anne, two elderly men in their eighties, are retired classical music teachers who live in Paris. Her daughter, who is also a musician, lives in London with her husband. When, one day, Anne suffers a heart attack that paralyzes her side, the love she has
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"Lincoln" directed by Steven Spielberg. “In 1865, as the American Civil War draws to a close, President Abraham Lincoln proposes an amendment banning slavery in the United States. However, this poses a big dilemma.” Extracted from Filmaffinity. See also: http://www.elmundo.es/especiales/premios_oscar/2013/aspirantes/lincoln.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Steven_Spielberg The recommended titles are in the
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"The exterminating angel" directed by Luis Buñuel. “After a dinner at the Nobile mansion, the guests discover that, for inexplicable reasons, they cannot leave the place. As the situation continues for several days, courtesy in the treatment gives way to the most primitive and brutal survival instinct.” Extracted from Filmaffinity. Watch
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"The Descendants" directed by Alexander Payne. “Matt King (George Clooney), married and father of two girls, is forced to rethink life when his wife suffers a terrible accident that leaves her in a coma. He awkwardly tries to mend his relationship with his troubled daughters - precocious 10-year-old Scottie (Amara Miller) and rebellious
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Despicable Me Gru directed by Chris Renaud. “Gru is a deplorable man who plans the most incredible criminal act in history: stealing the Moon. Incited by an evil mother, he will only find one obstacle in his way: three orphan girls that he will have to take care of temporarily. Extracted from Filmaffinity. See also: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despicable_Me http://www.ecartelera.com/peliculas/gru-mi-villano-favorito/
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“Drive” directed by Nicholas Winding Refn “During the day, Driver (Ryan Gosling) works in a garage and is a stunt driver, but on some nights he sporadically works as a chauffeur for criminals. But Driver's world changes the day he meets Irene (Carey Mulligan), a beautiful neighbor who has a son.
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“Corpse Bride” by Tim Burton “A man puts an engagement ring on a dead woman's finger as a joke. But what the poor mortal does not know is that the dead woman will claim her rights as "promised." Extracted from Filmaffinity. See also: http://wwws.warnerbros.es/corpsebride/ http://www.ecartelera.com/peliculas/la-novia-cadaver/ http://www.paramountchannel.es/2012/10/07/la -corpse-bride/ The recommended titles are in the Library of the
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“Cría cuervos” directed by Carlos Saura “Ana, a little girl at the time, is a witness to the event: her father Anselmo dies in bed with his lover, and the girl -who was spying on the scene- believes that death is due to a glass of milk that the father has drunk and into which she poured what
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“My Beautiful Laundry” directed by Stephen Frears “Omar, a young Pakistani man living in London, starts running his uncle's laundry with the help of an old classmate, Johnny, now turned hooligan and delinquent. Their open relationship will make them lovers so deeply in love that it will shock the families involved.”