The Best of Spanish Fiction

DIAS CONTADOS Director: Imanol Uribe (1994) Drama. Thriller. Terrorism Cast: Carmelo Gomez, Javier Bardem, Ruth Garbriel, Candela Peña Compelling Spanish tale that mixes urban action with suspense stars Carmelo Gomez as a Basques separatist terrorist sent to Madrid to blow up a police station. In the city, Gomez falls for heroin-addicted prostitute Ruth Gabriel and is drawn into her seamy world of sex and drugs, jeopardizing his mission 9 Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supoorting Actor, Best New Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Make-Up and Hairstyles, Best Special Effects. 10 Goya Awards nominations

JUANA LA LOCA Director: Vicente Aranda (2001) ) The love story who transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a politic fight behind. Historical-Drama/Romance Casting: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor… 3 Goya Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Pilar López de Ayala), Best Costume design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling Festival de San Sebastián: Concha de Plata Best Actress in a Leading Role

LAS TRECE ROSAS Director: Emilio Martinez Lazaro (2007) Drama-Biopic Cast: Pilar López de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez, Marta Etura, Nadia de Santiago, Bárbara Lennie, Goya Toledo, Gabriella Pession, Félix Gómez, Fran Perea, Enrico Lo Verso, Miren Ibarguren, Asier Etxeandía… True story of thirteen totally normal very young women who were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940's. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed without even a trace of evidence of any wrong doing, shortly after the Spanish Civil War ended. Sad Story of the beginning of the postwar era 4 Goya Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Costume Design, Best Original Song, Best Cinematography 14 nominations

HEREDEROS Cuarzo Producciones (2007) Drama/Romance Cast: Concha Velasco, Alvaro de Luna Mar Regueras, Ginés García ……. TV Series of 37 chapters ( ). It narrates the life of the Orozco, important family related to the world of the Cattle. Carmen Orozco (Concha Velasco), the matriach who will have to manage the heritage facing to perfidies, fights of hierarchies and personal clashes of the family First Spanish series that was entirely filmed in High Definition

GUANTE BLANCO Bambu Producciones (2008) Intrigue/Drama Cast: Carlos Hipólito, José Luis García Pérez, José Ángel Egido, Eloy Azorín, Leticia Dolera, Ana Risueño, Pilar Punzano, Jorge Roelas History of two very similar but conflicting men: a meticulous policeman and a professional thief. In the first episode, a new theft just occurred in the city. A new white collard band, without violence, perpetrated the bigest theft of the century The inspector Valle (Carlos Hipólito), newcomer to the city together with his sons, will be incharge of giving them hunt. Still he does not know it but his life, and that of Mario Pastor (Jose Luis García Perez) and his band, finish of crossing for the first time. Valle begins his inquiries to stop the band of thieves while these, a step ahead, are already working on his following blow. One of the most complicated thefts that have never had: the theft of a Van Gogh painting in an importante and very secured museum