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Sigfrid Monleón

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Jokes & CigarettesJokes & Cigarettes · 2023
Jokes & Cigarettes
★ 7.12023
MovieDrama
Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.
The Other Way AroundThe Other Way Around · 2024
The Other Way Around
★ 6.32024
MovieComedyDrama
After 15 years together, Ale and Alex choose an unconventional way to part ways: by hosting a party to celebrate their separation. Their unexpected decision leaves friends and family confused, forcing everyone to confront their own views on love, relationships, and new beginnings in this bittersweet, heartfelt story.
Apuntes para una ficción consentidaApuntes para una ficción consentida · 2026
Apuntes para una ficción consentida
★ 4.02026
MovieDrama
Swiss actress Lea Grand lives in Madrid, turning away from roles that make her foreignness her defining trait while developing a cabaret built from Saint Teresa of Avila’s words. When Basel Stadt theater invites her back to her home city, performance opens an unsettled question of belonging.
With Good ReasonWith Good Reason · 2004
With Good Reason
★ 4.72004
MovieDramaComedy
A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. fire in Baghdad, and the manipulation of the media.
The August VirginThe August Virgin · 2019
The August Virgin
★ 6.42019
MovieComedy
Young Eva makes her decision to stay in Madrid for the month of August an act of faith. She needs to feel things differently and think of summer as a time of opportunity. On days of festivities and verbenas, while events and encounters take place, Eva will discover that she still has time, that an opportunity can still be given.
CánticoCántico · 2016
Cántico
2016
MovieDocumentary
Cántico is a documentary on the life and poetry of Pablo García Baena, the leading exponent of the poetry movement formed around the journal of the same name. It begins as a diary of the making of the film, showing us the difficulties of the project. The poet, at the age of 94, though the project had come too late, with most of his colleagues already deceased. But once he opens the doors of his house; his photographs, possessions and books provide a sensory journey through the aesthetic of his poetry and his experience of language.
The Consul of SodomThe Consul of Sodom · 2009
The Consul of Sodom
★ 5.62009
MovieDrama
Fascinating journey through the life and work of the prestigious Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, both marked by sexuality and eroticism. Charismatic and somewhat eccentric, brilliant intellectual with extraordinary sensitivity and member of Barcelona's 'gauche divine' in the 60s, Gil de Biedma liked to describe himself as a 'poet of experience' while he suffered dreadfully from the dichotomy strangling him: bourgeois and executive for a multinational by day, communist and homosexual poet by night.
El último trucoEl último truco · 2008
El último truco
★ 7.52008
MovieDocumentary
Documentary film about visual effects master Emilio Ruiz del Rio. From his early works on films at 1942, to his last contribution at 2007, Emilio Ruiz talks on his film experiences and traditional trickery, using foreground miniatures, glass shots, and painted cut out miniatures. It shows interviews with some of the professionals he has worked with, like, Rafaela de Laurentiis, Ray Harryhausen, Guillermo del Toro, or Enzo Castellari

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BACK IN TIMEBACK IN TIME
BACK IN TIME
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Back in Time revisits the history of Torremolinos as the birthplace of rock and roll in Spain through the testimonies of key figures from music and popular culture. Written and directed by Manuel Bellido and Sigfrid Monleón, the documentary travels back to the 1960s, when Torremolinos evolved from a small fishing village into an unexpected Eldorado for young musicians, artists and creators. Structured as a road movie, the film explores the memories of a rebellious, pacifist and idealistic generation that embraced rock as a way of life and found in the Costa del Sol a space for freedom, creativity and modernity. Filmed across Andalusia and Madrid, Back in Time combines first-hand accounts, footage from seven films of the period, 24 songs and a wide selection of archival material, including previously unseen footage, to tell the story of a cultural revolution that transformed the image of Spanish youth and placed Torremolinos on the international map of modernity.

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