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1) 25 watts
Publisher
Cinemateca--Condor Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Español
Description
Three young men in Montevideo drink beer, avoid responsibility, talk nonsense, encounter weird characters from the neighborhood and drift in a state of chronic boredom.
2) Rope
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Two friends strangle a classmate and invite his family and mutual friends to dinner--with the body stuffed inside the trunk for a buffet table. Inspired by the Leopold-Loeb murder.
3) Kinky boots
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
To save the family shoe business from bankruptcy, young Charlie turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory.
4) Clueless
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Still as smart and charming as ever, Clueless gets a fresh, sassy makeover for this new 'Whatever!' Collector's Edition. Alicia Silverstone sparkles as Cher, the matchmaking 15-year-old Beverly Hills High schooler who has shopping and boys on her mind.
Publisher
TLA Releasing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Atl lives in the rural Mexican countryside with his bitter mother and his endearing grandmother, trying to be the man they see, while living a secret life with his true love Diego. When his secret trickles out through town gossip, Alt and Diego must choose the path their lives will go down, truth or convention.
6) XXY
Publisher
Mundo en DVD
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Alex is a teenager who hides a secret. Shortly after his birth, his parents decided to settle in an isolated cabin on the outskirts of Pirip̀olis. The story begins with the arrival of a couple of friends who come from Buenos Aires with their teenage son ℓlvaro.
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Seven friends reunite in a rural house where they agreed to retire one day. Their weekend together will determine if fulfilling their shattered youthful dreams is still possible.
Siete amigos inauguran la casa rural donde pactaron jubilarse algún día. El fin de semana juntos determinará si cumplir sus sueños rotos de juventud todavía es posible.
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
Description
Based on a true story, Ramón Sampedro wants to end his life because a diving accident 28 years before that turned him into a quadriplegic. For most of those years he made the most of it: writing, developing a close relationships with his family, who all help to care for him. While grateful to his family and friends for their help, Ramón was always an active person. He has come to see his life as frustrating and pointless and wishes to die with what...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding has raised their daughter, Angela on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine, disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything...
Publisher
Movie Time Video
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Antonio and Bertha are an elderly couple in their nineties who find themselves in deep trouble when pensions are suspended due to a social and financial crisis in their country. Given they haven't seen their two children for many years, the couple is confronted with the need to survive on their own and must face the hard reality of selling their belongings and peddling tamales on the street or turn to crime. The lives of the elderly couple change...
15) Cosas imposibles
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Matilde, a woman in her sixties, has lived with her husband Porfirio since she was fifteen years old, in a relationship of violence and contempt for her. One day, Porfirio dies and leaves her alone in the company of her cat Fidel, but Matilde believes that Porfirio continues to torture her with his appearances and cannot be released. As if that were not enough, his insurance pension to survive is canceled. Miguel, her neighbor, a young and skilled...
Publisher
Pantelion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
After grumpy 85-year-old Don Servando is kicked out of his retirement home, his estranged son Francisco has no choice but to invite his dad to live with him. Confronted with his son's hippie lifestyle and eccentric housemates, Don Servando goes off the rails, igniting a series of comic conflicts that put the house in jeopardy, and leaves everyone in stitches.
17) American visa
Publisher
BayView Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
After being denied an American visa, a South American professor plots a robbery to pay for one on the black market. His plans are complicated when he finds himself falling in love with a nightclub dancer, who is pursuing a different kind of dream.
18) Rocky II
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in his win against heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed, announces his retirement. But he soon realizes he can't escape his true calling, and prepares for the fight of his life.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The inspiring true story behind the beloved Christmas carol and its author, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Known as America's Poet, Henry leads an idyllic life, until the day his world is shattered by tragedy. With a nation divided by the Civil War and his family torn apart, Henry puts down his pen, silenced by grief. But it's the sound of Christmas morning that reignites the poet's lost voice as he discovers the resounding hope of rekindled faith.
20) Dos Estaciones
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Dos Estaciones follows iron-willed businesswoman María García (Teresa Sánchez), the owner of Dos Estaciones, a once-majestic tequila factory now struggling to stay afloat. The factory is the final holdover from generations of Mexican-owned tequila plants in the highlands of Jalisco, the rest having folded to foreign corporations. Once one of the wealthiest people in town, María knows...
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