Lola Herrera Movies
- 1986
This routine, dark melodrama features the downward slide of Daniel (Antonio Canto), a respectable young man who is transformed by his single-minded, blind pursuit of Helena, an attractive older woman (Amparo Munoz). After Daniel breaks his jaw in an accident (and therefore cannot speak much), he is partially cut off from those around him. Whether for that reason or another, he turns his back on his daily life to chase after Helena once they have met. His neurotic pursuit of the woman takes him into a demi-monde of profligates and decadence, a downward spiral that seems destined to end in tragedy unless he can pull himself out in time. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Antonio Canto, Amparo Muñoz, (more)
- 1981
Lola, a former actress (Lola Herrera) and Daniel her ex-husband (Daniel Dicenta) are in her dressing room going back over the events from their failed marriage, the filing of their separation papers, the lives of their two teenagers, and other memories of their once-shared life. As they talk, they reveal aspects of their character and their past that neither had previously suspected, shedding new light on their divorce and its consequences. The subtleties and emotional charge of their dialogue build until their final revelations are out in the open at last. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lola Herrera, Natalia Dicenta, (more)
- 1978
Mañuel Azana was the last man elected as president of the Spanish Republic before the Spanish Civil War. In this 1970s film, Spanish schoolchildren are taught about him in their history classes but get the name confused, referring to him as "Hazana." Because for them he represents a kind of freedom not seen under the Franco regime, he stands for every kind of freedom. Since these youngsters in this film are suffering from an extremely rigid and dictatorial educational system, the name "Hazana" becomes a byword for them as they attempt in their own modest way to foment a revolution. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Fernando Fernán Gómez, Héctor Alterio, (more)
An angry man erupts into lethal violence and must face the consequences of his actions in this horror story from Spain, which has won a cult following. Marcos (Vicente Parra) is a slaughterhouse worker whose tenuous emotional stability is pushed over the edge one day. With little provocation, he goes on a week-long bender of violence and murder, killing an annoying cab driver, his nosey fiancée, his inquisitive brother, his would-be father-in-law, and an unfortunate prostitute. The corpses begin to pile up in Marcos' apartment, and he has to find a way to dispose of them. Marcos happens to have a meat grinder, and he begins to wonder if eating his victims might be a good way to cover his tracks. Cannibal Man, also known as La Semana del Asesino and The Apartment on the 13th Floor, was one of a number of horror films banned in England in the 1980s as a "video nasty." ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
