Julia Gutiérrez Caba Movies

Though her son is doing his best to force her out of the beloved country house, the stubborn and feisty Lola refuses to leave as she and Clementina (her niece) are trying to adopt a Bosnian war orphan. Opportunistic runaway Bartolome needs a few meals and so convinces the grandmother that he is the refugee they are awaiting. Later Clementina finds a gradual friendship developing between herself and Lola's lawyer. When aging fisherman Colo finds a raft of drugs floating in the ocean, he figures that all he has to do is sell the stuff and then use the money to save Lola's home. Unbeknownst to him, the smugglers who lost the drugs are eager to get them back. Though their lives are interconnected, each main character has his or her distinct storyline. A deceptively simple piece that manages to be as gritty as it is lyrical, El Color de las Nubes is one of Spanish director Mario Camus' best films. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Dean Selmier plays an expatriate American in each story of this trilogy. Francisco Rabal and his family star in the first feature filmed at the Rabal family home in Madrid. An over aggressive American soldier tries to put the moves on his wife and daughter before he is clubbed and thrown into the swimming pool. Part two finds a hippie couple slain at the country home of a wealthy local (Alfredo Mayo) after the young woman is offered to him for money and the boy makes love to the man's wife. In part three, an American man, a Cuban girl, two Spanish students and a chimpanzee throw a dance party before the American plants a bomb that destroys everyone. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi