Alvaro Monje Movies
Gary (Ray Winstone) is a former gangster who has made a modest amount of money from his criminal career. Happy to put his life of crime behind him, he has retired with his wife Deedee (Amanda Redman) to the sunny bliss of rural Spain, where he lives an idyllic life with his family and a few close friends. But Gary's contentment is ruptured by an unwelcome visitor from his past -- Don (Ben Kingsley), a former associate who has been hired to assemble a team of criminals to rob a heavily guarded bank. Don wants Gary in on the job, and is less than pleased by Gary's unwillingness to volunteer his services. What ensues is a battle of wills between the two men, with Don intimidating, prodding, and manipulating his onetime friend to get what he wants, forever changing the lives of those around him in the process. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, (more)
- 1997
Adapted from the novel by Miguel Delibes, this Spanish film is divided into four sections, one for each season. During the '50s, at an impoverished area in central Spain, young Nini (Alvaro Monje) and his widowed father (Jose Caride) live in a cave on the fringe of a poverty-stricken village. The father ekes out a living by capturing and selling water rats. Writer-director Antonio Gimenez-Rico calls Las Ratas an "allegory of the human condition." ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alvaro Monje, Jose Caride, (more)
