Nuria Hosta Movies
This lively Spanish anthology, based on a series of short stories by Catalan writer Quim Monzo, is comprised of 15 short vignettes that contain a series of comments concerning those human relationships based on love, emotions and sex. Each segment is introduced by a one word title card that is spoken by the players. Included are short conversations, monologues, mini-plays, two fantasy segments, and a one-sided telephone conversation. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ana Lizaran, Jordi Bosch, (more)
- 1992
Since this feature by a first-time director was made by the former head of one of Mexico's major film studios, it received a wide release. However, walkouts by disapproving viewers were reportedly commonplace. In the story, three adolescent young men decide that it would be just great if they could convince a famous stripper that they were the men for her. The method they hit upon is to kidnap the glamorous, sexy lady. She believes that they intend to take her life if she doesn't behave as they wish and winds up bedding all of them. When she learns why they kidnapped her, she is indulgent with them, and they go to bed some more. However, when the police arrive on the scene in tandem with a man who has reason to wish her ill, the situation grows much less pleasant for all concerned. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nuria Hosta, Raul Araiza, (more)
- 1991
This eccentric retelling of a classic short novel by Henry James was so shabbily produced that one trade reviewer (for Variety) rather insultingly suggested that it was made solely as a means for receiving federal grant money set aside especially for the production of Catalan-language films. At least two earlier films with the same story have been made, the (1981) Aspern by Eduardo de Grigorio, and in 1973, The Aspern Affair by Burt Brinkerhoff. In the story, a famous writer has died, leaving behind a completed but unpublished manuscript, and several individuals have plans for the papers' final disposition. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Silvia Munt, Hermann Bonnin, (more)
- 1989
In this rambling, slow-paced and basically mild horror story, an artist gets in his car and winds up in a small Catalan town. There, he is bedded by a bevy of women who are handmaidens for the devil, and meanwhile he tries to make some sense out of this by consulting with occultists. One side effect of all this diabolical sex is that he also suffers from hallucinations, which don't help him very much in his efforts to come back to reality. This odd drama is based on a novel by (Manuel Pedrolo. Reviewers reported finding a great deal of inadvertent humor in the film's extremely pretentious dialog. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Isbert, Nuria Hosta, (more)
- 1989
El Lute (Imanol Arias) is a rebel prisoner who escapes on New Years Eve to rejoin his family in this historical adventure. He and his brothers evade the Civil Guards as they rob banks and engage in shootouts with the enemy. El Lute is once again captured but is pardoned after the death of Franco. He remains a hero, with exploits and escapes that constantly befuddled his adversaries. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Imanol Arias, Angel Pardo, (more)
- 1986
Mario (Enric Majo) is a henpecked husband and author suffering from writer's block. He goes to a bar and meets Marta (Nuria Hosta), a blonde bombshell hooker who lives with her homosexual pimp Ortega (Ramoncin). He buys her a drink, and the two begin to talk, and later Mario begins to visit Marta at the brothel. The two decide to live together as Mario leaves his harridan wife and Marta leaves the man-hungry Ortega for good. Marta's fortunes begin to improve after she stars in a few soft-porn movies, and she parlays the skin flicks into a career as a fashion model and begins to appear on the covers of popular magazines. Marta leaves Mario and the heartbroken writer hits the skids. He begins to write a book that reflects his recent experiences, freeing him from his depression and his writer's block at last. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Enric Majo, Ramoncin, (more)
