Eulalia Ramon Movies

A disparate group of women deal with the foibles presented to them in contemporary society in this episodic comedy from Spain. The stories include Magdalena (Julieta Serrano) lecturing her daughter Teresa (Cristina Baeza) on why she can't hold on to a man; Neli (Carmen Balague) offering council to her friend Sofia (Laura Cepeda) on keeping her marriage from falling apart; Andrea (Mercedes Sampietro) explaining to her analyst her relationship with her supremely macho (and unfaithful) husband Emilio (Emilio Guiterrez Caba); Emilio's relationship with Reme (Eva Santolaria), a prostitute who wants him to leave Andrea and move in with her; close friends Mireia (Marina Gatell) and Eva (Anna Casas) battling over the same man; businesswoman Leo (Laura Conejero) struggling to hold on to her femininity in a masculine environment; and Paca (Eulalia Ramon) struggling to raise the money to buy a special pair of shoes for her son. Nosotras was the first feature from director Judith Colell. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Carlos Saura, one of the finest and most distinctive filmmakers in the Spanish cinema, wrote and directed this biographical epic concerning one of Spain's greatest artists, the painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. On his deathbed, Goya (Francisco Rabal), attended by his mistress, Leocadia (Eulalia Ramon) and their daughter, Rosario (Dafne Fernandez), is plagued by hallucinations and frequent visions of the beautiful Cayetana (Maribel Verdu) as his mind reels through the events of his life. As a young man, Goya (played in his younger days by Jose Coronado) became the court painter to King Charles and the Royal Family, where he created technically skillful but uninteresting portraits and was invited to a number of royal functions. At one such affair, Goya first met Cayetana, the Duchess of Alba, and he was immediately smitten; they became lovers, and she was both the subject and inspiration of several major works, including "Desnuda" and "La Maja Vestida." Goya's work developed a dark undercurrent after Napoleon invaded Spain and he took up with Leocadia, creating disturbing images that alienated his patrons and frightened his children. In time, the decline of the court and a changing political climate forced Goya to seek exile in France in 1824, where he would die four years later. Goya In Bordeaux was a project that Saura had dreamed of filming for years, and he was ably assisted in recreating the look of Goya's paintings by master cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Angel Fernandez Santos made his feature directorial debut with this low-budget Spanish thriller. Upper-middle-class married father Andres (Carlos Hipolito) takes the reins of the family business from his rich stepfather (Txema Blasco). Andres meets and sleeps with boutique clerk Isabel (Cayetana Guillen Cuervo), who is involved with drug dealer Paco (Nancho Novo). Isabel needs money to pay off past debts, and after Andres becomes obsessed with her, she concocts a plan to kidnap his son David (Jose Velazquez). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

An attractive circus performer (Francesca Neri) gets gang raped and takes justice in her own hands using her shooting skills. Things go awry, however, and she ends up on the run from the police. This undistinguished melodrama is not a high point in the career of celebrated Spanish director Carlos Saura. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide

Daniel and Maria were lovers at one time, but they have long since broken their affair off. However, when they keep running into one another at a Madrid department store, they start to think that perhaps Fate is saying something to them, and reluctantly they try to give one another a second chance -- when they aren't having second thoughts, that is. However, the trick that fate is really playing on them doesn't become clear until the very end. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

After paying people-smugglers everthing they could afford, a mixed group of Africans and Arabs are brought to an abandoned beach in Spain and are left there to fend for themselves. Alou, who is from Senegal, is one of them. He actually manages to get by doing menial jobs, and gradually learns enough Spanish to have a modest social life. However, he has a quick temper, and easily interprets the actions of the well-meaning folks around him as slights and insults. As a result, he moves around a lot. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

After the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Spain was governed by the moralistic and occasionally heavy-handed Falangist regime of General Francisco Franco. However, as time passed, the government's strict restrictions on public behavior, divorce and so on were eased. Compared to the 1940s in Spain, 1968 was a period of almost licentious ease. Even though very little of the generational turmoil that seethed throughout the developed world at the time reached Spain, enough did to be noticeable. This story tells what happens when a relatively "liberal" man who chose voluntary exile after the war returns to visit his family and friends during this period. Jesus (Jose Soriano) is distressed to find the values he cherished seemingly part of the past, as he reunites with his family. He visits his brother's divorced wife and watches her become senseless with drink, and hears curse words freely used at a bar during a card game. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide