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Juan Vincente Cordoba Movies

2005  
 
Juan Vincente Cordoba's drama By Force focuses on the lives of five young women who live in a run-down section of Madrid. Maria (Natalia Verbeke) trains at a local gym in order to protect herself after years of physical abuse from her family. Juanita (Juana Acosta) has to make difficult decisions after she becomes pregnant by one of the men who train at the same gym. Vicky (Marian Alvarez) is an ex-con. Nitzia (Zay Nuba) must contend with the social pressure of being an immigrant. These characters face a variety of social prejudices and realities. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Starring:
Natalia VerbekeDaniel Guzman, (more)
 
2000  
 
Two adults look back to their youth and discover how a seemingly minor incident shaped their lives in this drama from Spain. Lucia (Silvia Munt) is a woman in her early forties who moves back to the neighborhood where she grew up, taking over a house her grandparents once owned. To her surprise, she discovers that Juan (Gary Piquer), whom she knew as a teenager, is living across the street in the home where his grandparents once lived, and seeing one another brings back memories of their youth. In 1974, young Juan (Andres Gertudix) and Lucia (Cristina Brondo) are growing up in Madrid as Franco's regime is coming to a close. Juan, from a poor family, is infatuated with Lucia, and when he helps nurse an injured dog back to health, she starts to take an interest in him, though she already has a boyfriend, the wealthy Nacho (Eloy Azorin). Juan asks Lucia to attend a concert with him by Catalan vocalist Joan Manuel Serrat, but on the day of the show, Juan is forced to work late at his job; when he finally arrives at the concert hall, he discovers Lucia has already left to spend the evening with Nacho. Twenty-five years later, Lucia and Juan are both lonely and emotionally isolated, and they wonder how much impact this event had on their later relationships. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Silvia MuntGary Piquer, (more)
 
1996  
 
This offbeat Spanish romance provides a fascinating look into modern gypsy life as it tells the off-beat tale of a romance between a confused payo (a non-gypsy man) looking for a gypsy soul and a real gypsy woman trying to find a happy medium between patriarchal cultural traditions and modern realities. Handsome womanizing waiter Antonio who entertains tourists by performing gypsy dances. Deeply traumatized in boyhood when he watched his parents die in a car wreck, he has grown up confused and aimless. His only real desire is to find the aforementioned soul. Lucia is the gypsy lass who falls in love Antonio. Her father, who owns the antique store in which she works, is outraged by the affair, but despite his protestations, the lovers struggle to stay together and to make others understand that their passion is real. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Starring:
Pedro AlonsoAmara Carmona, (more)