Ana Diez Movies
- 2008
Two young people learn about love as politics turn their world upside down in this drama from director Ana Diez. After a long and successful career as a soccer player, Xavi (Nicolas Pauls) retires from the game and moves to Spain, where one day to his surprise he happens upon Rosana (Maria Botto), a friend from his childhood in Uruguay. As Xavi and Rosana catch up on what has happened to them over the past thirty years, they flash back to 1973, when young Xavi (Pablo Arnoletti) and his father Manuel (Emilio Gutierrez Caba), a shoemaker, lived down the street from Rosana (Pia Rodriguez). Rosana's father Severgnini (Mauricio Davub) was the local chief of police, and found himself frequently dealing with military authorities as Marxist rebels began plotting an overthrow of Uruguay's leadership. While Manuel is largely apolitical, he has friends who are fighting with the rebels, and when he's warned of an upcoming action at a soccer match, he packs Xavi off to a cabin in the country, and as word is leaked to Severgnini, he sends Rosana off with him. The two youngsters soon find themselves caught in the web of first love, but as a coup throws all of Uruguay into chaos, the simplicity of their stay in the country proves short lived. Paisito (aka Small Country) was an official selection at the 2008 Malaga Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mauricio Dayub, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, (more)
- 1997
After journalist Juan (Kike Diaz de Rada) is shot in Colombia, his stockbroker sister Marta (Silvia Hunt) arrives to identify the body. At Juan's house, edgy Oscar (Diego Achury) arrives on a scooter, kidnaps her, and takes her to his shack in the squalid Bogota slums where she meets his sister Jenny (Valeria Santa) and becomes involved in their lives. Shown at the 1997 San Sebastian Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Silvia Munt, Klara Badiola, (more)
- 1988
Basque country, in northern Spain and southern France, has been plagued for decades (if not longer) by the activities of a violent separatist group known (using initials from its Euskara-language name) as ETA. This drama, filmed largely in the language of the Basques (Euskara), concerns the complex relations between a former ETA member and his society. In particular, it focuses on a showdown between the man who has now become a drug-runner, and his former best friend, who in addition to being involved in anti-government terrorism, actively fights the drug trade. The activity of the police is consistently shown as either sinister or irrelevant, while the ETA is shown in perhaps the best light it can be. A great deal of talk, political and otherwise, fleshes out this slim story. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Isidoro Fernandez
