Marta Balletbo-Coll Movies
- 1998
Marta Balletbo-Coll and Ana Simon wrote, directed, and produced this English-language, Spanish-made comedy-fantasy, reminiscent of Philip Wylie's novel The Disappearance (once planned for filming by George Pal). Sales are down at the sanitary-napkin company Wondernapking, so the boss offers a big bonus to any employee with an inventive solution to move one billion units in three months. Noticing how male domination of women resulted in shorter menstrual periods, Rosa (Balletbo-Coll) devises a plan to eliminate men with chemically contaminated toothpaste. All men vanish, so Rosa and her gal-pals, facing that 90-day deadline, move on to Wondernapking marketing concepts, while U.S. government agent Parker (Laura Schrok) investigates the mystery of the minus men. Shown at the 1998 San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cookie Rufino, Claudia Carasso, (more)
- 1995
A Catalonian actress falls in love with an Israeli-American seismic analyst in this Spanish lesbian romantic comedy set in Barcelona. The two meet while Anna, the actress works her day job as a tour guide and falls for one of the customers, Montserrat, the bisexual seismologist who has recently been employed by a local university. Anna is still hurting after the loss of a lover, while Montserrat feels emotional conflict about her sexual ambivalence. Still, the two begin an affair and move in together. Unfortunately, life becomes tumultuous when Montserrat discovers she may have to move abroad to further her career and Anna continues to try to get her newest monologue produced. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
