Silke Movies
A young woman surrounded by war and death attempts to find happiness amongst the ashes in director Rosa Vergés' affecting tale of one woman's undying passion for life. Despite the destruction that rains down around her, Iris remains unwaveringly hopeful about the future. When happiness does finally come in to her life, the beauty that it brings offers hope for the future and a reason to carry on amidst all the strife. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Silke, Ana Torrent, (more)
When the only hope for a six stranded scuba divers suddenly threatens certain death, the group must come together and elude their pursuers to survive a harrowing night of terror in director Pau Freixas' waterlogged action-horror hybrid. A group of scuba divers float helplessly in the cast ocean, but when a large merchant vessel comes into vision on the distant horizon they assume that they have finally found salvation. The already precarious situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, however, when the six desperate divers bear witness to a brutal execution aboard the mysterious vessel. Now, with the malevolent crew determined to silence the scared stowaways forever, the stage is set for a bloody battle of wills on the open water. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Silke, Unax Ugalde, (more)
- 2003
In writer/director/composer/cinematographer Siegfried's handheld whirlwind of a movie Sansa, the title character is an ethnically ambiguous street hustler played by Roschdy Zem. Sansa travels the globe, hawking and bartering on the street, selling tourists sketches of themselves and consistently running afoul of police, airport security, and military personnel, all the while keeping a sharp eye out for beautiful women. When Sansa sees an attractive woman, he has a tendency to follow her wherever he goes, and as he travels from country to country, covering France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Russia, India, Japan, Egypt, Portugal, and Ghana, this pattern pretty much stays the same. At some point during a particularly heated pursuit, he inadvertently steps onto the stage where a ballet is being rehearsed. The elderly orchestra conductor, an internationally renowned musician named Click (Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis), chides him for interrupting the rehearsal, but later invites him to a café. The two strike up an unlikely friendship, based in part on their shared admiration for beautiful young women. Thereafter, Sansa seems to run into Click wherever he goes. In Italy, Sansa chats up Valentina (Valentina Cervi) until her boyfriend shows up and chases him off. In Spain, he interrupts a woman's (Emma Suarez) boardroom business presentation to sweet-talk her. In Japan, he meets an old friend, June (Ayako Fujitani), who laments his inevitable departure. In Russia, he gets caught in a crossfire between soldiers and Chechen rebels. Sansa was shown by the Film Society of Lincoln Center as part of its 2004 Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roschdy Zem, Ivry Gitlis, (more)
Someone in a black minstrel suit is killing all of the flunky students at a university in Salamanca, Spain, and it's up to a new student, Alex (Silke), to piece the puzzle together before the next post-exam death. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
It's Christmas Eve in Buenos Aires and nothing seems to be going right. Some say that, for many, Christmas is the loneliest time of the year, and just as a hapless group of unsuspecting Argentineans feel they may have hit rock bottom, their lives begin to intersect in a way that may offer a glimmer of hope. As the holiday draws to a close, a failed comedian, a lonely doctor, a doubtful lover, and a desperate father attempt to struggle through their hardships while offering compassion and kindness to others during the holiday season. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gastón Pauls, Silke, (more)
Located in Madrid's Plaza del Sol, Km. 0 is the point from which all distances in Spain are measured from the capital. In Km. 0, it is also the meeting point for a gallery of characters. Bored, affluent housewife Marga (Concha Velasco) meets up with gigolo Miguel (Jesus Cabrero), who co-habitates with gay Benjamin (Miquel Garcia). Sergio, a soon-to-be-married office clerk who can't wait to lose his virginity, makes the acquaintance of prostitute Tatiana (Elisa Matilla), while gay dancer Bruno (Victor Ullate Jr.) meets Maximo (Armando delRio). Meanwhile, wannabe director Pedro (Carlos Fuentes) arranges to meet up with Silvia (Merce Pons), an actress who wants to work in musicals directed by Gerardo (George Corraface), and bartender Mario (Tristan Ulloa) is caught between Amor (Silke), who wants to marry him, and her little sister Roma (Cora Tiedra), who is truly in love with him. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Concha Velasco, Georges Corraface, (more)
- 1996
Dressed in blinding white, carrying a strange pack upon his back and a toxin-spewing wand, comes exterminating Angel and his similarly clad army to the scorched, crimson earth of Aragon wine country, to destroy the insects that give the wine it's unique flavor. There Angel fines himself falling in love with a homely cuckolded wife Angela who only stays with her cheating husband for her daughter's sake. He also falls for the town's teenage tramp, the white-hot black-leather wearing Mari, who falls in love with him after one passionate night. This off-beat Spanish romance, made with a dash of cosmic pretensions, chronicles his relationships with the two women while also dealing with his strange relationship to his alter ego who may or may not be, an angel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
