South American Film

In addition to hosting the exiled Luis Buñuel, Latin America had also produced several notable film-makers, including cult icon Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Cubans Tomas Gutiérrez Alea and Humberto Solas. But the recent surge of creative energy in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina has seen the emergence of a generation of politically aware film-makers ready to expose the ini... [+]

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Patricio Guzman, 2010

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Nostalgia for the Light

A profound and searching cinematic essay set in Chile's Atacama desert. A meditat...

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Juan Jose Campanella, 2009

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The Secret in Their Eyes

The 2010 Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, the Argentinian cr...

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Pablo Giorgelli, 2011

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Las Acacias

The debut feature of Argentinian director Pablo Giorgelli, Las Acacias - a poignant tale about a ...

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Guillermo del Toro, 2001

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The Devil's Backbone

Set during the final days of the Spanish Civil War in an isolated orphanage, The Devil's Backbone...

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Luis Bunuel, 1962

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The Exterminating Angel

Through a classic surrealist conceit, an elegant gathering of high society folk f...

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Cesar Charlone, Enrique Fernandez, 2007

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El Bano del Papa

Set in rural Uruguay in the late 1980s, this deadpan morality tale from director Cesar Charlone s...

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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2010

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Biutiful

A drama written and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Biutiful portrays a father's love fo...

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Glauber Rocha, 1969

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Antonio Das Mortes

Glauber Rocha followed his acclaimed Black God, White Devil with this powerful sequel, Antonio Da...

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Lucia Puenzo, 2009

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The Fish Child

Celebrated Argentine director Lucia Puenzo (XXY) returns with a gripping tale of forbidden lesbia...

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Pablo Trapero, 2010

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Carancho

A brooding Argentinian crime thriller which takes us on a thrilling nocturnal journey into the da...

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Cristian Jimenez, 2011

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Bonsai

A romantic drama based on Alejandro Zambra's award-winning novel about a young writer who turns t...

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Emil Loteanu, 1983

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Anna Pavlova

A biographical drama - made as a by-product of a Western / Soviet trade deal and originally to be...

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Jose Padilha, 2007

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Elite Squad

Winner of the 2008 Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Elite Squad presents a shocking look ...

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Alfonso Arau, 1992

£17.99

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Like Water For Chocolate

A delicious love story with exquisite comedy adapted from Laura Esquivel's best s...

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Guillermo del Toro, 1992

£9.99

Cronos (Special Edition)

A brilliant Mexican fantasy from Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth), Cronos pum...

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Fabian Bielinsky, 2001

£12.99

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Nine Queens

Set in Buenos Aires over the course of 24 hours, this is a taut heist thriller in which nothing i...

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Andres Waissbluth, 2003

£16.99

Los Debutantes

Two brothers move to the city get involved with a stripper and her boss - the nightclub king of S...

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Patricio Guzman, 2010

£11.99

Nostalgia for the Light

A profound and searching cinematic essay set in Chile's Atacama desert. A meditat...

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