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Wanda is an independent 1970 feature film, written and directed by Barbara Loden, who also starred in the title role. Set in the anthracite coal region of eastern Pennsylvania, the film focuses on a lone female protagonist with limited options for a better life. It was a rarity in 1970s filmmaking, featuring a woman's existential crisis, as written and directed by a woman.  Wanda Goronski, an unhappy housewife, stays on her sister's couch after leaving her husband. Walking across a field of coal and hitching a ride, she shows up to a court divorce hearing late, she relinquishes her rights to her children and grants her husband a divorce. Unable to find work in a sewing factory, Wanda runs away with a man with whom she had a one night stand, only for him to abandon her at an ice cream stand. With rapidly dwindling funds, Wanda takes a nap in a movie theater, where she is robbed in her sleep. Going to a bar to use the restroom, Wanda becomes infatuated with a man she thinks to be the bartender. The man, Norman Dennis, is a bank robber in the process of robbing the bar. Unable to rid himself of Wanda, Dennis takes her on the run with him. Even after learning about the details of Norman's lifestyle, Wanda decides to stay with Norman who she calls "Mr. Dennis. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00704] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Tender Mercies is a 1983 American drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. The screenplay by Horton Foote focuses on Mac Sledge, a recovering alcoholic country music singer who seeks to turn his life around through his relationship with a young widow and her son in rural Texas. Robert Duvall plays the role of Mac; the supporting cast includes Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin and Allan Hubbard. Financed by EMI Films, Tender Mercies was shot largely in Waxahachie, Texas. The script was rejected by several American directors before the Australian Beresford accepted it. Duvall, who sang his own songs in the film, drove more than 600 miles (966 km) throughout the state, tape recording local accents and playing in country music bands to prepare for the role. He and Beresford repeatedly clashed during production, at one point prompting the director to walk off the set and reportedly consider quitting the film. Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall), a washed up, alcoholic country singer, awakens at a run-down Texas roadside motel and gas station after a night of heavy drinking. He meets the owner, a young widow named Rosa Lee (Tess Harper), and offers to work in exchange for a room. Rosa Lee, whose husband was killed in the Vietnam War, is raising her young son, Sonny (Allan Hubbard), on her own. She agrees to let Mac stay under the condition that he does not drink while working. The two begin to develop feelings for one another, mostly during quiet evenings sitting alone and sharing bits of their life stories. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00705] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious Hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society. Director: F.W. Murnau Writer: Carl Mayer Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller | See full cast & crew » Emil Jannings is the doorman of the elegant Atlantic Hotel. He is proud of his uniform and function, and respected by his community. When he reaches the old age, he has difficulties to carry trucks and suitcases. The hotel manager decides to change his function to washroom attendant. This apparently simple action is enough to destroy him as a human being. He loses his self-respect and when his neighbor finds that he is janitor of the hotel, he loses the respect of his neighbors and friends. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00706] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer. Director: Josef von Sternberg Writers: Heinrich Mann (novel), Carl Zuckmayer | 2 more credits » Stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron | See full cast & crew » Germany 1924. Middle aged Dr. Immanuel Rath is a literature professor at a boys college. Most of his students don't much like him, often calling him "unrath" – German for garbage. Dr. Rath learns that many of his boys often frequent a cabaret called Der blaue Engel – the Blue Angel – which he believes is corrupting their impressionable young minds. He heads to the Blue Angel himself to catch the boys in the act and shame them into not going again. Over several visits, Rath is able to catch the boys, but in the process he also understands what attracts the boys, namely the headlining performer Lola Lola. Rath falls under Lola's spell, he who falls in love with her – and she seemingly with him – so much so that he wants to marry her and give up his teaching career to be with her on her travels from cabaret to cabaret. Their relationship ends up not being what either envisioned, the question being how they will both deal with their disintegrating relationship and the reasons behind that  Clasificación [ CM DVD 00707] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Hijo de un sacerdote anglicano, a los 10 años llama la atención al interpretar a Bruto en la representación teatral de Julio César de William Shakespeare. Siete años más tarde interrumpe sus estudios en Oxford, para estudiar Arte Dramático en Londres. A finales de los años 20, debuta como actor de teatro y no tarda en convertirse en un gran especialista en Shakespeare. Durante la década de los treinta llega a ser una de las principales figuras de la compañía del famoso Old Vic Theatre, mientras desarrolla una carrera como actor de cine en varias películas británicas. Llega a Hollywood y se convierte en un actor de películas románticas debido a su Heathcliff de Cumbres Borrascosas dirigido por William Wyler y a su Max de Winter en Rebeca de Alfred Hitchcock. La II Guerra Mundial interrumpe esta ascendente trayectoria y le lleva a intervenir en diferentes películas de propaganda bélica, el documental Los conquistadores del aire de los hermanos Korda, la obra de ficción Lady Hamilton o Los invasores de Michael Powell. En 1944 dirige Enrique V, personal visión de la tragedia de Shakespeare y por la que consigue varios Óscar en 1946.. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00709] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. Directors: Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise Writer: Hayao Miyazaki Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino. Argumento Ilustración que representa a varios yōkai, similares a los espíritus que aparecen en la película. Chihiro y sus padres se están mudando a otra ciudad, un hecho que la niña encuentra molesto al no estar de acuerdo con el cambio, y no duda en demostrarlo con su falta de ánimo y mal humor. Durante el trayecto, su padre decide tomar un atajo para ahorrar tiempo, pero solo consiguen internarse en un bosque y encontrarse frente a un estrecho y extraño túnel. Sus padres deciden bajar del coche para explorarlo. Chihiro se niega, pero sus padres insisten en hacerlo. Al otro lado del túnel, la familia descubre un pueblo aparentemente abandonado que su padre razona es uno de los tantos parques de atracciones que se inauguraron y quebraron rápidamente años atrás en Japón. La familia decide recorrer el lugar con la finalidad de encontrar a alguien. En su recorrido encuentran puestos al aire libre donde se detienen a comer; sin embargo, al no encontrar quien los atienda, deciden tomar los alimentos servidos sin permiso alguno, razonando que al tener dinero para pagar pueden hacerlo. Chihiro decide alejarse para continuar investigando y se encuentra con un misterioso joven llamado Haku, quien le alerta que debe llevarse a sus padres y huir de allí antes que anochezca, lo que sucederá en pocos minutos.     Clasificación [ CM DVD 00098 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Man of Marble (Polish: Człowiek z marmuru) is a 1976 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut (played by Jerzy Radziwiłowicz), who became the Stakhanovite symbol of an over-achieving worker, in Nowa Huta, a new (real life) socialist city near Kraków. Agnieszka, played by Krystyna Janda in her first role, is a young filmmaker who is making her diploma film (a student graduation requirement) on Birkut, whose whereabouts seems to have been lost two decades later. The title refers to the propagandist marble statues made in Birkut's image. Agnieszka, is a young filmmaker who is making her film thesis on Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer elevated as a hero in a stunt to increase construction efficiency and brick quotas. However, he has since had a fall from grace of the Party and other officials. His current whereabouts seem to have been lost two decades later, and she attempts to piece together the details of his downfall. Agnieszka has difficulty making the film from archival sources and museum collections, but little work remains outside of official propaganda. Then Agnieszka goes to successful director Jerzy Burski, who recounts the details from the making of his unfinished film, Building Our Happiness. The truth behind the propaganda film comes to light, revealing how Birkut was selected as an example for demonstrating the progress and efficiency of a new industrial city Nowa Huta. Selected by Jodla, the local Party Secretary, Birkut’s fame spread from the bricklaying record of 30,000 bricks in one shift launched him to stardom. Burski does not divulge much about Birkut following his initial rise, but puts her in touch with a man who knew Birkut personally. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00746] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Working under the censorship of the Fascist Italian government, Visconti encountered problems with the production even before filming commenced. He had initially planned to adapt a story by Giovanni Verga, a renowned Italian realist writer and one of his greatest influences, but it was turned down almost immediately by the Fascist authorities due to its subject matter, which revolved around bandits. Around this time, Visconti uncovered a French translation of Cain’s novel which, famously, had been given to him by French director Jean Renoir while he was working in France in the 1930s.[citation needed] Visconti adapted the script with a group of men he selected from the Milanese magazine Cinema. The members of this group were talented filmmakers and writers and played a large role in the emerging neorealist movement: Mario Alicata, Gianni Puccini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Giuseppe De Santis. When Ossessione was completed and released in 1943, it was far from the innocent murder mystery the authorities had expected; after a few screenings in Rome and northern Italy, prompting outraged reactions from Fascist and Church authorities, the film was banned by the Fascist government reestablished in the German occupied part of Italy after the September 1943 armistice. Eventually the Fascists destroyed the film, but Visconti managed to keep a duplicate negative from which all existing prints have been made. After the war, Ossessione encountered more problems with mass distribution, this time in the United States. As a result of the wartime production schedule, Visconti had never obtained the rights to the novel and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer began production on another version of the film, directed by Tay Garnett (The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946), while the Fascist ban on Visconti’s work was still in effect. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00734] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire. Director: Gordon Parks Jr. Writer: Phillip Fenty (screenplay by) Stars: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier Argumento Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet, converting the coke to cash and running off to start a new life. The problem is that the Mob does not have a retirement plan and will give him a choice of staying and selling for them or dying if they find out his intentions.     Clasificación [ CM DVD 00099 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

A man becomes obsessed with vengeance when his soul mate marries another man. Director: Peter Kosminsky Writers: Emily Brontë (novel), Anne Devlin Stars: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer. Argumento In 1801, Lockwood, a wealthy young man from the South of England, who is seeking peace and recuperation, rents Thrushcross Grange in Yorkshire. He visits his landlord, Heathcliff, who lives in a remote moorland farmhouse, Wuthering Heights. There Lockwood finds an odd assemblage: Heathcliff, who seems to be a gentleman, but his manners are uncouth; the reserved mistress of the house, who is in her mid-teens; and a young man, who seems to be a member of the family, yet dresses and speaks as if he is a servant. Snowed in, Lockwood is grudgingly allowed to stay and is shown to a bedchamber, where he notices books and graffiti left by a former inhabitant named Catherine. He falls asleep and has a nightmare, in which he sees the ghostly Catherine trying to enter through the window. He cries out in fear, rousing Heathcliff, who rushes into the room. Lockwood is convinced that what he saw was real. Heathcliff, believing Lockwood to be right, examines the window and opens it, hoping to allow Catherine's spirit to enter. When nothing happens, Heathcliff shows Lockwood to his own bedroom and returns to keep watch at the window.     Clasificación [ CM DVD 00102 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)