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... Almodóvar, 1991 15 Things I never told you/Cosas que nunca te dije, Isabel Coixet, 1996 16 La flor de mi secreto, Pedro Almodóvar, 1995 17 Malena es un nombre de tango, Gerardo Herrero, 1996 18 Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos ...
... Almodóvar, 1991 15 Things I never told you/Cosas que nunca te dije, Isabel Coixet, 1996 16 La flor de mi secreto, Pedro Almodóvar, 1995 17 Malena es un nombre de tango, Gerardo Herrero, 1996 18 Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos ...
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... Almodóvar, for example, referred to it as: 'Ridículo, absurdo, grotesco e insultante' (Ridiculous, absurd, grotesque and insulting), adding that in Cortés 'el PP nos ha puesto un verdugo' (PP have sent us an executioner) (Álvarez 1997 ...
... Almodóvar, for example, referred to it as: 'Ridículo, absurdo, grotesco e insultante' (Ridiculous, absurd, grotesque and insulting), adding that in Cortés 'el PP nos ha puesto un verdugo' (PP have sent us an executioner) (Álvarez 1997 ...
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... Almodóvar's Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988). It has also enjoyed major international Oscar success with José Luis Garci's Volver a empezar (1982) and Fernando Trueba's Belle Epoque (1992). Also, more Spanish films than ...
... Almodóvar's Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988). It has also enjoyed major international Oscar success with José Luis Garci's Volver a empezar (1982) and Fernando Trueba's Belle Epoque (1992). Also, more Spanish films than ...
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... Almodóvar's La flor de mi secreto, Aranda's La pasión turca, Uribe's Días contados , Armendáriz's Historias del Kronen, Gómez Pereira's Boca a boca as well as Alex de la Iglesia's El día de la bestia, Agustín Díaz Yanes's Nadie hablará ...
... Almodóvar's La flor de mi secreto, Aranda's La pasión turca, Uribe's Días contados , Armendáriz's Historias del Kronen, Gómez Pereira's Boca a boca as well as Alex de la Iglesia's El día de la bestia, Agustín Díaz Yanes's Nadie hablará ...
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... Almodóvar's El Deseo is at the forefront of smaller production companies. Indeed, Almodóvar has been instrumental in supporting the projects of several new talents: Alex de la Iglesia (Acción mutante, 1992), Monica Laguna (Tengo una ...
... Almodóvar's El Deseo is at the forefront of smaller production companies. Indeed, Almodóvar has been instrumental in supporting the projects of several new talents: Alex de la Iglesia (Acción mutante, 1992), Monica Laguna (Tengo una ...
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popular genre film in postFranco Spain | 61 |
3 Gender and sexuality in postFranco cinema | 112 |
film in the autonomous regions | 156 |
Conclusion | 205 |
Index | 209 |
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