Julio is a struggling young writer who has hit a wall. Unemployed and involved in a half-hearted relationship with his neighbor, things are finally starting to look up when he gets an interview with a renowned author to transcribe his latest work. Things don't go as planned and Julio doesn't get the job. Instead of admitting the truth to his girlfriend, he pretends to be transcribing the novel when he's actually writing his own story. Searching for inspiration and a plot, Julio revisits a romance he had eight years ago when studying literature. As Julio's novel progresses, so does his fondness for the past and of the love he let slip away. Based on the internationally acclaimed novella, BONSÁI is a subtly affecting and comic examination of the lies we tell ourselves in order to get by.

SIDEWALLS is a clever romantic comedy examining with charm how the architecture of a city conditions the lives of two of its residents. Taretto pays homage to the city of Buenos Aires as he reflects on how urban chaos, as well as new technologies, can unite people but also keep them apart (as the sidewalls of the title). Mixing animation, photography and graphic art he reveals the characters' isolation and anxieties that are a staple of modern life in a noisy city that nonetheless has an irresistible charm.

Salma Hayek stars in this hilarious, multi-layered dark comedy as the loving wife of an unemployed ad exec whose freak accident propels him into the limelight.

Pedro Almodóvar's Volver (Coming Back) is set in Madrid's lively working-class neighborhoods, where three generations of women survive wind, fire and even death, thanks to goodness, audacity and a limitless vitality. They are Raimunda (Pénelope Cruz), who is married to an unemployed laborer and has a teenage daughter (Yohana Cobo); Sole (Lola Dueñas), her sister, a hairdresser; and the mother of both (Carmen Maura), who died in a fire along with her husband. The presence of the mother, whose reappearance in death seems to arise out of a need to fix the situations she couldn't resolve in life, gradually becomes a comfort to her daughters as well as her grandchild. The female ensemble cast together was awarded Best Actress at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. 2006 El Deseo D.A., S.L.U. All Rights Reserved.

Two weddings collide with comically disastrous results in this uproarious screwball comedy starring Golden Globe-winning actress Sally Hawkins.

Based on Karin Fossum's award-winning novel Don't Look Back, THE GIRL BY THE LAKE is Andrea Molaioli's debut feature, for which she was honored with the Isvema Award at the Venice Film Festival. Then the picture took her country's moviegoers by storm. An idyllic town is shocked by the murder of young and beautiful girl. Inspector Giovanni Sanzio (Venice Best Actor Tony Sevillo of IL DIVO and GOMORRAH) is called in from the capital, but the victim proves as mysterious as the crime itself.

In this scintillating drama, an insatiable lust for sexual pleasure drives Val, a young French girl, into a sordid life of prostitution and destruction.

The romantic escapades of two teens who initiate an impossible rebellion against the adult world. Tortured by violent fantasies and craving his father's attention, Roman attempts suicide several times, but his life is changed when he meets Maru, a solitary girl who is sexually harassed by her relentless ex-boyfriend. United in rebellion, Roman and Maru disappear to the roof of Roman's house. Their new life pushes them to discover their sexuality and an intense intimacy. Realizing they will soon be discovered and separated, the young pair looks to expand the limits of their recently formed paradise. But in the real world, wounds are true and actions have consequences.

A couple's son and daughter inexplicably reappear after being lost overnight on a desolate, cave-riddled mountainside. As the children withdraw and begin to exhibit strange behavior, their parents quickly assume something sinister happened to them. But after hearing an ominous local legend, the concerned mother and father begin to realize that their children may have fallen prey to something inhuman -- and that this dark, unstoppable evil has now returned home with them.

Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life. He lives with his brother, and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around, and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal until the arrival of Ikari, an enigmatic student who seems to be hiding something. Pol is fascinated by his new classmate and attracted to the dark side he harbors. An inexplicable death and a series of strange events will transform the meek student's routine into a fantastic adventure, which will take over their lives.

A captivating romantic comedy about Lola (Hayek), a sexy waitress who meets Martin (Gomez), a charming millionaire. Their whirlwind romance screeches to a halt when Martin has to repay a million dollars to the mob and Lola makes a surprising confession. 2000 Bocaboca Producciones, S.A. All Rights Reserved.

Laura, a young journalist living an isolated life in a cramped Mexico City flat, is not lucky in love. The banality of her daily life stands stark contrast to her nightly pursuit of sex and love. These short-lived affairs barely take the edge off her isolation, but then she meets the brooding, would-be actor Arturo. Their chemistry ignites feelings in Laura that leave her deeply troubled. The two embark on an increasingly dangerous sadomasochistic relationship in which pleasure, pain and love merge. Their physical relationship seems headed for a very dark place as her secret past resurfaces, pushing Arturo to the limit in this intense, powerful and at times deeply unsettling movie.

POST TENEBRAS LUX ("light after darkness") is the Cannes Film Festival prize winner that follows an upscale Mexican family whose move to the countryside in search of an ideal life results in domestic crisis and class friction. Stunningly photographed, the film is an enthralling and enigmatic exploration of the primal conflicts of the human condition.

On the desolated coast of Veracruz, 17 year-old Sebastián takes over running his uncle's small and cozy rent-by-the hour motel. There he meets Miranda, a regular customer who comes to the motel to meet a lover who always keeps her waiting. As Sebastián and Miranda get to know each other, an ambiguous game of seduction begins between them.

THE AMAZING CATFISH is a heartwarming tale of two unique women who bond while recuperating in a hospital. Martha, a mother of four rambunctious and imaginative children finds solace when she meets the younger woman, Claudia, and quickly the two build a strong relationship. When Martha invites Claudia to live with her family, Claudia unwittingly takes on the responsibility of becoming a surrogate mother to Martha's children.