El monosabio
★ 6.8 · 1977 · 88m · Drama
Juanito, a peaceful fan of bullfighting, has become picador's assistant to see from the same arena the show in which he brags he is one of the protagonists. Furthermore, he believes he has discovered in a neighbor a potential figure of bullfighting sphere.
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Yo he visto a la muerte
1967 · ★ 5.7
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Jugando a morir
1966 · ★ 10
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2025 · ★ 10
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A Philosopher in the Arena
2019 · ★ 2
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Wakazuma: Ushiro Kara Hiraku
1989 · ★ 2
Hanako and Kenkichi's couple have moved to the two Nagaya in the downtown area where Hanako's mother lived until her death. When I easily arranged my luggage and ate soba noodles for delivery, there was a man who went up and started eating soba noodles together without greeting. The next resident, Soka Chihei. Hanako, who was born and raised in downtown, was accustomed to such an unreserved relationship, but Kenkichi, who was raised by Yamanote, was unpleasant.
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2021 · ★ 6.3
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Huntza
1992 · ★ 9
It is mid-afternoon on Saturday on the outskirts of a small town in Guipuzcoa. Antón and Kepa go to the Mentxu bar when events take a violent and lethal turn.
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Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 · ★ 7.3
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
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Lolita
1962 · ★ 7.3
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
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