Spanish movie ready for the Oscar?

[Marcio**]

Pedro Almodovar's latest film is eye candy for the heart and soul. Borat is a very funny film with a dark message about American xenophobia.



Borat, featuring Penelope Cruz

[Nano]

I didn't dare to watch VOLVER yet... Pedro's last films left me cold.

But I saw some good recent Spanish movies. Here are five:

-FICCION (Cesc Gay) - this is the guy who did KRAMPACK. This one is better, a simple and very real love story.

-AMOR IDIOTA /IDIOT LOVE (Ventura Pons) - very funny but also moving romance with a female character that keeps you hooked.

-EL TAXISTA FUL (Jo Sol) - funny and smart documentary about an elder disemployed man and the globaliphobic militants who nurture him. But is it really a documentary?

-LA LEYENDA DEL TIEMPO (Isaki Lacuesta) - another blend of reality and fiction with two characters in the land of legendary cantaor Camarón de la Isla. Unconventional and compelling.

-EL CIELO GIRA (Mercedes Alvarez) - slow-paced and stunningly photographed doc about the country town where the director was born. Only fourteen people live there.

Some of these movies' dialog is not in Spanish but Catala, the typical dialect of the Barcelona region. You should find subtitled copies anyway.