Alatriste

cover image Volume Number: disc 2 Barcode: 58948513 Call Number: V-SPA 197B Material Type: Video -DVD System Requirements: PAL, Region 2 DVD Region: Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Agustin Diaz Yanes Description: A fierce soldier fighting for the Spanish cause in Flanders returns to a drastically-different Spain to fulfill the dying wish of a fallen friend, only to find that life isn't what it once was in his decaying homeland in director Agustin Diaz Yanes' adaptation of Arturo Pérez-Revete's popular series of bestselling books. Compelled to fulfill the final wish of his dying friend, noble warrior Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) makes his way back to Spain to care for the man's young ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Alatriste

cover image Volume Number: disc 1 Barcode: 58958735 Call Number: DV-SPA 197A Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 147 min. System Requirements: PAL, Region 2 DVD Region: Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Agustin Diaz Yanes Description: A fierce soldier fighting for the Spanish cause in Flanders returns to a drastically-different Spain to fulfill the dying wish of a fallen friend, only to find that life isn't what it once was in his decaying homeland in director Agustin Diaz Yanes' adaptation of Arturo Pérez-Revete's popular series of bestselling books. Compelled to fulfill the final wish of his dying friend, noble warrior Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) makes his way back to Spain to care for the man's young ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Alcaldessa = Ada for Mayor

cover image Barcode: 58961512 Call Number: DV-SPA 523.01 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 88 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Pau Faus Description: ADA FOR MAYOR follows Ada Colau for one year, from her time spent organizing the anti-eviction fight in Barcelona to the day she is sworn-in as its mayor. The intimate chronicle - featuring Colau's own video diary - and privileged access to the inner-workings of a new citizen platform reveal an extraordinary journey in which two prevalent themes are united: a historic victory illustrative of the political changes taking place in southern Europe, and the inner struggle of someone who fears ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Alias María

cover image Barcode: 58962141 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 91 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by José Luis Rugeles Description: A vision of Colombia's inhuman armed conflict, seen through the eyes of a young - and pregnant - girl soldier. Rating Audience (Video Only): TV MA Collection: Language Resource Center

Alla Lejos Y Hace Tiempo - Far Away And Long Ago

Barcode: 45400397 Call Number: L-RS171 Material Type: Video -VHS Time: 90 min. Language: Spanish Description: A story about growing up in Pampas, based on the autobiographical story of Guillermo Enrique Hudson by the same name. told by an old man reviewing his younger days, what he learns from his tutor, his crazy old friend, from his first experiences with death and war. Directed by Manuel Antin. Collection: Language Resource Center

Amador

cover image Barcode: 58961196 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 112 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Fernando León De Aranoa Description: Marcela, a young immigrant with financial troubles, finds a summer job looking after Amador, a bed-ridden elderly man whose family is away. She thinks her problems are solved, but Amador dies shortly thereafter, putting Marcela in a predicament. His death leaves her jobless, something she can't afford to let happen. Faced with a difficult moral dilemma, Marcela will prove that death can't always stop life. Collection: Language Resource Center

Amama / cuando cae un árbol = When a Tree Falls

cover image Barcode: 58961017 Call Number: V-SPA 496 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 103 min System Requirements: Not Specified, plays region 1 Language: Spanish, Basque Creator: Directed by Asier Altuna Description: "The story of a family; the story of a conflict. The rural and the urban, the past and the present, parents and their offspring: opposing ways of life struggle against one another whilst, in eloquent silence, the grandmother -- Amama -- watches her family’s destiny unfold."--Txintxua Films Collection: Language Resource Center

Amama = When a Tree Falls

cover image Barcode: 58960947 Call Number: DV-SPA 496 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 103 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Asier Altuna Description: "The story of a family; the story of a conflict. The rural and the urban, the past and the present, parents and their offspring: opposing ways of life struggle against one another whilst, in eloquent silence, the grandmother -- Amama -- watches her family’s destiny unfold."--Txintxua Films Collection: Language Resource Center

Amazona

cover image Barcode: 58965223 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 80 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Clare Weiskopf and Nicolas van Hemelryck Description: "This is the story of Val and Clare: a mother and a daughter. After the tragic death of her eldest daughter, Val left her kids and family behind and escaped into the Colombian jungle in order to search for her identity. Clare was only 11 years old when her mother left and couldn't understand what she was looking for. A son who became an addict, three break-ups and a fractured family remained behind. Now Clare is pregnant and decides to confront her mother, heal the wounds of the past ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Amore, mujeres, y flores = Love, Women, and Flowers

Barcode: 58961992 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 58 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Marta Rodriguez, Jorge Silva Description: The documentary outlines the social features of workers at flowers plantation at Bogotá, Colombia and his claim for a better lifestyle and health conditions among the females stories of life and love. Collection: Language Resource Center

Amores Perros = Love is a bitch

cover image Barcode: 58918393 Call Number: V-SPA 007 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 153 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Description: Three stories: Octavio is a young aimless loser who lives in a barrio and has an obsessive crush on his sister-in-law, Susana, who is married to Ramiro, an abusive hoodlum. Meanwhile, Daniel, a succesful editor, has ditched his wife and children to live in a dream apartment with Valeria, a shallow and neurotic supermodel. On the other hand, El Chivo, a bitter ex con turned hitman, haunts the life of a pretty young girl with whom he has a secret relationship and gets a commission to kill a ... Rating Audience (Video Only): R Collection: Language Resource Center

Amores Perros = Love is a bitch

cover image Barcode: 58923887 Call Number: V-SPA 007.04 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 153 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 DVD Region: Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Description: Three stories: Octavio is a young aimless loser who lives in a barrio and has an obsessive crush on his sister-in-law, Susana, who is married to Ramiro, an abusive hoodlum. Meanwhile, Daniel, a succesful editor, has ditched his wife and children to live in a dream apartment with Valeria, a shallow and neurotic supermodel. On the other hand, El Chivo, a bitter ex con turned hitman, haunts the life of a pretty young girl with whom he has a secret relationship and gets a commission to kill a ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Amores Perros = Love is a bitch

cover image Barcode: 58957216 Call Number: DV-SPA 007 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 153 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Description: Three stories: Octavio is a young aimless loser who lives in a barrio and has an obsessive crush on his sister-in-law, Susana, who is married to Ramiro, an abusive hoodlum. Meanwhile, Daniel, a succesful editor, has ditched his wife and children to live in a dream apartment with Valeria, a shallow and neurotic supermodel. On the other hand, El Chivo, a bitter ex con turned hitman, haunts the life of a pretty young girl with whom he has a secret relationship and gets a commission to kill a ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Ana y los lobos = Anna and the Wolves

cover image Barcode: 58925545 Call Number: V-SPA 074 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 104 min. System Requirements: PAL, Region 2 DVD Region: Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Carlos Saura Description: The film deals with a woman and her three sons, each one symbolic of one of the repressive elements of Spanish society: politics, religion and sex. A poor English governess enters the service of this household and becomes the victim of the brothers' attentions, aggressions and cruelty. Collection: Language Resource Center

Anarcoma. Obra grafíca completa

cover image Barcode: 58964684 Call Number: FR-SPA Naz Material Type: Print-Graphic Novel Language: Spanish Creator: Nazario Description: "Symbols of freedom never came more outrageously formed that Anarcoma; a spectacularly endowed, star-struck transvestite private detective who hangs all-out in the notorious red-light district of Las Ramblas. A stunning blend of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall “she” works as prostitute and club entertainer while pursuing her dream of becoming a real gumshoe like the ones in the American movies she adores…" https://www.comicsreview.co.uk/nowreadthis/2011/01/30/anarcoma/ Collection: Language Resource Center

Angélica

cover image Barcode: 58963939 Call Number: DV-SPA 609 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 95 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Marisol Gómez-Mouakad Description: Angelica has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to look inside and rethink her life. Collection: Language Resource Center

Angélica

cover image Barcode: 58964336 Call Number: V-SPA 609 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 95 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Marisol Gómez-Mouakad Description: Angelica has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to look inside and rethink her life. Collection: Language Resource Center

Antes Que Anochezca = Before Night Falls

cover image Barcode: 58945011 Call Number: V-SPA 117 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 133 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 DVD Region: Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Julian Schnabel Description: A look at the life of Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. Collection: Language Resource Center

Antes Que Anochezca = Before Night Falls

cover image Barcode: 58946853 Call Number: DV-SPA 117 Material Type: Video -Digital Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Julian Schnabel Description: A look at the life of Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. Rating Audience (Video Only): R

Antes Que Anochezca = Before Night Falls

cover image Barcode: 58957810 Call Number: DV-SPA 117 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 133 min. DVD Region: Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Julian Schnabel Description: A look at the life of Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. Collection: Language Resource Center

AP Spanish : preparing for the language examination

Edition: 2nd ed. Barcode: 58944419 Call Number: IL-SPA Dia Material Type: Print Language: Spanish Description: "This book has been designed to develop the students' listening comprehension skills at the upper levels of Spanish. It offers practice for the listening comprehension section of the Spanish SAT II as well as for the Advanced Placement Examination." Collection: Language Resource Center

Aparecidos = The Appeared

cover image Barcode: 58962578 Call Number: V-SPA 558 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 109 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Paco Cabezas Description: "One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago. That same night, the past and present intertwine; before the siblings' helpless eyes, a family is persecuted, tortured, and murdered step-by-step in the manner described in the diary. The siblings' trip becomes a nightmare, in which they don't know if the people whom they're trying to save are real... or manifestations of ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Araya / Reveron

cover image Barcode: 58957066 Call Number: V-SPA 420 Material Type: Video -DVD System Requirements: NTSC, Region 0 Language: Spanish, French Creator: Directed by Margot Benacerraf Description: "'Araya' is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish. Margot Benacerraf captures in images, the life of the 'salineros' and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation. " - IMDB ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Araya / Reveron

cover image Barcode: 58957176 Call Number: DV-SPA 420 Material Type: Video -Digital Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Margot Benacerraf Description: "'Araya' is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish. Margot Benacerraf captures in images, the life of the 'salineros' and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation. " - IMDB ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Argentina Negra

Barcode: 58963948 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 3 min. Language: Spanish Creator: Directed by Federico Pita Description: In black Argentina , nine interviewees, Afro-descendant women and men, reflect on racism in their country and the pride of being black. Two of the testimonies are of Dora Cuello and Elsa Cuello, twins born in Argentina, granddaughters and great-granddaughters of Argentines, although many do not want to believe. ... Collection: Language Resource Center