Spanish films?

[Du Soleil.]

Alright, so this year for my A2 Spanish exam I've got to do a presentation on a Spanish film. Now the tutor's recommended Pan's Labyrinth and while that's a brilliant movie, I don't wanna be one of 20 people doing their presentation on it, simply because the examiner would have heard it all before and it's easier to get bad marks since he/she can compare it with other Pan's Labyrinth presentations. I was considering doing The Devil's Backbone (which is also by Guillermo del Toro) which is considered to be a kind-of prequel to Pan's Labyrinth, but I want to get a good scope of Spanish theatre. I'm also considering some of Almodóvar's stuff but I'm really not sure what? If any of you could list any really good Spanish films (dialogue has to be completely Spanish so it could be Mexican films, Puerto Rican films, Cuban films, etc. etc.), I'd be grateful.

Same also goes for French. Now while I am French, I am clueless as to what film to talk about in my oral exam. Obvious one is Amélie, but I don't want to do that one (though it is good) because again, 20 or so people will be doing that. I was considering À Bout de Souffle but I don't really know that much about it and am not confident in my ability with it. In class we are studying two films -- one of them is called La Haine and the other is Les Choristes, which we are not allowed to talk about in the exam. I was considering Beau Père and Le Souffle au Cœur but the themes seem too heavy (incest/paedophilia) and it's not something I wanna crush my chances of getting high marks with.

Films must have English subtitles.

Here are the films I am not going to be doing:

Name		Lang		Director
Pan's Labyrinth		Spanish		Guillermo del Toro
The Orphanage		Spanish		Juan Antonio Bayona
Beau Père		French		Bertrand Blier
Le Souffle au Cœur		French		Louis Malle
La Haine		French		Mathieu Kassovitz
Les Choristes		French		Christophe Barratier
El Bola		Spanish		Achero Mañas
Amélie		French		Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Dreamers		English		Bernardo Bertolucci

Here are films I am considering doing:

Name		Lang		Director
The Devil's Backbone		Spanish		Guillermo del Toro
Los Olvidados		Spanish		Luis Buñuel
Viridiana		Spanish		Luis Buñuel
À Bout de Souffle		French		Jean-Luc Godard
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon		French		Jean-Dominique Bauby
Aurore		French		Luc Dionne
Y Tu Mamá También		Spanish		Alfonso Cuarón
Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles		French		Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Le Ballon Rouge		French		Albert Lamorisse
Les Bons Débarras		French		Francis Mankiewicz
L'Auberge Espagnole		French		Cédric Klapisch

Please note that these tables will change quite frequently. I'll be watching up to two movies from the 'considered list' every weekend and some of them may be moved into the 'not doing' list.

Thanks a lot.

[Massive Attack]

almodovar is a beast

[Ore012]

Why not try The Orphanage? It seems horror, but the film is in spanish.

And for French, I had a Film in mind but I forgot the name. It does have a Incest sort of feel to it. But it's a mix of English and French-oh wait.. nevermind about that film then.

[Du Soleil.]

Originally Posted by Ore012

Why not try The Orphanage? It seems horror, but the film is in spanish.

This is an exam. I need a film that's got some depth to it other than people getting hacked to pieces and whatnot.

And for French, I had a Film in mind but I forgot the name. It does have a Incest sort of feel to it. But it's a mix of English and French-oh wait.. nevermind about that film then.

Think you're thinking of Le Souffle au Cœur. A mother & son have an incestuous relationship.

[wu tang goku]

for spanish get something by Luis Bunuel, maybe Viridiana or Los Olvidados

for french The Diving Bell And The Butterfly is fanfuckingtastic

each of these would probably give you huge points content alone

[midget00999]

Aw crap I was going to say Pan's Labyrinth too.
ermm Y tu mama tambien. Well thats what my mom said.
French ermm hmmm.... Its like an indie film but its mostly in english and its like NC-17 so you have no hopes there. Its called the dreamers i believe.

[Trag]

French, do A Very Long Engagement. It's by the same director as Amelie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Or do The Red Balloon :)

[Teiku 5]

could you do a film version of Don Quixote for the Spanish film? that story was originally in espanol, right? i'm sure they have a good movie of it out there.

as for the French one, i haven't a clue.

other than that,
List of Spanish films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of French films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Desidarata]

For French do this movie Aurore it's a really sad moive though, and I'm not sure it would be school appropriate. :P
And I don't know about Spanish, I can't even speak it. (Gawd I'm the worst hispanic out there xD)

[Du Soleil.]

Originally Posted by wu tang goku

for spanish get something by Luis Bunuel, maybe Viridiana or Los Olvidados

the same guy who did las hurdes: tierra sin pan, yeah?

[Massive Attack]

i've been calling bunuel "brunel" for eons.

[wu tang goku]

yesm

[Ams Tram Gram]

Can you use Québécois movies for your French oral?

[Du Soleil.]

Originally Posted by Ams Tram Gram

Can you use Québécois movies for your French oral?

Yes, I can. Anything that is completely spoken in French with English subtitles. I don't actually need the subtitles being French myself, but the teacher likes to go over the movies we've watched and it helps them if they have subtitles just to make sure I've got everything as accurately as possible. That means that the film could be from any Francophone country.

[Kasrinok]

Hmm.. Pans Labrinth, such a great movie! The whole thing is in spanish and it is so great.. I actually wrote a short story about it for school.