A Hispanic Direction: Films from Notable Hispanic Directors Available at the SJRCC Libraries

Como Agua para Chocolate or Like Water for Chocolate - Summary: "Tita and Pedro's love was forbidden by family tradition which says that Tita's older sister must marry first. Pedro marries the sister to be nearer to his love, but Tita, the family cook, can only express her love through her cooking, which takes on a mystical quality and reveals her passion."

Call number: PAL - PN1997 Like 2000 DVD

Call number: SAC - PN1997 LIKE WATER DVD

The Magnificent Ambersons - Publisher's Marketing: "One of the most eagerly anticipated movies ever made has never truly been seen. The Magnificent Ambersons, Orson Welles's follow up to Citizen Kane, fell victim to a bitter struggle between the filmmaker and RKO Pictures, which radically re-edited it for release, cutting over an hour of footage and shooting a new ending. After 60 years, Welles's vision of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Booth Tarkington novel has finally been realized. Using the original shooting script, director Alfonso Arau (Like Water for Chocolate) and an extraordinary cast featuring James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential), Madeleine Stowe (12 Monkeys, Short Cuts) and Gretchen Mol (Sweet and Lowdown), have re-filmed every scene according to Welles's directions. The result is a haunting story of a wealthy Midwestern family's struggle to adapt to the rapidly changing world at the turn of the 20th century, and the long-overdue restoration of a missing piece of America's cinematic heritage."

Call number: SAC - PN1997 MagnifAm 2002 DVD

A Walk in the Clouds - Summary: "After returning home from war, a young GI has a chance encounter with the beautiful daughter of a vineyard owner who is single and pregnant. He agrees to pose as her husband to help her face her domineering father. When their passions for each other are ignited amidst the magical sensuality of the harvest ritual, they unexpectedly find themselves embarking on a romantic adventure as they overcome all odds to be together."

Call number: PAL - PN1997 Walk I63 2002 DVD

Children of Men - Summary: "A futuristic society faces extinction when no children are born and the human race has lost the ability to reproduce. England has descended into chaos, until an iron-handed warden is brought in to institute martial law. The warden's ability to keep order is threatened when a woman finds that she is pregnant with what would be the first child born in 27 years."

Call number: PAL - PN1997 Child M36 2007 DVD

Call number: SAC - PN1997 ChildrenM DVD

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Summary: "As Harry Potter readies himself for his third year at Hogwarts, an incident in which he is unable to control his anger forces him on the lam. At the same time, a dangerous man named Sirius Black escapes from the Azkaban prison with one thought on his mind: to track down and kill Harry Potter. The third year at Hogwarts is full of excitement and danger for Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger."

Call number: SAC - PN1997 HarryPotter Yr.3- Prisoner DVD

Y Tu Mama Tambien - Summary: "On a rowdy road trip a beautiful "older woman" schools two eager teenage boys in the finer points of passion in this coming-of-age story."

Call number: SAC – PN1997 YTuMama DVD

21 Grams - Summary: "Three strangers bound by fate and haunted by love will cross paths and change each other's lives forever."

Call number: SAC – PN1997 21 Gr DVD

Call number: OPC - PN1997 .A142 2004 DVD

Babel - Summary: "In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation, fear, and displacement, each character discovers that it is family that ultimately provides solace. In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couples frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of these four disparate groups of people are nevertheless hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation and grief. In the course of just a few days, they will each face the dizzying sensation of becoming profoundly lost lost in the desert, lost to the world, lost to themselves as they are pushed to the farthest edges of confusion and fear as well as to the very depths of connection and love."

Call number: SAC – PN1997 Babel DVD

Call number: OPC - PN1997 .B333 2007 DVD

Desperado - Summary: "A guitar-playing stranger shoots up a Mexican cantina while seeking the drug dealer who killed his girlfriend."

Call number: PAL - PN1997 Despe 2005 DVD

El Mariachi - Summary: "Two men in black with guitar cases confuse a Mexican drug war: one's just a singer looking for a job. Made for $7,000."

Call number: SAC – PN1997 ElMariachi DVD

Call number: PN1997 Elam 2005 DVD

Once Upon a Time in Mexico - Summary: "Leaping back into action, gun-slinging, guitar-toting hero "El Mariachi" is back in town in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, as director Robert Rodriguez delivers the epic final chapter of his pulp Western trilogy. Starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Enrique Iglesias and Willem Dafoe ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO is a full-frontal assault."

Call number: PAL - PN1997 Once U76 2005 DVD

Hellboy - Summary: "As dark forces gather to hasten the Apocalypse, Hellboy fights fire with fire in this mind-blasting supernatural action-adventure from the visionary director of Blade 2. Based on the celebrated Dark Horse comic book."

Call number: SAC - PN1997 Hellboy DVD

Laberinto del Fauno or Pan’s Labyrinth - Summary: "From acclaimed director Guillermo Del Toro comes a dark supernatural epic about the battle between good and evil. When young Ofelia and her mother go to live with her new step-father on a rural military outpost, she finds herself in a world of unimaginable cruelty. Soon Ofelia finds the creatures of her imagination in which she used to escape have become a reality and she must battle them to save both her mother and herself. In the terrifying battle that ensues, Ofelia soon learns that innocence has a power that evil cannot imagine."

Call number: OPC - PN1997 .P257 2007 DVD

Call number: SAC - PN1997 PansLabyr DVD