The film portrays the daily lives, secrets, lies, loneliness and frustrations of a group of eight thirty-something friends living in Barcelona.
Stories from the intimacy of a private space launched to the screen. How we are as mothers, as fathers or as children. Stories of pain, of hope, of love, or of facing that which was never faced. Disturbing testimonies, but also full of humanity. Crises make us reflect and leave a record of who we are, in case we cease to exist. Visual notes that make up a film about our being and what we say when all certainties collapse.
As one of the world's best restaurants opens for its final evening, a couple in the midst of a divorce who made their reservation a year ago (before separating) reunite for a once-in-lifetime meal.
About Crying is a story about a relationship that is close to end. Vera and Alejandro are facing a long night with decisions, doubts, fears, lies, silence and arguments. This story is a trip from the high Barcelona to the sea.
Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival gangster Souza sends femme fatale Fatima to check things out. Juantxo and his friends are trying to get the ring back and in the process get involved in the war between gangs.
He is six years old and his schoolmates call him Dirty Face. That is why he washes his face over and over again, but it is useless.
Ibrahim came to Spain from Guinea Conakry and now his roots are in Madrid, where he lives with Mariama and works as a bricklayer. One day, the police arrest him and Ibrahim, who lacks a residence permit, is deported to his country. From that moment on, his only objective will be to return to Spain to reunite with Mariama and her daughter about to be born. After managing to cross Africa, he settles with some companions in Mount Gurugú, an immigrant camp that separates Africa from Europe. There he meets Aminata, a girl determined to jump the fence and reach Spain. But that is a physical feat that is not within everyone's reach.
Rosa is a young teacher who started the course in a school in the outskirts of Valencia. There he meets a troubled student, who at first did not know how to handle, and with James, the director of the school, a disillusioned man. One of the students called Rosa's attention immediately. Amira is a Sudanese girl who is not related to the other fellow. These include establishing a good relationship, and that makes Rosa discover that the family intends to practice Amira an ablation. Rosa will try to avoid it.
Five documentary shorts about various children from the third world.
Julián is a successful video-game designer whose life is plagued by a dark secret. But when Diana pops up in his life, the man will feel as though a chance at happiness is within his grasp.
Minimalistic frieze fifteen episodes about human behavior (desire, submission, love, jealousy, wisdom, honesty, sincerity, passion, faith, ...) located between two fantastic stories about the will and doubt.
Yao and Moroccan Rachid arrive illegally in Valencia, Spain, and separate. Yao sells pirated DVDs in the street and wanders disconsolately around the barrio until he glimpses divorcee Maria Luisa working in her boutique. High-strung and irritable, Maria lives with her gay son, Rober, who, like many other things in life, is a disappointment to her. Rachid, meanwhile, is doing just fine working as a hairstylist in a beauty salon; Rober is hopelessly in love with him. When Yao starts sleeping in Rober's flat, a confrontation between him and Maria suddenly becomes inevitable, and when it comes, what could have been an embarrassment is actually handled with grace.
A game between four characters. A comedy about love and friendship. A film about the great lie of story telling that moves between reality and fiction.
Two reporters undertake a dangerous investigative job: expose the mafia that transports immigrants from Africa to Europe illegally. Its intention is to denounce the drama of immigration and the proliferation of clandestine and criminal networks of human trafficking.
Lila, a famous retired singer, loses her memory after suffering an accident, just as she planned her return to the stage.
Dark secrets from her husband's past start to reveal themselves, she has to decide how to reclaim her voice and protect everyone she holds dear, while her personal drama begins to unfold on a national stage.
Everyday Sara crosses paths with Tobias on her way to the museum where she works. One morning she accepts his invitation for coffee. It will be the first of several encounters that will affect how she relates to others.
A comedy writer working on a TV show has to collaborate with a new partner, Humormatic, a joke-writing machine.
Alberto and Miguel have a bar, but things are not going very well. They need to get out of this black hole and they need money to do it. Alberto is divorced and alcoholic, Miguel has a big secret... Their old friend Claudio is very rich. Why not steal some of his money? Troubles grow when Claudio's wife is planning to steal this money too... The Washington wolfs, in a circus near all this, are the silent witnesses of all that happens that night.
Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
We're all descended from immigrants if we dig deep into our roots. We all belong to a place, but that place doesn't belong to us. This is the conclusion reached by actor Alex O'Dogherty, as he continues the research his father began into the history of his surname. Not all descendants of immigrants are treated equally. It depends on where they come from and the color of their skin. Alex tries to find out who he is, searching for where he comes from, only to discover that he's from... a little bit of everywhere.
