Carlos Bardem
1) Badaq
Author
Publisher
Plaza & Janes
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"1583. Una badaq -o rinoceronte indonesio- pace tranquilamente en la isla de Pawu. Cuando llega un galeón castellano, el animal es testigo de las relaciones entre colonizadores e indígenas y se convierte en moneda de cambio entre ellos. La llevan hasta Madrid, donde su vida correrá peligro si no consigue escapar de un destino sin sentido. A su alrededor, se teje una trama de intereses y corruptelas entre políticos sin escrúpulos, libertinos codiciosos...
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Fortunato es un asesino a sueldo, culto, elegante y discreto. Cuando se le encarga que elimine a una política corrupta, recuerda su infancia y juventud, cómo sintió crecer la violencia dentro y qué hizo para controlarla y usarla, según él, en beneficio propio y de los demás. Pero esta educación sentimental es solo el principio de un viaje que le llevará por los escenarios más oscuros y violentos de nuestra sociedad y le hará replantearse...
3) Mongo blanco
Author
Publisher
Plaza & Janés
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Tras la muerte de su padre, el joven malagueño Pedro Blanco se echa a la mar en busca de un futuro mejor. Gracias a su pericia y fuerza de voluntad, escala posiciones hasta convertirse en Mongo Blanco, uno de los grandes negreros del siglo XIX. Pero la traición de una persona muy cercana a él lo llevará al comienzo de su caída en desgracia. Así se lo cuenta a su médico desde el manicomio en el que está encerrado sin sospechar que su historia...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel of the same name, ''The Son'' is a sweeping family saga that spans 150 years and three generations of the McCullough family. The ten-episode, one-hour drama traces the story of Eli McCullough's transformation from good-natured innocence to calculated violence, as he loses everything on the wild frontier, setting him on the path to building a ranching-and-oil dynasty of unsurpassed wealth and privilege. ''The Son'' deftly explores...
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
On his first day on the job, prison officer Juan Olivier is knocked unconscious in a freak accident and his co-workers carry him to an empty cell. When he awakens, Juan discovers that he has been abandoned in the middle of a riot in a high-security cellblock, home to the prison's most dangerous criminals. If they discover he's a guard, he's dead meat. To survive, Juan must pose as a prisoner and conspire with the riot's vicious leader, Malamadre.
7) Americano
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After receiving news of his mother's death, Martin leaves his girlfriend and home in Paris and sets off for L.A. to tie up the loose ends of his rocky maternal relationship. As Martin digs deeper into his mother's past, he discovers she had a hidden relationship with a beautiful woman, who he finds at a seedy strip club in Tijuana, called the Americano. Martin discovers there may be more than he ever hoped to know about his mother's sordid past and...
Publisher
Movie Time Video
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Gonzalez will find in religion a suitable way to solve his economic problems and acquire additional wealth. This will lead to a conflict between his personal ambition and his genuine character.
Gonzales encontrara en la religion un camino conveniente para resolver sus problemas economicos y adquirir riqueza adicional. Esto dondurcira a un conflicto entre su ambicion y su caracter genuino.
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
One night, Elvira's husband Gustavo goes to buy cigarettes, and never returns. The 40-year-old mother of two begins a relentless investigation to find the love of her life. The clues lead her to the conclusion that her husband has kept a secret relationship. But this unfortunate discovery will not stop Elvira's mission to find him.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
Ciudad de México. 2002, 2006, 2010. Un policía, un rehén, una esposa. Corrupción, violencia, venganza.Tres destinos se entrelazan durante los treinta días del mundial de fútbol, tiempo santo donde todo vale, donde el mundo entra en un vértigo paralizante mientras la suerte de todos depende de un balón. Tres formas de luchar para sobrevivir. Ovacionada en el Festival de Cannes, premio a Mejor Director en el Festival de Guadalajara y ganadora...
11) Che
Series
Criterion collection volume 496
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
A portrait of the man who overthrew a dictatorship and became a revolutionary before his life was ended. Includes both Che Part One: The Argentine and Part Two: Guerrilla and bonus features.