Beyond the wide variety of series that Netflix has in its catalogue, there are also some very good films that don’t always get enough promotion. That’s why, below, we recommend five Spanish films that you can’t miss.
Parallel Mothers: Ana is a young woman who is going to have her first child and is absolutely terrified. Janis is a mature woman who is going to be a mother at the same time as Ana. The story follows these two women at very different stages of life, however, the birth of their respective children on the same day and in the same hospital will create a bond between them that is difficult to break. This relationship will evolve in different ways as their children grow up. It is directed by Pedro Almodóvar and stars Penélope Cruz.
The hole: A dystopian future. A pit with hundreds of levels, a platform that descends daily full of food through a central hole to each level. Two inhabitants per level. The inmates of this prison dug into the earth change places randomly. Are you one of those who jump when they are up or one of those who have no guts when they are down? It is a science fiction thriller.
The Invisible Guardian: On the banks of the Baztán River, in the lands of Navarra, the naked body of a teenager appears in circumstances that link that crime with a murder that occurred a month ago. Inspector Amaia Salazar leads the investigation, which will take her back to the town of Elizondo, where she grew up and from which she has tried to escape her entire life. Faced with the complicated implications of the case and her own ghosts, the investigation is a race against time to find a relentless murderer, in a land fertile in superstitions and witchcraft.
During the storm: A mysterious interference between two times causes Vera, a happily married mother, to save the life of a child who lived in her house 25 years before. But the consequences of her good deed cause a chain reaction that causes her to wake up in a new reality where her daughter has never been born.
The Crooked Lines of God: Alice, a private investigator, enters a psychiatric hospital simulating paranoia. Her goal is to gather evidence for the case she works on: the death of an inmate under unclear circumstances. However, the reality she will face in her confinement will exceed her expectations and call her own sanity into question. An unknown and exciting world will appear before her eyes. Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Torcuato Luca de Tena.
