In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.
Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal immigrant, after she finds her in the bathroom, badly beaten up. They strike up a close friendship unbeknownst to Caye's xenophobic co-workers.
Nito is a teenager with learning difficulties who has been put into a class with kids younger than him who are always mocking and playing jokes on him. Urged by the ideas they've planted in his head, Nito tries to lose his virginity.
Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.
The story follows Angel (González), twenty years old and barely employed, a man of few friends and a not too promising boxing career. Angel and his mother scrape out a living in Madrid. Enter Vidal, a professional bank robber and a real charmer, just back from Argentina. A former boxer with past...
Suspected of murder, fifteen year-old Ramón Fortuna is held in a detention centre. He feels as if he has woken from a dream, a dream lived in Vallecas, a working-class neighborhood in Madrid. His childhood is over. His mother and sister have dedicated their lives to him; now, although convinced of...
Pascual is a seventy-year-old man who lives in a small town in Spain. He owns an old house and a little store. He earns just enough to live. He can't get used to being old and lonely. To him this is rather difficult because he has not seen his daughter for years and he misses his wife, who died...
Ramon, a twelve year old visit a bicycle shop to fix a puncture. There he meets an old man named Mario, a former amateur cyclist, and was fascinated by a bike that just built with parts from different models. The old man decides to give it away.
Jorge lives in a room without a window, without light, without air, without a way out and with little hope. His father, Andrés, is the doorman of the building. He is about to retire and wants Jorge to keep the job, but Jorge wants to go to university.
An elderly woman prepares meticulously what he believes will be one of the great events of his life. (Inspired by the tragic death of Mexican actress Lupe Velez).
Daniel, a music teacher and pianist, and Ana, a gallery owner, are going through a marital crisis after more than twenty years of living together. Daniel has moved out on his own and wants a divorce. Ana refuses to accept reality.