17 Jul 2022
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
An account of the life and work of Spanish actress Penélope Cruz: a long journey that began in the working-class neighborhoods of Madrid and ended in the hills of Hollywood.
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.
Top Billed Cast
Antonio Esquivias Self - Narrator (voice)
Emeterio Díez Puertas Self - Film Historian
Luis Casanova Iranzo Self - V. Casanova's Nephew
José Luis Castro de Paz Self - Film Scholar
Virginia Guarinos Self - Film Scholar
Jaime Hernández de la Torre Self - Painter
Alfonso Gil Self - Historian
Luis Fernández Gimeno Self - Fallero
Vicente Sánchez Biosca Self - Film Scholar
Fátima Gil Gascón Self - Scholar
Pablo León Aguinaga Self - Historian
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano Self - Spanish Military (archive footage)
Francisco Franco Self - Politician (archive footage)
Carmen Polo Self - Franco's Wife (archive footage)
Luis Carrero Blanco Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vicente Casanova Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Sara Montiel Self - Actress (archive footage)
Manuel Fraga Self - Politician (archive footage)
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