Three stories that are three different ways of seeing and expressing how a seemingly normal situation inevitably leads to an outbreak of violence. The first episode, by Claudio Guerin, shows an actor and former actress couple facing the arrival of their daughter with a potential...
In Prohibition-era United States, Grim Doel deliberately has himself imprisoned to help four prisoners escape—The Irishman, The One-Armed Man, Jeremiah, and The Engineer—and takes them to the headquarters of his illegal alcohol trafficking organization. For five thousand dollars each, the four agree to serve under...
During the Civil War (1936-1939), a group of Spanish children, mostly Basque, was sent to Belgium, far from the bombings and horrors of war. These children tried to overcome their difficulties by supporting each other and adapting to their new country and their adoptive parents....
"The Arthurian myth is a subject that has always interested me: I've seen all the films, read all the books, and tried to follow every discovery that has been made on the subject. I was thinking about how to make a film that, without specifically...
A small, rural Spanish town in the present day is haunted by vampires. Dr. Dora Maeterlick is called to a nearby castle to cure Baron Carl von Rysselbert's father, who suffers from a rare blood disorder. Erika, the Doctor's assistant, falls in love with Carl....
It tells the story of Marquis Karl Ziemmer and his wife, Erszebeth Bathory, descendant of a countess who used to bathe in virgins' blood. A series of crimes occur in the region, the victims of which are always young girls whose blood is mysteriously drained....
Maribel, a young typist, starts working at a construction company as the secretary for the director, Don Ignacio. To seduce the girl, the businessman gets a loan so her parents can buy a new home, thereby obtaining permission for Maribel to accompany him to London....
It tells the story of the unusual, unromantic, sentimental relationship between two tourists in Spain....
Enrique Vázquez (José Sacristán) would be just another ordinary lawyer in Spain, if it weren't for his strange obsession: the eroticism of advertising. And we mean eroticism in the literal sense. What gives Enrique the most pleasure in this world is a good advertisement, whether...
After finishing high school at the age of twenty-four, Óscar is an immature student, unable to face returning home alone for the summer. He manages to convince Carlos, his young math teacher, to accompany him. Once back home, Óscar begins to behave in an increasingly...
Three individuals kidnap a woman and a middle-aged man and take them to a desolate cabin, where they use various means to terrorize them....
Juan Ruiz, a young poet from a bourgeois family, evading a marriage commitment arranged by his parents, attempts to formalize his life with a beautiful aristocrat he loves. But she rejects him at the last minute, and the young man is forced to embark on...
