La spagnola

2001 1h 27m EN

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5.2

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★5.2TMDB · 12

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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Lola, a hot-blooded Spaniard, is deserted by her husband for a cool and calculating Aussie blonde. Lola is pregnant again but she and their daughter Lucia are left to starve while Ricardo spends all their savings on a sleek new set of wheels for his mistress. When he dies unexpectedly the family fortune, one flash car, remains with the mistress. Despite all his betrayals, Lucia sides with her father. Desperate and destitute in a country she doesn't like or understand, Lola's quest for revenge begins. Caught in the tempests of begrudging love, revenge, sibling rivalry, jealousy and passion, fourteen year old Lucia must find the strength to survive on her own terms. Aided to break free of her mother by her eccentric Aunt Manolo she struggles to find her own identity and her own quest for justice puts her on a collision course with her mother.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lola Marceli
Lola
Alice Ansara
Lucia
Lourdes Bartolomé
Manola
Simon Palomares
Ricardo
Silvio Ofria
Bruno
Helen Thomson
Wendy
Gabriella Maselli
Maria
Alex Dimitriades
Stefano

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steve Jacobs
Writers: Anna Maria Monticelli
Languages: English, Spanish, Italian
Countries: Australia

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Spanish, Italian.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

ERA

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Directed by Steve Jacobs, shot by Steve Arnold. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Lola Marceli and Alice Ansara and Lourdes Bartolomé carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0290867 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Steve Jacobs directs. Steve Arnold behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Australia. Dialogue in English, Spanish, Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Spanish, Italian.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Steve Jacobs, shot by Steve Arnold. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Lola Marceli and Alice Ansara and Lourdes Bartolomé carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0290867 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.