Actress Belén Rueda (1965)

Ismael (2013), a Spanish drama directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, follows the journey of eight-year-old Ismael Tchou as he travels by train from Madrid to Barcelona. Initially, fleeing home in search of Felix Ambros, whom he believes is his father, Ismael’s only clue is a letter addressed to his mother and an apartment’s location. Upon arriving at the address, Ismael is greeted not by his father but by Nora, an elegant woman in her fifties who turns out to be Felix’s mother and therefore Ismael’s grandmother. This unexpected encounter sets off a chain of events as each character grapples with their ...

The Spanish mystery thriller film The Body (2012), co-written and directed by Oriol Paulo, follows Inspector Jaime Peña as he looks into an accident that has left night watchman Ángel Torres in a coma. Security footage reveals Ángel fleeing from his job at the morgue before being struck by a car. Peña is then informed that Mayka Villaverde, a middle-aged and wealthy businesswoman who was married to a younger man, has disappeared from the morgue after suffering a heart attack on a business trip. Her widower, Álex Ulloa, is shocked to hear this news while in the company of his young mistress, Carla Miller. While at the ...