List of Spanish films of 1990

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A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1990.

Contents

Films

ReleaseTitle
(Domestic title)
Cast & CrewRef.
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26 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
(¡Átame!)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar [n. 1] [1]
Aquí huele a muerto... (pues yo no he sido)  [ es ]Director: Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia  [ es ] [2]
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1 Warsaw Bridge
(Pont de Varsòvia)
Director: Pere Portabella
Cast: Carmen Elías, Francisco Guíjar, Jaume Comas, Jordi Dauder, José María Pou
[3] [4]
2Disparate nacionalDirector: Mariano Ozores
Cast: Antonio Ozores, Óscar Ladoire  [ es ], Antonio Resines, Fabiola Toledo
[5] [6]
9 The Rift
(La grieta)
Director: Juan Piquer Simón [7] [8]
16 ¡Ay, Carmela! Director: Carlos Saura [n. 2] [9]
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la sombra del ciprés es alargada Director: Luis Alcoriza
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3 Metropolitan (Metropolitan)Director: Whit Stillman
Cast: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Taylor Nichols,Christopher Eigeman, Allison Rutledge-Parisi, Dylan Hundley, Isabel Gillies, Bryan Leder, Will Kempe, Elisabeth Thompson
24 Don Juan, My Dear Ghost  [ es ]
(Don Juan, mi querido fantasma)
Director: Antonio Mercero [11] [12] [13]
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7 Alone Together
(A solas contigo)
Director: Eduardo Campoy [14] [15]
28 Letters from Alou
(Las cartas de Alou)
Director: Montxo Armendáriz
Cast: Mulie Jarju
[16] [17]
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5 Yo soy esa  [ es ]Director: Luis Sanz [18] [19]
12 Against the Wind
(Contra el viento)
Director: Paco Periñán [20]
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16 Innisfree Director: José Luis Guerín [n. 3] [21]
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5 The Ages of Lulu
(Las edades de Lulú)
Director: Bigas Luna [n. 4] [22]
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The Cross of Iberia  [ es ]
(La cruz de Iberia)
Director: Eduardo Mencos [23]

Box office

The five highest-grossing Spanish films in 1990, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: [24]

Highest-grossing films of 1990
RankTitleAdmissionsDomestic gross ()
1 Aquí huele a muerto... (pues yo no he sido)  [ es ]1,367,893482,748,698
2 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Átame!)1,218,988482,698,238
3 Yo soy esa  [ es ]975,432386,112,523
4 Ay Carmela (¡Ay, Carmela!)717,703271,207,763
5Disparate nacional467,807156,686,614

See also

Notes

  1. One of the first NC17 rated films, entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
  2. Spanish Civil War; Goya Awards winner. Based on a successful theatre play
  3. Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival
  4. Controversial film that adapted famous novel by Almudena Grandes

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