Carlos Saura allows us to experience the joy and strength of the dance and music of “la Jota”. As in “Flamenco”, “Tango” or “Fados”, “Jota” has evolved from a millennial traditional music and dance, to new artistic dimensions.

Having taken on flamenco (“Sevillanas”) and tango (“Tango”), Carlos Saura tackles a third great melancholy music style, directing “Fados,” a celebration of Portugal's classic, lamenting acoustic folk songs.

All they want is to escae from their way of life, and for that they need money, a lot of money. Whatever happens must happen fast. Fast money. Fast pleasure. Fast love.

Walls Can Talk is Carlos Saura’s unique vision of the origin of art. In it, he portrays the evolution and relationship of art with the wall as a canvas of creation, from the first graphic revolutions in prehistoric caves to the most avant-garde urban expressions.

Saura creates and recovers more than thirty images, drawings and photographs that he prints, manipulates, plays with and subsequently films, to produce a story which, while recreating the Spanish Civil War, could also reflect the horrors of universal conflict, seen through the eyes of a child and his surroundings.

Julian, a middle-aged single doctor, meets his childhood friend Pablo again. The latter is back from Africa and has just married a beautiful young blonde, Elena. Julian falls in love with her and tries to seduce her, but she mockingly pushes him away from her.

When the single middle-aged Luis travels from Barcelona to bury the remains of his mother in the vault of his family in Segovia, he is lodged by his aunt Pilar in her old house where he spent his summer of 1936 with her.

Manuel is preparing his next show, a musical about making a musical show. He seeks the help of Sara his ex-wife and renowned choreographer to direct. In the casting, the young Ines will appear as a rising star while dealing with her father and local mob.

Carlos Saura “repaints” Francisco de Goya’s canvas On May 3 in Madrid, also known as The Executions, one of the the most obvious allegations that a painter has made against the war.

The oppression of a paternalistic and militarized society influences Ana, a girl who has recently lost her mother.

Young but experienced Ana arrives at a secluded country estate in the arid region of Castile, near Madrid, to work as a governess for three girls. There she discovers a dysfunctional family...

Paulino and Carmela are husband-and-wife troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant Gustavete they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre.