Grace of Monaco (2014)

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.

A quite pedestrian depiction of an episode of Monegasque history and Grace Kelly's part in it; Nicole Kidman's fits into the title role effortlessly.

Paz Vega

Paz Vega

Triage (2009)

The wife of a war photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.

Ambitious anti-war drama with some superb performances, but centered on a single incident and its psychological revelation.

Malpas***1/2: "Shattering account of death and suffering during wartime; Tanovic's screenplay (based on the book by Scott Anderson) also explores the mind-set of individuals who choose to be in war zones, as well as the physical and psychological scars inflicted on war's survivors. Parts of this film just may move you to tears."

Paz Vega

ph: Tito Trueba

Spanglish (2004)

A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.

Curious and ambiguous mixture of melodrama and slight comedy with one unnerving character.