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La Communidad

Director in Person
$12 Special Event Tickets
Directed by Alex de la Iglesia.
With Carmen Maura, Emilo Gutiérrez Caba, Eduardo Antuña.
Spain, 2000, 35mm, color, 110 min.
Spanish with English subtitles.
Print source: Lola Films

With a hearty nod to Jeunet and Caro's Delicatessen, La Comunidad (literally The Commonwealth) features Almodovar regular Carmen Maura as Julia, a middle-aged real estate agent who discovers a stash of money hidden above an apartment she is renting. The film goes increasingly out of control as Julia attempts to escape the tenement block with both the cash and her life—the crazed residents of the building are also after the treasure and aren't about to let her get away without a fight. – Brattle Theatre.

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