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CAST

ROSA'S WEDDING (2021)
Starring Candela Peña, Sergi López, Nathalie Poza, Ramón Barea, Paula Usero, María Maroto, María José Hipólito, Lucín Poveda, Xavo Giménez and Eric Francés. Directed by Icíar Bollaín.

About to turn 45, seamstress Rosa works in the wardrobe department of a film production company in Valencia. Besides the pressure of her job, she’s also besieged from all sides by the demands of family members: her widowed dad, Antonio, who insists he’s moving in with her; her divorced brother Armando, who has financial problems; her possibly-alcoholic sister Violeta; and her grown-up daughter Lidia who’s living with a musician in Manchester and raising twin infants. Plus, there’s the constant favours for friends and neighbours...

Taken completely for granted and tired of living for others, Rosa retreats to her childhood home in the scenic coastal town of Benicàssim and - much to the consternation of her family - announces her engagement to someone that those around her can’t quite accept or believe!

KIKI, LOVE TO LOVE (2017)
Starring Belén Cuesta, Candela Peña, Natalia De Molina, Alexandra Jiménez, Paco León, Luis Callejo, Mari Paz Sayago, Luis Bermejo, David Mora and Álex García. Directed by Paco León.

In present day Madrid, against a scorching summer heatwave, five tales of love and lust unfold. Ana (Ana Katz) and Paco (writer/director León) are stuck in a rut, but jolted by a curious invitation from their flirtatious neighbour Belén (Belén Cuesta), who has just split from her girlfriend. Beautiful young couple Alejandro (Álex García) and Natalia (Natalia de Molina, Living is Easy With Eyes Closed) face an impasse over the lingering effects of an unexpected encounter, one that has left Natalia feeling very aroused. Middle-aged José- Luis (Luis Bermejo) accidentally discovers a new form of pleasure in his relationship with demanding wife Paloma (Mari Paz Sayago). A routine task for single call- centre employee Sandra (Alexandra Jiménez) turns unexpectedly erotic, while Maria (Candela Peña, A Gun in Each Hand) accidentally discovers just how attractive her husband Antonio (Luis Callejo) can be, albeit when at his most vulnerable.

REVIEWS Kiki, Love to Love - Less sexy in Spain

A GUN IN EACH HAND (2013)
Starring Javier CÁmera, Ricardo Darin, Eduard FernÁndez, Eduoardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Luis Tosar, Candela PeÑa and Leonor Watling. Directed by Cesc Gay.

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (2000)
Starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Rosa María Sardà, Toni Cantó, Eloy Azorín, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Carlos Lozano. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.