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Ariadna Gil has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Pan's Labyrinth.
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In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú

In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Dir. Fernando Trueba · With Jorge Sanz, Penélope Cruz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca

The crew of a medical helicopter suffers an accident when helping a joint force of USA and United Nations troops under Spanish command division in Afghanistan. The Spanish army has only one night to organize the rescue of the crew and injured, but what seems routine turns into hell once they receive the order to rescue the helicopter as well. Things only get worse when during the night a huge a concentration of Talibans begin surround them.
Dir. Adolfo Martínez Pérez · With Ariadna Gil, Roberto Álamo, Antonio Garrido
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?
Dir. Arturo Ripstein · With Juan Diego, Ariadna Gil, Luis Felipe Tovar

Spain, 1966. An English teacher who travels to Almería when he hears that John Lennon is making a film there befriends with a 16-year-old boy who has run away from home and a young girl who also seems to be running away from something.
Dir. David Trueba · With Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer

A young agent leaves everything behind to pose as a member of ETA, risking her life to uncover the terrorists' hideouts in the south of France.
Dir. Agustín Díaz Yanes · With Susana Abaitua, Andrés Gertrúdix, Iraia Elias

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Dir. Ed Harris · With Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renée Zellweger

In 17th century Spain, Diego Alatriste, a brave and heroic soldier, is fighting in his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and, when near to his death, asks Diego to look after his son and teach him to be a soldier.
Dir. Agustín Díaz Yanes · With Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde
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