Películas para no dormir: Cuento de navidad (spanish title)

I was just wondering whether anyone had watched it? If so i'd love to read a little review on it, it sound really quite an interesting and fun movie.

I looked everywhere to find a copy of it, but couldn't find anywhere that sells it :( perhaps someone could help me find it?

this is the page on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450827/

Yeah I never saw it before or found where I could buy it :( Like the usual for me, it's hard to get good imports on certian foriegn movies becasue I live in the U.S. lol

I just now tracked the thing down as part of a boxed set with the other "Films to Keep You Awake". It's in region 2/PAL format though and since the cult cinema store where I found this also deals in some potentially offensive DVDs (i.e. foreign porn) I'll just ask that anyone interested in the link to their page for Peliculas para No Dormir drop me an e-mail and I'll send it to them.


Dan

yeah too bad you had to find this good stuff though all that garbage like porn and such :(

That's the issue with good foriegn films when they are outisde of thier native territory . . . they get tossed around everyhwhere . . .

So what exactly is Cuento de navidad about??

Below is the description from the aforementioned website:

CUENTO DE NAVIDAD (THE CHRISTMAS TALE) Dir. Paco Plaza

A group of children spending Christmas in a summer resort village discover a woman disguised as Santa Claus in a well in the woods. When they go to the police for help, they discover that she is in fact a dangerous thief who is on the run with a substantial haul. They make a decision. They will help her out of the well in exchange for the money that she still has on her.

But once they have the money, greed, fear and darker thoughts lead them to change their plans, which in turn leads to a series of dilemmas. Should they keep the money? Why would they actually want to help her out of the well? And would they be in danger if they did let her out?

So the children decide not to free her. They feed her and look after her… but the days become increasingly long in the well. The cold, the damp, the darkness and above all the fact that she is being fed with packets of children’s food are turning her enforced captivity into a torture session with near fatal consequences.

One day, when the children come to see her, the well is empty... This year, Santa Claus is coming with a sackful of deadly gifts…

Come to think of it, this may count as an actively dark role for Ivana.

Dan

yeah that sounds like a really interesting story right there. ^_^

thanks Dan for finding that, I'll dropyou an email... sounds like you are great help looking for stuff on the web :)

While were on the topic of finding stuff. if anyone can find the Spanish Version of Pan's Labyrinth 2 disc set that would be awesome http://www.discoweb.com/product/156139/0/0...al-2-Discos.htm

I cannot seem to find it anywhere at an english language site. I don't care what region code either. I got the multi region dvd stuff convered :)

it doesn't seem to be available on an english site at the moment, i had a little look for you, but perhaps you could get someone in Spain to buy it for you and send it over?...

it looks like quite a good edition :)

there are a few spanish editions on amazon but they don't seem to indicate whether they are 1 or 2 discs :blink:

i was just thinking.... it isn't the same as the English 2 disc edition is it? or are the extras different?

Exactly, the extras are very different. The Spanish Special Edition one has a lot more of Ivana on it ^_^

that sound really interesting actually... need to add that to my collection too :) i'll have another try on a few other searches tomorrow, and see what i can find! Cya later B)-

Cool B)-

Yeah I have spent some time searching for it and the only place I did find a copy or two was on ebay . . . I don't really want to buy from there though . . .

no ebay's got too many scammers sometimes

exactly I would not buy from ebay ever . . .

did you try to buy off that site? or was there a problem?

anyway this one is the official site: http://www.fnac.es/dsp/;jsessionid=faa_Q4j...4313&viewMode=0

it's a little cheaper and it's got 1 or to added extras too, i think i'm going to try and order it today or tomorrow and just see if i can get it... my brother says he knows enough spanish to work it out... -_-

Thanks for the link I did not see that! :D

No I did not try to get it there yet. It is in Spanish, while I can read most of it, I want to make sure it can actually be shipped to the U.S.

i did notice that the US was on there, so i think you are quite alright to buy it, I'm going to try to buy it too later. it looks like a really good edition :)

neato, I'll have to give this a try later on then :D

i seem to be having problems registering properly... tell me if you get it working... perhaps i have to wait a while after registering before i buy, i guess i'll just have to try again tomorrow.

ahh I see, that might be a problem if I can't register to buy it :mellow: