Spanish language movies for Hispanic Heritage Month

Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Hispanic Heritage Month

Looking for ways to celebrate? Why not host your own Spanish Language Film Festival for Hispanic Heritage Month? You can spend time with friends while brushing up on the arts and pop culture. Here are a few good movies to help plan your event. And of course, don't forget the popcorn.

Mar adentro
Ramón Sampedro wants to end his life because a diving accident 28 years ago left him a quadriplegic. For most of those years he made the most of it: he has come to see his life as frustrating and pointless and wishes to die with what remains of his dignity. He enlists the help of Julia, a lawyer he hopes will help him persuade the courts to let him end his own life. As Ramón and Julia work together on his case, Ramón finds himself falling in love with her.

Volver
Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago they lost their parents in a tragic fire. Superstitious villagers claim that the girls' departed mother has been seen wandering around their Aunt Paula's home. The sisters begin to investigate the possibility.

Y tu mamá también
Two teens from Mexico City set off on a wild cross-country trip with a seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Luisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever?

Jamon jamon
Hilarious, sexy, and complex, this is a story of two young lovers, the Sylvia and Jose Luis. When they announce their plan to wed, his mother hires the town's sexiest man to break up their plans. Naturally, nothing goes as planned.