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Browse 14 movies from La Canica Films
Quiet Jose woos cafe worker Ana, but she is unaware he has intentions other than the purely romantic.
Sep 2016
Joaquin, Brujo and Luismi, three neighbourhood scoundrels, meet again after twenty years. Brujo and Luismi are still unemployed while Joaquin swears he has become an important businessman. However, one day he receives a notification that his mother's house has been repossessed for a loan. He will try to get the money he neds to avoid eviction, but the brilliant ideas of Brujo and Luismi will end up plunging Joaquin even deeper into misery
Apr 2022
Javi is a teenage student so shy and clumsy that he does not know how to attract the attention of his classmate Sara, a geeky girl who is only interested in a literary saga about vampires.
Jul 2022
Brooklyn, New York. After the sudden death of their aunt Isabelle, Vivien and Chloe inherit her historic bakery. Vivien wants to keep up the tradition; Chloe feels that the business needs to be modernized. But when notified that they are about to be evicted, the two do not hesitate to work together to preserve the family legacy.
Jun 2016
Spain, 1980s. Philippe is a ten-year-old French boy traveling with his very pregnant mother, Marie, and his father, Tomas, whose plan is to take them home to the village where he grew up and introduce the boy to his Spanish roots. But an unfortunate breakdown leads the family to a scrapyard on the outskirts of a deserted inland town, where they come upon its owners, Alicia and Miguel.
Mar 2026
César and Teresa are a happy couple until one night she sleeps with Coque Malla, César's great idol since his adolescence. Teresa confesses it to César, repentant, but he doesn't know how to react. Is being unfaithful with your erotic myth excusable? Teresa has not slept with her idol, but with Caesar's. And there is no current legislation on that. César needs to talk to Coque, even though the singer no longer lives in Spain. So the couple travels to Miami in search of him, while they rethink their 15-year relationship and their own lives.
Feb 2024
A group of friends have to survive a weekend in a hotel with a huge amount of virtual money to guard, putting their ingenuity to the test.
Sep 2024
Rocco, a lonely boy who almost eighteen, wants to move to the capital to realize his greatest dream: to become a dancer, but the reality that awaits him will not be what he hoped for and his dream will once again be put to the test.
Jul 2020
Desperate to keep her husband’s secret, a devoted politician’s wife struggles to stave off threats that could ruin their promising new life.
Sep 2018
Basque Country, Spain, 1985. Four teenage friends must face life and death, social upheaval and political violence as they try to enjoy their summer vacation.
Oct 2021
Marga, a widow trapped in monotony, is surprised when her granddaughter sets her up on a date through an app, pretending to be her. Despite her initial resistance, Marga meets Agapito, a talkative man who loves salsa, but the night does not go as she expected, since at a certain age relationships have their own rhythm.
Mar 2025
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Berta, a mature woman of high class, has been hiring the services of Alberto, a professional scort with whom she meets once a month in a hotel room. One day Alberto is unable to keep the appointment and sends another scort, Hugo, a much younger and inexperienced boy. Berta distrusts Hugo and insists that he leave, but Hugo wants to finish the job because he needs the money. From here, Berta and Hugo will begin an emotional journey in which, despite their differences, mistrust and prejudices, they will discover that they have more in common than they thought.
Belén, a 17-year-old who uses a wheelchair, feels she is being left behind as her friends plan their futures outside of school. Her rebelliousness leads her to an adapted athletics club, where she meets Laura, a Paralympic athlete who inspires her to reconnect with her body and confidence. Belén will discover that growing up is not about following the path of others, but about building her own, even if in a different way.