'All the Women' will represent Spain at EUFF this year.

Now in its 17th year, The Cinematheque’s annual European Union Film Festival spotlights acclaimed new and recent films from across greater Europe. Presented in partnership with the Embassies and Consulates of the European Union’s member states, the 2014 festival includes entries from 27 of the 28 EU countries (Malta is the exception). Each member has carte blanche to select the film that will represent it, making for a dynamic showcase of contemporary European cinema that impresses as much with its diversity as with its accomplishment. International festival favourites abound, but so too do major hometown hits not yet widely seen abroad. Join us for an entertaining and enlightening state-of-the-Union celebration!

All the Women (Todas las Mujeres)

Directed by Mariano Barroso, Spain, 89 minutes. Winner of the 2014 Goya (Spanish Oscars) for best adapted screenplay. Official selection at the 2013 Festival de Malaga. Watch trailer.

The much-honoured Spanish actor Eduard Fernández is riveting in director Mariano Barroso’s incisive, insightful drama, adapted from a TV mini-series. Middle-aged veterinarian Nacho, a man in crisis, embarks on an ill-advised scheme to steal cattle. When his plans go awry, he turns to six women who have been important in his life for succour.

Engrossing… The most tightly-focused and emotionally penetrating film in a quietly formidable body of work from a director whose virtues continue to go largely unrecognized… A scaled-back, sharp-eyed, David Mamet-inspired deconstruction of the fragile psyches of Spanish and other males, anchored in Fernandez’s memorable central performance.

—Jonathan Holland, Hollywood Reporter

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