The Motive

The Motive (aka El autor)

2017

Álvaro is a man from Sevilla. Poor, clumsy, without imagination and inspiration to write, he works as an accountant in a notary and he is married to Amanda, who unexpectedly became famous after writing her first novel. Dreaming to make the great novel of all times and surpass Amanda, Álvaro goes to an evening writing class, asking for help from the teacher José in order to find the keys to make it as a writer. […]

Damage

Damage

1992

A member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son’s fiancée. They pursue their affair with obsessive abandon despite the dangers of discovery and what it would do to his complacent life and his son. Completely obsessed, he wants to give up his current lifestyle to be with her. She has no intention of allowing him to do this, preferring to have her marriage to the son as a cover. They are eventually discovered […]

Autoerotic

2011

Four separate stories of the auto-sexual proclivities of Chicagoans are presented. In the first story, a man, who is in a seemingly supportive relationship, is nonetheless self-conscious about what he considers the small size of his penis, regardless of his girlfriend telling him otherwise. His penis enlargement efforts lead to a change in attitude on many fronts. In the second story, a woman, who is in a supportive sexual relationship, has of late been turned […]

Love Gambler

1971

Broulard is a compulsive gambler whose marriage to his wife is on the rocks since he’s always playing poker or at the racetrack. While he comes home every once in a while to attempt marital intimacy, his wife is having little of it and things perpetually devolve into a prolonged shouting match. Of course, when Broulard is away both their libidos miraculously recover, and his wife gets it on with various local boys while Broulard […]

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

1999

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix’s obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed. As the investigation progresses, Bendrix relives his passionate memories of their affair during The Blitz in London. He discovers her diary and reads her account of the […]

Aloa: Festivity of the Whores

1988
January 5, 2019

A married couple from Germany, middle-aged Manfred and his much younger wife Meyra, who are originally from Zagreb, spend their vacation on the island Hvar. They are staying at Ms. Marija’s house. Ms. Marija’s son and Meyra feel an erotic attraction to each other. After some time, a tension develops between the young man, Meyra and Manfred. Nobody knows Meyra’s secret, or her true reason for coming to Hvar.