Below are the Spanish film and literature titles set for the OCR A level starting from September 2016.
All the titles are available to buy from us (order details at the bottom of the page)
DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA /MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (15) 2004 ARGENTINA SALLES,W/THOMAS D DVD - £19.99 BLU RAY - £19.99
Based on the journals of Ché Guevara, this coming-of-age road movie follows the adventures of the young medical student Ché (Gael García Bernal) and his friend Alberto Granada (Rodrigo de la Serna) as they cross South America on motorbikes in the early 1950s, on their way to take up their medical residency at a leper colony in Peru.
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHING NOTES
ERES MI HÉROE/YOU'RE MY HERO (15) SPAIN 2003 CUADRI, ANTONIO £19.99
Mexican roadmovie about two teenagers and an older woman.
SPANISH LANGUAGE NOTES TO ERES MI HÉROE
EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO/PANS LABYRINTH (15) 2006 SPAIN TORO, GUILLERMO DEL £17.99
An adult fairy tale set in 1944 Spain, where both fantasy and reality are sinister and malevolent.
Level: AS, A2, GCSE, Scottish Highers Subject: Spanish, Film Studies, Media Studies
MAR ADENTRO/SEA INSIDE (PG) 2004 SPAIN AMENABAR, ALEJANDRO £19.99
The real-life story of the paralysed Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
SPANISH LANGUAGE STUDY GUIDE WRITTEN BY JACKY COLLINS AND ANN DAVIES
SOLAS (15) 1998 SPAIN ZAMBRANO, BENITO £19.99
Award wining film about the relationship between a mother and her daughter.
SPANISH LANGUAGE FILM NOTES TO SOLAS
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHING NOTES TO SOLAS
VOLVER (15) 2006 SPAIN ALMODOVAR, PEDRO £19.99
After her death, a mother returns as a ghost, to fix a family situations she couldn’t resolve during her life.
Level: AS, A2, GCSE Subject: Spanish, Film Studies, Media Studies
SPANISH LANGUAGE STUDY GUIDE WRITTEN BY CARMEN HERRERO
MODERN LANGUAGES STUDY GUIDES: VOLVER : FILM STUDY GUIDE FOR AS/A-LEVEL SPANISH
Scene, character and theme in Volver, this accessible guide will enable your students to understand the historical and social context of the film and give them the critical and language skills needed to write a successful essay.
Hodder Education ISBN: 9781471891786 2017 - £11.99
ALLENDE, ISABEL: LA CASA DE LOS ESPIRITOS
Entertaining family saga spanning four generations, with an eccentric cast of men, women and spirits.
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXT
Debolsillo ISBN: 9788483462034 - £12.95
ENGLISH TRANSLATION - THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
Black Swan. ISBN: 9780552995887 - £8.99
DVD - HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS (15) 1993 AUGUST, BILLE IN ENGLISH £15.99
Isabelle Allende's bestselling romantic novel with dashes of politics and 'magic realism' set in Chile, is turned into an international co-production epic filmed in Portugal with an all-star cast.
CERCAS, JAVIER: LOS SOLDADOS DE SALAMINA
Escaped writer and fascist Rafael Sanchez Mazas is confronted by an unknown soldier who turns and walks away. Who was the soldier who chose not to shoot, why did he spare him? And might he still be alive?
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXT-
Tusquets Editores ISBN: 9788483101612 - £13.95
ENGLISH TRANSLATION - SOLDIERS OF SALAMIS
Bloomsbury isbn: 9780747568230 - £8.99
ESQUIVEL, LAURA: COMO AGUA POR CHOCOLATE
Set in revolutionary Mexico the book is a comic fairy tale of romance, repression, revolution and cooking in the all-female De La Garza family.
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXT
Punto de lectura. ISBN: 9788466329088 - £12.80
ENGLISH TRANSLATION - LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
Black Swan. ISBN: 9780552995870 - £7.99
MODERN LANGUAGES STUDY GUIDES: COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE : LITERATURE STUDY GUIDE FOR AS/A-LEVEL SPANISH
This accessible guide will enable your students to understand the historical and social context of the novel and give them the critical and language skills needed to write a successful essay.
Hodder Education ISBN: 9781471890109 2017 - £11.99
OXFORD LITERATURE COMPANIONS: COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE: STUDY GUIDE FOR AS/A LEVEL SPANISH SET TEXT
Oxford Literature Companions provide the support needed to get a deeper understanding of the AS/A Level set texts. This guide for Como agua para chocolate is ideal for use in the classroom or for independent revision, providing insight into characters, theme and language,with activities in Spanish that prompt a closer analysis of the text.
OUP ISBN: 9780198418375 2018 - £9.50
DVD - COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE/LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (15) MEXICO 1993 ARAU, ALFONSO £15.99
Mexico’s biggest international hit, based on Laura Esquivel’s novel, it’s a captivating comic fairy tale of romance, repression, revolution and cooking.
GARCIA MARQUEZ, GABRIEL: EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA
Atmospheric novel is set in a small Colombian town where the frustrated and stubborn Colonel has waited for many years for the letter authorising payment of his war pension.
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXTS -
Manchester University Press. ISBN: 9780719008368 - £10.99
Debolsillo. ISBN: 9788497592352 - £8.55
ENGLISH TRANSLATION - NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL
Penguin Books ISBN: 9780241968734 - £8.99
LORCA, FEDERICO GARCIA: LA CASA DE BERNADA ALBA
Widow Bernarda Alba and her five daughters are in mourning, however the daughters want top break free, in this tale of the repression of women within Catholic Spain before the Spanish Civil War.
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXT
Alianza - El Libro de Bolsillo ISBN: 9788420671772 - £13.75
BILINGUAL EDITION - THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA : LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA
Methuen Drama ISBN: 9780713686777 - £9.99
MODERN LANGUAGES STUDY GUIDES: LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA : LITERATURE STUDY GUIDE FOR AS/A-LEVEL SPANISH
Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work: putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique
Hodder Education ISBN: 9781471891960 2017 - £11.99
OXFORD LITERATURE COMPANIONS: LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA: STUDY GUIDE FOR AS/A LEVEL SPANISH SET TEXT
Oxford Literature Companions provide the support needed to get a deeper understanding of the AS/A Level set texts.
OUP ISBN: 9780198418368 2018 - £9.50
VALLEJO, ANTONIO BUERO: HISTORIA DE UNA ESCALERA
One-act play about the frustrations of tenants living in a run down apartment block in Madrid in the 1940s.
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXT-
Austral nuevo formato ISBN: 9788467033281 - £12.95
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