Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004)

Tiovivo c. 1950 is a Spanish ensemble drama set in postwar Madrid. It follows students and teachers at a boys' school through a politically charged era. The large cast grounds the film in a specific time and place. Quiet personal entanglements run under the period's restrictions. Beatriz Rico appears in this repressed world. Her single scene on the site stands out as a rare unguarded, sensual beat. It's the only clip archived here, but it lingers precisely because the film otherwise keeps everything so buttoned up.