List of Spanish films of 1996

A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1996. The domestic theatrical release date is favoured.

Films

Release		Title (Domestic title)	Cast & Crew	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	19	Hi, Are You Alone? (Hola, ¿estás sola?)	Director: Iciar Bollain Cast: Silke, Candela Peña, Álex Angulo, Elena Irureta, Arcadi Levin	^[1]^[2]^[3]
J A N U A R Y	24	Familia	Director: Fernando León de Aranoa Cast: Juan Luis Galiardo, Amparo Muñoz, Ágata Lys [es], Chete Lera, Elena Anaya, Raquel Rodrigo, Juan Querol, Aníbal Carbonero [es], André Falcon, Béatrice Camurat [es]	^[4]
F E B R U A R Y	2	Alma gitana [ca]	Director: Chus Gutiérrez Cast: Amara Carmona [ca], Pedro Alonso	^[1]^[5]
	9	La sal de la vida	Director: Eugenio Martín Cast: Patxi Andión, Yvonne Reyes, Juan Diego Botto	^[6]
	14	Éxtasis	Director: Mariano Barroso Cast: Javier Bardem, Federico Luppi, Silvia Munt, Daniel Guzmán, Leire Berrocal, Juan Diego Botto	^[1]^[7]
M A R C H	8	Cachito	Director: Enrique Urbizu Cast: Sancho Gracia, Jorge Perugorría, Amara Carmona [ca]	^[8]
A P R I L	12	Thesis (Tesis)	Director: Alejandro Amenábar Cast: Ana Torrent, Eduardo Noriega, Fele Martínez	^[9]
	12	Malena Is a Name from a Tango (Malena es un nombre de tango)	Director: Gerardo Herrero Cast: Ariadna Gil, Marta Belaustegui [es], Carlos López, Luis Fernando Alvés [es], Isabel Otero [fr]	^[10]
	19	Libertarias	Director: Vicente Aranda Cast: Ana Belén, Ariadna Gil, Loles León, Jorge Sanz, María Pujalte, Blanca Apilánez [es], María Galiana, Ángeles Martín [es], Patricia Vico	^[11]
	26	Brujas	Director: Álvaro Fernández Armero Cast: Beatriz Carvajal, Ana Álvarez, Penélope Cruz	^[1]^[12]
		Things I Never Told You (Cosas que nunca te dije)	Director: Isabel Coixet Cast: Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy	^[1]^[13]
		La leyenda de Balthasar el castrado	Director: Juan Miñón [ca] Cast: Imanol Arias, Coque Malla, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	^[14]
M A Y	17	África	Director: Alfonso Ungría Cast: Zoe Berriatúa [ca], Elena Anaya, Imanol Arias, Julie Carmen	^[15]^[16]
M A Y	24	Earth (Tierra)	Director:Julio Medem Cast: Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Karra Elejalde, Silke	^[1]
J U N E	27	Aquí llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera [es]	Director: Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia [es] Cast:	^[1]
A U G U S T	3	Un Asunto Privado	Director: Imanol Arias Cast: Jorge Perugorría, Antonio valero, Pastora Vega	^[1]
	9	Suburbs (Adosados)	Director: Mario Camus Cast: Antonio Valero, Ana Duato, Jaume Valls, Lluís Homar, Boris Nevzorov	^[17]
	23	Pon un hombre en tu vida [es]	Director: Eva Lesmes [es] Cast: Toni Cantó, Cristina Marcos, Pere Ponce, Anabel Alonso, Javier Cámara	^[1]^[18]^[19]
S E P T E M B E R	13	Tengo una casa	Director: Mónica Laguna [es] Cast: Nancho Novo, Silke, Pedro Alonso, Ernesto Alterio	^[1]^[20]
	20	Carla's Song (La canción de Carla)	Director: Ken Loach	^[1]
	27	Your Name Poisons My Dreams (Tu nombre envenena mis sueños)	Director: Pilar Miró Cast: Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Ángel de Andrés, Anabel Alonso, Toni Cantó	^[21]^[22]
	27	Bwana	Director: Imanol Uribe Cast: Andrés Pajares, María Barranco, Emilio Buale	^[1]^[23]
O C T O B E R	11	Taxi	Director: Carlos Saura Cast: Ingrid Rubio, Carlos Fuentes [es], Ángel de Andrés López	^[24]
	15	Not Love, Just Frenzy (Más que amor, frenesí)	Director: Alfonso Albacete [es], David Menkes [es], Miguel Bardem Cast: Ingrid Rubio, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Gustavo Salmerón, Javier Manrique, Nancho Novo, Beatriz Santiago, Bibi Andersen, Javier Albalá [es], Carlos Bardem, Liberto Rabal [es], María Esteve, Juan Diego Botto, José Manuel Cervino, Pepón Nieto, Penélope Cruz, Ernesto Alterio, Javier Bardem	^[1]^[25]^[26]
	25	Bambola	Director: Bigas Luna Cast: Manuel Bandera, Valeria Marini, Stefano Dionisi	^[27]
N O V E M B E R	8	La Celestina	Director: Gerardo Vera Cast: Penélope Cruz, Juan Diego Botto, Maribel Verdú, Terele Pávez, Jordi Mollá, Nancho Novo, Nathalie Seseña, Carlos Fuentes [es], Candela Peña, Anna Lizaran, Sergio Villanueva, Ángel de Andrés López, Lluís Homar	^[1]^[28]^[29]
	22	Passages (Pasajes)	Director: Daniel Calparsoro Cast: Najwa Nimri, Alfredo Villa, Ion Gabella, Charo López	^[30]
	22	Fotos	Director: Elio Quiroga [es] Cast: Gustavo Salmerón, Mercedes Ortega, Miky Molina [es], Diana Peñalver, Myriam de Maeztu, Miguel Alonso, Carmelo Alcántara, Amparo Muñoz, Simón Andreu, María Asquerino	^[31]
	27	The Dog in the Manger (El perro del hortelano)	Director: Pilar Miró Cast: Emma Suárez, Carmelo Gómez	^[32]
D E C E M B E R	13	The Good Life (The Good Life)	Director: David Trueba Cast: Fernando Ramallo, Lucía Jiménez	^[1]^[33]
D E C E M B E R	20	Beyond the Garden (Más allá del jardín)	Director: Pedro Olea Cast: Concha Velasco, Ingrid Rubio, Manuel Bandera, Miguel Hermoso [es], Fernando Guillén, Andrea Occhipinti, Goya Toledo, María Galiana, Mary Carrillo, Eduardo Noriega, Carmen de la Maza, Giancarlo Giannini	^[1]^[34]^[35]

Box office

The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 1996, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:^[36]^[37]

Highest-grossing films of 1996
Rank	Title	Distributor	Admissions	Domestic gross (€)
1	Two Much	Sogepaq	754,303	2,217,968
2	The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) ‡	Sogepaq	732,481	2,108,556
3	Libertarias	Sogepaq	576,874	1,851,512
4	Aquí llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera [es]	Buena Vista International	556,177	1,628,095
5	Malena Is a Name from a Tango (Malena es un nombre de tango)	Alta Films	338,580	1,127,570
6	La Celestina	Sogepaq	320,972	1,079,597
7	Hi, Are You Alone? (Hola, ¿estás sola?)	Alta Films	294,850	982,612
8	Extasis (Éxtasis)	Alta Films	288,004	927,016
9	The Dog in the Manger (El perro del hortelano)	Columbia TriStar	287,094	993,291
10	The Butterfly Effect (El efecto mariposa) ‡	United International Pictures	263,755	753,179
‡: 1995 theatrical opening

References

External links

Spanish films of 1996 at the Internet Movie Database

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