Benito Zambrano

Maria, whose parents live in the country, cannot stand her father's authoritarian ways and moves to the city. She finds a job as a cleaner and tries to survive in a wretched apartment in the shabby part of a big city. She is pregnant, and the fact that her boyfriend has abandoned her does not help matters. Her neighbor, an old recluse whose only friend is his dog, begins to come out of his shell and these lost souls try to give each other the strength to start over. (imdb)

Tells the story of two young musicians in Cuba. The film revolves around their music and contains criticism of problems in Cuba such as poverty and electricity outages. (wikipedia.org)

Benito Zambrano has adapted Dulce Chacon's book of the same name, set in the terrible years immediately following the end of the Spanish civil war. The film focuses on the relationship between two sisters: Hortensia is pregnant and in jail in Madrid; Pepita has come from Cordoba to be with her and look after the child she is going to have. They are both in relationships with guerrillas fighting in the underground in the mountains (mubi.com)

In a tyrannical and oppressive Spain of misery and poorness, a child starts a runaway looking for freedom. (imdb)