Wow! Thanks to the both of u! 
Esp to LionelZ: it was v v kind of u to take the effort to go down the list and gave gd summeries of each, esp the bit abt what the expression "auberge espagnole" meant. No worries, your English is good. 
Think I'll catch The Spanish Apartment, Goodbye Lenin and La Papillion.
Thanks once again :)...