Cycle
From 07.04. To 16.04.2005.
Program of Spanish films
Films in cycle
Open Your Eyes
(Abre los ojos, Spain, France, Italy, 1997)
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hans Burman
Synopsis:
In a dark room, a masked man tells his story to a psychiatrist. He used to be rich, handsome and known as a famous conqueror of women. One night he meets his friend’s girlfriend, Sofia, and falls in love for the first time. As Fate would have it, his former girlfriend’s jealousy costs him his face and her own life. He has been horribly disfigured forever… or has he?
color, 119'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 07.04.2005 AT 20:00
Sound of the Sea
(Son de mar, 2001.)
Directed by: Bigas Luna
PHOTOGRAPHY: José Luis Alcaine
Synopsis:
Ulises (Jordi Molla), a young teacher of English, moves to a small town by the sea. There he meets and falls in love with Martina (Leonor Watling). Shortly after the wedding and the birth of their son, Ulises vanishes at sea and is pronounced dead. Martina is on her own with her son and accepts a marriage proposal from a rich local businessman. But one day Ulises returns...
digital, color, 95 minuta
PROJECTION:
Saturday 09.04.2005 AT 17:00
Hi, Are You Alone?
(Hola, estás sola?, 1995)
Directed by: Icíar Bollaín
PHOTOGRAPHY: Teo Delgado
Synopsis:
Nina is a twenty-year-old girl who lives with her father, a conservative and authoritative man. Trini has just lost her mother. Trini and Nina are friends and they realize that nothing important holds them in their hometown Valladolid. Soon, they decide to leave in order to find love and happiness somewhere else…
color, 92 minute
PROJECTION:
Saturday 09.04.2005 AT 19:00
Butterfly Wings
(Alas de mariposa, 1991)
Directed by: Juanma Bajo Ulloa
PHOTOGRAPHY: Aitor Mantxola
Synopsis:
Ami is a sensitive six-year-old girl. Carmen, her mother, is prepossessed with the desire to give birth to a son and therefore neglects Ami. When Carmen finally gets pregnant and gives birth to a son, Ami soon becomes extremely jealous. She tries to strangle her own brother…
color, 108 minuta
PROJECTION:
Saturday 09.04.2005 AT 21:00
The Dog in the Manger
(El perro del hortelano, 1996)
Directed by: Pilar Miró
PHOTOGRAPHY: Javier Aguirresarobe
Synopsis:
Duchess Diana (Emma Suárez) falls in love with the secretary Teodor (Carmelo Gómez). When she finds out that Teodor is planning to marry her housekeeper, Diana does everything to separate the young couple and win Teodor for herself…
color, 105 minuta
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 12.04.2005 AT 21:00
Monday 11.04.2005 AT 19:00
Portrait of a Woman with a Man in the Background
(Retrato de mujer con hombre al fondo, 1997)
Directed by: Manane Rodríguez
PHOTOGRAPHY: Juan Carlos Gómez
Synopsis:
Cristina (Paulina Gálvez), a thirty-five-year-old lawyer, realizes that, for her, love is nothing but a source of suffering. Therefore, she decides to avoid love in the future. She devotes her life to her career, home and lover whom she meets only occasionally. However, one day she falls in love and the wall that she has built around her slowly starts to fall apart…
color, 96 minuta
PROJECTION:
Saturday 16.04.2005 AT 17:00
Monday 11.04.2005 AT 21:00
Backroads
(Carreteras secundarias, 1997)
Directed by: Lázaro, Martinez
PHOTOGRAPHY: Javier G. Salmones
Synopsis:
The story takes place in Spain, in the 1970s, right before Franco’s death. The protagonist is the Lozano who travels along the Spanish coats in his car. His son, the teenage Felipe, accompanies him on his travels. Felipe is a rebellious young man who adores Patty Hearst. They meet the attractive Paquita, who joins them on their travels…
digital, color, 105 minuta
PROJECTION:
Saturday 16.04.2005 AT 21:00
Wednesday 13.04.2005 AT 19:00
The Lovers of the Arctic Circle
(Amantes del círculo polar, 1998)
Directed by: Julio Medem
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gonzalo F. Berridi
Synopsis:
Otto and Anna have been closely connected since their childhood. Later he falls in love with her, and she sees something of her dead father in him. In the meantime, their parents meet, immediately fall in love and begin to live together. Otto and Ana, now a brother and a sister, continue their bizarre love story…
color, 112 minuta
PROJECTION:
Saturday 16.04.2005 AT 19:00
Wednesday 13.04.2005 AT 21:00
Mad Love
(Juana la Loca, 2001)
Directed by: Vicente Aranda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paco Femenia
Synopsis:
This is a biography of the Spanish queen Juana la Loca, who lived at the end of the 14th century. Even though her marriage to the Austrian prince Fernando was agreed upon for political reasons, passion arises between them. After her mother and brother’s death, Juana becomes the Spanish queen. Juana soon becomes desperate because of her husband’s adultery, and her mental health worsens. After a series of political slanders, Juana gets locked up in a convent and declared crazy… In 2002, Pilar Ló...
color, 115 minuta
PROJECTION:
Thursday 14.04.2005 AT 21:00
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
(Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?, Spain, 1984)
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ángel Luis Fernández
Synopsis:
This is a story about an atypical family: the mother is a janitor addicted to pills, the father is a forger in love with a German singer, one of the sons is a drug dealer, while the other is sold to a dentist by his own mother! After the mother accidentally kills her husband and a nightmare starts to unfold. This is a black comedy of absurdity.