Cycle
From 27.06. To 03.07.2006.
Program of Spanish films II
Related texts
Films in cycle
Goya in Bordeaux
(Goya en Burdeos, 1999)
Directed by: Carlos Saura
PHOTOGRAPHY: Vittorio Storaro
Synopsis:
This is a story about the painter Francisco Goya’s life. Actor, Francisco Rabal, who played Goya, won the Spanish Goya film award in 2000. We follow the events from Goya’s last years when he lived in voluntary exile in Bordeaux. He is old and ill and lives with his wife Leocadia and daughter Rosario. He spends his time painting and reminiscing about important moments in his life.
color, 107 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 30.06.2006 AT 21:00
Tuesday 27.06.2006 AT 20:00
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 29.06.2006 AT 21:00
Wednesday 28.06.2006 AT 19:00
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:
Thursday 29.06.2006 AT 19:00
Wednesday 28.06.2006 AT 21:00
The Dumbfounded King
(El rey pasmado, 1991)
Directed by: Imanol Uribe
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hans Burman
Synopsis:
The story takes place in the Spanish court in 1620. After a grand public wedding the king is technically married to the queen. However, the young couple still hasn’t consummated their marriage and the king’s friends organize his meeting with a first-class prostitute who introduces him to the sensual world of sex. The king likes what he has learned and announces that he wishes to see the queen naked. This, at the time, scandalous request, inspires gossip at the court as well the church’s investig...
color, 106 minuta
PROJECTION:
Saturday 01.07.2006 AT 19:00
Friday 30.06.2006 AT 19:00
The Grandfather
(El abuelo, 1998)
Directed by: José Garci
PHOTOGRAPHY: Raúl Pérez Cubero
Synopsis:
Don Rodrigo is an old Spaniard who moved to the US at the time of the Gikden Fever. However, he never became rich. Upon his return to Spain he finds out that his son has died and his daughter-in-law has two daughters, one his granddaughter and the other a product of an affair between Lucrecia and her lover. Don Rodrigo wants to find out which is his real granddaughter…