Cycle

From 18.06. To 26.06.2008.

Program of Spanish films IV

Program of Spanish films IV

 

Films in cycle

Thesis

(Tesis, Spain, 1996)

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hans Burmann
Synopsis:

Angela is writing her thesis on audiovisual violence. During her research, she uncovers a snuff film in which the violence is real and the “actors” are murdered during the shoot. Angela finds out that the film was made at her university. Terrified, she realizes that she might soon become the next victim. In 1996, this film won the Goya award in the categories of Best Film, Debutant Actress (Fele Martínez), Screenplay, Director, Editing, and Sound.

color, 125'
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 18.06.2008 AT 20:00

The Lucky Star

(La buena estrella, 1997)

Directed by: Ricardo Franco
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tote Trenas
Synopsis:

In his youth, Rafael lost a testicle in a work accident. He leads a quiet and lonely life. One morning he stops his truck to help Marina, a girl who has been beat up by her boyfriend, Daniel. She is pregnant, and even though Daniel wants her to have an abortion, Marina decides to keep the baby at any cost. When Rafael finds out that Daniel is in prison, he offers to take care of Marina and her baby. She accepts but warns Rafael that when Daniel comes back from prison he might hurt Rafael. In 1...

digital, color, 102 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 19.06.2008 AT 20:00

The Live Flesh

(Carne trémula, Spain, 1997)

Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Affonso Beato
Synopsis:

One night in 1990 Madrid, three men break into the Italian ambassador’s house and steal weapons while the ambassador’s daughter, Elena, desperately waits on her drug dealer. The three men are Victor, who is an immature and problematic adolescent, and a pair of police officers, David and Sancho. During a violent fight, a gun goes off and shoots David in the spine. The police arrest Victor and he is sentenced to seven years in prison. David, who is a paraplegic now, becomes a famous wheelchair bas...

color, 103'
PROJECTION:
Friday 20.06.2008 AT 20:00

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 21.06.2008 AT 20:00

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:
Monday 23.06.2008 AT 20:00

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:
Tuesday 24.06.2008 AT 20:00

Box 507

(La caja 507, Spain, 2002)

Directed by: Enrique Urbizu
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carles Gusi
Synopsis:

Modesto, an honest and hardworking man, manages the local branch of a bank in Costa del Sol. Robbers break in the bank and leave Modesto locked in the room with the safes. Safe number 507 is one of them. Its contents reveal to Modesto that his daughter’s death, which happened a few years ago, was not an accident. In 2003, this film won an award at the Festival of Police Films in Cognac, as well as in Philadelphia where it was acclaimed as being the best police film.

color, digital, 112 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 26.06.2008 AT 20:00
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