Cycle
From 05.11. To 20.11.2007.
Spanish comedies
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Films in cycle
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.
color, 101'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 06.11.2007 AT 19:00
Monday 05.11.2007 AT 20:00
Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena
(2004)
Directed by: Pereira, Gómez
PHOTOGRAPHY: Juan Amorós
Synopsis:
Middle-aged Hortensia’s husband left her for a younger woman. She does not remember a time when she was happily in love and longs for a change in her life. Jorge is an unemployed alcoholic who has been sober for some time and is looking for an opportunity to start a new life. Convinced that his destiny will change on that particular day, he meets Hortensia...
DVD, color, 90 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 09.11.2007 AT 21:00
Wednesday 07.11.2007 AT 19:00
Soccer Days
(Días de fútbol, 2003)
Directed by: David Serrano
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kiko de la Rica
Synopsis:
After leaving jail Antonio decides to reassemble a soccer team made up of his friends. Although they have not played soccer since childhood he is convinced they will all benefit from it. Each of them could use a small break from his everyday worries. But there is a small problem: the players have absolutely no talent for soccer!
DVD, color, 113 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 08.11.2007 AT 19:00
Wednesday 07.11.2007 AT 21:00
Tapas
(2005)
Directed by: José Corbacho
PHOTOGRAPHY: Guillermo Granillo
Synopsis:
We follow five different stories connected by the place where the main characters live and work: a suburban neighborhood of Barcelona called L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. Lolo is the owner of a local bar whose wife and the bar’s cook have just left him. César and Opo work in a supermarket and make plans for vacation. There are other characters as well: Mariano, Conchi, Raquel...
DVD, color, 94 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 10.11.2007 AT 21:00
Friday 09.11.2007 AT 19:00
Ferpect Crime
(Crimen Ferpecto, Spain, 2004)
Directed by: Álex de la Iglesia
PHOTOGRAPHY: José L. Moreno
Synopsis:
Rafael González is a self-centered hedonist and a skillful manipulator with a driving ambition: he wants to become the sales director of the men’s section on the second floor of a department store in which he works. His only serious competition is the old and experienced salesman Don Antonio. Rafael accidentally kills Antonio in a fight and gets help in covering up the crime from the unsightly Lourdes who asks a lot in return…
color, digital, 105 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 19.11.2007 AT 21:00
Saturday 10.11.2007 AT 19:00
Dark Habits
(Entre tinieblas, Spain, 1983)
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ángel Luis Fernández
Synopsis:
Yolanda, a singer in a night club, seeks refuge in a convent after her boyfriend dies from an overdose. Hiding from the police, she spends time hanging out with unusual nuns: one of them secretly writes romance novels, another has a pet tiger, a third one teaches a priest that she is in love with how to sew and the headmistress of the convent has feelings for Yolanda.