Cycle
From 10.10. To 15.10.2016.
New spanish films
Program of spanish comedies II
Films in this programme have english subtitles as well.
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Films in cycle
Sidetracked
(Las ovejas no pierden el tren, Spain, 2014)
Directed by: Álvaro Fernández Armero
PHOTOGRAPHY: David Azcano
Synopsis:
This is a story about love problems of several members of the same family: older, recently divorced brother with a much younger lover, sister with an obsessive urge to marry and the younger immature (although married and with a kid in school) brother who is fixated on pornography and sex and who cannot get ahead in his career as a writer and journalist. All of them are very much worried for their mother who left their father and rented an apartment, even though she has never worked in her entire...
color, digital, 103 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 11.10.2016 AT 19:00
Monday 10.10.2016 AT 19:00
No shame
(Sin vergüenza, Spain, 2001)
Directed by: Joaquín Oristrell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jaume Peracaula
Synopsis:
This is an amusing comedy dealing with various love stories of actors in an actors' studio. The action is divided into diverse episodes, as protagonists perform classic plays such as Hamlet by Shakespeare, Misanthrope by Moliere, Don Juan by Zorrilla and Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. While actors are acting, their acting reflects on “real” events in the film.
color, digital, 116 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 12.10.2016 AT 19:00
Tuesday 11.10.2016 AT 21:00
Torremolinos 73
(Spain, 2003)
Directed by: Pablo Berger
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kiko de la Rica
Synopsis:
The story takes place in the 1970’s and follows a happily married couple Alfredo and Carmen. Alfredo is an encyclopedia salesman whose business is suffering and Carmen, who is desperate to have a child, gets fired. Alfredo’s boss starts a new business - filming "audiovisual educational films about human reproduction". After the initial doubt, attracted by the potential earnings, Alfredo and Carmen accept to be the protagonists of these films.
b/w and color, digital, 91 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 13.10.2016 AT 19:00
Wednesday 12.10.2016 AT 21:00
Lost in Galicia
(Los muertos se van de prisa, Spain, 2009)
Directed by: Ángel de la Cruz
PHOTOGRAPHY: Suso Bello
Synopsis:
Truck driver Irene has to drive to a fishing village in Galicia. Due to bad directions, she takes a wrong turn and her truck gets stuck by a big monument. A funeral parade for Filomeno’s deceased father is taking the same road. The only solution is to take apart the monument and move it but how can they do that when Filomeno’s father was its sculptor…
color, digital, 104 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 14.10.2016 AT 19:00
Thursday 13.10.2016 AT 21:00
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…