Cycle
From 06.10. To 16.10.2014.
Program of Spanish films VI
Films in cycle
A Gun in Each Hand
(Una pistola en cada mano, 2012.)
Directed by: Cesc Gay
PHOTOGRAPHY: Andreu Rebés
Synopsis:
Through six intertwined stories, we meet a several middle-aged men, each trying to cope with their problems in life. The character played by Javier Cámara is trying to win back his ex-wife, the one played by Eduardo Noriega is unsuccessfully courting a colleague from work, and Ricardo Darin plays the role of a man who is trying to understand why his wife is having an affair...
color, digital, 95 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 07.10.2014 AT 21:15
Monday 06.10.2014 AT 20:00
Camino
(2008.)
Directed by: Javier Fesser
PHOTOGRAPHY: Alex Catalán
Synopsis:
The film is based on a true story about a fourteen-year-old girl who died of cancer in 1985, and was afterwards in the process of canonization. When it was released, the film caused a lot of controversy. The girl's relatives criticized the film's distorted view of the girl's history adapted for film without their consent, while the Catholic organization Opus Dei saw it as negative criticism of their involvement in the family tragedy. The film won six Spanish Goya Awards: those in categories for...
color, digital, 138 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 09.10.2014 AT 19:00
Tuesday 07.10.2014 AT 19:00
Guest
(2010.)
Directed by: José Guerín
PHOTOGRAPHY: José Luis Guerín
Synopsis:
After finishing the feature film En la ciudad de Sylvia (2007), director José Luis Guerín decided to accept all received invitations to promote his film. He spent a year attending film festivals worldwide, from Bogota, Havana, São Paulo, New York, Paris, Lisbon, to Venice and many other cities. On his journeys he filmed his adventures and encounters with people from the film industry, such as Chantal Akerman, Tanja Czichy, Charlotte Dupont, Spike Lee, Jonas Mekas...
b/w, digital, 124 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 10.10.2014 AT 19:00
Thursday 09.10.2014 AT 21:00
Making of, le dernier film
(2006.)
Directed by: Nouri Bouzid
PHOTOGRAPHY: Michel Baudour
Synopsis:
Bahta is a twenty-five-year-old unemployed Tunisian, who lives without a specific goal and ambition. The only thing he enjoys and is good at is dancing. He has a girlfriend he is often jealous of because he is convinced that she is cheating on him. In general, his temperament often gets him in trouble. On one occasion he gets help from an older, religious man who shows an interest in him. At first he just tries to turn him away from sin and the Western influence, but then wins him over to the fu...
color, digital, 120 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 13.10.2014 AT 19:00
Friday 10.10.2014 AT 21:00
Black Bread
(Pa negre, 2010.)
Directed by: Agustí Villaronga
PHOTOGRAPHY: Antonio Riestra
Synopsis:
The storyplot takes place in Catalonia, in the period after the Civil War. We follow an eleven-year-old boy Andreu who discovers the bodies of an adult man and his son at the foot of a cliff. As it happens, Andreu's father gets blamed for their death. Fearing that he would be found guilty, the father flees. Andreu is sent to live with relatives, but he tries to find the true culprit. The film won nine Goya awards including those in categories for Best Film, Director and Adapted Screenplay, and...
color, digital, 108 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 14.10.2014 AT 19:00
Monday 13.10.2014 AT 21:00
Cousinhood
(Primos, 2011.)
Directed by: Arévalo, Sánchez
PHOTOGRAPHY: Juan Carlos Gómez
Synopsis:
After Diego's future wife leaves him just before the wedding, his two best friends decide to cheer him up. They take him to a coastal town where his first love from youth, Martina, lives. But now they are all grown up, and Martina is a single mother. As Diego is trying to understand his feelings towards Martina, his friend José Miguel befriends her son.
color, digital, 98 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 16.10.2014 AT 21:00
Wednesday 15.10.2014 AT 19:00
Crysalis
(De tu ventana a la mía, 2011.)
Directed by: Paula Ortiz
PHOTOGRAPHY: Miguel Ángel Amoedo
Synopsis:
Three women, Inés, Violeta and Luisa live in different times and locations and are at different stages of their lives. They are united by the love they feel and their hidden dreams. Inés lives in the early 1940’s, surrounded by sun and fields of wheat, and is in love with Paco. Violeta is a teenager who lives in the mountains with her uncle and aunt in the early 20th century, and Luisa lives in the city in the mid 1970’s...