Cycle
From 09.11. To 18.11.2004.
Program of Spanish films
New Spanish film
Films in cycle
Hunters
(Cazadores, 1997)
Directed by: Achero Mańas
PHOTOGRAPHY: Teo Escamilla
Synopsis:
From a series of interviews with children, we find out that even today in big cities kids still hunt animals. José Luis Maya Fernández, with a nickname Tatus, stands out from other children because he strongly opposes this cruel sport. The reason is that she heard a cat’s cry when a friend’s dog devoured her.
color, 12 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 09.11.2004 AT 19:00
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:
Tuesday 09.11.2004 AT 19:15
Goodbye, My Love
(Adíos, amor, 1997)
Directed by: Sergio Catá
PHOTOGRAPHY: Antonio Cuevas
Synopsis:
He has to go away for some time on a business trip. Their parting will be very painful because they are very much in love. Edoardo and Patricia want to seize the last day before his trip, and behave as if they will never see each other again.
color, 17 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 09.11.2004 AT 21:00
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:
Tuesday 09.11.2004 AT 21:20
Champions
(Campeones, 1997)
Directed by: Antonio Conesa
PHOTOGRAPHY: Teo Delgado
Synopsis:
You try hard, fight more than ever… and lose like always. Soccer is sometimes, (as much of the rest of life is), unfair.
b/w and color, 19 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 11.11.2004 AT 19:00
Rowing with the wind
(Remando al viento, 1988)
Directed by: Gonzalo Suárez
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carlos Suárez
Synopsis:
Sometime in the 19th century, a ship tries to pass through the frozen sea near the North Pole. Mary Shelley is on board and, while trying to write with her frozen ink, she reminisces about the conditions that brought her to the end of the world in search of her Creature. She of thinks how she met the young and passionate poet, Percy B. Shelley. She remembers how they fell in love, running away together and meeting Lord Byron in Switzerland. She thinks of the night when they all sat by a fire in...
color, 96 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 11.11.2004 AT 19:20
Huntza
(1992)
Directed by: Antonio Conesa
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gonzalo Fernndez Berridi
Synopsis:
It is a Saturday afternoon in a small village in Guipúscoi. Antxon and Kepa go to a bar in Mentxa, where Kepa hopes to see Maite.
color, 15 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 11.11.2004 AT 21:00
Gipsy Soul
(Alma gitana, 1995)
Directed by: Chus Guitérrez
PHOTOGRAPHY: Arnaldo Catinari
Synopsis:
Antonio is the prototype of a young urban individualist and womanizer who doesn't really know what he wants. He earns a living as a waiter in the Senata bar and occasionally dances for tourists. His life changes when he meets Lucía, an atypical gypsy girl who studies restoration and works in her father’s antique shop. She respects traditional values, such as being a virgin before marriage, and wants a family. In the society within which she lives, she is discriminated against both for being a wo...
color, 97 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 11.11.2004 AT 21:15
Seven Coffees a Week
(Siete cafés por semana, 1999)
Directed by: Juana Macías
PHOTOGRAPHY: José Manuel Díaz
Synopsis:
Several young couples sit in a café and talk about sex and relationships.
color, 13 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 13.11.2004 AT 19:00
No one will talk about us when we're dead
(Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto, 1995)
Directed by: Augustin Díaz - Yanes
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paco Femenía
Synopsis:
Gloria Duque, a Spanish woman living in Mexico City, works as a prostitute, One night she witnesses a confrontation between gangsters and the police. One of the policemen, before he dies, hands her a notebook, which contains addresses of all of the money laundering operations in the world. Soon after, Gloria is deported from Mexico and returns penniless to Madrid to live with her mother in law. The only things she has are an old suitcase and a paralyzed husband, a former toreador. In a desperate...
color, 104 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 13.11.2004 AT 19:15
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:
Saturday 13.11.2004 AT 21:00
El Conde inglés
(2001)
Directed by: Rubio, Lopez
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ernesto Herrera
Synopsis:
This is a poetic reflection about cultural integration and the influence of media on children’s imagination. The film tells a story about a small Moroccan girl, Miriam, in a world of migrations. Her professor gives an assignment to describe one important person. Miriam chooses an English count.
color, 13 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 16.11.2004 AT 19:00
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:
Tuesday 16.11.2004 AT 19:15
Lalia
(1999)
Directed by: Silvia Munt
PHOTOGRAPHY: David Omedes
Synopsis:
Lalia tells a story about her country and Sahara, and introduces us to the world of dreams and memories. This is a story of a horrifying reality about life in a refugee camp in Algiers.
color, 14 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 16.11.2004 AT 21:00
Family
(La familia, 1996)
Directed by: Fernando León de Aranoa
PHOTOGRAPHY: Alfredo F. Mayo
Synopsis:
Santiago wakes up on a day like any other and goes to the kitchen where his whole family surprises him, singing Happy Birthday. He opens the present from his youngest son and becomes very angry because he doesn’t like it. The small boy starts to cry and persuades his dad that he loves him. However, his dad does not believe him and says wishes he had had another son – one without glasses, who might be skinnier and resemble his dad more.
color, 98 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 18.11.2004 AT 18:00
Fire in the Cauldron
(Foc al Cántir (Fuego en el Cántaro), 2000)
Directed by: Frederic Amat
PHOTOGRAPHY: David Omedes
Synopsis:
This is a combination of memories of a love story and referrals to works by Joan Brosse: poetic digression within prose, irony mixed with sentimentality, the world of white magic and commedia dell'arte.