Revisited Spanish Cinema (summer term) (FLM 02)

  • Day and time: Thursday 12:00 - 14:20
    Weekly
  • Length of course: 1 term. Summer (9 Weeks)
  • Number of places: 40
  • Start date: 20 April 2017
  • Description:

    By popular request the best films of the 2010 – 2013 sessions are now programmed for the summer term, starting with La niña de tus ojos, La Belle epoque, Dí que sí, Maria llena de gracia, El embrujo de Shanghai, Cuando salí de Cuba, Nueve reinas, También la lluvia and Only human. (All films have English subtitles) 20 April LA NIÑA DE TUS OJOS Subtitles Eng Director: Fernando Trueba (1998) 121 minutes Drama/Comedy This is the story of a group of Spanish film makers that travel to Nazi Germany to make a folkloric Spanish film. There is a clash of cultures that soon becomes apparent. The film recounts a true historic episode from the 30’s. The outcome is a film group unable to complete their task. Macarena is made to act her part in the two versions, Spanish and German, and is particularly influenced by two men, Blas and Goebbels. Through Goebbels the film shows a country under Nazi domination. 27 April LA BELLE EPOQUE Subtitles Eng Director: Fernando Trueba (1992) 109 minutes Drama/Romance The Spanish Civil War has started and Fernando has just deserted the army. During his escape he is helped by Manolo, an old painter living isolated from the crude reality that afflicts Spain. The young man Fernando, in the course of the film develops affairs with three of Manolo’s daughters, Clara, Violeta and Rocio, and finally Luz the youngest who is in love with him and ends up as his wife. 4 May DI QUE S Subtitles Eng Director: Juan Calvo (2004) 102 minutes Comedy Actor Martinez (Santi Milla¡n) is a shy 36-year-old man working as an usher at a movie theatre. He still lives with his mother (Chus Lampreave). By some mistake, he ends up in a reality ...Stars: Paz Vega, Santi Millán, Constantino Romero. 11 May MARIA FULL OF GRACE Subtitles Eng Director: Joshua Marston (2004) 101 minutes Crime /Drama Seventeen-year-old Colombian Maria (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is desperate: pregnant and with a large family to care for, she's forced to leave a demanding job after an altercation with her boss. Needing work as soon as possible, she encounters charming Franklin (John Álex Toro), who offers her a dangerous job as a drug mule. With cocaine pellets in her stomach, Maria flies to New York for the drug drop-off, but finds her new line of work may be far riskier than it initially seemed. 18 May EL EMBRUJO DE SHANGHAI Subtitles Eng Director: Fernando Trueba (2001) 119 minutes History, Drama In the Barcelona of 1948 the presence of anti-Franco guerrilla fighters made their appearance from beyond the Spanish border with tales of their adventures. The story of one of these characters becomes the highlight for the lives of two teenagers Dani and Susana, until the crude reality of life wakes them form the enchantment. 25 May CUANDO SALÍ DE CUBA Subtitles Eng Director: Mira Nair (1995) 112 minutes Comedy After a prison spell in Cuba, Juan returns to Miami to join his wife, but confusion at customs prevents him getting home. He tries to resolve the situation as best he can after being accused of conjugal abandonment. 1 June NUEVE REINAS Subtitles Eng Director: Fabián Bielinsky (2000) 114 minutes Crime, Thriller A once-in-a-lifetime scheme seemingly falls into the lap of Marcos and Juan, when an old-time con man enlists them to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps, The Nine Queens. 8 June TAMBIÉN LA LLUVIA Subtitles Eng Director: Icíar Bollaín (2010) 104 minutes Drama, History Sebastian wants to make a film in Bolivia describing the discovery of America, because it is a cheap location suited to his small budget. As the filming develops, a local water company conflict leads to a water war that upsets the filming intentions. 15 June ONLY HUMAN Subtitles Eng Directors: Teresa de Pelegri and Dominic Harari (2004) 93 minutes Drama/Comedy Leni Dali (Marián Aguilera), a successful television reporter, decides the time is finally right to bring the new love in her life, Rafi (Guillermo Toledo), to meet her rather eccentric Jewish family. As could be expected, Rafi harbours some anxiety about the meeting, and his concern is not unfounded. Each family member turns out to have a different personality flaw that makes feeling at home hard to do -- especially when they discover Rafi is Palestinian.

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