18. Spanish Film Week - films with English subtitles
18. SPANISH FILM WEEK
March 15-21, 2018
Kino Pod Baranami
Spanish Film Week, a traditional review of the most interesting recent Spanish film productions, has started at Kino Pod Baranami. For the 18th time best pictures Spanish cinema has to offer will appear in nine Polish cities, including Krakow.
At this year’s edition of Spanish Film Week five extraordinary feature films will be presented with English subtitles, including moving tales about passion and the power of human emotions. Among them Pedro Aguilera’s Demonios tus ojos, a sensual portrayal of a forbidden fascination between a film director and his step-sister (played by Ivana Baquero known from Pan’s Labyrinth). Esteban Crespo’s debut feature Amar tells the story of young love, its first experiments and first disappointments. In his second feature, Morir, Fernando Franco presents a story about two people struggling with the most difficult thing in their lives - accepting the loss of their loved one.
In his remarkable directorial debut Skins, Spanish actor Eduardo Casanova, brings an unconventional story made of symmetrical pink and purple frames. It is a multi-layered surreal tragicomedy filled with unusual characters struggling with body deformities. The review will end with a screening of The Motive, in which the director Manuel Martín Cuenca blurres the lines between fiction and reality. The main character obsessed with the idea of writing "high literature" starts to cause conflicts around him to have something to write about. Starring Goya Award winners: Javier Gutiérrez and María León.
PROGRAMME:
Thursday, March 15
19.15 DEMONIOS TUS OJOS | DEMONIOS TUS OJOS
dir. Pedro Aguilera, Spain 2017, 94'
Friday, March 16
21.15 SKINS | PIELES
dir. Eduardo Casanova, Spain 2017, 77’
Tuesday, March 20
19.15 AMAR | AMAR
dir. Esteban Crespo, Spain 2017, 105'
21.15 MORIR | MORIR
dir. Fernando Franco, Spain 2017, 104'
Wednesday, March 21
23.15 THE MOTIVE | EL AUTOR
dir. Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain 2017, 112’
TICKETS:
22 PLN (regular)
15 PLN (discount)
ABOUT THE FILMS:
AMAR | AMAR
dir. Esteban Crespo, Spain 2017, 105'
Goya Awards 2018: nomination for the Best New Actor (Pol Monen)
Malaga Spanish Film Festival 2017: Main Competition
First love - spontaneous, passionate, crazy, wild. Two seventeen-year-olds, Laura and Carlos are madly in love with each other. All that matters to them are their feelings and obsessive passion they have for each other, as if every day they have was the last one. When insecurity and jealousy comes to play, their relationship is in jeopardy and the two lovers start to hurt each other.
DEMONIOS TUS OJOS | DEMONIOS TUS OJOS
dir. Pedro Aguilera, Spain 2017, 94'
Rotterdam IFF 2017: Main Competition
Malaga Spanish Film Festival 2017: Best Leading Actress (Ivana Baquero), Best Leading Actor (Julio Perillán)
Oliver is a film director living and working in Los Angeles. One night while browsing through websites with amateur erotic videos, he discovers that one of them features his younger step-sister Aurora, who lives in Madrid. Both surprised and confused, he flies to Spain hoping to figure out where the video came from. His search for answers transforms into a dangerous fascination with his sister.
MORIR | MORIR
dir. Fernando Franco, Spain 2017, 104'
San Sebastián IFF 2017: Main Competition
Goya Awards 2017: nomination for the Best Leading Actor (Andrés Gertrúdix)
A couple is spending a rainy day at the seaside. Marta starts planning their vacation, when Luis admits that he lied about his medical exam results. Contrary to what he told her before, his illness has become serious and it might be the last summer they spend together. Their peaceful life is torn apart by lies, fear and guilt. They both need to have faith in their love to overcome everything that’s ahead.
SKINS | PIELES
dir. Eduardo Casanova, Spain 2017, 77’
Goya Awards 2018: 3 nominations - Best New Actor (Eloi Costa), Best New Actress (Itziar Castro), Best Hair and Make-up
Latin Beat Film Festival 2017: Best Screenplay
Malaga Spanish Film Festival 2017: Youth Jury Prize
The characters living in this unreal, pink-filled world have a love-hate relationship with their bodies. Their deformities make it incredibly difficult for them to find their own place between other people. As it happens, external beauty does not seem to be the most important.
An original, funny affirmation of human physicality, even in its most unusual shape.
THE MOTIVE | EL AUTOR
dir. Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain 2017, 112’
Goya Awards 2018: Best Leading Actor (Javier Gutiérrez), Best Supporting Actress (Adelfa Calvo)
San Sebastián IFF 2017: Main Competition
Toronto IFF 2017: FIPRESCI Award
Álvaro works at a law firm in Seville. As boring as his life may seem, he still dreams of becoming a famous writer, even though his stories are rather pretentious. His wife Amanda, a grounded, sensible woman, has never dreamt of becoming an author and yet she writes a love story that becomes an instant bestseller. Their separation becomes imminent. In order to surpass his wife’s success and write the best novel, Álvaro manipulates his friends and neighbours, feeding his mind with conflict. Soon enough, fiction comes dangerously close to reality.
ORGANIZERS:
AP Mañana
Embassy of Spain in Poland
Tourism Office at the Embassy of Spain in Poland
Instituto Cervantes in Krakow
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