The Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation, in association with SEMINCI Festival & Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi, organises a Spanish Film Festival.
To be held from May 11 to 13 at the Russian Centre of Science & Culture, 74, Kasturi Ranga Road, Alwarpet, the festival will feature eight films. For details, call 2821 2652.
A Skinny Dog:
May 11, 6.30 p.m. Will Leo prove that she can be responsible? Her life is in chaos and everyone knows that, despite her attempts to hide it. When her mother leaves her dog Jana under her charge, Leo sees it as an opportunity to prove herself.
Chrysalis:
May 11, 6.50 p.m. The award-winning movie tells the story of struggle of three women of different generations. The women, who’ve all lost the love of their lives, try to build the lives they desire and fight for dignity in a hostile world.
Good Faith:
May 12, 6 p.m. The movie revolves around 35-year-old Marisa who comes to the emergency room at a hospital in search of help.
The Plague:
May 12, 6.20 p.m.The Plague details the intertwining stories of five people.
Filmed on the outskirts of Barcelona, the movie tells the story of Raul, a farmer who tries to grow organic food; Lurie, his helper, who is also a Moldavian wrestling fighter; Maria, who is forced to join a retirement home; Rose, a nurse from the Philippines; and Maribel, a prostitute whose clients keep reducing by the day.
15 Years and One Day:
May 12, 7.40 p.m.
Margo, who struggles to deal with her rebellious and free-spirited teenaged son Jon, sends him to live with his grandfather Max, a retired military officer.
Max believes he can discipline his grandson. Watch the story unfold in a small coastal town.
A or B:
May 13, 6 p.m. The movie is about an unemployed actress who visits her agent seeking his help to take a trascendental decision.
Even the Rain:
May 13, 6.10 p.m.
The film sets up a dialogue about Spanish imperialism through incidents that happen some 500 years apart, and examines the belief systems of the members of a film crew headed by director Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal) and his producer Costa (Luis Tosar) who arrive in Bolivia to make a film about the conquest of Latin America.
Mrs… What’s his Name:
May 13, 7.45 p.m. The movie documents the voices of several generations of women, many of whom were forced to resign themselves to the fact that they lived in times when their opinions, dreams, and desires were silenced.
