Spanish Film Festival accents Pedro Almodóvar
Flagstaff residents will no longer have to order Spanish films from their Netflix account to taste a bit of Spain.
The films of Pedro Almodóvar, the most successful and internationally known contemporary Spanish filmmaker, will be featured at the Spanish Film Festival on Oct. 20 and 21 at Northern Arizona University.
The free festival will be held at Cline Library Assembly Hall.
Sponsored by the School of Communication and the College of Arts and Letters, the festival is made possible with a grant from the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture and United States universities.
The timing of the festival coincides with the re-release of Almodóvar films by Sony Pictures Classics. The films will be in Spanish with English subtitles. All are rated R and contain frank adult material.
Featured films
Oct. 20
4:30 p.m.
Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)
1988, R
A woman's lover leaves her. In the process of finding out why, her investigation leads to his ex-wife, his son, and his current lover—everyone except the man himself.
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7 p.m.
Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother)
1999, R
Oscar winner for best foreign film in 2000, Todo Sobre Mi Madre highlights truly cinematic portrayals of grief, love and friendship in the contemporary world.
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Oct. 21
4 p.m.
Hable con Ella (Talk to Her)
2002, R
Oscar winner for best original screenplay in 2002. Benigno and Marco meet at a private clinic where they both have "relationships" with comatose women. The circumstances that reveal the destinies of the men and the women are seen in the past, the present and the future.
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7 p.m.
Volver (To Return)
2006, R
The recent award-winning Volver (Cannes Film Festival win for best female cast led by Penelope Cruz) is a supernatural tale of the intense connection between women and how their secrets shape their lives and deaths.
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