40 years of passion for the Spanish language… and 2 weeks to experience it on the big screen! 9 films in their original version with English subtitles for a festive immersion!
The Miguel de Cervantes Association is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year!
40 years of passion for Spanish and Latin American culture, and once again this year, 2 weeks of Spanish-language cinema with French subtitles (VOSTF) to bring you the best of contemporary cinema! A partnership initiated in 2010 and renewed every year since.
The Miguel de Cervantes Association invites you to the opening of the Cervantes Film Fortnight! Wednesday, April 1, starting at 7:00 PM, just before the screening of Rue Málaga.
SORDA, in preview. Drama. Spain, France. 1h39. Angela is deaf, Hector is hearing. They form a happy, thriving couple despite their differences. But the birth of their first child worries Angela: will she be able to form a bond with her daughter? How can she learn to become a mother in a world that so often forgets to include those who cannot hear?
The screening will include an introduction to sign language by the CBonSigne association!
RUE MÁLAGA, Dramatic Comedy, with Carmen Saura. France, Spain, Morocco, Germany, Belgium. 1h56. Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, northern Morocco, enjoying her city and daily routine. Her life is turned upside down when her daughter Clara arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment she has always lived in. Determined to stay in the city that raised her, she does everything to keep her home and reclaim the objects of a lifetime. Against all odds, she rediscovers love and desire along the way…
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO, Drama. Chile, Germany, Spain, Belgium. 1h48. Early 1980s, in the Chilean desert. Lidia, 11, grows up in a flamboyant family that has taken refuge in a cabaret near a mining town. When a mysterious deadly disease begins to spread, rumors claim it can be transmitted by a mere glance. The community quickly becomes the target of collective fears and fantasies. In this modern western, Lidia defends her loved ones…
LA RECONQUISTA, Drama by Jonas Trueba. Spain. 1h58. Madrid. Manuela and Olmo meet for a drink after years apart. She hands him a letter he wrote her fifteen years earlier when they were teenagers experiencing their first love together. Over the course of one wild night, Manuela and Olmo reconnect in a future they had promised each other…
LAS CORRIENTES, Drama. Argentina, Switzerland. 1h40. Lina, 34, is an Argentine stylist at the peak of her career. In Switzerland to receive a prestigious award, she suddenly throws herself into a river for no apparent reason. Back in Buenos Aires, she remains silent about the incident. Yet, almost imperceptibly, something inside her has changed. A fear of water settles in, insidiously, eventually paralyzing her daily life. Gradually, this inner upheaval brings to the surface a past she thought buried forever…
LA VAGUE, Musical. Chile. 2h09. Spring 2018, a wave of protests sweeps across Chile. Julia, a music student, joins her university’s movement to denounce harassment and abuse suffered by students for too long. As she finds the courage to share a haunting personal memory with fellow students, she unexpectedly becomes a central figure in the movement. Her intimate, complex testimony becomes a wave that shakes, disrupts, and disarms a polarized society…
The screening on Monday, April 13 at 7:45 PM will include a film discussion hosted by the Rosa Bonheur association.
LES DIMANCHES, Drama. Spain, France. Ainara, 17, a student at a Catholic high school, is preparing for her baccalaureate and choosing her future university path. To everyone’s surprise, this brilliant young woman tells her family that she wants to participate in an integration period at a convent to embrace life as a nun. The news shocks everyone. While her father seems open to his daughter’s aspirations, for Maite, Ainara’s aunt, this unexpected vocation reveals a deeper underlying issue…
JONE SOMETIMES, Drama. Spain, Bilbao, August. Jone, 20, experiences her first love while her father’s Parkinson’s disease worsens—two events coinciding during Bilbao’s Semana Grande. These experiences mark a decisive summer as Jone becomes aware of her passage from adolescence into adulthood…
OLIVIA, Animation. Spain, France, Belgium, Chile. 1h11. For ages 8+. At 12, Olivia’s daily life is turned upside down overnight. She must adjust to a more modest life and care for her little brother Tim on her own. Luckily, meeting warm and colorful neighbors transforms their world into a true adventure film! Together, they turn every challenge into a game and every day into an unforgettable moment… Based on the novel Olivia by Maite Carranza.
Regular ticket prices / €6.40 for association members, upon presentation of their Miguel de Cervantes membership card.
40 years of passion for Spanish and Latin American culture, and once again this year, 2 weeks of Spanish-language cinema with French subtitles (VOSTF) to bring you the best of contemporary cinema! A partnership initiated in 2010 and renewed every year since.
The Miguel de Cervantes Association invites you to the opening of the Cervantes Film Fortnight! Wednesday, April 1, starting at 7:00 PM, just before the screening of Rue Málaga.
SORDA, in preview. Drama. Spain, France. 1h39. Angela is deaf, Hector is hearing. They form a happy, thriving couple despite their differences. But the birth of their first child worries Angela: will she be able to form a bond with her daughter? How can she learn to become a mother in a world that so often forgets to include those who cannot hear?
The screening will include an introduction to sign language by the CBonSigne association!
RUE MÁLAGA, Dramatic Comedy, with Carmen Saura. France, Spain, Morocco, Germany, Belgium. 1h56. Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, northern Morocco, enjoying her city and daily routine. Her life is turned upside down when her daughter Clara arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment she has always lived in. Determined to stay in the city that raised her, she does everything to keep her home and reclaim the objects of a lifetime. Against all odds, she rediscovers love and desire along the way…
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO, Drama. Chile, Germany, Spain, Belgium. 1h48. Early 1980s, in the Chilean desert. Lidia, 11, grows up in a flamboyant family that has taken refuge in a cabaret near a mining town. When a mysterious deadly disease begins to spread, rumors claim it can be transmitted by a mere glance. The community quickly becomes the target of collective fears and fantasies. In this modern western, Lidia defends her loved ones…
LA RECONQUISTA, Drama by Jonas Trueba. Spain. 1h58. Madrid. Manuela and Olmo meet for a drink after years apart. She hands him a letter he wrote her fifteen years earlier when they were teenagers experiencing their first love together. Over the course of one wild night, Manuela and Olmo reconnect in a future they had promised each other…
LAS CORRIENTES, Drama. Argentina, Switzerland. 1h40. Lina, 34, is an Argentine stylist at the peak of her career. In Switzerland to receive a prestigious award, she suddenly throws herself into a river for no apparent reason. Back in Buenos Aires, she remains silent about the incident. Yet, almost imperceptibly, something inside her has changed. A fear of water settles in, insidiously, eventually paralyzing her daily life. Gradually, this inner upheaval brings to the surface a past she thought buried forever…
LA VAGUE, Musical. Chile. 2h09. Spring 2018, a wave of protests sweeps across Chile. Julia, a music student, joins her university’s movement to denounce harassment and abuse suffered by students for too long. As she finds the courage to share a haunting personal memory with fellow students, she unexpectedly becomes a central figure in the movement. Her intimate, complex testimony becomes a wave that shakes, disrupts, and disarms a polarized society…
The screening on Monday, April 13 at 7:45 PM will include a film discussion hosted by the Rosa Bonheur association.
LES DIMANCHES, Drama. Spain, France. Ainara, 17, a student at a Catholic high school, is preparing for her baccalaureate and choosing her future university path. To everyone’s surprise, this brilliant young woman tells her family that she wants to participate in an integration period at a convent to embrace life as a nun. The news shocks everyone. While her father seems open to his daughter’s aspirations, for Maite, Ainara’s aunt, this unexpected vocation reveals a deeper underlying issue…
JONE SOMETIMES, Drama. Spain, Bilbao, August. Jone, 20, experiences her first love while her father’s Parkinson’s disease worsens—two events coinciding during Bilbao’s Semana Grande. These experiences mark a decisive summer as Jone becomes aware of her passage from adolescence into adulthood…
OLIVIA, Animation. Spain, France, Belgium, Chile. 1h11. For ages 8+. At 12, Olivia’s daily life is turned upside down overnight. She must adjust to a more modest life and care for her little brother Tim on her own. Luckily, meeting warm and colorful neighbors transforms their world into a true adventure film! Together, they turn every challenge into a game and every day into an unforgettable moment… Based on the novel Olivia by Maite Carranza.
Regular ticket prices / €6.40 for association members, upon presentation of their Miguel de Cervantes membership card.
