Spænskir kvikmyndadagar // Spanish Film Days
Spænska ferðamálaráðinu og sendiráði Spánar í Osló er sönn ánægja að kynna spænskar kvikmyndir nú í haust í Bíó Paradís. Myndirnar verða sýndar dagana 13. – 16. nóvember en þær hafa allar þann samnefnara að sýna lífstíl, skopskyn og menningu spánar. Allar myndirnar verða sýndar með enskum texta og er aðgangur að hátíðinni ókeypis.
The Spanish Tourist Office, in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy in Oslo are proud to present Spanish Film Days in Bíó Paradís this autumn. One film will be screened every day from Thursday November 13th until Monday November 16th at 20 o’clock. Free entrance.
Program
Primos (Cousinhood) – November 13th 2014 at 20:00
A highly romantic Spanish comedy about three cousins trying to recharge their manhood in the seaside town where they spent summers as children. When Diego gets dumped on the eve of his wedding, his best cousins – the macho womanizer, Julian , and the milquetoast hypochondriac, Jose Miguel – whisk him away to the village where he first “dunked his donut” with puppy love interest, Martina, who still lives there. English subtitles. Here you can reserve tickets
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Blancanieves (Snow White) – November 14th at 20:00
Once upon a time there was a little girl who had never known her mother. She learned the art of bullfighting of her father, a famous bullfighter, but was hated by her evil stepmother. One day she ran away and she was found by a troupe of bullfighting dwarves. As she does not know her name or background, the dwarfs name her Blancanieves (Snow White), after the famed fairy tale. What they are all unaware of is that she is really Carmen, the daughter of the once great matador, Antonio Villalta, and she becomes a legend. Set in southern Spain in 1920s, Blancanieves is a tribute to silent films.
. Blancanieves is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white silent fantasy drama film written and directed by Pablo Berger. Based on the fairy tale “Snow White” by the Brothers Grimm, the story is set in a romantic vision of 1920s Andalusia. Berger calls it a “love letter to European silent cinema.” Blancanieves was Spain’s 85th Academy Awards official submission to Best Foreign Language category, but it did not make the shortlist. The film won the Special Jury Prize and an ex-aequo Best Actress “Silver Shell” Award for Macarena García at the 2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival. It also won ten Goya Awards, including the Goya Award for Best Film at the 27th Goya Awards. English subtitles. Here you can reserve tickets
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18 comidas (18 meals) – November 15th at 20:00
Set in the historic and picturesque town of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, northwest Spain, 18 Meals weaves together several stories taking place on the same day. Over breakfast, lunch and dinner 18 Meals follows an eclectic group of characters as their stories unfold over the meals of a day.The film immediately informs us that, every day, half a million meals are prepared in the small Spanish city alone. Many are small and inconsequential, though some take an unexpected turn to change the flavor of our lives forever. English subtitles. Here you can reserve tickets
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Fuera de carta – (Chef´s Special) – November 16th at 20:00
A distinguished and openly gay chef from Madrid is forced to reevaluate his own morals and values when the children from his former marriage suddenly come knocking on his door and a handsome ex-football player from Argentina moves in next door. Obsessed with his chic restaurant becoming rated in the prestigious Michelin guide. Full of delightful twists and turns, this Spanish romantic comedy anchor this wholly entertaining farce bustling with quick-witted dialogue and comical hi-jinks. English subtitles. Here you can reserve tickets