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| Quim Gutierrez, Raúl Arévalo (Counsinhood) |
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has organized this year again Spanish Cinema Now, the annual exhibition series of the Spanish film industry in the Walter Reade Theater of New York from 8th to 22nd of December. The event, that has the support of the Instituto Cervantes New York, the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts and the Institut Ramon Llull of Catalan Language and Culture, exhibits in this year's series around 20 new Spanish films and a retrospective on the Spanish director that recently passed away, Luis García Berlanga.
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| Yon González, Santiago Segura (Torrente) |
The series, that has been running since 1992, presented this year films from directors such as Santiago Segura, Daniel Sánchez-Arévalo, Mireia Ros, Nacho Vigalondo, Chema de la Peña, Esteban and José Miguel Ibarretxe, Agustí Villaronga, Enrique Otero, Montxo Armendáriz, José Luis Garcia Sánchez, Isaki Lacuesta, Jonas Trueba, Carlos Iglesias, Miguel Gonçalves Mendes or Ventura Pons.
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| J. Merino,J. Ariño & Emilia Uutinen (An Almost Perfect World) |
We would most warmly recommend some pretty good pieces seen at this year's edition such as the comedies from Daniel Sánchez Arévalo "Cousinhood" (Primos), starring Quim Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo, Adrián Lastra, Inma Cuesta and Antonio de la Torre, Santiago Segura's "Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis" with this crazy policeman, starring Santiago Segura, Carlos Areces, Kiko Rivera, Tony Leblanc, Enrique Villén, Francisco González and Emma Ozores, and Esteban and José Miguel Ibarretxe's "An Almost Perfect World" (Un Mundo Casi Perfecto), another crazy comedy, starring Javier Merino, Antonio Dechent, Álex Angulo, Velilla Valbuena, Mairim Pérez, Jon Ariño, Emilia Uutinen, Leire Berrocal, Jon Inciarte and Javivi.
We really liked some of the dramas screened this year, like the Carlos Iglesias' beautiful "Ispansi", starring Isabel Blanco, Esther Regina, Carlos Iglesias, Eloisa Vargas, Iñaki Guevara and Bruto Pomeroy, Agustí Villaronga's impressive "Black Bread", starring Francesc Colomer, Nora Navas, Roger Casamajor, Marina Comas, Marina Gatell, Laia Marull, Eduard Fernández and Sergi López, or Montxo Armendáriz's "Don´t be Afraid", starring Belén Rueda, Lluis Homar and Michelle Jenner.
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| Marina Comas, Francesc Colomer, Nora Navas (Black Bread) |
The Jonas Trueba's "Every Song Talks About Me" offered a nice fresh spirit and Miguel Gonçalves Mendes' documentary "José and Pilar" a beautiful portrait of the Nobel-winning writer José Saramago.
In general the spanish films, specially the comical ones, often seem to turn out quite different and exotic to the U.S. spectators. The Spanish film industry always has something new and exciting to offer and we are sure this year's Spanish Cinema Now was a real pleasure to all the New York spectators who could attend the series.
Here is the list of all the movies programmed this year:
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Chema de la Peña, 2011
An Almost Perfect World
Esteban Ibarretxe, José Miguel Ibarretxe, 2011
Barcelona Before
Mireia Ros, 2011
Black Bread
Agustí Villaronga, 2010
Contacts
Paulino Viota, 1970
Cousinhood
Daniel Sanchez Arevalo, 2011
Crebinsky
Enrique Otero, 2011
Don’t Be Afraid
Montxo Armendáriz, 2011
Don’t Touch the Dead, Kid
Jose Luis Garcia Sánchez, 2011
Double Steps
Isaki Lacuesta, 2011
Every Song Talks About Me
Jonás Trueba, 2011
Everyone Off to Jail
Luis García Berlanga, 1993
Extraterrestrial
Nacho Vigalondo, 2011
Ispansi
Carlos Iglesias, 2011
José y Pilar
Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, 2011
Life Size
Luis García Berlanga, 1976
Long Live the Bride and Groom
Luis García Berlanga, 1970
Plácido
Luis García Berlanga, 1961
Shortmetraje
That Happy Couple
Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga, 1953
The Executioner
Luis García Berlanga, 1963
Chema de la Peña, 2011
An Almost Perfect World
Esteban Ibarretxe, José Miguel Ibarretxe, 2011
Barcelona Before
Mireia Ros, 2011
Black Bread
Agustí Villaronga, 2010
Contacts
Paulino Viota, 1970
Cousinhood
Daniel Sanchez Arevalo, 2011
Crebinsky
Enrique Otero, 2011
Don’t Be Afraid
Montxo Armendáriz, 2011
Don’t Touch the Dead, Kid
Jose Luis Garcia Sánchez, 2011
Double Steps
Isaki Lacuesta, 2011
Every Song Talks About Me
Jonás Trueba, 2011
Everyone Off to Jail
Luis García Berlanga, 1993
Extraterrestrial
Nacho Vigalondo, 2011
Ispansi
Carlos Iglesias, 2011
José y Pilar
Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, 2011
Life Size
Luis García Berlanga, 1976
Long Live the Bride and Groom
Luis García Berlanga, 1970
Plácido
Luis García Berlanga, 1961
Shortmetraje
That Happy Couple
Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga, 1953
The Executioner
Luis García Berlanga, 1963
The Heifer
Luis García Berlanga, 1985
The National Shotgun
Luis García Berlanga, 1978
The Rocket from Calabuch
Luis García Berlanga, 1956
The Waves
Alberto Morais, 2011
Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis
Santiago Segura, 2011
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Luis García Berlanga, 1953
Year of Grace
Ventura Pons, 2011
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