Films in your language. In Spain.: September 2014

La solitudine dei numeri primi (ITA - 25/09/2014 - Alicante)

The novel narrates the childhood and young adult life of a boy, Mattia, and a girl, Alice, both of whom had exposure to traumatic situations when they were both 8 years old. Alice bears the physical scars of a terrible skiing accident which nearly killed her. Mattia bears the emotional scars of having lost his disabled twin sister, after leaving her alone in a park in order to attend the birthday party of a friend. These traumas manifest themselves again physically later in both of their lives, with Alice being anorexic, and Mattia cutting himself. At school, both are outsiders, much as prime numbers are outsiders from the other numbers. Both lonely, they befriend each other, forming a special relationship — very close but never romantic. The relationship is compared to Prime pairs: always together, but never touching.

When the gifted Mattia wins a mathematics posting that takes him thousands of miles away, their relationship appears to have run its course. But when Alice sights a woman who could be Mattia's sister, the two are brought back together again. Though they clearly love each other, they are unable to express their emotions.

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Solitude_of_Prime_Numbers_(novel))

Language

- Italian (subtitles in Spanish)

Scheduling

- Day: Thursday, 25th September 2014

- Time: 18:00, 20:15.

Location (click below for Google Maps location)

- Teatre Arniches. Av de Aguilera, 1. 03007 Alicante

Entrace Fee:

- 3 €

Searching for Sugar Man (ENG - 23/09/2014 - Alicante)

In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored there to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all.

Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

Language

- English (subtitles in Spanish)

Scheduling

- Day: Tuesday, 23rd September 2014

- Time: 20:30

Location (click below for Google Maps location)

- Anfiteatro Aulario II Universidad de Alicante

Entrance fee:

- Free

Ninotchka (ENG - 18/09/2014 - Alicante)

Three Russians, Iranov (Sig Ruman), Buljanov (Felix Bressart), and Kopalsky (Alexander Granach), are in Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Upon arrival, they meet Count Leon d'Algout (Melvyn Douglas), on a mission from the Russian Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire), who wants to retrieve her jewelry before it is sold. He corrupts them and talks them into staying in Paris. The Soviet Union then sends Nina Ivanovna "Ninotchka" Yakushova (Greta Garbo), a special envoy whose goal is to go through with the jewelry sale and bring back the three men. Rigid and stern at first, she slowly becomes seduced by the West and the Count, who falls in love with her.

The three Russians also accommodate themselves to capitalism, but the last joke of the film is that one of them carries a sign protesting that the other two are unfair to him.

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninotchka)

Language

- English (subtitles in Spanish)

Scheduling

- Day: Thursday, 18th September 2014

- Time: 18:00, 20:15.

Location (click below for Google Maps location)

- Teatre Arniches. Av de Aguilera, 1. 03007 Alicante

Price

- 3 €

Duck Soup (ENG - 16/09/2014 - Alicante)

To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs. Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million dollars if Rufus T. Firefly is appointed its new president. Firefly is a cynical, sarcastic dictator who refuses to play politics by the book. For instance, he does reduce workers' hours--by shortening their lunch breaks! Firefly attempts to win the hand of Mrs. Teasdale, as does Ambassador Trentino of the neighboring country, Sylvania. When the two leaders cannot resolve their dispute over the wealthy dowager, war between the countries is declared, and Mrs. Teasdale's house comes under attack. Who will save the day?

Written by Rick Gregory

Language

- English (subtitles in Spanish)

Scheduling

- Day: Tuesday, 16th September 2014

- Time: 20:30

Location (click below for Google Maps location)

- Teatre Arniches. Av de Aguilera, 1. 03007 Alicante

Entrance fee:

- Free

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Written by Graeme Roy