06 July 2020, 05:30 am
Classics with You: A Festival of Spanish Films (1973-1997)
Programme Type
Film Club
Organised in collaboration with Cervantes Institute, New Delhi
Second part in the online film series presenting five exceptional films from Spain, created between 1973–1997. Each of the films has received awards at the most prestigious international festivals and are emblematic of the collective memory, continuing to connect with contemporary viewers, offering them a much richer and more complex imagination.
Screenings will be held every Friday in July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards. Vimeo links of the films will be made accessible for a period of 48 hours every week
Friday 10 July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards The Holy Innocents
(Los santos inocentes)
(103 min; 1984; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Mario Camus
Multiple award winner including ASECAN Award for Best Spanish Film, ASECAN Awards 1985; Best Actor Award & Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival 1984; CEC Award for Best Film, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 1985; among others
An adaptation of Miguel Delibes’ novel of the same title, the film is an outstanding example of the cinematographic policies of the eighties which sought new interpretations in cinematic adaptations of books.
In the '60s, a young soldier on leave returns to the humble rural croft of his youth to visit his prematurely ageing parents, and recalls, in a series of flashbacks, the lives and quotidian grind of his family. This is Franco's Spain; and for the poorest workers on the estates, life is feudal and brutal. The scenes speak for themselves: the soldier's father crawling like a dog to sniff out fallen game, too proud of his prowess to notice his debasement; his simpleton uncle gently cradling the family's retarded child, only to infect her with lice; his ever-suffering mother, sadly and stoically accepting the loss of her child's chance of an education. If Camus places his sympathy firmly with these innocent victims rather than their morally impoverished employers, his mood is nevertheless one of restraint, shot through with moments of symbolism and dark spirituality. Save only finally, when the cruelty and claustrophobia are punctured by a moment of cold catharsis. A moving and mournful valediction to an unforgotten and unforgiven past.
https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevadelhi/en/the-holy-innocents/134826
Second part in the online film series presenting five exceptional films from Spain, created between 1973–1997. Each of the films has received awards at the most prestigious international festivals and are emblematic of the collective memory, continuing to connect with contemporary viewers, offering them a much richer and more complex imagination.
Screenings will be held every Friday in July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards. Vimeo links of the films will be made accessible for a period of 48 hours every week
Friday 10 July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards The Holy Innocents
(Los santos inocentes)
(103 min; 1984; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Mario Camus
Multiple award winner including ASECAN Award for Best Spanish Film, ASECAN Awards 1985; Best Actor Award & Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival 1984; CEC Award for Best Film, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 1985; among others
An adaptation of Miguel Delibes’ novel of the same title, the film is an outstanding example of the cinematographic policies of the eighties which sought new interpretations in cinematic adaptations of books.
In the '60s, a young soldier on leave returns to the humble rural croft of his youth to visit his prematurely ageing parents, and recalls, in a series of flashbacks, the lives and quotidian grind of his family. This is Franco's Spain; and for the poorest workers on the estates, life is feudal and brutal. The scenes speak for themselves: the soldier's father crawling like a dog to sniff out fallen game, too proud of his prowess to notice his debasement; his simpleton uncle gently cradling the family's retarded child, only to infect her with lice; his ever-suffering mother, sadly and stoically accepting the loss of her child's chance of an education. If Camus places his sympathy firmly with these innocent victims rather than their morally impoverished employers, his mood is nevertheless one of restraint, shot through with moments of symbolism and dark spirituality. Save only finally, when the cruelty and claustrophobia are punctured by a moment of cold catharsis. A moving and mournful valediction to an unforgotten and unforgiven past.
https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevadelhi/en/the-holy-innocents/134826
