13 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
Third film 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
Friday, 17th July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards
The South (El sur)
(93 min; 1983; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Víctor Erice
Multiple award winner including Gold Hugo for Best Feature Film, Chicago International Film Festival 1983; CEC Award for Best Director, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 1985; Critics Award, São Paolo International Film Festival 1984; among others
Victor Erice’s 1983 gem remains a haunting tale of family secrets and postwar loss.
Estrella Arenas, a rural Spanish teenager with a rich imagination, dreams of her mysterious father Agustín, a man who in recent years has drifted away from her. Estrella struggles to piece together Agustín's secret history and recalls her family's sudden unexplained move from Seville, Spain, to the northern countryside in her youth. Estrella decides to return alone to the South, a place warped by years of her father's hazy and nostalgic recollections.
https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevadelhi/en/the-south/134827
Third film 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
Friday, 17th July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards
The South (El sur)
(93 min; 1983; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Víctor Erice
Multiple award winner including Gold Hugo for Best Feature Film, Chicago International Film Festival 1983; CEC Award for Best Director, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 1985; Critics Award, São Paolo International Film Festival 1984; among others
Victor Erice’s 1983 gem remains a haunting tale of family secrets and postwar loss.
Estrella Arenas, a rural Spanish teenager with a rich imagination, dreams of her mysterious father Agustín, a man who in recent years has drifted away from her. Estrella struggles to piece together Agustín's secret history and recalls her family's sudden unexplained move from Seville, Spain, to the northern countryside in her youth. Estrella decides to return alone to the South, a place warped by years of her father's hazy and nostalgic recollections.
https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevadelhi/en/the-south/134827
