Instituto Cervantes
Cervantes Film Series: La mirada tabú. Asómate al interior: Places
Virtual12:00 pm MST All the films can be seen in the link below: https://vimeo.com/showcase/la-mirada-tabu 2018 was a landmark year for women directors and screenwriters working in the film industry. An example of this is this magnificent debut by Claudia Barral: a search in experimental format of human memory in the inhabited and loved spaces and the imprint we leave on them. Sensations and memories that we rarely name out loud. Synopsis: Places explores the limits of time and its passage. The short film captures the journey to (more...)
Cervantes Film Series: La mirada tabú. Asómate al interior: Cuentas divinas
Virtual12:00 pm MST All the films can be seen in the link below: https://vimeo.com/showcase/la-mirada-tabu Eulalia Ramón, a renowned Spanish actress, presents her first work as a director, produced by her daughter Anna Saura. This is a very black comedy that places a serial killer at the center of a narrative with social undertones that breaks the fourth wall and invites us to ask ourselves about our own taboos. Synopsis: Monica is a normal woman with a normal life in a normal place in any of these modern (more...)
Cervantes Film Series: La mirada tabú. Asómate al interior: Pequeño
Virtual12:00 pm MST All the films can be seen in the link below: https://vimeo.com/showcase/la-mirada-tabu Álvaro G. Company and Meka Ribera humorously present us with a moral dilemma in which parents confront their love for their daughter and the novel options of bioethics. It is one of the most transgressive works that have come to the festival La Mirada Tabú, not only because of its subject matter, but also because it gives voice to thoughts that many parents have had at some point and would never confess. Synopsis: (more...)
Cervantes Film Series: La mirada tabú. Asómate al interior: La hija indigna
Virtual12:00 pm MST All the films can be seen in the link below: https://vimeo.com/showcase/la-mirada-tabu This heartbreaking documentary, created by the young Argentine filmmaker Abril Dores based on real events, explores the relationship between a genocidal father and his daughter. It is an inquiry into family ties and the deep emotions that bind us to people we do not always consider worthy of our love. It is a brilliant cinematographic work that confronts us with our inner demons and taboos. Synopsis: Analía Kalinec wakes up every day knowing (more...)
Cervantes Film Series: La mirada tabú. Asómate al interior: Happy Friday
Virtual12:00 pm MST All the films can be seen in the link below: https://vimeo.com/showcase/la-mirada-tabu This situation comedy by José Antonio Campos explores such a current and little named topic as the care of dependent relatives, through a hilarious story that transforms pain into laughter, and also provides an unusual solution to the vital anguish of a housewife who has sacrificed her whole life for her family and has never received gratitude or a kind word. Synopsis: Chari has been on the edge of her life, she can't (more...)