Spanish and
Latin American
Mini Film Festival
November 9-11, 2001
Hibbs 303
VCU
Mark your
calendar!
Friday,
November 9, 7:00 p.m.
Tesis/Thesis (Spanish
with English subtitles).
An American-style thriller from Spanish director
Alejandro Amenábar, known to U.S. moviegoers for his recent Hollywood release, The Others
starring Nicole Kidman. Tesis follows Angela (Ana Torrent), a university student
writing a thesis on violence in the media. During
her research she discovers a snuff movie. She
finds that the film was shot on the university campus and that university administrators
may be involved in a series of student disappearances. Her ultimate find comes when she
discovers that she might be the next victim.
Saturday,
November 10, 7:00 p.m.
Estrategia de Caracol (Spanish,
no subtitles).
A
winner at multiple film festivals, this delightful Columbian comedy pits the long-time
residents of an apartment building against the greedy owner who wants to eject them to
renovate and increase rents. A David and
Goliath struggle ensues as the residents pool their brainpower to stall and delay the
owner until they can find a solution. The
legal wrangling is hilarious as the film makes its surprising twists and turns.
Sunday, November 11, 3:00 p.m.
Crónica de una Muerte
Anunciada/
Chronicle
of a Death Foretold
(Spanish, no subtitles)
Based
on Gabriel Garcia Márquez spectacular 1981 non-fiction novel of the same name, this film
recounts the 1951 killing of the author’s personal friend. At the center of the murder looms the unanswered
question: Who deflowered Angela Vicario? An unnamed narrator returns 25 years later to
piece together the shards of an event scattered among the rubble of the past. A beautifully wrought hypnotic movie of love,
death, betrayal, redemption, time lost and time recovered. With: Rupert Everett,
Ornella Muti, Gian Maria Volonté, Irene Papas, Lucia Bosé, Anthony Delon.
Italy/France/Colombia, 1986, color, scope, 110 mins.
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