From February 5 to 9, ALCINE offers an sample of “Movies and Music” with a selection of 5 films with the common denominator of music: ALCINE SOUNDTRACK.
These projections, which bind to the Cine-Club regulars, will be showed in Teatro Salón Cervantes at different times and days for those interested in the full cycle to plan and adjust their agendas.
Una canción para Marion (Song for Marion)
Wednesday, 5 at 6:30 pm and Friday 7 at 5:30 pm
Written and directed: Paul Andrew Williams. Stars: Gemma Arterton (Elizabeth), Terence Stamp (Arthur), Vanessa Redgrave (Marion). Country: Reino Unido. Year: 2012. Length: 93 min.
Synopsis: Grumpy pensioner Arthur honors his recently deceased wife’s passion for performing by joining the unconventional local choir to which she used to belong, a process that helps him build bridges with his estranged son, James.
El último Elvis
Wednesday, 5 at 9:00 pm and Friday 7 at 8:00 pm
Directed: Armando Bo. Stars: John McInerny (Carlos Gutiérrez / Elvis),Griselda Siciliani (Alejandra), Margarita López (Lisa Marie). Country: Argentina. Año: 2012. Length: 91 min.
Synopsis: A tragic accident causes an Elvis impersonator to reassess his priorities. This is one of those movies you find yourself still thinking about, days after you watched it.
Pulp: The Beat is the Law
Thursday, 6 at 9:00 pm and Sunday 9 at 9:00 pm
Produced, Directed and Edited: Eve Wood. Country: United Kingdom. Year: 2011. Length: 91 min. Genres: Music Documentary.
Synopsis: It’s Glastonbury Festival 1995. The Stone Roses pull out of their headline set after a mountain bike accident and Rod Stewart is unavailable. Last minute replacements, Pulp, take to the stage to face 80,000 people. They deliver a set ‘regarded as one of the best in the festival’s history’ climaxing with the era-defining song, Common People, and in the process catapult themselves to the forefront of the Britpop movement – an achievement that 12 years earlier seemed like an impossible dream.
El cuarteto (Quartet)
Thursday, 6 at 6:30 pm and Saturday 8 at 8:00 pm
Director: Dustin Hoffman. Stars: Maggie Smith (Jean Horton), Tom Courtenay (Reginald Paget), Billy Connolly (Wilf Bond), Pauline Collins (Cissy Robson), Michael Gambon (Cedric Livingston). Country: Reino Unido. Year: 2012. Length: 95 min.
Synopsis: At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
Searching for sugar man
Friday 7 at 10:00 pm. and Saturday 8 at 10:00 pm
Director: Malik Bendjelloul. Production: Simon Chinn y Malik Bendjelloul. Countires: Sweden and UK. Year: 2012. Length: 86 min. Genres: Music Documentary.
Synopsis: Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock ‘n’ roller, Rodriguez.