– This cycle, in collaboration with the Cabildo of Tenerife and within the framework of the Tricontinental Craft Fair dedicated to the Portuguese country, will begin next Monday, September 30, with the screening of The House of the Spirits (1993). It will be at 7:00 p.m. at the CajaCanarias Cultural Space in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Admission will be free until full capacity is reached. All information is available at www.cajacanarias.com
The CajaCanarias Foundation, in collaboration with the Cabildo de Tenerife and within the framework of the Tricontinental Craft Fair, is organizing a film series dedicated to Portugal, the country that will be the protagonist of its seventh edition. The program will begin next Monday, September 30, with the screening of The house of the spiritsand will continue on October 21st with The Russian Houseand on October 28th with The letterAll sessions will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the CajaCanarias Cultural Space in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with free admission until full capacity is reached. The films will be shown in their original version with Spanish subtitles. All information is available at www.cajacanarias.com
The cycle will begin next Monday, September 30, with The house of the spirits (1993), a film directed by Bille August and based on the novel of the same name by Chilean writer Isabel Allende. Starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder and Antonio Banderas, the film tells the story of the Truebas, a turbulent upper-class Chilean family who, for three generations, experience the changing events in their country. With their violent patriarch and their clairvoyant wives, the family story spans from the end of the 19th century to the coup d’état that overthrew the democratic government of Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973.
The Filmoteca will continue on October 21 with The Russian House (1990), starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film is an adaptation of John Le Carré’s novel of the same name, set during the Cold War. The story follows Barley Scott Blair (Connery), a British publisher in Lisbon who is more interested in drinking than serving Russian distributors of his books. One day he is approached by a CIA agent, who asks him to serve as a liaison with a beautiful spy (Pfeiffer) who can provide him with important manuscripts from a Russian dissident. Scott’s mission will be to try to find out the veracity and the keys to these notes on the Russian intelligence service, but it is a mission that could put both their lives in danger.
The cycle on Portugal will end on October 28 with the screening of The letter (1999), directed by Manoel de Oliveira, one of the most prestigious Portuguese filmmakers in his country. The film tells the story of Miss de Chartres, who has suffered her first disappointment in love. One night, a friend of her mother introduces her to a highly reputable doctor, Jacques de Clèves. He falls in love with her and they marry, even though she does not reciprocate his love. Instead, a popular singer makes her feel this way. The struggle between her marriage and her feelings will lead to a dead end for the new Mrs. de Clèves.
