Días de Santiago (Days of Santiago) - Peru

Directed by Josué Méndez, Días de Santiago is about a young man trained for nothing but fighting that finds himself back in normal life after service in the army. Skillfully interweaving black and white and colour footage in a way that both heightens the film's realism and the sense of despair and frustration of his protagonist, this young Peruvian director makes very palpable the way the young man's training has circumscribed his life. A close and following camera, tight compositions and an intermittent voice-over, positions the audience close to our hero, and the frustration, anger and tragedy of the situation is brought vividly to life.

Trailer

Friday January 29th - University College 030 - 7:00 pm
The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Presents

Spanish Film Series (Winter 2010)



El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) – Spain January 15

Días de Santiago (Days of Santiago) – Peru January 29

El chacotero sentimental (The Sentimental Teaser) – Chile February 12

Paraiso Travel – Colombia February 26

Partes usadas (Used Parts) – Mexico March 12

El crimen del padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) – Mexico March 26

Nueve reinas (Nine Queens) – Argentina April 9




University College (UC) 030 – 7:00 p.m.

All screenings are free and in Spanish with English subtitles

El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) - Spain/Mexico

“El laberinto del fauno” nos sitúa en el año 1944 y cuenta el apasionante viaje que emprende una niña de 13 años (Ofelia) con su madre convaleciente y el marido de ésta, un cruel capitán del ejército franquista, a un pueblo en el que encontrará las ruinas de un laberinto. Allí se encuentra con un fauno, una criatura que le hace una increíble revelación: Ofelia es en realidad una princesa, última de su estirpe, a la que los suyos llevan mucho tiempo esperando. Para poder regresar a su mágico reino, la niña deberá enfrentarse a tres pruebas que poco a poco irá superando.

In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again.

See trailer here

Friday January 15th – University College 030 – 7:00 pm

The film is in Spanish with English subtitles