Programme of Sala Montjuïc 2009

Elaborated by MODIband and Cinemes Verdi.

ALL FILMS ARE IN THEIR ORIGINAL VERSION WITH SPANISH SUBTITLES.

 

Monday 29/06 22.00

The Departed, Martin Scorsese, 2006 – USA

In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Costello. While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit.

21.00 Mindblank, jazz


 
 
 

Wednesday 01/07 22.00

Hidden, Michael Haneke, 2005 – France

A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on its front porch that may be the direct result from an event from years ago.
A smart marriage of the thriller genre with a compendium of strong ideas about guilt, racism, recent French history and cinema itself, Michael Haneke's eighth feature is an unsettling, self-reflective masterpiece.

21.00 Rumbaterapia, Spanish rumba
22.00 Jingle Bells, David Casademunt, 2008, Escandalo Films (ESCAC)

 

 
 
 

Friday 03/07 22.00

The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock, 1963 – USA


A wealthy San Francisco playgirl pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.

21.00 Barnouche, gipsy swing
22.00 Eyja, Dögg Mósesdóttir, 2008, CECC

 

 
 
 

Monday 06/07 22.00

No country for old men, Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007 – USA

Set near the Rio Grande, No Country for Old Men traces a hunter's mysterious discovery of dead bodies, a packet containing heroin and over $2 million in cash. Pocketing the money, he finds himself pursued by two very different men: Tommy Lee Jones' world-weary sheriff Ed Bell; and Javier Bardem's taciturn fixer Anton Chigurh.

21.00 Brazilian chill-out


 
 
 

Wednesday 08/07 22.00

The Edge of heaven, Fatih Akin, 2007 – Germany, Turkey

Nejat struggles to accept his father Yeter's lifestyle, especially his prostitute live-in lover. However, he grows fond of the when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey,where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten

21.00 Calamento, flamenco fusion
22.00 Cabaret kadne , Marc Riba i Anna Solanas, 2008, I+G Stop Motion

 
 
 

Friday 10/07 22.00

Safety Last, Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, 1923 USA (CINE-CONCIERTO)

Lloyd is a modest country boy who has his sights set on wealth and success. Working in a department store seems an unlikely way for him to achieve his goal. However, his fortunes change when his manager announces that he will offer one thousand dollars to anyone who can entice more customers to the store. Lloyd has an idea. He asks his friend 'The Fly' to climb up the building to get people's attention. Unfortunately, it isn't the kind of attention Lloyd was hoping for. His friend turns out to be a wanted criminal and when the police turn up, Lloyd must help in the pursuit.

21.00 8 Hertzios, World jazz
22.00 Peacemaker, Àlex Pastor, 2006, Escandalo Films (ESCAC)

 

 
 
 

Friday 13/07 22.00

4 months, PedroAlmodóvar, 2007 – Spain

Set in Spain, this is a generational story of two daughters who lost their parents as children during a fire: a good mother mother carrying a hard life upon her shoulders, and an illegal hairdresser whose shop is the meeting point for all the neighbourhood gossips. When the mother's drunken and abusive partner assaults her daughter, catastrophy strikes. The daughter murders the partner in self defence and the mother does all that she can to protect her little girl being caught out by her aunt, or the nosey townspeople. But the aunt has a family secret of her own to keep which she divulges to the daughter, that would put the mother on an emotional rollercoaster. Will the truth be revealed?

21.00 Banan Kaló, African music

 
 
 

Wednesday 15/07 22.00

Festen, Thomas Vinterberg, 1999 – Denmark, Sweden

The Father turns 60. His large family gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The Youngest Son is trying to live up to The Father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a lawyer. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without arguments. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself.

21.00 Lívia Lucas, Brazilian music
22.00 Sintonía, Jose Mari Goenaga, 2005, Kimuak

 
 
 

Friday 17/07 22.00

La Nuit américaine, FrançoisTruffaut, 1973 – France

A film company at work. Actors arrive and depart; liaisons develop. Julie, the beautiful but possibly unstable lead, is recovering from a breakdown, aided by an older physician, her new husband. Alphonse is insecure, he babbles. When his fiance exits with a stunt man, he threatens to quit. Julie must convince him to stay. Alexandre, a consummate pro on the set, runs back and forth to the airport hoping a certain young man will visit. Severine, no longer young, hits the bottle and covers blown lines with emotional outbursts. At the center is Ferrand, the writer director, who must make constant decisions, answer a stream of questions, and deliver the film on schedule.

21.00 Triandó, flamenco fusion

22.00 7:35 de la mañana, Nacho Vigalondo, 2003 Kimuak

 
 
 

Monday 20/07 22.00

In Bruges, Martin Mc Donagh, 2008 – UK, USA

Bruges, the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray and Ken, it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and cobbled streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists. Ray, still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the place, while Ken, even as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray's often profanely funny exploits, finds his mind and soul being expanded by the beauty and serenity of the city.

21.00 Elektric Consort, jazz fusión
22.00 Runners , Marc Reixach, 2008, Escandalo Films (ESCAC)

 
 
 

Wednesday 22/07 22.00

4 Months, 3 Weels and 2 Days,
Cristian Mungiu, 2007 – Rumania

The story of a forbidden abortion in the late era of Ceaucescu's dictatorship. The film received the Palme d'Or Award for the 2007 Cannes Festival

21.00 Jinx Jazz Band, dixieland
22.00 Nit bus, Juanjo Giménez, 2007, Nadir Films

 
 
 

Friday 24/07 22.00

Turtles can fly, Bahman Gohbadi, 2004 – Iran, France, Irak

Set in Ghobadi's native Kurdistan, close to the Turkey-Iran border. Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antenna for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov, who was left armless after he stepped on a landmine and who can now seemingly predict the future

21.00 Giulia y los Tellarini, indie music
22.00 Coco rallado, Concha López Nieto, 2008, CECC

 
 
 

Monday 27/07 22.00

Junebug, Phil Morrison, 2005 - USA

A dealer in outsider art threatens the equilibrium of her middle-class in-laws in North Carolina. Madeline is a go-getting art gallery owner from Chicago, recently married to George, a near-perfect Southern beau. When Madeline needs to close a deal with a reclusive North Carolina artist, George introduces her to his family: prickly mother Peg, taciturn father Eugene, cranky brother Johnny, and Johnny's pregnant, childlike wife Ashley, who is awe-struck by her glamorous sister-in-law. Madeline's presence exposes the fragile family dynamics as hidden resentments and anxieties surface.

21.00 6m2, funky jazz
22.00 No quiero la noche, Elena Trapé, 2005, Escandalo Films (ESCAC)

 
 
 

Wednesday 29/07 22.00

Wall-E, Andrew Stanton – 2008 – USA

After hundreds of lonely years doing what he was built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks and looking after his pet cockroach), when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.

21.00 Ricky Araiza Trio, country
22.00 Nena! Lluís Segura, 2008, Escandalo Films (ESCAC)

 
 
 

Friday 31/07 22.00

Surprise film in collaboration with
Choose the movie you’d like to watch for the festival’s closure among the following three musical films.

Joy Division, Grant Gee, 2007 (Regne Unit, EUA)

CSNY Déjà vu, Neil Young, 2008 (EUA)


Leonard Cohen: I’m your man, 2005

 

21.00 The Suitcase Brothers, blues
22.00 Turismo, Mercedes Sampietro, 2008 In Vitro Films

 

 

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