HE International Women’s Day approaches and he Alicante Film Festival devote a loop movies directed or starring women It is held for the third time in a row in collaboration with the Alicante City Council Equality Department and the School of Official Languages. women in the cinema to be developed 6-9 March With the screening of five feature films in the original version with Spanish subtitles.
The common aspect of the works is that women direct and/or play the leading roles. clear gender perspective in the narrative They can be seen from the stories they recreate Official Language School also 18 hoursExcept for Tuesday, the 7th, there will be a screening in the morning. eleven hour. Entry will be free.
starts with loop a bright reasonfrom the french Yvan Attal, next Monday, March 6; 7 has a dual session: Spanish session rose weddingrelated to icíar bollain(11 hours) and American revolution road governing Sam Mendes; continues on March 8 Light (2009), from italian Maurizio Zaccaro and ends with Iranian production on the 9th holy spider (Holy Spider), among Ali Abbasi.
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This movie tells the story of Neïla Salah. Young man from Paris suburbs Who dreams of becoming a lawyer. On the first day of class at law school, he confronts Professor Pierre Mazard. The Professor offers Neïla to help her prepare for an important exam, which they both must begin with by overcoming some prejudices.
Played by Candela Peña. Rosa, who is about to turn 45, realizes that she always lives for others and He decides to leave, drop everything and hit the nuclear button. She wants to take control of her life and fulfill her dream of owning her own business.
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio star in the story of Frank and April, who meet and fall in love at a party. He wants to be an actor. She dreams of traveling to get away from the routine and experience new emotions. Over time, they become a stable marriage with two children, but they are not happy. Both face a difficult dilemma: fight for their dreams always chasing or being content with their gray mediocre daily life
This feature-length film from Italy takes the viewer into Nur’s life. A ten-year-old Syrian girl looking alone at her European trip via the Mediterranean. When she arrives in Lampedusa, one of the survivors of a shipwreck, the island’s doctor, Pietro Bartolo, takes care of her and, step by step, tries to reconstruct not only her past, but also her present and new future.
tells his story a Tehran journalist immersed in the neighborhoods to investigate a series of the most notorious in the holy city of Mashhad woman’s murder. You will soon realize that the local authorities are in no rush to resolve the issue. The crimes are the work of a single man who claims to cleanse the city of sins and attacks prostitutes at night.
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vincent sevaThe director of the Alicante Film Festival notes that for the third time in a row, this project “shows us the reality of different women and promotes language learning, among other cultures and places.” a fun and didactic way” Maria ConejeroThe Equality Council Member highlights the continuity of this event on the 8M agenda for an opportunity to “learn the stories and realities of women who may not be noticed or recognized without this approach.”
“Cinema has proven to be a great ally of feminism and the stories in which women are told or acted. “One of our favorite aspects of this offering is discovering and watching movies that show the same realities, the same desires, dreams and life stories of women throughout history and around the world in other languages.” Conejero
From the School of Official Languages, its principal, Antonio Canovasemphasizes the importance putting women as a central figure in different stories make us participants in this initiative, through films taken to the cinema, which “allow us to transport ourselves to places, moments and sensations that show us realities as diverse as the languages spoken in” and appreciate the opportunity to “give the female figure ubiquitous visibility” and the dissemination of the languages taught in this school” .