Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sebastian Borensztein Stars: Ricardo Darin, Chino Darin, Louis Brandoni. Daniel Araoz, Carlos Belloso, Rita Cortese, Andres Parra, Ailin Zaninovich, Alejandro Giogena, Guillermo Jacubowicz, Luciano Casauz, Veronica Llinas. Argentina’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, this enjoyable comic crime caper is set against the backdrop of the financial …
TRUMAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Cesc Gay Stars: Ricardo Darin, Javier Camara, Dolores Fonzi. Winner of five Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars), this bittersweet comedy/drama about two men and a dog screened during the recent Spanish Film Festival earlier in the year. It was one of the more popular films in the festival and now it gets a cinema release. This amusing and deeply affecting film …
WILD TALES
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Damian Szifron Stars: Ricardo Darin, Dario Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa,Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Oscar Martinez, Maria Onetto, Osmar Nunez, German da Silva, Diego Gentile, Erica Rivas. The closing night film of the recent Spanish Film Festival was the wonderful, twisted and blackly funny Wild Tales, from director Damian Szifron, which has …
SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL 2015 – Reviews
by GREG KING. Screens at Palace Cinemas The Kino Cinemas, Palace Westgarth, Palace Cinema Como from 22 April, 2015 - 10 May, 2015. This year’s Spanish Film Festival program boasts 38 features from across Spain, Latin-America, and beyond. The Festival will open with Emilio Martínez-Lázaro’s SPANISH AFFAIR, starring popular stand-up comic and presenter Dani Rovira, and the charming Clara Lago. The film fast became a …
