School of American and Global Studies World Languages and Cultures Film Festival:
A variety of films from many different countries
in their own languages
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[PEDRO ALMOD脫VAR / SPAIN / 2021 / 123 MIN]
成人视频 Campus, Founders Recital Hall, Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
- 4 p.m. La Petite Cr锚pe food truck
- 5:30 pm film screening
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Spanish with English subtitles
With Pen茅lope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana S谩nchez-Gij贸n, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano
Starring Pene虂lope Cruz in what could be the best performance of her career, Pedro Almod贸var鈥檚 "Parallel Mothers" is an unabashed story of cascading twists and turns, thickening complications and high family drama.
The film follows two mothers who meet at the hospital ward during their pregnancy, and whose lives become intertwined from then on. Janis (Pen茅lope Cruz), middle-aged, doesn鈥檛 regret her accidental pregnancy and she is exultant. The other, Ana (Milena Smit), an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in those hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and becomes complicated, changing their lives in a decisive way.
In one of his best films to date, Almod贸var revisits the legacy of his country鈥檚 political violence during the Spanish Civil War to provide a broader and richer perspective on the exploration of one鈥檚 ancestry.
[FERNANDO TRUEBA / COLOMBIA / 2022 / 136 MIN]
成人视频 Campus, Founders Recital Hall, Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
- 5:30 p.m. film screening
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Spanish with English subtitles
With Javier Ca虂mara, Nicola虂s Reyes Cano, Juan Pablo Urrego
Based on the legendary book "Oblivion: A Memoir" by the Colombian writer H茅ctor Abad Faciolince, and directed by Academy Award庐 winning director Fernando Trueba (Belle E虂poque), the film tells of the life of the prominent doctor and human rights activist, He虂ctor Abad Go虂mez (Javier Ca虂mara), a father who is concerned about both his children and children from less favored classes.
After a devastating loss in the family, He虂ctor gives himself to the greater cause of public health programs for the poor in Medelli虂n to the consternation of the city鈥檚 authorities. The film straddles two eras: Faciolince鈥檚 adolescence in Medell铆n in the 1970s, and his young adulthood in the 鈥80s up until 1987 when his father was assassinated.
[MARC WIESE / GERMANY / 2022 / 93 MIN]
成人视频 Campus, Founders Recital Hall, Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
- 4 p.m. El Charrito food truck
- 5:30 p.m. film screening
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Spanish with English subtitles
With Pa煤l Jarr铆n Mosquera, Fernando Villavicencio
Chinese mining in Ecuador鈥檚 mountains sets the stage for an epic battle between eco-guerrillas and a corrupt government in an intensely dramatic documentary.
"This Stolen Country of Mine" follows Pa煤l Jarr铆n Mosquera, who leads the indigenous resistance against the exploitation of their land. Meanwhile, China uses the Ecuadorian government to turn the country into one of its new colonies, having made the country dependent on credit through a series of corrupt and greedy treaties. When journalist Fernando Villavicencio exposes these plots and gets access to the contracts between China and Ecuador, the government wants him silenced too. Both men are fighting for freedom in this battle against a superpower.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Marc Wiese, the film exposes China鈥檚 massive hunger for natural resources and how during the last decade it has been aggressively operating to obtain access to these resources in Ecuador. The country is now stuck with the most Chinese debts in Latin America.
[FERNANDO LE脫N DE ARANOA / SPAIN / 2021 / 116 MIN]
The State Theater, Downtown Sioux Falls
- 6 p.m. Doors open for a complimentary drink and popcorn
- 6:30 film screening
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Spanish with English subtitles
With Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, 脫scar de la Fuente
A smash hit in Spain starring Academy Award庐 winner Javier Bardem, "The Good Boss" is an acerbic character study and a darkly funny social satire of the workplace.
Blanco, the charismatic owner of a family-run factory, is under pressure as he covets a local award for business excellence. Everything needs to be perfect! But the veneer of the perfect company cracks as Blanco has to deal with a vengeful fired worker, a depressed supervisor and an infatuated ambitious intern. To win the competition, the manipulative 鈥済ood boss鈥 shamelessly meddles in his employees鈥 private lives and crosses every line imaginable, unknowingly starting an explosive chain reaction with wild consequences.
[SILVINA SCHNICER, ULISES PORRA / ARGENTINA / 2021 / 89 MIN]
成人视频 Campus, Founders Recital Hall, Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
- 5:30 p.m. film screening
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Spanish with English subtitles
With Cecile Van Welie, Magnolia N煤帽ez, Adelanny Padilla
Featuring striking cinematography and outstanding performances, "Carajita" (which means annoying child) explores the tenuous relationship that exists between race, class and family.
Sarah, the pampered daughter of a corrupt oligarch whose family recently relocated to Las Terrenas, thinks of her Black Dominican nanny, Yarisa, as 鈥減art of the family.鈥 The two have a 鈥渕other-daughter-like鈥 relationship that transcends their social standing. That illusion is put to the test when Yarisa鈥檚 spirited daughter Mallory goes missing, challenging Sarah鈥檚 na茂ve beliefs.
Boasting intuitive storytelling and confident direction, "Carajita" plays like a psychological thriller, deriving oppressive tension from unspoken inequalities and the impunity of privilege.
The Spanish Film Club Series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture, and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.