Sat 26 - Mon 28 Sept
While at War
Mientras dure la guerra
107 min
In Spanish, English and German with English subtitles
dir. Alejandro Amenábar, with Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Santi Prego | Spain/Argentina | 2019 | col | London premiere
Nominated for 17 Goya awards, winner of 5 including Best Supporting Actor for Eduard Fernandez, Alejandro Amenábar’s seventh feature film takes us back to 1936, in the days of the Spanish Civil War outbreak and famous philosopher fight Miguel de Unamuno’s against everyone, right and left, to stand for what he believed in. Not just another war film, While at War goes beyond the depiction of one of its chapters, showing the dangers of political passivity.
Amenábar makes a triumphant return to directing in Spanish with this intense, bloody and emotional drama.
The screening on 26 September is preceded by the short:
Labo
13 min
In Spanish with English subtitles
dir. Jesús Mª Palacios | Spain | 2019 | b&w | doc | 13 min | cert. PG | UK premiere
A fascinating trip to Spain’s recent past through valuable archive material about the Francisco Franco Labor University of Tarragona.
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