3th November "Los Ojos de Julia" by Guillem Morales

"Los ojos de Julia" by Guillem Morales (2010)

HALLOWEEN SIGUE EN NUESTRAS PANTALLAS, DISFRUTA EL MIEDO

HALLOWEEN STILL IN OUR SCREENS, ENJOY THE FEAR

Julia regresa a Bellevue con su marido para visitar a su hermana, que está casi ciega debido a una enfermedad degenerativa de la que intentó operarse sin éxito. Al llegar, descubren que se ha suicidado. Julia no sólo debe afrontar la pérdida de su hermana, sino también la pérdida de toda esperanza para detener su inminente ceguera, pues ella sufre la misma enfermedad y parece compartir su mismo destino.

A woman is trying to unravel a mystery that she literally can no longer see in this thriller from Spanish filmmaker Guillem Morales. Julia (Belen Rueda) and her sister, Sara, have both inherited a medical condition that is slowly robbing them of their eyesight, with stress severely aggravating the condition. When Julia gets the news that Sara has died, she has a hard time believing the police report that she committed suicide, and she and her husband, Isaac (Lluis Homar), begin looking into the matter. As Julia examines the particulars of Sara's death, she begins to suspect the actions of Sara's neighbor Blasco (Boris Ruiz), his daughter, Lia (Andrea Hermosa), and an aged woman named Soledad (Julia Gutiérrez Caba). As Julia becomes more convinced that Sara's neighbors were involved in her death, unpleasant events begin happening all around her, and as she comes closer to unraveling the knots that have tied up Sara's death, Julia inches closer to total blindness. Produced in part by Guillermo del Toro, Los Ojos de Julia (aka Julia's Eyes) was an official selection at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.


HORA: 7:30 de la tarde.
DIA: Jueves, 3 de noviembre.
LUGAR: Ver mapa History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
SALA: 200-002 (piso de abajo).
SUBTITULOS: Subtítulos en inglés.

Después de la película quedaremos en COHO CAFE en Stanford a eso de las 10:00 horas para cenar y tomar unas cervecitas.

WHEN: Thursday November 3th, at 7:30 PM.
WHERE: See map History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
ROOM: 200-002 (downstairs).
SUBTITLES: Subtitles in English.

Please join us after the film in COHO CAFE at Stanford. We usually meet around 10:00 pm for food and beer.

27th October "Aparecidos" by Paco Cabezas

Aparecidos by Paco Cabezas (2007)

HALLOWEEN LLEGA A NUESTRAS PANTALLAS, DISFRUTA EL MIEDO

HALLOWEEN COMES TO OUR SCREENS, ENJOY THE FEAR

Malena (Ruth Díaz) y Pablo (Javier Pereira), dos hermanos que recorren Argentina, descubren una noche un diario que relata unos crímenes cometidos veinte años atrás. Esa noche, el pasado y el presente se entremezclan. Ante la impotente mirada de los dos hermanos, una familia es perseguida, torturada y exterminada siguiendo paso a paso los hechos descritos en el diario...

One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago. That same night, the past and present intertwine; before the siblings' helpless eyes, a family is persecuted, tortured, and murdered step-by-step in the manner described in the diary. The siblings' trip becomes a nightmare, in which they don't know if the people whom they're trying to save are real... or manifestations of something that occurred twenty years ago. Following the trail of 'the disappeared', they discover that, beyond the fiction, the true horror is hidden in the reality: 30 000 people were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered under Argentina's military dictatorship. The people forget, but the pain, as a physical presence, lives on.



HORA: 7:30 de la tarde.
DIA: Jueves, 27 de octubre.
LUGAR: Ver mapa History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
SALA: 200-002 (piso de abajo).
SUBTITULOS: Subtítulos en inglés.

Después de la película quedaremos en COHO CAFE en Stanford a eso de las 10:00 horas para cenar y tomar unas cervecitas.

WHEN: Thursday October 27th, at 7:30 PM.
WHERE: See map History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
ROOM: 200-002 (downstairs).
SUBTITLES: Subtitles in English.

Please join us after the film in COHO CAFE at Stanford. We usually meet around 10:00 pm for food and beer.

October 20th "En construcción" by José Luis Guerín

En construcción by José Luis Guerín (2001)

Guerin cede su voz al pueblo, nos sitúa en la construcción de un edificio en el Barrio Chino de Barcelona como contexto para crear un retrato fidedigno, desnudo, auténtico de un estrato estigmatizado socialmente, pero al que sabe sacar una hermosura, un encanto, una poesía que dotan a esta película de una calidad poco convencional. Es un relato multilateral, en el que los personajes sólo nos son mostrados en sus presentes, en cómo afrontan el día a día.

Exceptionally in a career spent shooting films in other countries. Guerín's Work In Progress takes place in his native Barcelona. The film's ostensible subject is the construction of a building of condominiums in the city's "El Xino" quarter. This rough neighborhood is a home to workers, immigrants, squatters, prostititutes and drug dealers. The construction site represents an attempt to "improve" the neighborhood – by pushing some longtime residents out. Such is the backdrop to the film, which is made up of staged and semi-staged episodes featuring neighborhood residents and workers at the construction site. Guerín magically spins spellbinding cinema from the simplest elements of urban interaction.

Goya Awards 2002 Won Goya Best Documentary José Luis Guerín
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2001 Won Award for Best Film José Luis Guerín

HORA: 7:30 de la tarde.
DIA: Jueves, 20 de octubre.
LUGAR: Ver mapa History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
SALA: 200-002 (piso de abajo).
SUBTITULOS: Subtítulos en inglés.

Después de la película quedaremos en COHO CAFE en Stanford a eso de las 10:00 horas para cenar y tomar unas cervecitas.

WHEN: Thursday October 20th, at 7:30 PM.
WHERE: See map History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
ROOM: 200-002 (downstairs).
SUBTITLES: Subtitles in English.

Please join us after the film in COHO CAFE at Stanford. We usually meet around 10:00 pm for food and beer.

Trailer:

October 13th "Leo's Room" by Enrique Buchichio

Leo's Room by Enrique Buchichio (2009)

Leo es un joven en lucha contra su condicion sexual y auto aceptación cuando se encuentra con Caro, una ex compañera de la escuela de la que estuvo enamorado cuando ambos eran niños. Leo, además, está atravesándo una profunda crisis personal. Esta reunión tendrá repercusiones en ambos, sin que ninguno de ellos sea consciente de lo que está ocurriendo en la vida del otro.

Leo is a young man struggling with sexual definition and self-accepatance when he runs into Caro, an ex classmate from Primary School whom he was in love with when they were kids. She's also going through a deep personal crisis of her own. This reunion will have repercussions in both conflicts, without anyone of them really aware of what's going on in each other's life.

Seccion oficial en Festival Internacional de Cinema de San Sebastian 2009
Festival de Culture et Amerique de Biarrtiz 2009



HORA: 7:30 de la tarde.
DIA: Jueves, 13 de octubre.
LUGAR: Ver mapa History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
SALA: 200-002 (piso de abajo).
SUBTITULOS: Subtítulos en inglés.

Después de la película quedaremos en COHO CAFE en Stanford a eso de las 10:00 horas para cenar y tomar unas cervecitas.

WHEN: Thursday October 13th, at 7:30 PM.
WHERE: See map History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
ROOM: 200-002 (downstairs).
SUBTITLES: Subtitles in English.

Please join us after the film in COHO CAFE at Stanford. We usually meet around 10:00 pm for food and beer.

6th October "Balada triste de trompeta" by Alex de la Iglesia

6th OCTOBER Balada triste de trompeta by Álex de la Iglesia (2010)

Año 1937. En plena guerra civil, tropas republicanas irrumpen en un circo, durante el espectáculo, para reclutar a sus empleados para luchar contra las tropas nacionales. Mucho tiempo después, en los últimos años del franquismo, dos payasos (Carlos Areces y Antonio de la Torre) luchan por el amor de una atractiva trapecista.

1937, Spain is in the midst of the brutal Spanish Civil War. A "Happy" circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single handedly massacres an entire platoon. Fast forward to 1973, the tail end of the Franco regime. Javier, the son of the clown, dreams of following in his father's career footsteps, but has seen too much tragedy in his life-he's simply not funny and is only equipped to play the role of the Sad Clown. He finds work in a circus where he befriends an outlandish cast of characters, but as the Sad Clown he must take the abuse of the brutish Happy Clown Sergio, who humiliates Javier daily in the name of entertainment. It is here that he meets Natalia, a gorgeous acrobat, and abused wife of Sergio. Javier falls deeply in love with Natalia and tries to rescue her from her cruel and violent husband, unleashing Sergio's jealousy. But Natalia is torn between her affection towards Javier and her lust for Sergio.

Venice Film Festival 2010 Won

Golden Osella Best Screenplay
Álex de la Iglesia
Silver Lion Best Director
Álex de la Iglesia
Young Cinema Award Best Film Venezia 67
Álex de la Iglesia

Goya Awards 2011 Won

Goya Best Make-Up and Hairstyles (Mejor Maquillaje y/o Peluquería)
Pedro Rodríguez
José Quetglás
Nieves Sánchez Torres
Best Special Effects (Mejores Efectos Especiales)
Reyes Abades
Ferran Piquer
(Reyes Abades Efectos Especiales and Molinare).

HORA: 7:30 de la tarde.
DIA: Jueves, 6 de octubre.
LUGAR: Ver mapa History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
SALA: 200-002 (piso de abajo).
SUBTITULOS: Subtítulos en inglés.

Después de la película quedaremos en COHO CAFE en Stanford a eso de las 10:00 horas para cenar y tomar unas cervecitas.

WHEN: Thursday October 6th, at 7:30 PM.
WHERE: See map History Corner; 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 200.
ROOM: 200-002 (downstairs).
SUBTITLES: Subtitles in English.

Please join us after the film in COHO CAFE at Stanford. We usually meet around 10:00 pm for food and beer.

Regresa Cine Stanford cada jueves a las 7:30

Buenas de nuevo a todos y todas en la Bay Area y alrededores.
Cine Stanford comienza una nueva temporada. El próximo jueves 6 de octubre a las 7:30 volveremos a deleitar con una parte muy pequeña del cine rodado en lengua castellana o cualquier otra lengua regional de los países de habla Hispana, como también directores de estos países que han rodado en inglés.

Seguirán los cortometrajes, lo más corto posible, pero no siempre, iremos sorprendiendo.
Empezaremos con Balada Triste de Trompeta, de Alex de la Iglesia y acabaremos el 15 diciembre para regresar “non-stop” hasta Julio.
No te pierdas nuestro blog http://www.cinestanford.blogspot.com/, donde cada semana colgamos información sobre la película y su trailer.
El cine es cine, así que a disfrutar de esta nueva temporada y no olvides que las cervezas del COHO, seguirán estando presentes para vernos y charlar un rato.
Gracias a todas las personas que lo hacen posible, entre ellas la más preciada, su público.

Welcome back to everyone in the Bay Area and beyond.

One year more, CineStanford is starting a new season. On Thursday October 6 at 7:30pm we will start delighting again with a very small part of the cinematography filmed in Spanish or any other regional language of Spanish speaking countries, or even directors or those countries filming in any other language.
We'll continue with the short films, as short as possible, but not everyday, we'll try to surprise you.

We will start with The Last Circus (Balada Triste de Trompeta), directed by Alex de la Iglesia and will finish on December 15 to return"non-stop" until July.

And don't miss our blog http://www.cinestanford.blogspot.com/, where each week we'll post information about the next film and each and everyone of the trailers.

Enjoy this new season and do not forget that will continue with the bears at COHO for chatting with old a new friends.

Thanks to all who make this possible, including the most valuable, our audience.