As on previous occasions, and coinciding with the commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January, the Fundación Tres Culturas is dedicating its January film programme to Israeli cinema. This season, organised in collaboration with the Israeli Embassy in Spain, offers the chance to see the most significant current Israeli films.
On 12 January we screen the acclaimed film by Eliran Malka The Dissidents, which tells the 'other' story - full of injustice, intrigue and power struggles - behind the founding of the Shas political party in the 1980s.
We will continue to Viviane Amsalem's divorcestarring the late actress Ronit Elkabetz, one of Israel's most visionary filmmakers and actresses. In 2014, the film, which she starred in and co-directed with her brother Shlomi Elkabetz, won the Ophir Award for Best Film, Israel's equivalent of the Oscars. It is the third part of a trilogy in which Ronit Elkabetz brings to life a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage.
We close the cycle with the musical documentary The wonderful kingdom of Papa Alaevdirected by the young filmmaker Tal Barda (1983, Israel) and the director Noam Pinchas (1974, Israel)
Tal Barda, trained in Film and Television at the University of Tel Aviv and in Art History at the University of Toulouse, has directed and produced several documentaries, one of the most prominent being A Heartbeat Away (2015) Noam Pinchas, trained in Film in Boston, has been creating documentaries based on funny and charismatic characters since 2006.
All films will be screened in the original version with Spanish subtitles.
Saturday 30 January, 12.00 noon.
The wonderful kingdom of Papa Alaev (The Wonderful Kingdom Of Papa Alaev) Tal Barda, Noam Pinchas. France, Israel, 2016, 74 min.
Papa Alaev is the patriarch of a family of virtuoso musicians from Tajikistan. Charismatic and entertaining, he has led the musical group The Alaev Family with an iron fist. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Papa Alaev made the unilateral decision to leave his native country and the whole family moved to Israel. Children and grandchildren have lived together under one roof in Tel Aviv and the patriarch continues to demand obedience to his commands, from the food on the table to the instrument to be played. At 81, he sees the young members of the family rebelling against his rigidity. A Shakespearean drama with a vibrant soundtrack.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
On the occasion of the recent COVID-19 prevention measures, the film session on Saturday 30 January is now virtual.
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