After the holidays, we return to our usual Tuesday film event, and we want to do so by giving our own space to one of the great genres of cinema, suspense, thrillers, the thrillerWe have had samples of it throughout our trajectory, but now we are dedicating a specific cycle to it.
Thriller productions are not the most common in the Middle Eastern cinema that usually reaches the screen of Three Cultures, which is more inclined towards drama. However, despite the scarcity of production of this genre in the region, some directors have shown an effective expertise in the making of this type of cinema, managing - within their own socio-cultural contexts, and even taking advantage of them - to generate in the spectator that sensation of pleasurable fascination and emotion mixed with apprehension.
That's exactly what the Iranian film achieves About Ellywhere a constant sense of doom sets the tone; the same feeling, but seen through a complex historical-political prism spiced with feelings of guilt, is achieved by Israel's Walking on water. The psychological element comes to the fore in the multi-award winning Turkish film Once upon a time in Anatoliawhile the Egyptian Cairo 678 -inspired by real events - can be seen as more of a thriller social.
Tuesday, 8 September.
About Elly (Darbareye Elly)
Directed by Asghar Farhadi (Iran, 2009, 114 min.).
Synopsis
Ahmad returns to Iran on holiday after his recent divorce in Germany. His friends organise a weekend at the beach, and one of them, Sepideh, invites Elly, her daughter's teacher, without consulting the others. When everything seems to be going smoothly, something unexpected happens and Elly disappears. The festive atmosphere gives way to panic and prosecution...
Best Film Award at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
Silver Bear for Best Director and nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2009.
Grand Jury Prize and Best Screenplay at the Asia Pacific Film Festival 2009.
Award for Best Film and Best Director at the 2009 Fajr Festival.
The film will be shown in the original version with Spanish subtitles, starting at 20.30. Free admission until full capacity is reached.
Portuguese