Film Tuesday. Screening of 'Cairo 678'

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, 29 September.

Cairo 678 (Al-Qahira 678)

Dirigida por Mohamed Diab (Egipto, 2010, 100 min.).

Synopsis

Basada en la historia real de tres mujeres y en su empeño de defenderse contra el acoso sexual prevaleciente en Egipto. Cuando una de ellas empieza a clavar un cuchillo en la ingle de los acosadores, se convierte en una heroína fantasma que causa un revuelo por todo el país.

Premios Hugo de Plata al Mejor director, Mejor película y Mejor actor en el Festival Internacional de Chicago 2011.

Premios al Mejor actor y Mejor actriz en el Festival de Dubai 2010.

Premio a la Mejor película en el Festival de Cine Mediterráneo de Montpelier 2010.

Mención Especial en el Festival de Sydney 2010.

The film will be shown in the original version with Spanish subtitles, from 20.30 onwards. Free admission until full capacity is reached.