SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 27 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish Film Festival of Tenerife celebrates a new edition in March with three days dedicated to claiming the importance of this art and its value in the cultural and social life of our country.
Veterans Loles León and Gabino Diego, two references in Spanish cinema, will be honored in a program in which Carlos Areces will also participate and a tribute will be paid to Carlos Saura, who died on February 10 at the age of 91.
This Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Multicines Tenerife, headquarters of the Tenerife Spanish Film Festival, will host the screening of the film ‘La Reina de España’ (2016), by Fernando Trueba, and a discussion with the actress Loles León, one of the protagonists of the ensemble film, sequel to ‘La niña de tus ojos’ (1998). He will be accompanied at the cineforum by the actor Carlos Areces, who is also part of the cast.
Born in Barcelona, Loles León has an extensive career in film, television and theater full of memorable works and famous for being an Almódóvar girl in the iconic ‘Mujeres al verde de un ataque de nervos’ (1988) and ‘¡Atame!’ (1989) and for her participation in the series ‘Aquí no hay quien viva’ and ‘La que se avecina’. She has been nominated for a Goya three times as a supporting actress for ‘Tie me up!’, ‘Libertarias’ and ‘La niña de tus ojos’.
On Wednesday, March 8, also at 7:00 p.m., there will be a tribute to the career of Gabino Diego, another of the great names of Spanish cinema, Goya Award in 1990 for best supporting male performance for ‘¡Ay, Carmela! ‘, directed by Carlos Saura and produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez. In his career, he has worked under the orders of Jaime Chávarri, José Luis Cuerda, Imanol Uribe, Fernando Trueba, Emilio Martínez Lázaro, Antonio del Real, Manuel Gómez Pereira, Santiago Segura and Antonio Mercero, among others.
At the III Spanish Film Festival in Tenerife, ‘El viaje a nunparte’ (1986), by Fernando Fernán Gómez, winner of the Best Film award at the first edition of the Goya Spanish Film Awards, will be screened. It is based on a novel by the director and screenwriter himself, where Gabino Diego plays the son of the character played by José Sacristán, a boy who disapproves of his father’s profession, comedian and director of a small theater company that travels through the provinces in the post-war period. .
In addition, the program is completed on Friday, March 10, with the screening of ‘La Caza’ (1965), Carlos Saura’s third feature film, produced by Elías Querejeta and which brought international applause for the Aragonese filmmaker and the Silver Bear for best direction at the Berlin Film Festival. Starring Ismael Merlo, Alfredo Mayo, José María Prada and Emilio Gutiérrez Caba offers a portrait of various characters shaken by the Spanish Civil War, through a hunting party where hatred and its ghosts from the past come to light. After the viewing, the professor of Art History Gonzalo Pavés, doctor from the University of La Laguna, will give a master class on Carlos Saura and his filmography.
Tickets for each session, which also include the screening of a Canarian short film, are already on sale at multicinestenerife.com and at the cinema box office at the price of 2 euros per seat. More information in https://muestradecinetenerife.com/.