Alegria

ALEGRIA | Violeta Salama | Drama | Spain | Spanish | 2021 | 119 min | La Claqueta Films | WATCH TRAILER

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30 nov 10:00 am

Alegría does not acknowledge her Jewish roots. When she learns that her family is going to stay at hers in Melilla for her niece’s wedding, her life gets messy. Luckily, the Moroccan girl who helps her out at home and her best friend are always there for her. With the help of the two women, she will face all the surprising events caused by the wedding and the reunion with her daughter she didn’t see for 5 years.

Magical Christmas

CUIDADO CON LO QUE DESEAS | Fernando Colomo | Comedy | Spain | Spanish | 2021 | 91 min | Morena Films | WATCH TRAILER

Miguel and his two children, Luna and Oliver, are going to spend Christmas with their mother Tamara in a countryside home. What the parents don’t know is that the kids have a magic ball they stole from their grandfather Benigno. While playing with it, Oliver and Luna wish their parents disappeared and instead their snowmen came alive and, lo and behold, the next morning their wish comes true! This will be a very peculiar Christmas morning.

Buñuel: A surrealist filmmaker

BUÑUEL: UN CINEASTA SURREALISTA| Javier Espada | Documentary | Spain | Spanish | 2021 | 83 min | Tolocha Films | WATCH TRAILER

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29 nov 15:00 pm

Javier Espada explores how Luis Buñuel, one of the greatest precursors of surrealist cinema through works like “An Andalusian Dog” and “The Golden Age,” began to move away from this movement but never completely abandoned it, maintaining a strong oneiric element in his films. Taking us deep into his past and evolution as a creator, this documentary provides an unprecedented window into the world and work of an irreplaceable genius whose influence has reached the rest of the arts.

The Replacement

EL SUSTITUTO| Oscar Aibar | Thriller | Spain | Spanish | 2021 | 115 min | Tornasol | WATCH TRAILER

1982. A young police officer hardened in the worst neighbourhoods of Madrid accepts a post in a small village by the sea in the hope of healing his sick daughter and gaining some inner peace. But once there he becomes involved in the investigation of the strange murder of the inspector he replaced. The inquiry will lead him to a group of Nazi elders who live a heavenly and happy retreat on the coast.

The kids are alright

TODOS AL TREN| Santiago Segura | Comedy | Spain | Spanish | 2021 | 88 min | Bowfinger, Atresmedi, Buendía Estudios | WATCH TRAILER

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02 dec 17:00 pm

Missing a train is always painful, but it is even worse when your children have been left inside, alone. This is the beginning of a crazy persecution led by a father and a grandfather: two generations who have to deal with their own problems; Felipe, an imaginative and womanizing grandfather who has never changed a diaper and Ricardo, a hypochondriac father overwhelmed by the situation. They will try to catch the night train where they left the children. Catching it in time is their only chance to fix their mistakes.

The cover

EL COVER| Secun De La Rosa | Musical | Spain | Spanish | 2021 | 83 min | Nadie es perfecto Films | WATCH TRAILER

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30 nov 17:00 pm

Dani is a young man dealing with a paralysing internal conflict: he would love to be an artist but he is afraid of failing, like his father, and also suffers when he thinks that he may be just another average soul, like his grandfather. To avoid taking a chance, he hides behind the excuse of respecting his authenticity. One summer, between his bartending work and the nights out with his friends, he meets Sandra, who will introduce him to the struggle of anonymous artists, to love and to the true meaning of not being just another average soul.

Carpoolers

CON QUIEN VIAJAS| Martín Cuervo | Road movie | Spain | Spanish | 2021 | 86 min | Alamo Producciones | WATCH TRAILER

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01 dec 12:00 pm

Be aware of whom you travel with

Four travellers meet in Madrid’s city centre through a rideshare app. Four individuals who could never imagine the journey they are about to embark on, as they gradually exchange secrets, emotions and mistrust, eventually arriving at a very different destination to the one they had planned. Along the way, they will learn a lot about who they are travelling with… and about themselves.