Realism in Spanish Cinema of the 1950s
The 1950s and 1960s saw the establishment and rise of a movement of young Spanish film directors who were clearly influenced by Italian neo-realism. With the intention of narrowing the gap between cinematic fiction and reality, they insisted on the need for the cinema industry to move away from making historical films with strong patriotic values towards much more critical detective films and to films of wide thematic and narrative content.
March 16 & 23, April 13 there will be a special session with Anne Walsh, from the University of Sydney, who will present the film and lead the Q&A afterwards (in English). [Info about Anne Walsh: http://bit.ly/gtsN4j ]