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Viva · 2015

Viva 2015

Full Schedule - March

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5 films · 1 review

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Aces (Os Fenómenos)

Review preview for Aces

Aces is a paean to worker solidarity but it is also honest enough about Spain's economic reality to acknowledge that holding each other up is not always enough to endure the precarious times in which we live.

Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
Abandoned by the father of her child, Neneta returns to her home town and takes a job on a construction site.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Alfonso Zarauza; Writer: Jaione Camborda, Alfonso Zarauza; Stars: Lola Dueñas, Luis Tosar, Juan Carlos Vellido, Miguel de Lira, Gonzalo Uriarte, Xúlio Abonjo, Xosé Touriñán, Ledicia Sola, Antonio Durán Morris, Federico Pérez, Alfonso Agra, Patricia Vázquez)

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Holiday (Feriado)

In a remote region in the Andes, shy Juan Pablo meets self-assured Juano. A fragile romance evolves that transcends all class distinctions. Their tender explorations are set against a corruption scandal that shakes Juan Pablo’s rich banking family to the core.

(Country: Ecuador, Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Diego Araujo)

Maria And The Spider (María y el Araña)

Drama about a teenager who lives in a Buenos Aires shantytown with her grandma - and the boy she falls in love with.

(Country: Ecuador, France, Argentina; Year: 2013; Director: María Victoria Menis; Writer: Alejandro Fernández Murriay, Alejandro Fernández Murriay, María Victoria Menis, María Victoria Menis; Stars: Pablo Aguirre Andrade, Lucía Ruiz Ortiz, Mirella Pascual, Florencia Salas, Luciano Suardi, Diego Vegezzi)

Pink Noise (Ruido Rosa)

An elderly man pastes up adverts offering his services as an electrical appliance repairman. A radio belonging to an abandoned receptionist at a remote hotel gives up the ghost.

(Country: Colombia; Year: 2014; Director: Roberto Flores Prieto)

Who Killed Bambi? (Quién mató a Bambi?)

Farcical comedy sees a group of kidnappers get into trouble.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Santi Amodeo; Writer: Santi Amodeo, Tony Dalton, Kristoff, Alejandro Lozano; Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Úrsula Corberó, Belén Ponce de León, Antonio Estrada, Pedro Mari Sánchez, Julián Villagrán, Juan Fran Juárez, Cynthia Martín, José Ángel Egido, Sebastián Haro, Ernesto Alterio, Enrico Vecchi, Manolo Solo, Clara Lago, Juan Carlos Sánchez)