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The most striking feature of this weekend’s premieres is its variety, you will see a paranoid odyssey (The Mystery of Silver Lake), documentary (The Swirl), Biographies (Tolkien), Historical Cinema (Freedom Network), Youth Comedy (Crazy Weekend), Terror (A before he died), thriller (The Widow) and a blockbuster (Men in Black: MIB International).
Which one do you want?
The Mystery of Silver Lake (Under the Silver Lake, 2018)
Address: David Robert Mitchell
They star: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace
Synopsis: Sam is a 33-year-old who spends his time on video games and listening to music, until he meets a mysterious woman, Sarah (Riley Keough), who has fun at the pool in his apartment. The next day she disappears without a trace and Sam embarks on a dangerous quest to find her, taking him into the most mysterious depths of secrets, scandals and conspiracies of the City of Angels.
The review: “With a hitchcockian skate – particularly inspired by The indiscreet window (1954) and International Intrigue (1959)–, the film is a dealist collection of characters and situations created around conspiracy theories worthy of the classic They Live (Put the glasses on!) and intricate nets that take air from both the literature of Thomas Pynchon and Raymond Chandler.” Read on.
Address: Laura Herrero
Synopsis: Peter is a peasant who defends his identity and dreams; her sister Esther fights for a better life for her daughter as she shares her world with us through a small camera. Both live in El Remolino, a tiny community in Chiapas that is affected each year by flooding caused by the Usumacinta River. For them, life is like a whirlpool that spins in the journey of their internal cycles and the great cycle of nature.
Address: Dome Karukoski
Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Genevieve O Reilly, Colm Meaney
Synopsis: Tolkien explores the writer’s formalist years in his quest for friendship, love and artistic inspiration in the group of restless students of which he is a part. In this context there is the outbreak of world War I, which threatens to destroy this “association”. All these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-earth novels.
Address: Pablo Moreno
They star: Assumpta Serna, Pablo Santamaría, Pablo Viña, Luisa Gavasa, Raúl Escudero
Synopsis: Set in France during the beginning of World War II, the film chronicles the commendable work of Helena Studler, the Daughter of Charity who saved the lives of thousands of French refugees by preventing them from falling into the Nazi forces, among others, such illustrious characters as Francois de Mitterrand or General Giraud.
Crazy Weekend (2019)
Address: Kristoff Raczynski
They star: Christian Vázquez, Oswaldo Zárate, Giovanna Romo, Juan Pablo Castañeda, Juan Pablo Gil
Synopsis: Fede is very sad that he ended up with his girlfriend Mariana, his friends Memo and Carlos seek to encourage him to turn him back to the page and get out of his depression like this. Like every good male friend alpha loin Plataedo they tell him that the solution is to meet more women and chance to meet the love of his life. What you can’t imagine is that their big idea will get them into big trouble. An epic party is about to begin.
A photo before he died (Photo na pamyat, 2018)
Address: Anton Zenkovich
They star: Egor Kharlamov, Sanzhar Madiyev, Garik Petrosyan, Irina Temicheva
Synopsis: A group of friends is embroiled in a clash between a deer and a vehicle in rural Russia. For help, they sit in with a cabin, where they find a photo depicting their accident.
Address: Neil Jordan
They star as Isabelle Huppert, Chloé Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Stephen Rea
Synopsis: Frances is a sweet, naive young woman who, after her mother’s death, moves to Manhattan. When he finds a misplaced purse on the subway, he decides to give it to his rightful owner, Greta, a widowed pianist in desperate need of companionship. They quickly become friends, but their friendship changes when Greta’s sinister intentions are discovered.
Men in Black: MIB International (Men in Black International, 2019)
Address: F. Gary Gray
They star: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson, Rebecca Ferguson
Synopsis: Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, you will face your biggest threat to date: the mole in the MIB organization.
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