About this Event
Spanish Cinema Now+ features two outstanding English-language short films by Spanish master director Pedro Almodóvar.
Admission is FREE!
Registrants will receive a FREE parking pass 24 hours before the screening of each film.
Address: 2000 North Parkway, Memphis. 38112.
DIRECTIONS: Turn onto University Street from North Parkway, enter through the first gate onto campus (Philips Lane gate) and go to the visitor parking.
Venue: Blount Auditorium (inside Buckman Hall), on the Rhodes College campus.
Spanish Cinema Now + 2024: The Human Voice + Strange Way of Life
Strange Way of Life (Extraña forma de vida), by ALMODÓVAR
- On Friday, October 25, at 4 pm.
- Screened along with The Human Voice below.
- Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 2023, Spain, 31 minutes.
- In English with Spanish subtitles. Watch trailer.
After twenty-five years, Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning Jake tells him that reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their friendship.
The Human Voice (La voz humana), by ALMODÓVAR
- On Friday, October 25, at 4:30 pm.
- Screened along with Strange Way of Life above.
- Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 2020, Spain, 30 minutes.
- In English. Watch trailer.
The first English-language film from the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar stars Tilda Swinton in an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-act play.
A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.
Sponsored by SPAIN Arts and Culture and the Spanish Ministry of Culture as part of the project Spanish Cultural Series.
HOW TO GET THERE:
Turn onto University Street from North Parkway, enter through the first gate onto campus (Philips Lane gate) and go to the visitor parking.
Address: 2000 North Parkway, Memphis. 38112.
Venue: Blount Auditorium (inside Buckman Hall), on the Rhodes College campus.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rhodes College, 2000 North Parkway, Memphis, United States
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