The Universitat de València starts February with cinema: a Series of films about the figure of the narrator and another about madness and its treatments, adding the option of “Cinema in Valencian”. They will be screened in Benimaclet, Burjassot and Ontinyent.
The Cinema Club of the Universitat de València retakes its free regular programming, in original version, in two university spaces: The Hall of Residence Rector Peset and Cerveró Palace. Sessions will start at 18:00.
Every Tuesday of February, the Hall of Residence Rector Peset hosts this cycle of screenings “Don’t trust the narrator”. A selection of films that challenge the viewer's confidence in the supposed objectivity of the narrator. The cycle opens on Tuesday, February 3, with the legendary film “Rashomon, the bloody forest” (Rashômon, Akira Kurosawa, 1950), a true narrative puzzle composed of multiple voices and points of view. “Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)”, “Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari” (Robert Wiene, 1920) and “The Usual Suspects” (Bryan Singer, 1995), will be also screened on 10, 17 and 24 February, respectively.
Moreover, Cerveró Palace of the Universitat de València hosts the cycle “Treating mental illness”, a selection of four very different films, from fiction or creative documentary will serve as a starting point for thinking about mental disorders and treatments, as well as to question the vision that has been passed on these films. The cycle will open on Thursday, February 5 with the screening of “Monkeys as Becky” (Joaquim Jordà and Núria Villazán, 1999) and includes three titles: “Suddenly, Last Summer” (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1959), which will be screened on Thursday, February 12; “A Dangerous Method” (2011), February 19; and closes the cycle, on February 26, one of the masterpieces of Robert Rossen, 'Lilith' (1964), a psychological drama, in which a therapist falls for a young schizophrenic.
As usual in programming the Cinema Club of the Universitat de València, each session will feature a preview and a subsequent discussion.
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In addition, the UAB Language Policy of the University continues to work with various organizations and institutions to offer a varied program of theatre in Valencian in all cities with campus of the Universitat de València, with free screenings for the university community. Day 4 in Benimaclet, projecting “La venus de les Pells”, directed by Roman Polanski, based on the play by David Ives, at 21:30 at the Centre Instructiu Musical.
In Ontinyent,the cycle “Cinema in Valencian” includes an extensive program of films, with free admission for a member of the university community and an attendant, upon presentation of university ID.
Last update: 3 de february de 2015 08:00.
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