Agenda UV

Series: Forgotten lesbian romances

This series will begin on Tuesday, 8th May at Rector Peset Hall of Residence with the film Walk on the Wild Side (‘La gata negra’, Edward Dmytryk, 1962). In spite of the Motion Picture Production Code, a love relationship is noticeable between Bárbara Stanwick and Capucine. It is also remarkable the role of a young Jane Fonda. The following session shall take place on Tuesday, 15th May, with Fire (‘Fuego’, Deepa Mehta, 1996), the first Indian film which showed an explicit relationship between women. After the premiere, there were violent protests related to topics such as freedom of speech and homosexuality.

On Tuesday, 22nd May it shall be screened Fucking Åmål (Lukas Moodysson, 1998). It is a cult film which depicts a relationship between two teenagers in a Swedish rural area, portraying the discovery of first love and sexual relations in adolescence. Finally, on Tuesday, 29th May the film If These Walls Could Talk 2 (‘Mujer contra mujer’, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche, Jane Anderson, 2000). It shows three stories of lesbian romances in the same house but in different periods and generations.

All films shall be screened in original version with Spanish subtitles, preceded by a presentation. They shall also be followed by a brief discussion. The series will take place all Tuesdays in May at 6 p.m. at Rector Peset Hall of Residence.

Programme:

08/05/2018 La gata negra

(‘Walk on the Wild Side’, Edward Dmytryk, 1962)

15/05/2018 Fuego

(‘Fire’, Deepa Mehta, 1996)

22/05/2018 Fucking Åmål

(Lukas Moodysson, 1998)

29/05/2018 Mujer contra mujer

(‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche, Jane Anderson, 2000)

Free entry, limited capacity