Cinema nights at the cloister of La Nau (Nits de cinema al claustre de la Nau)

Film series: Peliculas corales, mosaicos de vidas (Ensemble films, patchworks of lives)

Aelita (Yakov Protazanov, 1924, 111 min/Description: All publics)

Cast: Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli, Nikolai Batalov, Vera Orlova, Valentina Kuindzhi, Pavel Pol, Konstantin Eggert, Yuri Zavadsky, Aleksandra Peregonets, Sofya Levitina.

Adaptation of a novel by Alexei Tolstoi, distant relative of León Tolstoi. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, fed up of living under her despotic father, she calls for help to the Earth. After decoding the message, the engineer of the Radio Station of Moscow, and the revolutionary Gusev, travel to Mars in the ship they have built. The two of them help Aelita to overthrow the tyrant , but , later, she also set a totalitarian regime

Presentation by Elisa Hernández (Cinema Club).

All screenings will be in original version with subtitles with a presentation and a discussion.

Schedule: Opening 21:30/Screenings 22:00

Free admission limited to the capacity of the venue