It’s a stormy Sunday which means you have one of the most widely accepted excuses to cozy up next to a film. And what better classic venue to choose than Zlatna Vrata located right in the middle of the center? Here is this week’s schedule at Zlatna Vrata from today, 6 November to Saturday, 12 November.
6 November
17.30 & 20.00 | Gazda (2016): The first feature-length documentary directed by Dario Jurican, initiators of the film magazine Filmonaut and producer and mentor in Blank_filmski incubator. The film is based on the story of the director’s father, Ljudevit Jurican, who for 40 years worked as a trader in Konzum. Gazda is a documentary about the transition, privatization and corporations in Croatia, and touches on the history of the greatest Croatian corporation Agrokor.
8 November
19.00 | Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916): Regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the silent era, as well as one of the first art films, the 3.5 hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: (1) a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption, (2) a Judean story: Christ’s mission and death, (3) a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre of 1572, and (4) a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC
9 November
17.30 | The Aura (2005): Written by: Fabián Bielinsky, Pablo De Santis and starring: Ricardo Darin, Dolores Fonzi, Pablo Cedrón, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Jorge D’Elia – Withdrawn cynical taxidermist Esteban Espinosa secretly dreams of a perfect performance crime. It is believed that the police and criminals are too stupid to discover or commit crimes to be, and he has a great predisposition thanks photographic memory and a talent for strategic planning. During the hunt in the Patagonian woods he unexpectedly gets a chance to be involved in the organization of a robbery. He readily accepts the challenge, but there is another problem: Esteban is epileptic.
20.00 | Toni Erdmann (2016): A German-Austrian comedy drama film directed, written and co-produced by Maren Ade. It stars Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Hadewych Minis, Lucy Russell, Ingrid Bisu, Vlad Ivanov and Victoria Cocias. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
10 November
17.00 | Toni Erdmann (2016): A German-Austrian comedy drama film directed, written and co-produced by Maren Ade. It stars Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Hadewych Minis, Lucy Russell, Ingrid Bisu, Vlad Ivanov and Victoria Cocias. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
20.00 | Torremolinos 73 (2003): Spanish/Danish comedy film directed by Pablo Berger. Spanish encyclopedia salesman Alfredo (Javier Cámara) volunteers to make sex films with his wife, Carmen (Candela Peña), for a series of supposedly educational titles on reproduction to be marketed in Scandinavia. What Carmen really wants is a baby, but she unexpectedly becomes a popular sex symbol in northern Europe. Alfredo nurtures an ambition to become a serious filmmaker, but tensions mount when the suggestion is made that Carmen team up with a more dashing partner for future films.
11 November
17.30 | Sin Vergüenza (2001): Directed by Joaquín Oristrell. Acting instructor Isabel (Verónica Forqué) is the director of her own acting school in Madrid. Mario (Daniel Giménez Cacho) is a movie director with whom Isabel had an affair many years ago. When Isabel reads his new screenplay, it begins to sound like the story of their tryst. Isabel arranges a meeting with Mario, during which sexual tension simmers. When he asks her to select some of her students to audition for the film, her acting school descends into a frenzy of preparation.
20.00 | Toni Erdmann (2016): A German-Austrian comedy drama film directed, written and co-produced by Maren Ade. It stars Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Hadewych Minis, Lucy Russell, Ingrid Bisu, Vlad Ivanov and Victoria Cocias. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
12 November
17.30 | Los muertos van deprisa (2009): Directed by Angel Cruz. Irene, a truck driver, is in Galicia looking for shellfish to bring to Germany, where she usually takes Spanish seafood products. She is told about a place nearby where the most famous delicacy of that region can be found. The only trouble is that in getting directions to the town, she is given the wrong way to turn, resulting in the truck getting stuck in a bridge because there is a large statue in the shape of one of the famous shellfish, straight ahead, that is blocking the way.This circumstance makes it go afloat old hatreds and differences between the neighbors, disrupting the usually quiet village life.
20.00 | Born & Bred (Nacido y Criado, 2006): A successful interior designer’s life falls apart after a horrific accident.
