The movie, based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel is featured at the Días de Cine Reading Club until December 23rd. This initiative is sponsored by the America Reads Spanish program and the American Library Association to promote literature and the Spanish language in American libraries and universities.

“La carta esférica” stars Gonzalo Cunill, Javier García Gallego and Lucina Gil, and is directed by Imanol Uribe. The movie will be available for the next two weeks to participating libraries and universities.

Coy, a sailor without a ship, meets a mysterious and attractive woman, Tanger, who after a hard fought bidding war with an Italian adventurer, obtains a cartographic jewel of the 18th century, the Maritime Atlas of Urrutia. A fourth character then appears on the scene, Horacio Kiskoros, an Argentine with a murky past and an even more turbulent present, who does not shy away from the most expeditious methods to obtain what he wants. Little by little, Coy discovers that these three persons have a common goal, the hunt for the Dei Gloria, a brigantine that sunk off the coat of Cartagena three centuries ago carrying a mysterious treasure related to the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain.

The program is offered at no cost to U.S. libraries and universities. To participate, libraries simply have to register and send the form provided at the America Reads Spanish website. They will receive an exclusive user password via e-mail. This password will allow them to enjoy, legally and free of charge, public viewing of the movie of the week via online streaming at a library or university. All it requires is a computer and internet connection. For more information click here or send an email to Miami@comercio.mineco.es.