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March 2-11 
2012: MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

ORGANIZED BY MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE
SPANISH FILMS / PELICULAS ESPAÑOLAS

The Miami Internationl Film Festival is celebrating its 29th anniversary this year. And Spain is having an outstanding representation, with 11 productions and co-productions, the most at this year's festival. The Spanish films to be screened this year are:

BARACOA, WHERE CUBA BEGAN

A FILM BY MAURICIO VINCENT MULET (Cuba, Spain, 61 min, 2011)
Spanish journalist Mauricio Vincent Mulet covered Cuba for El País for 20 years, but was deported for this depiction of the joy of dialy life for rural Cubans in the eastern province.

El periodista español Mauricio Vincent Mulet corresponsal de El País en Cuba por 20 años fue deportado por este proyecto en el que representaba la alegría de la vida cotidiana de los cubanos en las zonas rurales del este en la isla.

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Saturday, March 3rd, 7:00pm (Tower Theater 1)
Sunday, March 11th, 5:00pm (O Cinema)

CALVET

A FILM BY DOMINIC ALLAN (Spain, United Kingdom, 86 min 2011)
The story of former drug addict Calvet and his journey to creating the harrowing masterpieces that have galvanized the art world. An exhibit of Calvet's work will open at Miami Dade College's Freedom Tower in conjunction with MIFF's presentation.

La historia de un ex adicto a las drogas y su viaje a la creación de desgarradoras obras maestras que han galvanizado el mundo del arte. La exposición de la obra de Calvet se abrirá en Miami Dade College's Freedom Tower en relación con la presentación MIFF.

Wednesday, March 7th, 9:30pm (Coral Gables Art Cinema)
Friday, March 9th, 7:00pm (Regal South Beach Cinema 18)

JUAN OF THE DEAD

A FILM BY ALEJANDRO BURGUES (Spain, Mexico, 104 min, 2011)
Fifty years after the Cuban Revolution, Havana is a city of zombies in this irreverent satire. Preceded by " Cell Phone Zombies" (Ecuador, 2012, Jorge Luis Miranda)

Cincuenta años después de la Revolución Cubana, La Habana es una ciudad de zombis en esta satírica e irreverente. Precedida por "zombis de teléfonos celulares" (Ecuador, 2012, Jorge Luis Miranda)

Friday, March 9th, 7:00pm (Olympia Theater)

MADRID, 1987

A FILM BY DAVID TRUEBA (Spain, 104 min, 2011)
Two writers with a 50+ year age difference spend the night trapped by a broken lock - and discover a wellspring of untapped emotions.

Dos escritores con una diferencia de edad de más de 50 años, pasan la noche atrapados por una cerradura rota - y descubren un manantial de emociones sin explotar.

Thursday, March 8th, 6:45pm (Regal South Beach Cinema Theater)
Saturday, March 10th, 4:30pm (Regal South Beach Cinema Theater)

THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE

A FILM BY VICENTE VILLANUEVA (Spain, 97 min, 2011)
Spanish mega star Hugo Silva is one of the three firefighters blazing for the attention of pretty Merce.

La mega estrella española, Hugo Silva es uno de los tres bomberos ardiendo por la atención de la bella Merce.

Saturday, March 3rd, 9:30pm (Regal South Beach Cinema Theater)
Monday, March 5th, 9:00pm (Regal South Beach Cinema Theater)

PORFIRIO

A FILM BY ALEJANDRO LANDES (Argentina, Colombia, France, Spain, Uruguay, 106 min, 2011). An artful study of the frustrations of day-to-day life for the magnetic paraplegic Porfirio Ramirez, who plays himself. Landes questions narrative and documentary in this hypnotically quiet and fascinating film, lauded at the Director's Fortnight in Cannes.

Un estudio artístico de las frustraciones del día a día para la vida del magnético parapléjico Porfirio Ramírez, quien se interpreta a si mismo. Preguntas narrativa y documental en esta película hipnótica, tranquila y fascinante, muy premiada en Director's Fortnight en Cannes.

UNITED STATES PREMIERE
Tuesday, March 6th, 7:00pm (Tower Theater 1)
Thursday, March 8th, 9:30pm (Tower Theater 2)

THE SLEEPING VOICE

A FILM BY BENITO ZAMBRANO (Spain, 128 min, 2011)
Two sisters find themselves caught up in the frightening politics of a divided country in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War.

Dos hermanas se encuentran atrapadas en el miedo, la politica de un país dividido en los oscuros días de las Guerra Civil Española.

UNITED STATES PREMIERE
Sunday, March 4th, 9:30pm (Tower Theater)
Monday, March 5th, 9:30pm (Coral Gables Art Cinema)

TORRENTE 4: LETHAL CRISIS (3D)

A FILM BY SANTIAGO SEGURA (Spain, 93 min, 2011)
The world's laziest and most corrupt cop returns for a fourth gross-out installment in epic 3-D! Biggest box office hit of the year in Spain.

El policía más perezoso y corrupto del mundo regresa para la asquerosa cuarta entrega de épica en 3-D. El mayor hit del año en las taquillas españolas.

Saturday, March 3rd, 6:15pm (Regal South Beach Cinema 17)
Sunday, March 4th, 9:30pm (Regal South Beach Cinema 18)

Films are national treasures and cultural ambassadors; they preserve history, reflect social change, and iluminate the unique traditions and customs of a country. Yet, films also draw us together; provide us with a common language - visual, verbal and emotional - with which to understand each other and the world. 

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