The second installment in our 2012-2013 Cuban Cinema Cycle is Alejandro Brugués’s Juan of the Dead, a 2011 quasi-horror film that has garnered multiple awards and critical acclaim worldwide, most recently, Spain’s Goya Award for Best Iberoamerican Film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cqbEsnlns&feature=share
Writer and director Brugués deviates from the genre’s norm to create a satirical zombie-comedy and, in the process, takes a swipe at the political system. The plot seems innocent enough: after reeling in a zombie while fishing with his best bud, slacker Juan tries to keep the discovery secret—but soon a horde of the undead begins wreaking havoc on Havana, and Juan decides to capitalize with a zombie-eradication business.
How subversive is Juan of the Dead? A cine-debate following the screening, led by architect Manuel Castedo and literary critic Perla Rozencvaig, will lend for a lively discussion.
In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Filmmaker Alejandro Brugués was born in Buenos Aires in 1976. Among his many films are Fábula (2011), Frutas en el café and Bailando chachachá (2005). He is the recipient of many awards, including the Fanomenon Audience Award at England’s prestigious Leeds International Film Festival.
BARUCH COLLEGE
25th Street, bet. Lexington and Third Aves., NYC
VC, 6th Floor, Conference Room 6-210
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Free Admission
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FOR A LOOK AT THE TRALIER, CLICK BELOW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GigtfZqsvs
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature at Baruch College
