May 1, 2023
Open-air Cinema Aello Cinemax
(140 Patission str. Athens)
Thursday 25 Μay
20.50
UNFINISHED AFFAIRS / LA MANIOBRA DE LA TORTUGA
(Juan Miguel del Castillo, Spain, 2022, 103’)
Based on the novel by Benito Olmo. Inspector Manuel Bianquetti is forced to accept a transfer to a police precinct in the south of Spain. His initially peaceful move will soon take a turn when the body of a young girl who reminds him of a terrible past is discovered. Despite the opposition of his superiors, Bianquetti sets out on a solitary crusade to find the culprit, following clues that might be just figments of his imagination. The only person on his side seems to be his neighbour, a fragile nurse who is harassed by her former partner. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816464693
23.00
YOU LIE, YOU DIE / ESCAPE ROOM: LA PEL·LÍCULA
(Hèctor Claramunt, Spain, 2021, 93’)
Four friends. One room. A lot of secrets. And only one way out: the truth. This season’s most outrageous comedy will turn two couples’ plans on their heads, when all they wanted was a fun night out at an escape room. If they want to find their way out of this game, that is as unpredictable as it is crazy, they will have to put their friendship to the test. The moment of truth has come. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816289535
Friday 26 May
20.50
LA CIVIL
(Teodora Mihai, Mexico, 2021, 135’)
Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816488144
23.15
DIVE
(Lucía Puenzo, Argentina-Mexico, 2022, 95’)
Based on true events with Karla Souza from “How to get away with murder” Mariel is a veteran competitive diver who has one last chance at the Olympics. However, when a terrible truth surfaces, Mariel has to confront her biggest personal dilemma yet: is winning really her ultimate dream? The film was shot in Greece. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/819953913
Saturday 27 May
20.50
PLAZA CATEDRAL
(Abner Benaim, Panama, 2021, 94’)
The life of a grieving 40-year-old woman changes completely when a 14-year-old boy shows up at her house bleeding. Panama’s official entry to the Oscars. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816464559
22.45
BURNING COLD / EL FRÍO QUE QUEMA
(Santi Trullenque, Spain, 2022, 116’)
Winter 1943 in the Pyrenees. The echoes of World War II resound in the border village where Sara and Antoni live, a young married couple expecting their first child. The arrival of a family of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution will disrupt life in the valley. Sara must face a difficult decision: obey reason or follow her heart. The past and the secrets that the snow has kept buried for years are about to come to light. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816475367
Sunday 28 May
20.50
THE STRONG ONES / LOS FUERTES
(Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo, Chile, 98’, 2019)
Lucas travels to visit his sister who lives in a remote town in Southern Chile. Beside the ocean shrouded in the wintery mist he meets Antonio, a boatswain on a local fishing boat. When an intense romance blossoms between them, their strength, independence, and adulthood become immovable, just like the ebb and flow of the tide. With a total of 9 awards and participations in several queer festivals, the Latin American “Weekend” comes to sweep us up in a story that will leave no one unmoved. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816483045
23.00
OFFWORLD / APAGÓN
(Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Alberto Rodríguez, Spain, 2022, 90’)
What would the world look like without electicity? Based on the popular podcast “The Big Blackout”, OFFWORLD is new Spanish TV mini-series of 5 stand-alone episodes directed by some of the best Spanish directors of our time, who try to image a world without technology. We will get to see episodes by award-winning directors Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Alberto Rodríguez. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/819970932
Monday 29 May
20.50
THE INVISIBLE GIRL / LA PAMPA
(Dorian Fernández-Moris, Peru, 2022, 106’)
Juan, a former public official, flees from justice and from the tragedy that marked him for life. Reina, a teenage girl, runs away from the sexual and moral abuses she has suffered since she was a kid in the sexual exploitation camps of La Pampa, a place controlled by gold mining mafias. Joined together by destiny they will depart in search of Reina’s family in a territory of the Peruvian Amazon without authority, ravaged by crime and greed. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816304200
23.00
STARING AT STRANGERS / NO MIRES A LOS OJOS
(Félix Viscarret, Spain, 2022, 107’)
Damian has just been fired after working at the same company for 20 years. Following an angry and violent reaction, he runs away from his boss and hides in the first place he can find: a wardrobe loaded on a van. But the wardrobe, with Damian inside, is then delivered to Lucia and Fede, a couple of his age living with their adolescent daughter, Maria. That same night, a sudden impulse leads Damian to stay with the family and become a mysterious presence, observing and moving around in the shadows. Based on the novel by Juan José Millás. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/819992661
Tuesday 30 May
20.50
ARGENTINA, 1985
(Santiago Mitre, Argentina, 2022, 140’)
“Argentina, 1985” is inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta. With Ricardo Darin. Nominated for an Oscar. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816280870
Wednesday 31 May
20.50
YOU LIE, YOU DIE / ESCAPE ROOM: LA PEL·LÍCULA
(Hèctor Claramunt, Spain, 2021, 93’)
Four friends. One room. A lot of secrets. And only one way out: the truth. This season’s most outrageous comedy will turn two couples’ plans on their heads, when all they wanted was a fun night out at an escape room. If they want to find their way out of this game, that is as unpredictable as it is crazy, they will have to put their friendship to the test. The moment of truth has come. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/816289535
22.50
MY FATHER’S MEXICAN MARRIAGE / LA NOVIA DE AMÉRICA
(Alfonso Albacete, Mexico-Spain, 2023, 107’)
A father announces his offspring he is getting married in Mexico with a woman he met in a dating group a few months ago. Not only that, wedding is in Mexico. Both her children, and their mother’s sister, go to Mexico to try to stop this wedding by all possible means. But reality in Mexico is always surprising for Europeans, and things turn out to be more complicated. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/819962094