CineNoche: PLÁCIDO
Wed, Dec 18 @ 7pm
CineNoche, hosted by Cine Las Americas and Violet Crown Cinema, will celebrate the holiday season this December with a screening of PLÁCIDO, a black comedy classic by one of Spain’s most renowned directors, Luis García Berlanga. Don’t miss this frenetic and satirical holiday film that pulls no punches in its commentary on class disparities!
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Plácido
A film by Luis García Berlanga
Spain, 1961
Black Comedy, 90 min
Spanish with English subtitles
Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards in 1962.
Event Details
DATE: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION:
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701
Free parking (map + instructions)
COST: $17.50
(Free for CLA members. Contact membership@cinelasamericas.org for more information.)
Synopsis
Widely considered one of the greatest works of Spanish cinema, this relentlessly paced satire chronicles an ill-advised charity campaign sweeping across a small industrial town on Christmas Eve.
The brainchild of attention-hungry society women, the holiday initiative encourages wealthy citizens to break bread with the less fortunate—“if only for one night.” As the festivities devolve into a grotesque media frenzy, a struggling family man enlisted to help on the project desperately tries to make a payment on his three-wheeler before it is repossessed.
Marking the start of Berlanga’s fruitful collaboration with screenwriter Rafael Azcona, this delightfully cacophonous takedown of upper-class hypocrisy unfolds in expertly choreographed long takes that showcase the director as a master of comedic mischief.
The CineNoche film series is presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema. Violet Crown is committed to celebrating and preserving the magic of cinema. From new releases to timeless classics, they present films from across the entire cinematic spectrum to bring extraordinary films to the screen and to the community.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.