Frágil equilibrio (Delicate Balance), a film by Guillermo García López
Wednesday, September 20th, 2017, 7:00pm
Sunday, September 24th, 2017, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: FRÁGIL EQUILIBRIO is a journey across the world, highlighting our common dreams, hopes, and humanity. It focuses on three stories in Africa, Spain, and Japan, each of which addresses modern day issues. Winner, 2017 Premio Goya for Best Documentary Feature.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
No, a film by Pablo Larraín
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017, 7:00pm
Sunday, April 9th, 2017, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote YES or NO to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the NO persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael García Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot's minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
This screening is co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin.
Post Mortem, a film by Pablo Larraín
Sunday, March 5th, 2017, 11:00am
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017, 7:00pm
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: Mario (Alfredo Castro from TONY MANERO) is an unassuming state employee who transcribes notes during autopsies. Furtive and lonely, he becomes obsessed with his neighbor, the dancehall girl Nancy (Antonia Zegers), who is involved with a group of left-wing activists. With the coup, and the death of President Salvador Allende, Nancy's friends are hunted down, and Mario's hospital becomes clogged with the bodies of dissenters. Soon the violence filters into Mario's psyche, and he begins to break down, much like his country.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
This screening is co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin.
Tony Manero, a film by Pablo Larraín
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017, 7:00pm
Sunday, February 12th, 2017, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: Raul, a psychopathic, middle-aged thug in 1970s Chile, becomes obsessed with the disco king immortalized by John Travolta in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Dreaming of winning a Tony Manero look-and-dance-alike contest, Raul devotes most of his time to perfecting his act, and the rest of the time wreaking shocking violence and murder in this award winning thriller from acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
This screening is co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin.
Austin Film Society presents: THE PEARL BUTTON, a film by Patricio Guzmán
Chile/France/Spain, 2015, Documentary, 82 min
Spanish with English subtitles
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016, 7:30pm Monday, January 18th, 2016, 7:30pm The Marchesa Hall & Theatre
Synopsis: The filmmaker behind Chilean documentary masterpiece NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT revisits his country's past, looking to the waterways that surround Chile as a prism reflecting two tales of genocide.
Sponsored by Cine Las Americas
