BEO FILM CLUB

A GENERAL NOTE FROM OUR LAST MEETING…

Last week was our first meeting, where we discussed NOLA?, a film by the legendary Fermin Muguruza. Here’s what one of our attendees had to say:

“I very much enjoyed the film, but our conversation took my interest to a whole other level. When, in the end, someone in the group mentioned needing to watch the film again with this whole other lens we developed from our conversation, there was a resounding agreement. The conversation made an already good film, great… and I hadn’t experienced that in a long time. I can’t wait for our next film and meeting.”

WHICH FILM IS NEXT?

Akelarre (aka Coven of Sisters)

WHAT IS THIS FILM ABOUT?

This 2020 film is a period drama about a group of teenage girls in the 17th-century Gipuzkoa who are accused of witchcraft. In the girls’ conflict with their Spanish inquisitors, we find themes that are still relevant in the 21st century, such as sexism and bodily autonomy, which are intertwined with the struggle for cultural autonomy of the Basque Country. The film won five (5) Goya Awards, and star Amaia Aberasturi was nominated for best actress.

Language: Basque and Spanish with subtitles.

WHAT DO THE REVIEW SAY?

“Coven of Sisters is a hidden gem – it’s an absorbing, bewitching experience that influences the mind.” -Daniel Hart

“Bewitching, and wonderfully acted, the movie goes crescendo to a magnificent and mad climax.” -Louis S.

“There is nothing more dangerous than a woman who dances” Abstract Akelarre (Coven) -recent winner of five Goya awards- constitutes a powerful and lucid chronicle of the macho and misogynistic religious fanaticism of the Spanish Catholic Inquisition, of how it “adapted” reality to its prejudices, and does not hesitate to stage its comic stupidity at times, imposing an unexpected twist on the story and projecting all these towards the political present in an eloquent way but never underlined thanks to its realistic register and with a great staging.” -Unknown

IS THERE A TRAILER?

Right here.

WHEN WILL THE MOVIE CLUB MEET TO DISCUSS THIS?

Tuesday, June 17th @ 5:30 p.m. (PT)

HOW WILL WE MEET?

Via Zoom… but please join our mailing list (below) to get those details.

YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WILL ANSWER THEM, RIGHT OR WRONG, WITHIN 48 HOURS OR LESS…

movieclub@basqueeducational.org

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