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SPANISH CINEMA NOW

December 5 - 24, 2003

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Presented in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes and the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (ICAA) and with ICEX - The Spanish Institute For Foreign Trade.

When this annual series began in 1992, the film industry in Spain was facing a deep crisis; production was down, and domestic audiences seemed to be staying away from Spanish films. The past few years, however, have witnessed a virtual renaissance of filmmakers and filmmaking: new talents have successfully reached Spain's younger generation, making it perhaps the most loyal of all domestic audiences for Spanish films.

Established directors such as David Trueba, Eloy de la Iglesia and Fernando Colomo continue to make fresh, provocative works, while several Spanish directors who debuted within the past few years - Marc Recha, David Trueba, Cesc Gay - have shown that the promise of their first works has more than been fulfilled with each subsequent offering.

One aspect of this year's selection worth pointing out is the number of interesting literary adaptations in the program. Spanish cinema, like practically all others, has always drawn on its rich national literature for source material, but this latest harvest of films offers some especially interesting examples. Both THE CARPENTER'S PENCIL and SOLDIERS OF SALAMINA bring the work of important contemporary authors (Manuel Rivas, Javier Cercas) to the screen, while the 1930 LA BODEGA is the best Spansh response to the wave of interest in Valle-Inclan that emerged after the success of the American version of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Also presented as part of Spanish Cinema Now this year is a brief tribute to the Filmoteca Española, the Spanish National Film Archive, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

A Salute to the Filmoteca Española
The Filmoteca Española - the Spanish National Film Archive - a subdivision of the ICAA, was founded by the Spanwas founded by official decree on February 13, 1953. The movement to create archives to preserve national film heritage had begun internationally about 20 years earlier, but it arrived in Spain so late due to the privations caused by the Civil War and its aftermath. The moment of its founding, 1953, also corresponds to a time when the whole question of the renovation of Spanish culture on many different fronts was beginning to emerge. Although its development over the next couple of decades was gradual, today the Filmoteca is widely regarded as one of the most active and modern in Europe, especially since the recent opening of its new headquarters at the Palacio de Perales in the heart of Madrid. Today its archive collection contains over 35,000 titles, along with massive collections of posters, stills, and other promotional materials. It also houses an impressive collection of both pre-cinematic devices as well as early film equipment. Much of its work, though, is concentrated on the preservation, cataloguing and diffusion of Spanish cinema, and our brief salute to the Filmoteca includes some choice examples of their excellent restorations. FRIVOLINAS, a rare example of a Spanish silent film (shown at the Walter Reade with a pre-recorded track) that also serves as a document of Madrid's vaudeville theater; LA BODEGA, one of the first Spanish talkies, based on Valle-Inclan; a program of Civil War films that reflects one of the Filmoteca's most remarkable collections; and FLAMENCO, Edgar Neville's stunning mosaic of popular music and dance, shot in a little-known Spanish color process. Special thanks for arranging this series go to Jose Maria Prado, Director of the Filmoteca Española.



SOUTH FROM GRANADA / AL SUR DE GRANADA
Fernando Colomo, 2003; 111m
In the 1920s, English writer Gerald Brenan - friend of Lytton Strachey and affiliate of the Bloomsbury group - traveled to a remote mountainous region in southern Spain to get some writing done; his loving homage to the region, The Interior Castle, has now inspired this marvelous new film by Fernando Colomo. Arriving in Spain with little more than a backpack (his 2,000 books would soon follow), Brenan (Matthew Goode) settles in a small town near Granada. He tries to interact with the locals, but while everyone is friendly enough, he and his new neighbors are just on different wavelengths. Then he meets the beautiful Juliana (Veronica Sanchez); she will serve as his guide into this very special world, and introduce Brenan to a side of his personality he scarcely knew existed. Colomo often likes to set up cultural contrasts in his films and then observe what happens, but he never stops to score easy points or cheap laughs off his characters.
Fri Dec 5: 1; Sun Dec 7: 4:15

LA CASITA BLANCA - THE HIDDEN CITY / LA CASITA BLANCA, LA CIUTAT OCULTA
Carlos Balagué, 2002; 82m
As the Franco era moves further and further into history, a number of provocative works dealing with that period from a great variety of viewpoints have begun to emerge. A remarkable portrait of Barcelona from 1945 to 1955, Carles Balagué's LA CASITA BLANCA effectively explodes the myth of a docile, rigidly controlled postwar Spain. The film details everything from the impressive rise of prostitution to support for the urban "maqui" resistance movement; events such as the visit to Barcelona by Eva Duarte Peron, the massive Eucharistic Congress and the frenzy over Olympic champion Juan Antonio Samaranch are examined in telling and even surrealistic detail. As entertaining as it is revealing, LA CASITA BLANCA shows a level of popular resistance to the regime that while it rarely came into full view, nevertheless formed a persistent backdrop to everyday life in the 50s.
Fri Dec 5: 3:15; Sat Dec 6: 3; Tue Dec 9: 5

IN THE CITY / EN LA CIUDAD
Cesc Gay, 2003; 110m
"IN THE CITY is about the hidden desires of a group of thirtysomethings in Barcelona and the confusion they experience in the traditional, socially acceptable lives they have chosen. We are invited into a circle of seemingly close friends; however, as we listen to their conversations with each other, we realize it is the spectator alone who is allowed into their most private worlds…. Gay exposes the duality of human nature, the inconsistencies we all share and the difficulty of meeting other people's expectations. [He] treats his characters with the utmost tenderness and respect as he brings his profound observations to these stories of modern life and love." - Diana Sanchez, 2003 Toronto Film Festival Catalog
Fri Dec 5: 9:30; Sat Dec 6: 9:15; Sun Dec 7: 6:45

A SALUTE TO THE FILMOTECA ESPAÑOLA
FLAMENCO / DUENDE Y MISTERIO DEL FLAMENCO

Edgar Neville, 1952; 75m
We begin our salute to the Filmoteca Española with one of their most noted restorations of a Spanish classic. A journalist and noted playwright, director Edgar Neville spent a number of years in Hollywood, where he became friends with Charlie Chaplin. among others. Returning to Spain in the mid-30s, he managed to create a body of offbeat, very personal films. With FLAMENCO, Neville gathers together some of the era's top singers (Almadén, El Pili, Lola de Triana) and dancers (Juanita Acevedo, Manuel Romero, Carmen Bernal) for an extraordinarily moving, impressionistic celebration of popular culture. Of special interest is the color cinematography by Enrique Guerner, using a Spanish-invented process called Cinefotocolor; as the original negative had decomposed, the Filmoteca began its restoration only after positive copies of FLAMENCO had been found in the Museum of Modern Art's film archive.
Sat Dec 6: 1:15; Tue Dec 9: 1 & 9

A SALUTE TO THE FILMOTECA ESPAÑOLA
FRIVOLINAS

Arturo Carballo, 1927; 80m
FRIVOLINAS will be shown with Spanish intertitles only. The film is of performers from Spanish musical theater, and the audience should not have any problem following it without translation.
In 1922, Eulogio Velasco's company opened the vaudeville show Arco Iris (Rainbow) at the Apolo Theater in Madrid; in many ways, Arco Iris revolutionized the genre, as it offered the public a much larger, more lavish spectacle than they had seen before. Four years later, Arturo Carballo, a businessman who owned several movie theaters, decided to make a film built around some of the best numbers from Arco Iris and other Velasco shows; the result was FRIVOLINAS, an extraordinary document of a distinctive form of musical theater. A thin plot was created, but it was little more than a pretext to showcase the talents of performers such as Maria Caballé, Eva Stachino, Blanca Pozas and the comedian Ramper, as well as the staging and choreography of the time.
Sat Dec 6: 5; Sun Dec 7: 2:30; Wed Dec 10: 1

SOLDIERS OF SALAMINA / SOLDADOS DE SALAMINA
David Trueba, 2003; 112m
Based on the best-selling novel by Javier Cercas, SOLDIERS OF SALAMINA tells the story of Lola (beautifully played by Adriana Gil), a university professor who, a few years earlier, had shown great promise as a novelist. But Lola is blocked, creatively and, it seems, emotionally; excuses keep appearing as to why she can't start something new. One day, she comes across the story of Rafael Sanchez Mazas, a well-known fascist writer captured during the Civil War but set free by a soldier who refused to kill him. Lola investigates to discover the details of the actual incident and also the fate of Sanchez Mazas' unknown savior - revelations that will challenge her to come to terms with her own life. With his third film, David Trueba proves himself to be one of the most important filmmakers of his generation; weaving together period footage with dramatic sequences (he's also the film's editor) he creates a reflection on the past whose immediacy for the present is never in doubt.
Thurs Dec 11: 3:15; Sat Dec 13: 8:15; Mon Dec 15: 1:30 & 6:15

LIFE LEAVES MARKS / LA VIDA MANCHA
Enrique Urbizu, 2003; 105m
Unexpectedly, Pedro Salazar comes back to his hometown after being away for years. No one knows quite where he's been during those long years of absence, but he seems prosperous and gives off a decided air of self-confidence. His brother, Fito, with whom he moves in; has had a very different life: married with one child, he created a modest, stable life for himself as a long-distance trucker, plagued only by a gambling problem he claims is under control. Over a few weeks the two brothers, together with Fito's wife, Juana, will engage in a complex emotional struggle, as each brother tries to guard his secrets while Juana tries to discover what life might have to offer her. Rigorously controlled and building to a powerful conclusion, LIFE LEAVES MARKS has been hailed as marked change for director Urbizu, known more for his comedies; its three leads, Jose Coronado, Zay Nuba and Juan Sanz, are all outstanding.
Wed Dec 10: 3:15; Sat Dec 13: 3:45; Sun Dec 14: 9:15

WHERE IS MADAME CATHERINE? / LES MANS BUIDES
Marc Recha, 2003; 126m
With each new film, Marc Recha shows an impressive expansion of his range as a director; already praised for the precision and craft of earlier films such as The Cherry Tree or Pau and His Brother, Recha in WHERE IS MADAME CATHERINE? assembles a first-rate international cast for an ironic parable on borders, natural and otherwise. Set in the Catalan part of the Spanish-French border, it begins as Gerard (Eduardo Noriega) arrives in a small town looking for work. He's taken on by Eric (Olivier Gourmet), a bear of a man who seems to be behind everything that goes on in town. As Gerard soon learns, one subject that involves everyone is the disappearance of Madame Catherine, a raucous, well-loved old lady. Some hidden cash, a missing prosthesis and some nocturnal cross-dressing are among the discoveries to be made, as Recha gradually but continually raises the overall level of intrigue and just plain nuttiness, leaving us with a distinctly different impression of the quiet border town we first encountered.
Thurs Dec 11: 1; Sun Dec 21: 5:45; Wed Dec 24: 2 & 6:30

THE GALÍNDEZ FILE / EL MISTERIO GALÍNDEZ
Gerardo Herrero, 2003; 126m
In 1956 Jesus de Galíndez - Spanish exile, delegate of the autonomous Basque government, and Columbia University instructor - disappeared from his New York apartment. His case has never been solved, although it has remained the object of continuing speculation. Adapting Manuel Vázquez Montalbán's novel, THE GALÍNDEZ FILE is a fictionalized account of the efforts to discover his fate. In the 80s, a graduate student, Muriel Colber (Saffron Burrows), arrives in Spain to work on a dissertation on the Galíndez affair. A tip leads her to explore the role of the government of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo in the disappearance, as Galíndez had been a vocal and persistent critic of that regime. Gradually, a disturbing network of clandestine connections begins to emerge, with the implication that several nations in fact were interested in having Galíndez silenced. Harvey Keitel plays a U.S. agent assigned to keep tabs on Muriel's investigations - yet what precisely is his interest in the case? Shot in both English and Spanish, THE GALÍNDEZ FILE is an engaging look at a fascinating yet controversial character whose mysterious fate has made him into a kind of legend.
Sat Dec 6: 6:45; Sun Dec 7: 9; Tue Dec 9: 2:45 & 6:45

BULGARIAN LOVERS / LOS NOVIOS BULGAROS
Eloy de la Iglesia, 2002; 95m
Forty-year-old Daniel has it all: a great job as a high-priced lawyer, a beautiful apartment in a fashionable district, warm and supportive friends and family. Daniel is also gay, and regularly makes nocturnal visits to Chueca, Madrid's gay district. One night he meets Kyril, a powerfully built, illegal Bulgarian immigrant; soon Daniel is hopelessly in love, and then Kyril starts asking him for some favors - such as bringing Kyril's girlfriend to Spain, or laundering a stolen car, or even delivering a highly controlled substance to the Bulgarian mafia. Despite a few potentially dangerous plot twists, de la Iglesia keeps the pace crisp and the tone light; Daniel may be being exploited, but he's enjoying every minute of it. Fri Dec 12: 1 & 5; Sun Dec 14: 7:10

A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET / UNA PRECIOSA PUESTA DE SOL
Alvaro del Amo, 2003; 84m
Three women - a grandmother, Rosario (Marisa Paredes); her daughter, Elena (Ana Torrent); and her granddaughter, Beatriz (Marta Larralde) - leave the city for a weekend together in a mountain hotel. Rosario has decided to reveal to her family that she is suffering from an incurable disease. Elena, meanwhile, hopes to use the getaway as a chance to tell her mother that she can no longer stay with her and her husband. For Beatriz, the weekend is a chance to get some time away from her boyfriend. These three women, each with their secrets, desires and needs, will emotionally collide over the course of these few days, discovering hidden aspects of one another but especially things about themselves. A feast of fine acting, A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET is a melodrama without condescension or apologies; director Alvaro del Amo - who scripted Lovers and other films for Vicente Aranda - allows his cast the time and space to express all the nuances of their complex and even contradictory emotions.
Fri Dec 12: 3:10 & 7:10; Sun Dec 14: 3

SHORTMETRAJE
99m
The holiday season celebrates for the second year the most astonishing and unpredictable short films by the most challenging and youngest generation of Spanish filmmakers. Join us to see the works by the hands of these fresh-minded cineastas. For further information visit www.shortmetraje.com
PLEASE NOTE:
The order of films presented in SHORTMETRAJE has changed since our print calendar went to press and will be as follows:

TOPEKA
Asier Altuna, 2002; 4m
The men from a small village make a circle in the middle of the town square. In the middle of the circle a fight between two rams...
THE SAINT HAS LOST HER PATIENCE / LA SANTA PERDIO LA PACIENCIA
Arantzazu Gomez, 2002; 11m
During the Spanish Holy Week, a woman is carried on an Easter throne…
BEDFORD
Andres Sainz, 2003; 16m
Bedford notices that something is happening. He has lost his shadow! An urgent quest to find this essential part of his being ensues.
SEVEN LETTERS / SIETE CARTAS
Julia Guillen, 2002; 19m
Sara has just moved. She finds seven letters addressed to the previous tenant. Curiosity makes her open one of the letters and then another and another…
THE STORY OF A NIGHT BUS / HISTORIA DE UN BUHO
Jose Luis Acosta Salmeron, 2002; 22m
Every night a shy bus driver encounters a very special passenger.
IN SEPARATE BEDS / EN CAMAS SEPARADAS
Javier Rebollo, 2002; 18m
Those everyday passengers who take the latest trains on weekdays always wear wrinkled clothes. They sit in an empty car, staring at each other.
THE JOURNEY / EL VIAJE
Toni Bestard, 2002; 9m
Two kids find the body of a dead man. A long and heavenly trip begins.
Fri Dec 12: 9:15; Sat Dec 13: 1:30; Sun Dec 14: 5

NOVEMBER / NOVIEMBRE
Achero Mañas; 2003; 104m
For the follow-up to his international hit El Bola, director Achero Mañas came up with something completely different. NOVEMBER is the story of a troupe of street performers (loosely based on El Piojo Picón) who emerged in the 70s during the transition to democracy. Turned off by the stiff, dry atmosphere of traditional theater, a group of young actors start performing on the streets and in parks; their reputation grows, and soon they're getting offers to perform for money in regular theaters - a prospect that begins to sow tensions in the group. Questions about the purpose of art, and the relationship between self-expression and commerce, are given dramatic shape and form in NOVEMBER, as Mañas captures the evolution of personal and political relationships as the group struggles to figure out its future.
Sat Dec 13: 6; Mon Dec 15: 4 & 8:45

A SALUTE TO THE FILMOTECA ESPAÑOLA
CIVIL WAR FILMS

Total: approx. 90m
REPORT ON THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN BARCELONA
Mateo Santos, Spain, 1936
MADRID, 1936
Arturo Ruiz-Castillo, Spain, 1936
SUCCESSES IN SPAIN
F. Kiseliov, USSR, 1936
THE CONQUERORS OF THE NORTH (HOMAGE TO THE NAVARRA BRIGADES)
M.A.P., Spain, 1937
The Spanish Civil War erupted at precisely the moment that the propagandistic value of cinema was being discovered by governments and political movements all over the world; soon after the fighting began, the camera started rolling. The Filmoteca Española has made films on the Civil War - Spanish and international - a major part of its collection, and has assembled this fascinating program. REPORT ON THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN BARCELONA was shot in the very first days of the conflict, and captures the preliminary mounting of that city's defenses. There are also several anti-clerical jibes, as well as a few seemingly staged sequences. MADRID, 1936 offers a similar take on Madrid in first weeks of the Civil War, concentrating on its citizens' refusal to panic despite the threat of attack. Possibly a fragment of a larger work, SUCCESSES IN SPAIN catalogs the popular uprising against the threat of Franco's forces, made by one of the first Soviet camera teams to arrive in Spain. A look at the war from the nationalist (pro-Franco) side, THE CONQUERORS OF THE NORTH takes us into an actual military campaign, the creation of the northern front that the film attributes rather exclusively to the Basque country's Navarra Brigade. Franco makes an appearance at a rally near the end.
Sun Dec 14: 1; Wed Dec 17: 5

NOBODY'S LIFE / LA VIDA DE NADIE
Eduard Cortés, 2002; 103m
On the surface, Emilio Barrero seems an admirably successful man, with an important job, house in the suburbs, and beautiful wife and child. One day he meets Rosanna, a university student who comes to work as a babysitter. The two drift into an affair, but one day, quite by accident Rosanna begins to discover Emilio's secret. Gradually, the well-structured artifice that is his world starts to come apart. Much of the power of NOBODY'S LIFE comes from the way it carefully controls how it reveals information to the viewer; just as one thinks they know the direction in which the story is headed, it suddenly shifts gears and goes into new, unexpected territory. A very impressive debut by director Eduard Cortés.
Tue Dec 16: 1; Wed Dec 17: 3 & 8:50

CARLOS AGAINST THE WORLD / CARLOS CONTRA EL MUNDO
Chiqui Carabante, 2002; 91m
Carlos is the twenty-five year-old-son of a working-class family living in a modest neighborhood in Malaga; when his father dies, his family expects him to take over all the duties that previously fell to his father - in other words, they want him to become their father. Carlos may not have any idea what he wants to do in life, but he's quite sure about what he doesn't want to do. So he develops a plan to give the impression he's living up to everyone's expectations while secretly living as he likes. Chiqui Carabante's first feature is a wry study of a Peter Pan-like character, someone who refuses to grow up, or at least to grow up according to the terms declared by someone else. As Carlos, Julian Villagrán is terrific, his somewhat blank affect alternating between rage and incomprehension.
Tue Dec 16: 3:15; Wed Dec 17: 1 & 7

THE HOURS OF THE DAY / LAS HORAS DEL DIA
Jaime Rosales, 2003; 103m
An enormously impressive feature film debut that received its international premiere at this year's Directors Fortnight at Cannes, THE HOURS OF THE DAY focuses on the life of Abel (well played by Alex Brendemühl, currently one of the busiest actors in Spain), owner of a clothing shop on the verge of closing. We follow his routine: meals with his mother, almost wordless evenings with his girlfriend, uncomfortable conversations about money with his shopclerk. Then one day, Abel seems to snap; for a few minutes we see the full range of his fury - and then he goes back to being "normal" again. Who really is Abel, we wonder? Rosales does a remarkably effective job of drawing us into Abel's world, as pity turns into fear and we search in each interaction and gesture for another, hidden meaning or intention.
Thurs Dec 18: 1; Sat Dec 20: 7:15; Sun Dec 21: 8:10

THE CARPENTER'S PENCIL / EL LAPIZ DEL CARPINTERO
Anton Reixa, 2003; 106m
Manuel Rivas' novel The Carpenter's Pencil is one of the most highly regarded Spanish novels of the past decade. For its adaptation to the screen, former singer Anton Reixa created a film faithful to the spirit and detail of the original. Daniel Da Barca, a politically active young doctor, meets and falls in love with Marisa Mallo; Marisa's father, a reactionary opportunist, opposes the match and does nothing to prevent Daniel from being imprisoned for his beliefs. Inside the prison, Da Barca becomes something of a leader, inspiring its ragtag collection of workers, intellectuals and militants to resist as best they can. Meanwhile, on the outside, Marisa is transformed as she fights for Daniel's freedom. Their relationship is quietly observed by Herbal, one of the prison guards, who develops an odd obsession with the couple and who will eventually play a major role in their story.
Thurs Dec 18: 3; Sun Dec 21: 3:30

THE WEAKNESS OF THE BOLSHEVIK (LA FLAQUEZA DEL BOLCHEVIQUE)
Manuel Martin Cuenca, 2003; 95 min
Please note: this film replaces CARMEN.
Pablo Lopez is in just about every way imaginable a very average guy. He works in a bank, keeps regular hours, and stays out of trouble. One day on his way to work he smashes his car into that of one of Madrid's "beautiful people," a haughty sophisticate who proceeds to insult him and get him in trouble with the police. Getting so viciously dressed down awakens a kind of rebel spirit in Pablo, and soon he's planning revenge against his tormentor-until he meets her sister, Maria. Maria seems to be everything he's ever wanted in a woman-except that she's 15 years old. One of the discoveries of this year's San Sebastian Film Festival, Manuel Martin Cuenca's wry comedy continually surprises; just when you thought you knew where the plot was headed, it turns into another kind of film right before your eyes.
Fri Dec 19: 1:30 & 6:15; Sat Dec 20: 9:20; Mon Dec 22: 9:15

THE SUIT / EL TRAJE
Alberto Rodriguez, 2002; 102m
Patricio is an illegal African immigrant living in Seville and eking out a living as a parking lot attendant. One day he helps a man change a tire, and receives an unexpected tip for his assistance: a simple but rather elegant suit. Soon afterwards Patricio is relieved of just about all his worldly possessions - except his stylish suit, which now becomes his only rather tenuous link to his past. The plight of immigrants has been frequently addressed in recent Spanish films, yet rarely with as much complexity as in THE SUIT. Aided by a wonderful performance by Guinean actor Jimmy Roca, Alberto Rodriguez makes this, his feature film debut, a wry, engaging look at the often contradictory ways modern identities are created.
Fri Dec 19: 4 & 8:40; Sat Dec 20: 5

A SALUTE TO THE FILMOTECA ESPAÑOLA
LA BODEGA aka THE WINERY

Benito Perojo, 1930; 87m
NOTE: This film is silent with musical track and French intertitles. An English translation will be provided via headsets for those who wish.
One of the key figures of Spanish film history, actor turned director Benito Perojo consolidated his position in the then-emerging Spanish cinema with LA BODEGA , one of the first Spanish talkies. Adapted from the novel by Blasco Ibañez, La Bodega brings a critical social consciousness to its tale of romance and family honor set in the wine country of Andalusia. A Spanish-French co-production, shot in Jerez and the Natan Studios (for dialogue sequences) in Paris, LA BODEGA features a powerful illustration of Peroja's great visual flair, especially in a remarkable finale set in an underground cavern.
Sun Dec 21: 1:30; Mon Dec 22: 1 & 5:15

ELENA DIMITRIEVNA DIAKONOVA - GALA
Silvia Munt, 2003; 108m
Clearly one the great "muses" of the 20th century, Elena Dimitrievna Diakonova, better known as Gala, cut an extraordinary swath across much of modern culture. Soon after leaving Russia she met the poet Eluard in Davos, and would later become his wife. Through Eluard she gained access to the Parisian avant-garde, and established relations with several other notable figures. But it was her decades-long relationship with Salvador Dalí that more than anything else created her legend. Constantly cited by Dalí as his key inspiration, Gala formed a bond with him that was sensual, intellectual and mystical; they seemed intent on living in their own, private world with its own rules and conventions Through interviews with some of those who knew her, as well as by passages from texts written by Gala herself, Silvia Munt has conjured up a fascinating look at an endlessly intriguing woman.
Mon Dec 22: 3 & 7:10; Wed Dec 24: 4:15

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