Event Details
MTG Century Theatre is excited to announce that this year, the Latin American & Spain Film Festival is coming to Napier!
Entry to all films are Free with ticket reservations essential - please book online.
21 November, 7pm - Margarita
(Peru)
Rated PG
Comedy
Rafo is a divorced father in his forties who lives like a single in his twenties until his cute and determined 11-year-old daughter, Margarita, knocks on his door and moves into his home without previous notice. The life of Rafo will give a dramatic, chaotic and funny shake-up through which he will discover himself and other people like Claudia, his pretty neighbor. Margarita will change the life of Rafo and everybody around her, forever.
22 November, 8pm - Stories of Samba: Saudosa Maloca (in Portugese)
(Brazil)
Rated M
Biographical drama
Adoniran Barbosa, an old samba legend, tells a young waiter stories from his past in a São Paulo city that no longer exists. He recalls an old house where he used to live with his dearest friends Joca and Mato Grosso, their quest for the love of Iracema and other stories and characters that were eternalized in his songs, chronicles of a metropolis where real estate speculation rules.
23 November, 4pm - Strawberry & Chocolate: Fresa y chocolate
(Cuba)
Rated M
Romantic Comedy
In 1979 Cuba, flamboyant gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David (Vladimir Cruz), an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to be "friends" with Diego so he can monitor the artist's subversive life for the state. As Diego and David discuss politics, individuality and personal expression in Castro's Cuba, a genuine friendship develops between the two. Can it last in such an oppressive environment?
23 November, 7pm - The Mole Agent: El Agente Topo
(Chile)
Rated G
Documentary
When a family becomes concerned about their mother’s well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83 year-old man who becomes a new resident–and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.
23 November, 7pm - Agua
(Argentina)
Rated PG
Drama
Thirty four year old Goyo, a former open water swimming champion, has been hiding out in the desert. Wrongly accused of doping in the Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon, a 57 kilometer river swim, he has abandoned his career and his dreams. Eight years later, Goyo returns to Santa Fe where the marathon will be held again to try to re-gain his title and clear his name. However, long buried emotions come back to haunt him. He meets Chino, a stubborn and disciplined pool swimmer, who tries hard to be selected for the national team, but fails. Identifying with Chino, Goyo asks him to be his guide on the boat that follows him during the marathon.
24 November, 4pm - Lullaby: Cinco Lobitos
(Spain)
Rated M
Drama
Amaia has just become a mother and realizes that she doesn't really know how to be one. When her partner goes away for several weeks because of his job, she decides to go to her parents' house, in a lovely coastal village in the Basque Country, and so share the responsibility of looking after her baby. What Amaia doesn't know is that, even though she is a mother now, she is still a daughter.
24 November, 7pm - The Load: La Carga
(Mexico)
Rated M
Drama
The Load is a story of action and romance that takes place in New Spain at the end of the 16th century. It tells of the intense and dynamic journey of a Tameme indigenous man and a young Spanish noblewoman through the vast landscapes of the New World in search of justice.