The 41st edition of Cómic Barcelona, the largest national comic event:
Today begins the most important event for comic book lovers: Cómic Barcelona. The event will host thousands of fans throughout the weekend at the Fira de Montjuïc, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. This year's edition focuses its attention on the exhibitions, with a total of nine exhibitions, among which the recently deceased cartoonist Carlos Pacheco stands out. Another outstanding exhibition is the one that commemorates the 75th anniversary of Zipi y Zape, where originals and unusual material by its author, José Escobar, can be seen.
Empire of Light: Sam Mendes' Love Letter to Cinema:
British director Sam Mendes, known for 1917 or the James Bond saga, tells an intimate and personal story inspired by his own mother's life with Empire of Light. The film follows Hilary, a woman who works in a movie theater in a coastal town in the south of England. Set in the 1980s, the era of Margaret Thatcher in government, there is a rise in bigotry and racism on the streets. This is how Stephen lives it, a young man who starts working at the same cinema as Hilary, with whom he develops a special connection.
Will-o-the-wisp: a king who wanted to be a firefighter:
The Portuguese film Fuego fatuo won the grand jury prize at the Seville Festival in 2022. Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, it tells the story of His Royal Highness Alfredo, who on his deathbed returns to distant memories of his youth and to the time in which he dreamed of being a firefighter. The meeting with the fire brigade instructor opens a new chapter in the lives of the two young people immersed in love and desire, and awakens their desire to change the status quo.
Mia Hansen-Love reflects on caring for the elderly in A Beautiful Morning:
After watching her father die in the pandemic, French director Mia Hansen-Løve reflects on how the desire to live is heightened by loss. A Beautiful Morning, starring Léa Seydoux, follows a young mother who raises her daughter alone and often visits her sick father. As she and her family embark on a journey to get him treated, Sandra meets Clément, a friend she lost touch with a long time ago.
dEUS today on Razzmatazz 2:
Today at 8.30 pm the original cult band from Antwerp will bring their new work, How To Replace It in a concert in hall 2 of Razzmatazz. Twenty-eight years after their debut album, the indie group led by Tom Barman continues to push ever forward, endlessly curious and creatively restless. How To Replace It is dEUS's first work in ten years.
CARIÑO La Plata on Saturday at the Lets Festival:
This Saturday the Salamandra room will host a young fusion of talents in a concert by CARIÑO and La Plata. The Madrid band CARIÑO, made up of María Talaverano, Paola Rivero and Alicia Ros, combines pop, indie pop, tontipop and punkpop in their songs. The all-female trio present their self-titled album with upbeat melodies and playful lyrics released last May. For their part, the Valencian group La Plata debuted in 2017 with Desorden, an album that placed them at the forefront of the new generation of guitar bands.
Eros Ramazzotti on Sunday at Palau Sant Jordi:
With 35 years of artistic career and more than 65 million records sold worldwide, Ramazzotti brings his Battito Infinito World Tour to Barcelona. In this he celebrates the release of his latest album, Latido Infinito, released in Spanish and Italian. The Italian singer-songwriter will sing his romantic ballads and hymns to freedom at the Palau Sant Jordi this Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
Everything that will happen from now on: a monologue by a teenager about the loss of his father:
On March 29, the Teatre Lliure de Gràcia premiered Tot el el arra arrara from now on, a monologue by Joan Yago starring Nil Cardoner. Directed by Glòria Balañà, the work approaches the experience of illness and death from the eyes of an adolescent. The protagonist faces the loss of his father in a moment of identity construction and discovery of the relentless norms of the world.
The Island of the Air at the Teatre Romea
Veteran actress Nuria Espert leads a female cast at the Teatre Romea with La isla del aire, a play adapted from a novel by Alejandro Palomas. This tells the story of a Menorcan family of five women who embark on a boat trip to the Isla del Aire. The disappearance of the eldest granddaughter is present in the family's thoughts, and Mencía, the matriarch, will force them to face the truth.
Photographic exhibition of Barcelona air-raid shelters in La Modelo:
The La Modelo Cultural Center is hosting the photographic exhibition 1,322 Refugis Antiaeris de Barcelona, an exhibition of 170 photographs that will summarize the research of the photographer Ana Sánchez and the historian Xavier Domènech. In these they have documented 400 of the 1,300 Barcelona shelters preserved in images displayed in the cells of galleries 3 and 4 of the old prison.
