The Center del Carme Cultura Contemporània (CCCC) in Valencia opens this Thursday the CCCCinema d'Estiu summer film cycle, which in this fifth edition offers 25 films under the title "What do we laugh at in Europe?".
Every night, from August 3 to 31, from Tuesday to Sunday, the Gothic cloister of the old convent will become a summer cinema where you can enjoy a careful selection of European comedies for free, "due to being unpublished or forgotten, they are rare flowers taken from the garden of Europe", according to the programmer of the cycle, the critic Daniel Gascó.
For his part, the director of the Consorci de Museus and the Center del Carme, José Luis Pérez Pont, pointed out that in this fifth edition of CCCCinema d'Estiu, 25 comedies from 13 European countries have come together to refresh summer nights at the city.
"These are films outside the commercial circuit, which tour Europe inviting us to discover cinematographies by different authors, nationalities, historical contexts and themes", he stated.
On Thursday, August 3, the Changement d'adresse (2006) cycle opens, a romantic comedy concocted by Emmanuel Mouret, a director, actor and screenwriter with a refined and light style that may recall François Truffaut and Eric Rohmer, but whose approach to love is always sweet, submissive and not at all lacking in depth.
On Friday, August 4, you can see Porridge (1977), a British cult movie that brought the plot and characters of a popular television series to the big screen. The British phlegm immersed in the walls of a prison that humanely addresses the daily links between officials and prisoners and contains escape plans, dishonorable jokes and a flowing dialogue filled with clever puns.
Julie Delpy is the total author of 2 Days in Paris (2007), which will be screened on Saturday, August 5. She produces, directs, writes, edits, composes the music and plays the lead in what is her second feature film, in which she recreates a descent into the hells of Paris through the neurotic lens of her American boyfriend.
Delpy displays a sarcastic humor that draws from her own sources (her family, personal photos) and close ones without letting her guard down. It is not difficult to relate the walks of the leading couple with the Richard Linklater saga, of which Delpy is a co-writer.
Based on two comics by Ralf König, The Desired Man (1994) was the highest grossing film of that year in Germany, with 6.6 million viewers. The film, which will be seen on Sunday, August 6, presents an intelligent parody that in its day broke the ghetto of gay-themed cinema, interesting all kinds of audiences.
The CCCCinema d'Estiu films will be screened from August 3 to 31, from Tuesday to Sunday at 10:00 p.m. in the Gothic cloister of the CCCC, in the original version subtitled in Spanish and Valencian. Access is free without the need for prior reservation until full capacity is reached.
