Maspalomas
Maspalomas
Straight from its world premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it picked up the Best Actor prize, this is an exceptionally moving and superbly directed film about a belatedly “out” homosexual trying to make up for lost time. But when he is sent to a nursing home after suffering a stroke, 76-year-old Vicente reverts to his previous closeted identity, a state that seems here akin to a living death. Gradually though, under an unlikely influence, Vicente regains his spark…
Maspalomas is the seventh feature-length production from a triumvirate of writer-directors based in the Basque resort of San Sebastian, operating under the collective moniker ’Moriarti’ (also the name of their production-company), responsible for such acclaimed fare as The Endless Trench and Marco. The trio — Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga — switch duties from project to project; this is the first to be attributed to co-directors Arregi and Goenaga since 2007.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Saturday January 10 8:30 pm • Monday January 12 3:30 pm
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC Canada, V6B 3M7