Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Cuban events this week

Instituto Cervantes Dublín
Lincoln House
Lincoln Place
Dublin 2
Irlanda




Wednesday, 23/01, 6 pm

FILM SCREENING
Los  dioses rotos
By Ernesto Daranas
Cuba, 2009, 96 min.
Part of the Cuban Film Series.

Laura is a University professor preparing her master's thesis on the famous Cuban pimp Alberto Yarini y Ponce de León, gunned down by his French rivals, who controlled the prostitution business in Havana at the start of the 20th century.






>Thursday, 24/01, 6 pm

FILM SCREENING
Kangamba
By Rogelio París
Cuba, 2008, 97 min.
Part of the Cuba Film Series.

Africa, Popular Republic of Angola. August 1983. Thousands UNITA troops –trained and armed by the South African Army- launch a violent offensive against FAPLA forces –loyal to the Angolan government- and a group of Cuban advisers stationed in Cangamba, a small village in the South of the country.





> Open until 31/01

EXHIBITION
Cuban Film Posters

These posters are widely distributed across Cuba, and highlight the important role that cinema and the visual arts play in contemporary Cuban life.

This is a unique exhibition presented to the Irish public coinciding with the Cuban Film Season, as part of the celebrations of the National Day of Cuba, from 16-31 January 2013.

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