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London Spanish Film Festival
MATRIA
13th Spring Weekend

dir. Alvaro Gago

with María Vázquez, Santi Prego, Tatán, Susana Sampedro

Spain | 2023 | 99 min
In Galician with English subtitles

 

LONDON PREMIERE

sat 13 apr | 8.35pm | £15, conc. £13

Introduced by the film's editor Ricardo Saraiva

Ciné Lumière at the Institut Français

Let's toast Spanish cinema with the compliments of Alhambra beer before the screening from 7.30pm.

Cervezas Alhambra


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Ramona lives in a Galician fishing village. She works in a canning factory, hardly speaks with her husband and her daughter, who has given her a grandchild is now ready to stand on her own. She lives life successfully, but the moment to make a change may have arrived.

 

María Vázquez offers a wonderful performance as Ramona, a strong and nuanced female lead, carrying the entire film on her shoulders with great dignity. Alvaro Gago, who won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize in 2018 with his short by the same title, developes it and creates characters that are rich and relatable offering an engaging take on resilient womanhood. The film has won the director and the lead actress several national and international nominations and awards.

 

 
THE LONDON SPANISH
FILM FESTIVAL
takes place at:
Ciné Lumière
at the Institut Français
17 Queensberry Place
South Kensington
London SW7 2DT
Box Office:
020 7871 3515
www.institut-francais.org.uk
Riverside Studios
101 Queen Caroline Street
Hammersmith
London W6 9BN
Box Office:
020 8237 1010
www.riversidestudios.co.uk