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Barcelona, city of cinema
The Hotel Casa Fuster, in the Passeig de Gràcia, has been the accommodation of many personalities from show business in their stays in Barcelona. And for a few days this will be especially evident thanks to the fact that it is the official hotel of the BCN Film Fest, the Sant Jordi International Film Festival, whose third edition is held in the city until April 30. The Hotel Casa Fuster, in addition to welcoming international guests -including actors Jeremy Irons and Rupert Everett and director Mike Leigh – is also the setting for photocalls and interviews.
La tragicomèdia de Dani de la Orden Litus ha sido la encargada de inaugurar un certamen cinematográfico que tiene como sede principal los emblemáticos cines Verdi -a pocos minutos a pie del Passeig de Gràcia- y que reúne una selección de películas que tienen como eje principal la literatura y la historia, con una programación basada en adaptaciones literarias, recreaciones de hechos históricos y biografías de grandes personalidades. En total, este año se podrán ver 59 películas, frente a las 37 del año pasado.
La tragicomèdia de Dani de la Orden Litus ha sido la encargada de inaugurar un certamen cinematográfico que tiene como sede principal los emblemáticos cines Verdi -a pocos minutos a pie del Passeig de Gràcia- y que reúne una selección de películas que tienen como eje principal la literatura y la historia, con una programación basada en adaptaciones literarias, recreaciones de hechos históricos y biografías de grandes personalidades. En total, este año se podrán ver 59 películas, frente a las 37 del año pasado.
The comedy of Dani de la Orden Litus has been commissioned to inaugurate a cinematographic contest whose main headquarters are the emblematic Verdi cinemas -a few minutes walk from the Passeig de Gràcia- and which brings together a selection of films whose main focus is the literature and history, with programming based on literary adaptations, recreations of historical facts and biographies of great personalities. In total, this year you can see 59 movies, compared to 37 last year.
Jeremy Irons attends the festival to present -together with director Valeria Parisi-, the documentary Pintores y reyes del Prado, which he stars in. For his part, Rupert Everett debuts behind the cameras with the Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince, who stars. And Mike Leigh brings to BCN Film Fest his latest film, Peterloo, which chronicles the violent police repression that took place in Manchester on August 19, 1819. For his part, Agustí Villaronga, director of Pa negre, premieres at the festival the historical overproduction Nacido rey, shot between Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.
At the BCN Film Fest you can also see -among others- L’empereur de Paris, starring Vincent Cassel and based on the adventures of Vidocq, the legend of the underworld of Napoleonic Paris; The White Crow, directed and performed by Ralph Fiennes from the life of the great myth of the dance Rudolf Nureyev; Edmond, based on the process of creation of the famous work of Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac; and the documentary The Eyes of Orson Welles.
The closing film will be the new title of the Coen brothers, the western The ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Coincidiendo con esta nueva edición del festival, en el Café Vienés del Hotel Casa Fuster han preparado un menú especial que podrá disfrutarse estos días, y que está inspirado en el mundo del cine.
Coinciding with this new edition of the festival, the Café Vienés of the Hotel Casa Fuster offers a special menu that can be enjoyed these days, inspired by the world of cinema.