Rice to screen three
films starring Penelope Cruz

BY
FRANZ BROTZEN
Rice
News staff

Rice
University’s Spanish Resource Center will screen three films starring Spanish
actress Penelope Cruz this semester for a series titled “Tres Visiones de
España, Tres Directores, Una Atriz: Penelope Cruz” (“Three Visions of
Spain, Three Directors, One Actress: Penelope Cruz”).

“La
Celestina,” directed by Gerardo Vera, will be shown Aug. 29. Based on the
late medieval classic by Fernando de Rojas, the film tells a story of two
lovers brought together with the help of a sorceress, but their happiness is
short-lived.

Fernando
Trueba’s “La Niña de tus Ojos” (“The Girl of Your Dreams”)
will be shown Sept. 26. Cruz plays a 1930s movie star working in Nazi-era
Germany who catches the eye of Joseph Goebbels.

Woody
Allen’s “Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona” will screen Oct. 24. The 2008
romantic comedy involves two visiting Americans, a romantic tryst and an
emotionally unstable wife. Cruz won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar
for her performance.

The
series is free and open to the public. All films will be shown in their
original language with English or Spanish subtitles at 6:30 p.m. in Sewall Hall,
Room 303.

The
series is sponsored by the Spanish Resource Center, Rice University’s
Department of Hispanic Studies and the Spanish Consulate.

For
more on the Spanish Resource Center activities, go to http://www.educacion.gob.es/exterior/centros/houston/es/home/index.shtml.