Jun
26
Wed
Goya in Bordeaux @ Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston
Jun 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Country: Spain 1999
Plots keywords: Drama | Epic Biography | History | 18th – 19th Centuries | Art
Language: Español – English subtitles
Director and Writer: Carlos Saura
Production Co: Coproducción España-Italia; Lolafilms / Italian International Film
Runtime: 104 min.
Cast: Francisco Rabal, José Coronado, Maribel Verdú, Eulalia Ramón, Dafne Fernández, Mario de Candia, Azucena De La Fuente, Franco di Francescantonio, Borja Elgea, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Josep Maria Pou, Saturnino García, Carlos Hipólito, Manuel de Blas, Pedro Azorín, Joaquín Climent, Cristina Espinosa.
Awards:
1
999: 5 Premios Goya: incluyendo Mejor actor (Francisco Rabal). 10 nominaciones
1999: Festival de Montreal: Mejor contribución artística

2000: Premios del Cine Europeo: Mejor fotografía
2001: Satellite Awards: Nominada a Mejor película extranjera

Goya en Burdeos

A los 82 años, exiliado en Burdeos con Leocadia Zorrilla de Weiss, la última de sus amantes, el pintor Francisco de Goya reconstruye para su hija Rosario los acontecimientos que marcaron su vida. Una vida en la que se suceden convulsiones políticas, pasiones emponzoñadas y el éxtasis de la fama.

Goya in Bordeaux

Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He’s living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He continues to paint at night, and in flashbacks stirred by conversations with his daughter, by awful headaches, and by the befuddlement of age, he relives key times in his life, particularly his relationship with the Duchess of Alba, his discovery of how he wanted to paint (insight provided by Velázquez’s work), and his lifelong celebration of the imagination. Throughout, his reveries become tableaux of his paintings.

 

FILM SERIES:  The History Through Cinema

Sep
27
Fri
Ismael Torres in Concert @ Institute of Hispanic Culture
Sep 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Ismael Torres is an artist, Singer and songwriter from Rosario, Argentina. He is 32 years old and already has 3 albums, 3 EPs and 1 DVD.

He began his professional career at the age of 16, accompanying with his voice and his guitar artists of the so-called “Trova Rosarina”. At age 18 he released his first solo album “Ciudad Manantial (spring city)”. Today with more than 14 years of experience he has toured multiple cities around the country and the world. He has shared stage and songs with Argentine artists such as León Gieco, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Lito Nebbia, Javier Malosetti, and from other countries: Jaime Ross, Ruben Rada (Uruguay), Ismael Serrano, Pedro Guerra (Spain), Leonel Soto, David Aguilar , Miguel Inzunza (Mexico), Roly Berrío, Augusto Blanca, Vicente Feliú, Amaury Pérez (Cuba) among others.

In 2015, Ismael released his third album titled “Vivo en Cuba (live in Cuba)”

recorded live in the city of Havana and published worldwide by the Mexican label Casete. With this album he toured the stages of Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, USA, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Uruguay.

In 2016, a tour of Mexico and the USA included concerts such as the “Festival Quimera 2016”, the ”Aula Magna Theater of the Civil College“ in Monterrey, the ”RockWood Music Hall“ in New York and the ”Blackerby Recital Hall“ in Austin among many others.

In 2017, the consolidation of Ismael as a Latin American singer-songwriter expanded the horizons of an important tour called “Una sola América 2017 (Only one America 2017)” touring numerous cities in Mexico, Costa Rica, USA, Panama and Guatemala with more than 60 concerts. The closing of the year was marked with the artistic collective “Rosario 50 years of Rock in Castellano” in a memorable concert at the prestigious “Trovafest” festival in the city of Querétaro (Mexico) with more than 5,000 people, a festival that also hosted artists like Ismael Serrano, Armando Manzanero, Pedro Guerra, Amaury Perez, among others.

We can hear Luis A. Spinetta, Fito Paez, Charly Garcia, Sting, John Mayer, and Djavan as his main influences among others.

The essence of Ismael, though, is that he presents his art and talent via the stories in which he immerses us, through the beauty reflected in his music, and by inviting us to join his collective optimism. In his shows, he presents himself with a unique style and warmth.

This character is present whether he is alone on stage with his guitar, or with a powerful band of musicians without losing his essence.

Apr
6
Mon
Noche de películas junto a IHCH /Movie Night with IHCH Online Screening @ Online Screening
Apr 6 – May 4 all-day

April programing:

La Otra Conquista/The Other Conquest
Country: Mexico 1998/2008
Director & Writer: Salvador Carrasco
Screening during the week of April 6 to 12
With English subtitles

Alatriste
Country: Spain 2006
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes
Writer: Agustín Díaz Yanes (Novela: Arturo Pérez- Reverte)
Screening during the week of April 13 to 19
With English subtitles

Noche de películas junto a IHCH /Movie Night with IHCH

Online Screening

Join the IHCH to view these online films. Watch these acclaimed Hispanic-American films at home!
Screenings begin April 6 and run through May.

The IHCH relives for the general public its film series History Through Cinema which was presented last year. The series consists of 16 current Latin American and Spanish films that give an account of Hispanic-American history from the 15th century to the present.
Stay tuned in our fan facebook page @IHCHOUSTON

April/May programing:

Goya en Burdeos/Goya in Bordeaux
Country: Spain 1999/2000
Director: Carlos Saura
Writer: Carlos Saura, Luigi Scattini
Screening during the week of April 20 to 26
With English subtitles

El Libertador/The Liberator
Country: Venezuela 2013
Director: Alberto Arvelo
Writer: Timothy J. Sexton
Screening during the week of April 27 to May 3
With English subtitles

Watch now "LIBERATOR" by Alberto Arvelo

?ONLINE SCREENING

Historia a través del cine: SXIX “Libertador” de Alberto Arvelo
https://ok.ru/video/1950709451506

Screening during the week of April 27 to May 3  ?
Libertador / Liberator
Venezuela 2013/2014
Director: Alberto Arvelo
Writer: Timothy J. Sexton
*With English subtitles*

Superproducción entre Venezuela y España que relata la figura del militar y político venezolano Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), uno de los principales artífices de la independencia de los países latinoamericanos frente al imperio español en el siglo XIX.

Simon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered – it liberated.

 

*Restricted: Parental accompaniment required for younger audiences.//CONTENIDO SUGERIDO PARA MAYORES DE 16 AÑOS*
*Contenido disponible desde el día 27 de abril hasta el 3 de mayo*