“WOMEN LEADING ACTORS”

“WOMEN LEADING ACTORS”
Santo Domingo, March 4th, 2015

The Directorate General of Cinema, through its agency the Dominican Film Library, presents its new series “Women Leading Actors”.

Through a selection of films from Spain, France, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, “Women Leading Actors” shows us a variety of stories where the female figure is the central element. Films such as “El Sur”, by Spanish director Víctor Erice, “The Ceremony”, by French director Claude Chabrol, and “Carmita”, a biographical documentary by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán, are part of the selected titles in the film series that starts on Thursday, March 5, and which will continue up until Wednesday, March 11.

The “Women Leading Actors” series will start with the presentation of the multi-award winning film “De tu ventana a la mía” (From your window to mine), directed by Paula Ortiz and starring Maribel Verdú. The program will also include the short film “Del otro lado” (On the other side), by young Dominican filmmaker Yanillys Pérez; renowned Costa Rican film “Gestación” (Gestation), by Esteban Ramírez, and French film “La Vie Au Ranch”, by Sophie Letourneur.

The “Women Leading Actors” series pays tribute to the celebration of the International Women’s Day and does so with a selection of films of great filmmaking value, in which the role of women is the backbone of the stories.

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