Stuff to do (03/05/21)

Instituto Cervantes’ film series focus on female film pioneers INSTITUTO Cervantes de Manila celebrates Women’s Month by presenting the online film cycle “Pioneras,” a tribute to the first Spanish female filmmakers. The films will be shown through the Instituto Cervantes channel on the Vimeo platform vimeo.com/institutocervantes and will be freely accessible for 48 hours from their start date and time. The series, which features six films, will kick off on Mar. 10 at 3 a.m. with the online screening of Segundo López, aventurero urbano (available for 48 hours until 3 a.m. on Mar. 12). Directed by Ana Mariscal in 1953, this comedy is about an illiterate man from the province arriving in Madrid with no money, seeking to try his luck in the city. The drama La Gata, directed by Margarita Alexandre in 1956, revolves around María, the daughter of a farm overseer, who falls in love with one of the workers with dreams of being a bullfighter. The film will be available from Mar. 13 to 15. The film cycle continues on Mar. 17 with El crimen de Cuenca (1979) by Pilar Miró. Based on a true story, two men have been accused by the authorities of murdering another…
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