the Double Life of Véronique

Come to the Gatsby Room in Wolfson College's this Sunday the 23rd of August around 21:00 to see one of the masterpieces of director Krzysztof Kieslowski - "the Double Life of Véronique":

Weronika lives in Poland, Véronique in Paris. Their lives run as parallel as lives can do, yet they are bound by links that stretch beyond mere space. Alike as Doppelgängers, they also share a passion for music. Yet as alike as they are, fate has different plans for each of them. Their lives represent a battle between free will and the dark puppeteer that is destiny...

Tango

Come to the Gatsby Room in Wolfson College's this Sunday the 2nd of August around 22:00 to see an exploration of the classic Argentine dance by Spanish director Carlos Saura - "Tango":

The film's narrative follows director Mario Suarez, who embarks in an over-ambitious project about Tango after being abandoned by his muse and lover Laura. One evening he meets Elena, the girlfriend of his investor Angelo. Mario and Elena fall in love, but have to reckon with Angelo's fiery jealousy. If that were not enough, Mario's dark portrayal of the political repression and violence of Argentina's past don't prove very popular amongst the rest of his investors...

Viy

Come to the Gatsby Room in Wolfson College's this Sunday the 26th of August at 21:00 to see a classic of Russian cinema. "Viy" is Georgi Kropachyov and Konstantin Yershov's adaptation of a the eerie tale by Nikolai Gogol:

Three students travelling home from Kiev, get lost and stumble upon a country house where an old hag reluctantly allows them to stay. Khoma, the philosophy student, is visited by the hag, who straddles him by force. He soon find himself galloping high above the countryside, the witch on his back. Desperate, he starts madly praying, weakening her spell. As she lands, exhausted, he beats her to near death, only to find her transformed into a beautiful young woman. Horrified, he runs back to Kiev, unaware that his troubles have just begun...

Belle Epoque

Come to the Gatsby Room in Wolfson College's this Sunday the 19th at 21:00 to see a classic Spanish romantic (tragi-) comedy. Fernando Trueba's "Belle Époque" collects a host of wonderful Spanish actors in an Oscar winning satire of romantic films:

Fernando is a soldier in the Spanish civil war, but he deserts, since he's not a man of war, but "a man of love". As he flees, he meets Manolo, the owner of a large villa and father of four beautiful daughters. Fernando's pure feelings jump from one daughter to the next as each daughter romances him in turn...