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Victor Erice, whose first feature was The Spirit of the Beehive, only made one more feature after that: El Sur, based on the novella by Adelaida Garcia Morales, to whom he was married at the time. The movie was planned as a complete adaptation of the novella, but Erice’s producer decided that the movie would stop two-thirds into the script, as the protagonist Estrella was packing for her trip to the south. As it stands, the “incomplete” film is beautiful, but what might the complete film have been like?

We are joined by film critic Richard Bolisay, and filmmakers Baby Ruth Villarama and Sally Gutierrez.

This weekend, Clasicos Contigo gives you La buena estrella starring Maribel Verdu. Directed by Ricardo Franco, it swept the Spanish film industry’s Goya Awards in 1997. To access the film, go to https://vimeo.com/437642948 and enter this password: clasicoscontigojulio24. The movie is available until Monday, July 27 at 2am.

Then join me and my guests, filmmakers Monster Jimenez and Annicka Dolonius, and Philippine Ambassador to Lisbon Celia Feria for the fourth episode of Cineclub Pelikula, live on Zoom.