Documentary by Rubén Rojo Aura about the tribute that Chavela Vargas paid to the poet Federico García Lorca at the age of 93.
Rubén Rojo Aura | 2015 | Colombia, Mexico and Spain | 72’
This is the story of a fall in love. The poetic romance between Chavela Vargas and Federico García Lorca, two artists "twinned in another world." Chavela, admirer and shaman, seeks to "give Federico a party," and at 93 years of age she travels to Granada to pay tribute to him. It will be one of the last things she does before she dies. This documentary records the value of the hypnotic aura, the unique memories and the captivating words of the singer who died in 2012. «What does Lorca mean to me? Something that cannot be said. You feel it, you live it.”
PROTAGONIST(S): Chavela Vargas, Sara Baras, Miguel Poveda, Mario Avila, Lila Downs, Laura García Lorca, María Cortina, Liliana Achuy-Fan.
SCRIPTWRITER(S): Jaime Panqueva, César Tejeda, Rubén Rojo
COMPOSITOR(ES): León Bertone
PRODUCER(ES): Mariana Guevara Aura, Rubén Rojo Aura
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English (Spanish subtitles).
This is the story of a fall in love. The poetic romance between Chavela Vargas and Federico García Lorca, two artists "twinned in another world." Chavela, admirer and shaman, seeks to "give Federico a party," and at 93 years of age she travels to Granada to pay tribute to him. It will be one of the last things she does before she dies. This documentary records the value of the hypnotic aura, the unique memories and the captivating words of the singer who died in 2012. «What does Lorca mean to me? Something that cannot be said. You feel it, you live it.”
PROTAGONIST(S): Chavela Vargas, Sara Baras, Miguel Poveda, Mario Avila, Lila Downs, Laura García Lorca, María Cortina, Liliana Achuy-Fan.
SCRIPTWRITER(S): Jaime Panqueva, César Tejeda, Rubén Rojo
COMPOSITOR(ES): León Bertone
PRODUCER(ES): Mariana Guevara Aura, Rubén Rojo Aura
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English (Spanish subtitles).
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Dec 13, 2015
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Room A1
Building A, floor 1
Building A, floor 1
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