Three excellent films shape the cinematographic day. A model of independent cinema by the Iranian Jafar Panahi, Taxi Tehran, a reference of classic cinema, Duel in the sun, and a powerful delivery of commercial cinema, Quantum of Solace. On Antena 3, prime time is occupied by the latest installment of the series Christ and King. For its part, La 2 will broadcast from the National Auditorium the extraordinary concert to mark the closing of the Spanish presidency of the European Union.
Extraordinary concert
19.30, La 2
The Symphony Hall of the National Auditorium will host an extraordinary concert to mark the closing of the Spanish presidency of the European Union. Presented by actress Marisa Paredes, it will feature the presence of singer María Toledo. The Spanish National Orchestra and Choir, with Jordi Bernacer as director, will perform pieces by Casals, Halffter, Telemann, Rodrigo and Falla.
‘Duel in the Sun’
19.50, TCM
Duel in the Sun. USA, 1946 (138 minutes). Director: King Vidor. Starring: Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten.
The feverish images of the great King Vidor shape a fiery, feverish, unleashed western, shaken by the ups and downs of love and death. Duel in the sun It bursts forth like a melodrama of rapturous lyricism, in an explosion of colour and emotion created by the gaze of an iconoclastic and rebellious author.
‘Tehran Taxi’
20.20, Movistar Indie
Iran, 2015 (82 minutes). Director: Jafar Panahi. Cast: Jafar Panahi.
It is difficult not to love a filmmaker capable of making, under house arrest, This is not a movie, in which he narrated aloud the work that he was not allowed to film. Or capable of literally stopping the action of Mirror to show the refusal of his child actress to continue working and thus turn his film into a documentary. Panahi’s films are banned in Iran, but he can still shoot a wonder like Taxi Tehran, He has become a driver who listens to the ideas of his passengers, with which he draws a picture of Iranian society, while discussing the confluence of fiction and reality.
Farewell to the series ‘Christ and King’
22.45, Antena 3
The last episode of the series Christ and King, Created by Daniel Écija, it deals with the outcome of the relationship between the couple formed by Ángel Cristo and Bárbara Rey. A judicial and media war will break out between the masters that will put the custody of their children at stake. The tamer will have no qualms about accusing her of being a bad mother and an unfaithful wife and the artist will have to fight especially against the prejudices towards her.
‘Quantum of Solace’
22.50, La 1
United Kingdom-USA. 2008 (102 minutes). Director: Marc Foster. Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric.
The second installment of the adventures of 007 played by Daniel Craig continues part of the plot of the previous one Royal Casino, and sends Bond on a quest for revenge after the death of his beloved Vesper. The action sequences, solid and supported by impeccable editing, are the hallmarks of Quantum of Solace, in which Craig makes the character his own with remarkable energy.
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