Last night, thanks to the kindly invitation of the Embassy of Spain, we went to the official opening of the 4th Spanish Film Festival of Singapore. We got to the Arts House at 6.30pm and there was a cocktail with Spanish wine and Asian food. That is a good combination! We had time to chat to Mr. Ambassador and to some other fellow countryman in Singapore.
The film that had been chosen to open the festival was Los amantes del Círculo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle) by Julio Medem. This movie tells the story of two kids that grow up together as step-brother and sister and who fall in love without their parents knowing it. They have spent their childhood thinking about the midnight sun of the Artic, so when they grow up they decide to meet in the forest of the Lapland after not having seen each other for years.
The movie has some surrealist moments and they photography shows us a world of greys and blues, that combined with the extreme aircon of the screening room (I don't think the Festival did it on porpuse... but it help to make the atmosphere), transported us to Lapland. Great movie to open a Festival that will bring Spain and Singapore together even more.
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