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Screening: 'Hermanas'

• New York
• 08/11/2010
• 06:00 PM

This screening is part of the Verano Tropical film series. Hermanas (Sisters), directed by Julia Solomonoff (Argentina/Spain, 2005, 88 minutes), relates the story of Natalia and Elena Levin, two sisters forced to separate as teenagers in 1975, right after Natalia’s militant boyfriend Martin was disappeared by the military dictatorship. They reunite in 1984 in a country foreign to both of them.

Natalia, who has been living in exile in Spain, travels to visit Elena, who has just moved to suburban Texas with her husband and son. It’s been nine years since they’ve seen each other and Natalia arrives eager to rebuild the ties of family love that she has missed so much. When she finds out that Elena has brought along the manuscript of their deceased father’s last novel, Natalia reads it with anticipation that soon becomes trepidation — the unpublished novel unveils the story of their family during the dictatorship.

Venue: Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 East, 49th Street New York, NY 10017. Subway: E,V to Lexington Ave-53rd St; 6 to 51st St. In Spanish, with English subtitles.

Phone: 212-308-7720

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