“A haunting, delicate portrait of childhood” Kate Muir, Times
A girl in 1950s northern Spain seeks to understand her distant, mysterious father. This little-seen masterpiece by Spirit of the Beehive director Victor Erice is one of Pedro Almodovar’s favourite films. There will be a post-screening Q&A with Professor Peter Evans, an expert on Spanish cinema.
El Sur was voted the eight-best Spanish film by professionals and critics in a 1996 Spanish cinema centenary.
“This is a simple and moving cinema language, whose serenity belies the rich complexity of its visual construction and its mastery of the themes of childhood, memory and loss. A masterpiece, haunted by itself.” John Patterson, Guardian
