Double Feature! Achero Mañas In Person! RECENT SPANISH CINEMA XVII ANYTHING YOU WANT / DON'T BE AFRAID October 14, 2011

Double Feature! Achero Mañas In Person! RECENT SPANISH CINEMA XVII
ANYTHING YOU WANT / DON'T BE AFRAID
Friday, October 14 7:30pm
Presented in collaboration with the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and EGEDA (Audio-visual Producers Rights Management Association).
Discussion between films with director Achero Mañas (ANYTHING YOU WANT).

Los Angeles Premiere!
ANYTHING YOU WANT
TODO LO QUE TU QUIERAS
2010, 101 min, Spain, Dir: Achero Manas
Recently widowed Leo (Juan Diego Botto) finds himself leading a dazed and lonely life with his 4-year-old daughter. After frequent requests from the toddler for a "fake mother," and Leo's date with an ex-girlfriend to a transvestite cabaret, the newly single father begins toying with - and committing to - the idea of cross-dressing. A striking drama from filmmaker Achero Manas that subversively examines parental gender roles and issues of complex masculine identity. Official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival 2010 and the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011. In Spanish with English subtitles.

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