Preview screening of In the City of Sylvia & José Luis Guerín in Conversation March 4, 2009

In the City of Sylvia

Formally innovative but also funny, sexy and mysterious, In the City of Sylvia follows a romantic young man's wonderings through the streets of a Strasbourg seemingly packed with beautiful women...

Almost entirely devoid of dialogue, the film follows a young man credited only as 'El' as he scours suburban Strasbourg in search of Sylvia, a woman he asked for directions in a bar several years before.

Catalan filmmaker José Luis Guerín is one of Europe's most distinctive directors; though less well known here than he should be, the release of his internationally acclaimed new film may change that situation. Formally innovative but also funny, sexy and mysterious, the film follows a romantic young man's wanderings through the streets of a Strasbourg seemingly packed with beautiful women...

After the screening, and by way of an introduction to our retrospective of his work, we are very pleased to welcome José Luis Guerín to discuss the film and his career.