The screening, part of the free CCCCinema d’Estiu summer cycle, will take place in the Gothic cloister of the CCCC at 10:00 PM. Valencian artist and luthier Dr Truna (Andrés Blasco) will perform an original soundtrack to accompany the famous scene of Harold Lloyd hanging from a clock's minute hand.
The screening is part of the cycle's second week, titled ‘Drunk on Humor. America and Comedy’, which explores the cinema of Mexico, Peru, Cuba, and the United States. It includes three feature films not commercially distributed in Spanish cinemas.
The film program begins this Tuesday with the Mexican comedy 'Mátenme porque me muero' (1951) by Ismael Rodríguez, based on the work of Enrique Jardiel Poncela and starring Germán Valdés. On Wednesday, 'Things Change' (1988) by David Mamet will be shown, focusing on a Chicago bootblack involved with the mafia, which earned Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
Thursday features the premiere screening of 'El destino no tiene favoritos' (2003), hailed by critics as the best Peruvian comedy, directed by Álvaro Velarde. On Friday, another Spanish premiere, 'Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart' (1985) by Wayne Wan, will be shown, portraying a Chinese-American family in San Francisco. The week concludes on Sunday with the Cuban social critique comedy 'Demasiado miedo a la vida o Plaff' (1988), directed by Juan Carlos Tabío.
