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Alberto Closas and Lucia Bosè in Death of a Cyclist (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955)

Cast: Lucia Bosè, Alberto Closas, Otello Toso, Bruno Corra, Carlos Casaravilla, Manuel Alexandre. Screenplay: Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis Fernando de Igoa. Cinematography: Alfredo Fraile. Film editing: Margarita de Ochoa. Music: Isidro B. Maiztegui. 

Often cited as a landmark in Spanish cinema, Death of a Cyclist is notable for the way director Bardem (uncle of the actor Javier Bardem) manages to slip a satiric look at the Spanish upper classes past Franco's censors by tucking it into a suspense thriller. He often does this by startling jump cuts: The protagonist, Juan (Alberto Closas), looks down into the courtyard of a slum, but what we see are people attending a society wedding. The gossip Rafa (Carlos Casaravilla) angrily throws a bottle, but the window that breaks is miles away at the university where a student protest is taking place. The film is full of linkages like this, including the fact that Juan bears a striking resemblance to the man he is cuckolding, Miguel (Otello Toso). Sometimes, of course, Bardem and his co-scenarist Luis Fernando de Igoa make their satire more explicit, as when a society woman says she's supporting a charity "for poor children, or maybe for stupid children." Her distance from the objects of her charity is a comic twist on the distance that allows María (Lucia Bosé) to persuade Juan that they should leave the scene after they run down a cyclist on a lonely road at night: They are having an affair, and she doesn't want to get caught. Bardem doesn't show the actual accident or even the body of the cyclist (who is still alive after they leave the scene), leaving us to judge the couple as their guilt begins to mount -- even though they are never in any danger of being accused of the hit-and-run crime. The film continues to unfold as a saga of crime and self-punishment, made richer by Bardem's careful manipulation of point of view.

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Presentación de los relevistas de la Llama Olímpica para este domingo en La Plata

Presentación de los relevistas de la #LlamaOlímpica para este domingo en #LaPlata @BuenosAires2018

En el marco de una conferencia de prensa que se desarrolló en el Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, el intendente local, Julio Garro, presentó a los relevistas platenses que el domingo llevarán la antorcha olímpica desde el bosque hasta la Plaza Moreno.

Durante el acto, el Jefe Comunal encabezó la presentación de los relevistas platenses que trasladarán la emblemática antorcha en un recorrido que…

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Carlos Maiztegui y sus novedades del año viejo 2015

Carlos Maiztegui y sus novedades del año viejo 2015

Las siguientes respuestas forman parte de la encuesta “Las novedades del año viejo 2015”. Más información sobre esta encuesta aquí.

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