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Wednesday 7 October 2015 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

The Day of the Beast
(El día de la bestia)

Directed by Álex de la Iglesia
Spain, 1995, 100 minutes

A Basque priest finds by means of a cabalistic study of the Bible that the Antichrist is going to be born on Christmas Day in Madrid. Assisted by a heavy-metal fan and the host of a TV show on the occult, he will try to summon the Devil to find out the place of birth and kill the baby.

Original version spanish; english subtitles


 

Wednesday 14 October 2015 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

Tesis


Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Spain, 1996, 125 minutes

 

Why is death and violence so fascinating? Is it morally correct to show violence in movies? If so, is there a limit to what we should show? That's the subject of Ángela's examination paper. She is a young student at a film school in Madrid. Together with the student Chema (who is totally obsessed with violent movies) they find a snuff movie in which a young girl is tortured and killed. Soon they discover that the girl was a former student at their school...

Original version spanish; english subtitles

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