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El Cine Soy Yo / The Moving Picture Man 

15 November 2024, 7.15 p.m.

CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD

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Luis Armando Roche I  Venezuela I 1977 I 94 mins I Spanish with English subtitles

After being a peddler, street photographer, radio announcer, policeman, and mechanic, Jacinto (Asdrúbal Melendez) decides to become a film projectionist. He aspires to bring cinema experiences to the people of Venezuela.

To get away from the big city, this Jack of all trades decides to transform a truck into a travelling cinema shaped like a whale. Manuel (Alvaro Roche), a brave eleven-year-old orphan offers his help and becomes part of Jacinto’s trip. Juliet (Juliet Berto), a mysterious French woman also looking for adventure, joins them in this cinematic journey to the end of the world.

El Cine Soy Yo, also known also as The Moving Picture Man is a Venezuelan/French film released in 1977, directed by the prolific film director and writer Luis Armando Roche (1938 – 2021) with Juliet Berto, Asdrúbal Meléndez and Alvaro Roche. It is one of the most representative films of Venezuelan cinema and a celebration of the power of cinema in the most unimaginable circumstances.

The new 4K restoration was undertaken from the negative in 35mm by Bolivar Films in Caracas, the same laboratory which carried out the original development of the prints during the post-production in the 70s. With thanks to Bolivar Films and Marie-Françoise Barré de Roche.

Presented by Venezuelan curator Lorena Pino as part of Other Ways of Seeing, supported by BFI awarding funds from National Lottery. Lorena will be present for a post-screening discussion.

Link to Trailer on YouTube

Part of Havana Glasgow Film Festival 15 – 16 November, 2024

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