Hermitage Piano Trio

Based in the United States, the Hermitage Piano Trio has solidified its place as one of the world’s leading piano trios. The group has earned multiple Grammy-Award nominations and received audience and press accolades for their performances. The Hermitage Trio will delight CMSFW guests with works by Russian and Spanish composers.

Pre-Concert Lecture at 1:15 pm
Performance at 2 pm

Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 1988
R; 88 minutes

When Pepa Marcos's (Carmen Maura) lover, Ivan (Fernando Guillén), suddenly leaves her without explanation, she embarks on a strange journey to discover why. Along the way she meets a variety of eccentric characters, including Ivan's son from a previous relationship, Carlos (Antonio Banderas), his fiancée, Marissa (Rossy de Palma), and a Shiite terrorist cell that has been secretly holding hostage her best friend, Candela (María Barranco).

Bad Education

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 2004
NC-17; 106 minutes

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded (Fele Martínez) a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school in the 1960s. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer (Gael García Bernal) who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

The Goonies

Directed by Richard Donner, 1985
PG; 114 minutes

When families in a peaceful coastal town face imminent foreclosure to make way for a new golf course, two brothers are desperate to find a way to keep their home. Together with a band of childhood friends, the brothers stumble upon an old map and go in search the notorious pirate One-Eyed Willy’s long-lost treasure. With the criminal Fratelli family hot on their trail, the group find themselves in a race against time to solve Willy’s complex booby traps, find the treasure, and save the day.

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