On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from today until the 3rd of July, Casa América is screening the film Araña, by Andrés Wood, in its Sala Iberia at 7.30 pm as part of its regular film programme.
This film, nominated for the Forqué Awards and the Goya Awards for Best Ibero-American Film, and starring Mercedes Morán, María Valverde and Marcelo Alonso, among others, tells the story of how Inés, Justo and Gerardo, in Chile in the 1970s, are three young men in their twenties who form part of a violent group of extreme right-wing nationalists who want to overthrow the government of Salvador Allende. In the heat of this struggle, they become involved in a risky and passionate love triangle and commit a political crime that separates them forever. Forty years later, Gerardo reappears. It is not only revenge that inspires him, but also his obsession to revive his cause. Inés, now an influential businesswoman, will do everything in her power to prevent Gerardo from divulging his past and that of her husband, Justo.
