Screen El Cine Soy Yo
Cinema Rediscovered have made the new 4K restoration of Luis Armando Roche's EL CINO SOY YO (1977) – the tender and picaresque adventure of a travelling cinema set in Venezuela - available for community cinemas to screen.
After being a peddler, street photographer, radio announcer, policeman, and mechanic, Jacinto (Asdrúbal Melendez) decides to become a film projectionist and 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.
Booking Details:
15 Rec cert (note the film is not BBFC certificated)
Director: Luis Armando Roche Cast: Asdrúbal Meléndez, Juliet Berto, Álvaro Roche, Jorge Almada
Details: 94 mins, Subtitled, 1977, Venezuela, France
Primary language: Spanish Format: DCP and MP4
Access: Descriptive Subtitles available
Terms: £100/ 35% (+ UK Transport)
Assets: Stills, trailer, digital poster, programme notes, and social media assets.
Prerecorded introduction by curator Lorena Pino (including subtitles)
Potential guest speakers: curator Lorena Pino
Booking: cinema.rediscovered@watershed.co.uk
Community cinemas can apply to financial support towards marketing/wraparound activity/access costs (circa £25 - £150) depending on the scale of the activity proposed and cross promote any screenings by filling in this short form: https://wshd.to/cr24toureoi
Cinema Rediscovered on Tour is a Watershed project in collaboration with Park Circus and StudioCanal. With support from BFI awarding funds from The National Lottery.