Telecinco presents the third season of the Entrevías series. La 2 broadcasts the return of the scientific dissemination space Órbita Laika to its program and DMAX presents the documentary series Sofía y la vida real, directed by David Trueba, which represents an approach to the character of Queen Sofía. In the cinematic field, “Macbeth”, an absolute masterpiece by Orson Welles, and “Kick-Ass”, a hooligan adaptation of the comics by screenwriter Mark Millar and illustrator John S. Romita Jr., stand out.
‘Macbeth’
8:15 p.m., TCM
United States, 1948 (100 minutes). Directed by: Orson Welles. Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy, Edgar Barrier.
Macbeth is the first Shakespeare adaptation directed by Orson Welles, a modest production that faced all sorts of financial problems that seriously jeopardized the work’s film adaptation. Welles, already a cursed filmmaker in Hollywood at the time, was barely able to get financing, but thanks to the theater company he founded with John, he managed to make Macbeth on a ridiculous budget in just three weeks and after four months of rehearsals film Houseman, the Mercury Theater. With all this, he has created a tremendous work that gives body to Shakespeare’s words with an overwhelming sense of reality. Welles’ Macbeth is a tormented and ghostly, almost sinister character. Never before in the cinema has his tragedy had such severity, such crushing physical and visual power. She was never so radically bitter either.
‘Kicks ass’
10 p.m., SyFy
USA, 2010 (117 minutes). Director: Matthew Vaughn. Cast: Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong
A student passionate about comics decides to become a superhero. Without superpowers, but still a superhero. And some clones will even appear… Such a brutal starting point lives on in the great comics created in 2008 by screenwriter Mark Millar and artist John S. Romita Jr. On screen, Kick-Ass emphasizes its transgression of the genre’s codes thanks to a meticulous script and impeccable visual work from Matthew Vaughn, who would take over the young mutants of X-Men: First Class a year later.
“Laika Orbit” science returns
10 p.m., La 2
The program presented by Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón returns to La 2 with the aim of making scientific knowledge accessible to everyone. This first part delves into the magnetic world. First he shows a series of experiments with magnets. Later he will explain what the planet’s magnetic poles are and, among other things, he will travel to the time of Thales of Miletus, the first researcher of magnetism.
Sofia and Real Life by David Trueba
10:30 p.m., DMAX
DMAX presents the premiere of the documentary series Sofia and real life, directed by David Trueba and Jordi Ferrerons, which examines the figure of Queen Sofía and delves into eight decades of history through a crucial figure in understanding the development of modern European monarchies and also for the cohesion and survival of the Spanish royal house is of fundamental importance. All of this is based on archival images and almost fifty interviews with Casa Real journalists, writers, politicians and experts. The series is offered in four parts, broadcast in two weekly episodes. A portrait of Queen Sofía is created based on archive images and almost fifty interviews with journalists, writers, politicians and experts in the royal family.
Third season of “Entrevias”
10.50 p.m., Telecinco
New characters, played by Natalia Dicenta, Michelle Calvó, Óscar Higares and Alex Medina, and new storylines mark the beginning of the third season of the Entrevías series. At first, Tirso’s life is happy: his relationship with Gladys gets stronger and the hardware store is a thriving business. However, the appearance of his ex-wife Maica, the arrival of a new and shady inspector and the “resurrection” of Ezequiel will trigger serious problems with the street gangs, in which Tirso will have to intervene again.
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