Film fans have a double date today with two very different films, Kubrick’s adaptation of “Lolita” based on the screenplay by Vladimir Nabokov and the musical “Across the Universe” full of Beatles songs. In La 1, Weekly Report begins its content with a report on sexual abuse in the church in Spain. The themed evening at La 2 focuses on Hitler’s rise to power. DMAX will also air a new episode of the documentary series 091: Police Alert.
‘Across the Universe’
5:25 p.m., Movistar drama
USA, 2007 (130 minutes). Director: Julie Taymor. Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Dana Fuchs.
The Beatles’ unforgettable songs are revived in a colorful and explosive musical. Also, yes, a bit cheesy and with mammoth intentions. So it’s a good idea to get into her game to enjoy some powerful images that naturally tie together the oscillating love story of Lucy and Jude. Across the Universe allows itself to recreate some impersonations of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, uses the Liverpool geniuses’ lyrics to drive the plot, and includes sporadic appearances from artists such as Joe Cocker and Bono.
A day with police officers
9 p.m., DMAX
The documentary series 091: Police Alert follows the daily work of police officers on the streets of Spain. In this week’s episode, the series will, among other police operations, depict the deployment of several patrol officers in a troubled town in Palma de Mallorca, where small-scale drug trafficking is commonplace.
Abuses in the Church, in the “Weekly Report”
9:30 p.m., 1
The Abuse of Faith report, appearing in this week’s Weekly Report, analyzes the Ombudsman’s report on church abuse of minors in Spain. Next, “El Hierro, Critical Scale” looks at how the island of El Hierro is dealing with the massive arrival of migrants. Finally, Maestras, feminine plural, shows the new exhibition in the Thyssen Museum by Carlos del Amor.
“Lolita”
10 p.m., Movistar Classics
USA-UK, 1962 (152 minutes). Director: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: James Mason, Shelly Winters, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon.
At first, Kubrick didn’t seem like the best-suited filmmaker to adapt Nabokov’s masterpiece: an intellectual, analytical director confronted with a gorgeous text. But Kubrick knew how to take the story to his own territory and turn Humbert Humbert, the mature professor enslaved by a teenager, into flesh. Part of the credit goes to Nabokov’s own meticulous screenplay; also in a James Mason, whose face is full of sorrow. Meanwhile, Kubrick turns his cynical gaze on the demons that torment people.
Hitler and power, in “The Thematic Night”
11:45 p.m., La 2
The themed evening analyzes Hitler’s rise to power using two documentaries. “Hitler’s Putsch: The Birth of the Nazi Party” recalls how, in 1923, Adolf Hitler armed and stormed a political rally in one of Munich’s largest beer halls in a failed attempt to seize power in Germany. Later the Reichstag fire. When Democracy Burns, relive the night of February 27, 1933 and the fire of the German Parliament building that served as the pretext for Hitler’s rise to power.
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