Two films adorn the conematographic day, a landmark of the French police cinema of the 1970s, “Two Men in the City”, and a very hard and angry drama by Lee Daniels, “Precious”. In La 2, the scientific space The Flux Capacitor examines the appearance and significance of writing in history. On the other hand, COSMO introduces the French miniseries Daughters of Fire, a drama that approaches one of the deadliest witch hunts in history, and Antena 3 continues its commitment to the rural drama that Between Lands tells.
“Two Men in the City”
11.35 a.m., Movistar Classics
Two men in the city. France, 1973 (93 minutes). Director: Jose Giovanni. Cast: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Cecile Vassort.
The author of “The Clan of Marseille” brings Alain Delon and Jean Gabin together for the last time in this angry plea against the death penalty, which becomes one of the best examples of the level that the so-called polars, the French, achieved in the seventies have achieved noir cinema. A desperate story centered on the impossibility of redemption, “Two Men in a City” follows the steps of a Delon, recently released from prison and determined to fight against the weight of his own past, both in the boss of the restaurant is expressed by the police and his former colleagues.
'Valuable'
4:25 p.m., Sundance
USA, 2009 (110 minutes). Director: Lee Daniels. Cast: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey.
Lee Daniels' second film announces its angry intentions in the first frames. Precious is the horrific story of a protagonist reeling from a miserable existence: an obese, uneducated teenager abused by her mother and struggling to escape marginalization. Although the script is a bit moody at times, Daniels brings commendable visual power to the story, filling every frame with emotion, delivered to a stunning group of actresses.
Premiere of the miniseries “Daughters of Fire”
10 p.m., COSMO
Ángela Molina stars in the French miniseries Daughters of Fire, a drama that explores one of the deadliest witch hunts in history. In 1609, Judge Pierre de Lancre ordered 80 suspected witches to be burned at the stake in the French Basque Country. Daughters of Fire tells that this persecution was actually a process of indoctrination, oppression and violence against women who deviated from the norm.
A look at writing in history
10 p.m., La 2
Tonight The Flux Capacitor remembers that history begins with the written word, because without writing it is impossible to understand the past. The program will welcome the poet and novelist Benjamín Prado, will be supported by the popularizer and philologist Elena Herraiz, literary expert of the renewed Cifras y letrares of La 2, will discover through augmented reality the operation of the Gutenberg printing press and will tell how he transitioned from speaking to writing.
Fifth episode of the series “Between the Lands”
10:45 p.m., antenna 3
The conflicts continue in the rural drama Between Lands, whose plot arises when María, a modest young Andalusian woman, is forced to marry a landowner from La Mancha in return for him ensuring her family's economic well-being. In this episode, María's life takes a turn when she meets José, her first love, again after returning to Almería. This coincides with the first moments in which the young woman seems to be getting along with her coerced husband for the first time.
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