11.20 / The 1
Queen’s Cup Final: Barcelona-Sporting de Huelva
After victories in the semi-finals of Sporting de Huelva against Granadilla Tenerife (0-1) and Barcelona against Real Madrid (4-0), both teams meet in the final of the Queen’s Cup. La 1 and RTVE Play will broadcast the duel live, taking place at the Santo Domingo stadium in Alcorcón (Madrid).
12.45 / Movistar promotion
‘Kill Bill Vol Two’
United States, 2004 (136 minutes). Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah.
The explosion of violence that swept through the first installment of Uma Thurman’s revenge adventures tempers somewhat in this second installment. In this way, Tarantino can show more calmly that he is a skilled and sometimes precise filmmaker; also a wise robber of movie credentials; However, his characters oscillate between shock and excess, perhaps to hide the emptiness of an entirely conventional plot.
13.30 / The 2
Viewer Voice in RTVE Answers
Viewer Ombudswoman María Escario responds to viewer complaints, questions and opinions on RTVE. Among other things, this episode will look at the past Eurovision Song Contest and the head of the Spanish delegation at Eurovision, Eva Mora, will talk about the future plans and working lines of the Benidorm Fest 2023. In addition, RTVE directors such as Urbana Gil, Director of Society, Miriam García Corrales, Director of Entertainment, and Gemma Sánchez Pareja, Deputy Director of Antena and Programming Strategies, will be responsible for responding to viewer comments on the film programs of La 2, MasterChef or to reply to the series Serve and Protect.
15.00 / Movistar drama
‘Eleven’
Ireland, 2005 (83 minutes). Director: John Carney. Cast: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová.
The avatars experienced by a Dublin street musician and a Czech immigrant focus the gaze of a film that is as emotional as it is simple, which, thanks to the clean and honest eye of its director, shoots a flood of emotions off the screen. Once is a musical where the songs define the characters and the plot, and it moves with the ebb and flow of cinematic passion. A wonder.
18.15 / THIRTEEN
“A Distant Trumpet”
A distant trumpet. USA, 1964 (112 minutes). Director: Raoul Walsh. Cast: Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, Diane McBain, James Gregory.
The latest film from the great Raoul Walsh is a compendium of all his thematic and aesthetic constants. Such is the creative power of his eye and the passion he infuses into the story that he turns a hackneyed plot into a masterpiece (an officer comes to a fort beset by the Indians to bolster the morale of the troops to strengthen, and falls in love with him the commander’s wife). An autumn film that exudes poetry and is unusually rich in form, alternating melancholy with intense action sequences. It was underrated in its day, but it’s one of the best westerns ever made. After 40 years of career, Walsh could not say goodbye better.
18.20 / TCM
‘Blown by the wind’
Blown by the wind. USA, 1939 (215 minutes). Director: Victor Fleming. Cast: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland.
It’s hard to get to Gone with the Wind these days. An example of a now-defunct cinema, that of the big studios, which developed between ready-made channels but in which flickers of unfamiliar creative freedom emerged. Though as many as five directors came along for Gone with the Wind, its true architect has always been David O’Selznick, a former producer. Visionary, but also megalomaniac and interventionist. All of this is reflected in his films and remains, enhanced, in this blockbuster, which, cloaked in excess, nevertheless offers lively, exciting and overwhelming cinematic sequences.
19.40 / Movistar Classic
‘Bravo River’
USA, 1959 (130 minutes). Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan.
Dean Martin, exhausted from alcohol, tries to retrieve a coin that was thrown into a spittoon in a saloon. John Wayne prevents it in a huge soffit. Río Bravo’s majestic beginning draws the characters in a few strokes. And Howard Hawks locks her in a filthy prison for most of the shoot along with Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan. They are four types of heroes guarding a prisoner and waiting for the outside threat. In Río Bravo there are no meadows, no plains, no air. Tired and wounded characters live in it, suffocated, just wanting to survive. Simply a masterpiece.
21.30 / Cinema Ñ
‘Mondays in the Sun’
Spain, 2001 (117 minutes). Director: Fernando Leon de Aranoa. Starring: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, Jose Angel Egido, Nieve de Medina.
Characters harmed by the lack of work or their precariousness run through the images of Mondays in the Sun, united by rigid bonds where solidarity is the law. Fernando León gives them a look of guilt that characterizes this film, which is imbued with an unprecedented emotion in all its shots and which also delivers a courageous song of commitment, dignity and steadfastness. A blast of true and luminous cinema, stimulated by detailed dialogue imbued with uncommon veracity.
21.30 / The 2
A memory of Edward Punset
The Imprescindibles room broadcasts the documentary Eduard Punset. The Urgency of the Time, which offers a portrait of the economist, politician, and science popularizer who sought to push the world of science into the field of popular culture. More than a million books sold and 18 years of broadcasting the Redes program on TVE confirm the success. In this work, family, friends, scientists and politicians help to reconstruct his character, with interviews with his wife Suzel Bannel, his granddaughter Candela Moro and personalities such as Antonio Garrigues, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Pere Estupinyà, Javier Tejada and Álvaro Pascual -Leone.
21.30 / The sixth
‘Pacific Rim’
USA, 2013 (130 minutes). Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Cast: Charlie Hunman, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman.
Guillermo del Toro travels to the Japanese universe populated by Kaijus (giant beasts similar to Godzilla) and Mecha (Mazinger Z-style robots). The result is a monumental cinematic tumult, sustained by the director’s expertise in action sequences, with a steady hand and an honest view of a film world that is as idiosyncratic as it is excessive.
21.30 / DMAX
The work of the highway masters
This week’s installment of the Road Control documentary series features various episodes experienced by traffic cops. These include the case of a car that breaks down on the freeway because of a noticeably drunk driver, or the case of two irresponsible motorcyclists and an aggressive driver who is also wearing headphones.
22.00 / antenna 3
The conflicts are accentuated in the series ‘Unfaithful’
Derin cannot stand Volkan’s approach to Asya. This is one of the keys to today’s episode of the Unfaithful series, which embroils its protagonists in numerous problems: After Asya ended her relationship with Aras, Volkan returns to the young woman’s side, which will lead to Aras deciding To take Leyla away and go to Tekirdag.
22.30 / The 2
‘Spanish version’ will air the film ‘Goodbye’
Tonight, the room dedicated to Spanish cinema shows the film Goodbye, directed by Paco Cabezas and starring Mario Casas, Natalia de Molina and Ruth Díaz, which proposes a journey to a Seville at the antipodes of the festive postcard. The director himself, actress Ruth Díaz and screenwriter José Rodríguez will take part in the subsequent colloquium, moderated by Cayetana Guillén Cuervo. In addition, the short film El amor terrible by Héctor Herce will be screened as part of the Ibero-American Short Film Competition Spanish Version-SGAE.
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