14.15 / Be crazy
‘The Prisoner of Zenda’
The prisoner of Zenda. United States, 1952 (96 minutes). Directed by Richard Thorpe. Cast: Stewart Granger, James Mason, Deborah Kerr.
The best filmed version of the well-known story, which made it into the classics category with some top-notch actors and a highly successful setting. An English gentleman’s quiet holiday becomes the most surprising adventure in this unforgettable film, directed with great skill by Richard Thorpe, despite the director’s surname (pronounced in Spanish). Good entertainment for the after dinner.
15.00 / Movistar premieres
“Notre Dame is on fire”
Notre-Dame Brule. France, 2022 (110 minutes). Directed by Jean Jacques Annaud. Cast: Elodie Navarre, Chloé Jouannet, Jesuthasan Antonythasan.
With his usual precision and attention to detail, the Frenchman Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name of the Rose) recreates step by step the twelve hours of the fire that marked the history of Paris on April 15, 2019, the Notre-Dame Cathedral. The acclaimed filmmaker focuses his attention on the heroic response of a group of firefighters who risked their lives to extinguish the blaze and save the cathedral’s relics. A film that, in the words of its director, tries to “make the viewer feel the fire, feel the catastrophe”.
16.45 / Movistar promotion
“Hamburg Hill”
Hamburger hill. United States, 1987 (105 minutes). Directed by John Irvin. Cast: Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle.
John Irvin (Shiner), capitalizing on the fashion of Oliver Stone’s film Platoon, filmed just a year earlier, directed this part of the Cold War, in which a group of American soldiers will attempt to take over a hilltop that turns in the hands of the Viet Cong. While it has undeniable success, the group lacks rhythm.
18.56 / COSMOS
‘Oblivion’
USA, 2013 (126 minutes). Directed by Josef Kosinski. Cast: Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman.
After directing Tron: Legacy, Joseph Kosinski treats the many followers of the ever-willing Tom Cruise to another of his always flashy and entertaining exercises in action. All wrapped in careful photography and a good backdrop. But only that, a lot of artifice and little else.
19.27 / Movistar drama
“The Rules of the Cider House”
The cider house rules. United States, 1999 (116 minutes). Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine.
Based on a solid screenplay, adapted by John Irving from his own novel (Princes of Maine, Kings of New England), and the superb work of a perfect Michael Caine, is presented this drama in which filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom showed that he knows , how to move the camera with great precision to narrate the life of an orphan who, leaving the orphanage where he grew up, begins to discover the world and to doubt the upbringing methods of his educator. Oscars for Caine and Irving.
21.00 / DZAN
Osasuna welcomes Real Madrid
After beating Elche and before facing Liverpool in the Champions League, Real Madrid visit an uncomfortable rival, Osasuna, ninth in the table who has just drawn his last two league games. The whites will recover Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and Brazilian Vinicius Junior, who was serving his card-collecting penalty against Elche. Three more games will also be played, Real Sociedad host Celta de Vigo in Anoeta (Movistar La Liga, 2:00 p.m.), Betis vs. Valladolid (DAZN, 4:15 p.m.) and Mallorca vs. Villarreal (Movistar LaLiga, 6:00 a.m.) . 00 o’clock).
21.30 / 1
“Weekly Report” travels to Turkey
In this new edition, Weekly Report traveled to the Turkish-Syrian border, an area devastated by the earthquakes, when two weeks have passed since the disaster that has so far claimed 42,000 lives. A team of special envoys has traveled to various locations on both sides of this border and confirmed the human strength: when there was no hope, people buried under the rubble were rescued alive after 10 days. In addition, the program commemorates the character of one of the most important filmmakers in Spanish cinema, Carlos Saura, who died the day before the Goya de Honor was awarded.
21.45 / The sixth
Inequality in ‘laSexta Xplica’
Spain is the country with the highest inequality index in the EU. This Saturday, the sixth Xplica will attempt to answer these questions: how does it affect us, is the middle class shrinking, if you are born poor then you die poor, what needs to be done to solve the problem? All these questions will be analyzed this Saturday in the José Yélamo program, which seeks to answer the questions that exist throughout citizenship.
22.00 / Be crazy
“The Karamazov Brothers”
The brothers Karamazov. United States, 1958 (139 minutes). Directed by Richard Brooks. Cast: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J Cobb.
Ricahrd Brooks had all the tools and means at his disposal to direct this respectful adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s classic, which depicts the troubles of a Russian family at the end of the 19th century. Superb recreation of the time for a Yul Brynner’s best work, perfectly accompanied by his secondaries. An enduring classic.
22.00 / Telecinco
New Season of “Let You Love”
Paz Padilla presents the new season of Déjate querer with exciting stories, some with an important emotional component, that can change the lives of their protagonists, cases that need mediation to bring seemingly incompatible positions and relationships closer together. The Survivors 2020 winner’s testimony about the dark side of fame and the moving message he sends to his wife Alicia Peña, the most intimate facet of Bertín Osborne and the artist’s complicity in a fan’s emotional story and a tour guide’s declaration of love an Italian, earlier this evening.
22.00 / TCM
‘Crash’
USA-Germany, 2004 (107 minutes). Directed by Paul Haggis. Cast: Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Ryan Phillippe.
The Oscars for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Editing attest to the quality of this ambitious and controversial film that marked Paul Haggis’ directorial debut. An outstanding film that depicts the social drama of xenophobia, prejudice, mistrust and relationship anxieties in dehumanized Los Angeles. The main characters are brought to life by a very correct Matt Dillon in the role of a racist cop and Sandra Bullock, who has strayed far from her usual roles here.
22.00 / Atreserie
She has “criminal intuition”
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Atreseries premiered the police series Criminal Intuition, an Austrian production with a very intelligent but above all courageous female police officer who combines the responsibility of providing answers to the cases she faces in her daily work with the difficult task, act as a mother and provide for her family. The actress Ursula Strauss is responsible for giving life to this woman. In its first chapter, during a transfer of the remains, the body of Herta Weissenberger, a young member of a conservative Catholic community, is accidentally found. There are many doubts surrounding the perpetrator of this murder, including the involvement of the devil himself.
22.05 / 1
‘My Girlfriend’s Wedding’
Made for honor. United States, 2008 (97 minutes). Directed by Paul Weiland. Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan.
Tom and Hannah have been friends for 10 years. He is a womanizer while she dreams of getting married. Just as Tom is contemplating a serious relationship with Hannah, she announces her engagement to another man. This is the starting point of an entertaining romantic comedy that features the lead role of Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy) as a major draw.
23.30 / New
The end of The Ambassador’s Daughter is coming
Tonight Nova will present the result of Turkish hit The Ambassador’s Daughter, a drama featuring the participation of two of Turkey’s internationally known stars, Engin Akyürek and Neslihan Atagül. Now Mavi and Sancar have managed to create a beautiful family with their baby and little Melek. Guven regrets not having been a better father to Nare and a better grandfather to Melek. He knows that he has little time left to live and wants to make amends for his bad deeds. He tries to convince Sancar to allow his daughter to meet with Nare. Will Melek see his mother, the ambassador’s daughter, again?
23.35 / 1
‘Their parents’
Meet the parents. United States, 2000 (100 minutes). Director: Jay Roach. Cast: Robert de Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner.
Robert de Niro in the role of the protective father-in-law and seemingly aggressive man and Ben Stiller, a naïve young man full of good intentions who aspires to be his son-in-law smooth things over in this hilarious comedy, full of witty dialogue and some scenes really amazing.
24.00 / The 2nd
Lots of alcohol in the “theme night”
The gesture of drinking is a social and cultural act that carries risks. Despite its devastating effects, hardly anyone calls it a drug. 140 million people around the world are dependent on alcohol and about three million die from it each year. It’s the theme this week addresses The Theme Night in Alcohol, The Great Addiction, a work that questions how the industry influences consumption and why it continues to thrive. Includes the documentaries Alcohol, the Magic Potion and Destroyed by Drink.
0.05 / #0
“Moby Dick”
United States, 1956 (110 minutes). Directed by John Houston. Cast: Gregory Peck, Leo Genn, Richard Basehart, Orson Welles.
Captain Ahab, skipper of the whaler Pequod, has sworn revenge on the great white whale that blew his leg off in the past. His mission must be accomplished, even if it means sacrificing his ship and crew. This is the plot of the best adaptation ever made of the legendary novel by Herman Melville, a classic that, in the hands of a director the size of John Huston and with a large dose of symbolism, is overflowing with a spirit of adventure on all four pages. Attention to the great work by Gregory Peck and the great monologue by Orson Welles.
2.00 / #Let’s go
Mates and triplets in the All Star
Salt Lake City, the state capital of Utah, will host the 2023 edition of the NBA All Star Weekend. Three unforgettable nights that will bring together some of the biggest stars from the world’s top basketball league. Vivint Arena, home of Utah Jazz, will be the epicenter of basketball excellence worldwide, with the Rising Stars Challenge, skill contests, triples and slam dunks, and the grand culmination of the All Star Game. This morning it’s the turn of the always spectacular triple and dunk contests.
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