The Academy of the Muses

Screening Schedule

Nov 12 (Sat.) 21:00 at Yokogawa Cinema

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Details

On returning from class, a teacher is questioned by his wife, who distrusts his pedagogic project: an “Academy of the Muses” inspired by classical references, which is supposed to contribute to regenerating the world through poetry.

The controversial project triggers a series of situations dominated by words and desire.

Raffale Pinto, an Italian professor of philosophy at Barcelona University, lectures on Dante's "Divine Comedy". The lecture progresses from about the roles of goddesses in the epic to about his own "theory of women", and the discussion, which are attended by not only university students but also mature students, heats up. On the other hand, quarrels between Professor Pinto who preaches "theory of women" and his wife escalate at home.
The audience will identify themselves as students in a lecture theatre, feeling they are witnessing the professor's behavior with their own eyes, and encounter some scenes that will evoke laughter.
A masterpiece by Guerin who explores the boundary between documentary and fiction opening the new frontier.

Cast:Raffaele Pinto,Emanuela Forgetta,Rosa Delor Muns,Mireia Iniesta,Patricia Gil,Carolina Llacher

Director/Editor：José Luis Guerin
Assistants：Alberto Diana Haliam Pérez
Sound Recordist：Amanda　Villavieja
Sound Designer：Jordi Monrós
Sound Editor：Marisol Nievas
Production Companies : P.C.Guerin & Orfeo Films, S.L.U

Year of production: 2015
Running time: 92’
Country: Spain
Language : Spanish, Català,Italian
Original Title: La academia de las musas

Director

José Luis Guerin

Born in Barcelona in 1960, José Luis Guerín made his first film, Los motivos de Berta, in 1983. He followed this with En construcción (2001), which won the Goya Award for Best Documentary, Dans la ville de Sylvia (2007), selected for Venice, and Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia (2007). In 2010 his documentary Guest was screened at Venice. He co-directed Correspondence with Jonas Mekas in 2011 and in the same year made Recuerdos de una mañana. In 2011 he has received the spanish Premio Nacional de Cinematografía, and in 2015 he was granted the Giraldillo de oro in the festival of European cinema of Sevilla for his film l’Academia delle muse.