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    Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid, Spain)

    The Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid not only bears one of the oldest movie theatres of the Spanish capital, it also has an outstanding historical relationship with the seventh Art. Among the films shot in the building on Alcalá street are important works in the history of Spanish cinema such as THE TRUTH ON THE SAVOLTA AFFAIR by Antonio Drove (1980), GENERAL REPORT ON CERTAIN MATTERS OF INTEREST FOR A PUBLIC SCREENING by Pere Portabella (1977) or THE AUGUST VIRGIN by Jonás Trueba (2019).

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    The entrance to Teatro Bellas Artes (picture by Luis Garcia)

    A special mention has to go to the long relationship with Pedro Almodóvar’s films. Four of his films to date showcase the iconic architecture of this place: WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (1988), KIKA (1993), THE SKIN I LIVE IN (2011), and ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999). Notably, one of the most moving sequences of the latter was shot on Calle Marqués de Casa Riera, next to the main entrance of the institution and to Cine Estudio: the death of Esteban (Eloy Azorín), the teenager son of Manuela (Cecilia Roth) run over in the rain by the taxi in which the actress Huma Rojo (Marisa Paredes) travels.

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