Chichester Cinema at New Park
Little Ashes
Biographical portrayal (in English) of the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
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In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dali (Robert Pattinson) arrives at the university; 18-years-old and determined to become a great artist.
His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of two of the university's social elite - Federico Garcia Lorca (Javier Beltran) and Luis Bunuel (Matthew McNulty). For a time Salvador, Luis and Federico become a formidable trio, the most ultra-modern group in Madrid.
However as time passes, Salvador feels an increasingly strong pull towards the charismatic Lorca. Finally in the face of his friends' preoccupations - and Federico's growing renown as a poet - Luis sets off for Paris in search of his own artistic success whilst Federico and Salvador spend the holiday in the sea-side town of Cadaques.
An exciting, fascinating and important period populated by outrageously extravagant and outspoken characters and links to Surreal Friends as Carrington and Varo knew all the main players between them. An ambitious film and a challenge bravely taken by English director Paul Morrison.
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UK · 2008 · Paul Morrisson · 107min
