SALVADOR PUIG ANTICH

APRENEM CATALÀ

ALIF SILPACHAI (UCLA, 2011-2012)

UN DIA DE CADA DIA DE LA VIDA D'EN TOBIAS

WILLIVALDO DELGADILLO

MERCÈ RODOREDA

GERMANES

Mira la pel·li!

El patriarca d'una família amb tres filles mor a la casa familiar. Aquest és el punt de partida de la pel·lícula "Germanes", de Carol López (2011), on ens trobem amb una mare que s'ha d'enfrontar a una nova vida, tres germanes, un fill adolescent, un marit que és exmarit, i un autèntic príncep blau. Una família que s'amaga sota l'aparença d'una certa normalitat i que es retroba al cap d'un any per celebrar l'aniversari de la mort del pare. Tothom té els seus petits secrets que, de mica en mica, es van revelant, fins i tot, alguna perversitat.

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Convocatòria d'exàmens oficials de català

Comiat

Després de deu setmanes d’estudi, la nostra classe de català ha acabat. Ha estat una classe molt divertida, i he après molt. En primer lloc, hem après com es saluden les persones entre si i la forma de dir adéu. La meva forma preferida de saludar és “Hola, què hi ha?” També he après a descriure les persones físicament i també el seu caràcter. Ha estat molt divertit descriure la meva familia, incloent la meva germana i els meus pares. Ha estat molt interessant per aprendre sobre la cultura catalana i els seus costums, i crec que és molt curiós com se celebra el Nadal a Catalunya amb el caganer. Això mai passaria als Estats Units, la gent és massa puritana. M’ha agradat molt aprendre a donar i seguir les instruccions en català, perquè espero poder viure a Barcelona aquest estiu i ser capaç d’utilizar les habilitats de conversa mentre sóc allà. També ha estat molt útil per aprendre sobre el vocabulari mèdic. En resum, m’encanta l’idioma català i em sento molt emocionat per la propera classe.

DANIEL COOPER

Movie Review - "Pa negre"

Pa negre (2010) ens demostra—de forma gràfica—la violència de la guerra civil espanyola en l’època la postguerra. In this macabre drama, director Agustí Villaronga shows us Catalonia during the early post-war years. The initial and gripping first seen of the movie shows us the young protagonist, Andreu, as he discovered the bodies of a young friend and his friend’s father after being thrown off the side of a cliff. Andreu’s family pertains to the republicans who lost the war and local officials immediately point to Andreu's father as the guilty party. To combat these accusations, Andreu begins his own investigations into who the possible killer could be. Soon, the lies and secrets of the adult world that surrounds him begin to crumble and he discovers some of the horrors committed by his father during the war. After the uncovering of a particularly disdainful action committed by his father, Andreu cannot reconcile his feelings for his parents’ (apparent) dishonesty and chooses to abandon his life with his family for that of their enemies. Black Bread was Spain’s nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to this year’s Academy Awards. It is truly a beautiful movie that shows the horrors of the immediate postwar, francoist era from the perspective of a child in a chilling fashion.

Movie review - "Una casa de locos" (Cédric de Kalpisch)

Una casa de locos (2002) és una pel·lícula còmica que mostra totes les diferents cultures que conviuen a Barcelona. Xavier is a student of economics from Paris that, albeit being the ripe age of 27, lives with his mother. In order to obtain a job in Paris, he agrees to spend time in Spain as part of an exchange program in order to learn Spanish. He leaves his beautiful girlfriend (yay, Audrey Tautou!) promising to remain faithful and heads to Barcelona. In the Barcelona airport, Xavier’s adventures begin. He befriends a French couple (a Dr. and his wife) that ends up giving him a temporary place to stay (and a little more), when his original housing plans fall through. This movie does a great job illustrating the melting pot that defines Barcelona. He soon interviews and finds an apartment full of international students: an Italian guy, an English girl, a boy from Denmark, a young girl from Belgium, a German and a spaniard from Tarragona. The movie follows the trials, tribulations, crazy, fun lifestyle of these young people as they complete their courses and find their life’s adventure. Eventually Xavier returns to Paris and starts his first day at his new job. Within minutes, he runs from the office screaming in search something different. His experiences in Barcelona have inspired him to become a writer to represent all his friends from the madhouse where he lived in Spain.