Commented Cinema Cycle at Campo Alegre Municipal Theatre

The commented Cinema Cycle, themed "A ideia de Idade Média no cinema: entre filosofia e estética", which runs from 14 may until 11 June, at Campo Alegre Municipal Theatre, is jointly organised by the Institute of Philosophy of the Faculty of Arts of the university of Porto and Medeia Filmes.

Following the screening of "ALEXANDRE NEVSKY", by Serguei Eisenstein (1938), and "ANDREI RUBLEV", by Andrey Tarkovsky (1966), on 14 and 21 May, respectively, at 9pm, the next film to be screened is "The Seventh Seal", by Ingmar Bergman (1957), commented by Joana Gomes, on 28 May, at 9pm.

On 4 June, also at 9pm, "The Virgin Spring", by Ingmar Bergman (1960), commented by Mário Rosas and concludes on 11 June with, "Michael Kohlhaas", by Arnaud des Pallières (2013), commented by Vítor Guerreiro.

"Such as the concept of aesthetic put forward on language, to describe a dimension of our lives, which is not easy to do or to comprehend clearly, the Middle Ages was introduced in a specific historic period to describe about one thousand years of human history in the European continent. (...) Our goal with this Cinema Cycle is to asses show the idea of the Middle Ages works as a medium that is more adjusted to a certain aesthetic or artistic vision, in this case, the art of cinema", by Vítor M. Anjos Guerreiro.

Tickets cost 5 euros, and the Tripass card + FLUP grant a 1 euro discount.