CCA 4 Sunday 19th October
1.15-2.45 pm

The Tailor (El Sastre)
Oscar Perez
Spain 2007 / 30 Mins

Somewhere on a Barcelona street, there is a tiny tailor shop. Mohamed, the Pakistani owner, is an intensely private man; his reticence nature keeps him from revealing much more than the difficult relationship he has with his sole employee and successive, dissatisfied customers.

Apart from the departure of his assistant, who is replaced by an even younger and inexperienced Bengali, everything stays the same.

What remains are the angry dialogues in which Mohamed, who has to fish every piece of clothing out of a big pile of plastic bags, chases his customers away.

The Tailor opens a window on a deeply human tragedy.

Spanish For Adults
Tomas Tamosaitis
Lithuania 2007 / 53 Mins

A tiny classroom in the Spanish heartlands is a meeting point and a shelter for adult immigrants who came to Spain driven by the "European Dream" to start a new life. Brought together by fate in a small Spanish town, alienated and homesick, these people indulge in a playful and enthusiastic language-learning process, guided by the extraordinary teacher Maria Antonia.

48 year-old Maria Antonia gets her inspiration from her lifelong dream of becoming an actress. At times it seems as if the classroom transforms into a stage, with Antonia as the lead performer.

Film director Tomas Tamosaitis himself tried to learn Spanish Antonia's way as one of the students in her class. The result is a nostalgic, warm, funny and serene portrait of people who still believe that whatever happens, it is necessary to keep on dreaming.