WOW 2010 Opening Night: Duelling Accordions! plus screening of The Wind Journeys
Director: Ciro Guerra
Starring: Marciano Martínez, Yull Núñez
Colombia/Germany/Argentina/Netherlands, 2009, 1 hour 57 minutes Spanish with English subtitles
Join us for WOW 2010’s opening night at Chapter Arts Centre on Friday 5 March at 8pm
Duelling Accordions!
Melodeon maestro Guto Dafis and piano accordion diva Stacey Blythe perform a special set before a screening of The Wind Journeys (15); sometimes together, sometimes separately, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in fiendish competition. the duellists will lead the audience from the bar into the cinema.
The Wind Journeys (15)
This is a real discovery, quite unlike anything you’ll ever have seen before. Ignacio, an ageing nomadic maestro of traditional Colombian music embarks on a journey to return his cursed accordion from where it came with a young boy tagging along hoping to learn how to play. Their journey takes them through fantastically beautiful countryside and a series of strange encounters on what becomes an elemental, mythical quest punctuated by glorious haunting music. When Ignacio reluctantly enters an accordion duel we witness a jaw-dropping musical scene in which the players rap back and forth, the music gets faster and faster, and the crowd urges them to ever greater heights. Not to be missed if you like to travel off the beaten track.
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| Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | 2010-03-05 | 20:00:00 |
