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Cegado Por La Luz (Blinded by the Light) De Gurinder Chadha Dijous 12 de desembre / 20 hores / V.O. anglesa subtitulada en castellà Divendres 13 de desembre / 21.30 hores / V.O. anglesa subtitulada en castellà 2019 Dissabte 14 de desembre / 20.30 hores / V. doblada Cinema Edison Cegado por la luz (Blinded by the Light) de Gurinder Chadha Abans de cada sessió es projectarà el curtmetratge ‘Elles’ de Queralt Girbau Cabanas i Júlia Ruiz Quintana, guanyador del Gra d’Or. Elles tenen la sort de compartir un trajecte amb cotxe. Amb la sororitat com a bandera, crearan una llar efímera que ompliran de dones i de llibres. Fitxa tècnica Fitxa artística Guió: Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha i Sarfraz Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir, Manzoor / Fotografia: Ben Smithard / Música: A.R. Rahman Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, Meera Ganatra, Dean- País: Estats Units / Any: 2019 / Durada: 118 minuts / Charles Chapman i Nikita Mehta Apta per a tots els públics. SINOPSI. El Javed és un adolescent britànic d’ascendència pakistanesa que viu a la ciutat anglesa de Luton el 1987. Escriu poesia com a mitjà per fugir de la intolerància de la seva ciutat natal i de la inflexibilitat d’un pare tradicional. Quan un dia coneix la música de Bruce Springsteen, el Javed veu paral·lelismes entre la seva vida de noi de classe treballadora i les lletres potents de l’artista. LA DIRECTORA. Gurinder Chadcha (Nairobi, Kènia, 1960) és una productora, guionista i directora de cine britànica d’origen indi. Els seus films exploren generalment la vida d’indis que viuen al Regne Unit. És autora de Baji on the Beach (1993), What’s cooking? (¿Qué se está cociendo?, 2000), Bend it like Beckham (Quiero ser como Beckham, 2002), Bride & Perjudice (Bodas y prejuicios, 2004), Agnus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Mi gato Agnus, el primer morreo y el plasta de mi padre, 2008), It’s a Wonderful Afterlife (2010) i Viceroy House (El último virrey de la India, 2017). CRÍTICA La película está basada en Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll de Sarfraz Manzoor, periodista británico que en su libro contaba su propia infancia en Luton y cómo era de difícil vivir en una familia pakistaní en un ambiente hostil. Fan de Springsteen de toda la vida, esa pasión por la música del cantante de Nueva Jersey queda per- fectamente plasmada en la película, en la que Manzoor participa en calidad de coguionista. Es precisamente esa vena musical la que hace que Cegado por la luz, titulada así la película en honor al tema del mismo nombre de Springsteen, sea una nueva propuesta fresca, llena de energía y sentimiento. Una historia que tiene ese toque entrañable de la citada Quiero ser como Beckham con el añadido de narrar un trasfondo histórico complejo, al vivir en los años más duros de las políticas de Margaret Thatcher. Ese el otro punto en el que Blinded by the Light brilla, en mostrar que las conse- cuencias económicas de las políticas de Thatcher, para la clase obrera, fueron una auténtica losa social, especialmente en familias de inmigrantes, puesto que Chadha muestra, por un lado cómo las tradiciones pesan en unos hijos que buscan escapar de un estilo de vida arcaico, pero, por otro, también enseña el racismo vivido por las mismas familias, así como al abrazar las tradiciones de los países de origen están más ligados de lo que querrían admitir ambas partes. Mención también para sus jóvenes actores, que son los que transmiten esa energía y esas ganas de salir hacia delante pese a las adversidades. Viveik Kalra, el joven protagonista, es todo un descubrimiento, al conseguir empatía con sus ansias de vivir, con su amor por la escritura y la literatura, por sus ganas de romper barreras y prejuicios. A su lado están Aaron Phagura y Nell Williams, como sus férreos apoyos en este proceso de emancipación. También toca hablar de Hayley Atwell, la actriz deja aparcada temporalmente a la Agente Carter para mostrar su lado más social, al ser la profe- sora de Literatura de Javed y su referente en el impulso de aceptar su vocación como escritor. Con esos ingredientes, Chadha dirige su mejor película desde la simpática Bodas y prejuicios, especialmente porque sus intenciones son muy concretas: mostrar la realidad de los jóvenes de origen indio o pakistaní que se han criado en una realidad occidental, como también cómo repercutieron los recortes económicos en sus familias. Todo a ritmo de temas como The River, Badlands o The Promised Land y mostrando la alegría de vivir, el superar barreras y salir hacia delante. Una película que sabe dejar buen sabor de boca y una sonrisa tras su visionado, algo que no todo el buen cine consigue. Miguel Angel Pizarro / ecartelera * * * Ahora quizás nos pueda su imagen de estrella intachable o que nos agoten sus eternos conciertos en descomunales estadios, pero el primer Springsteen fue la esencia del teen angst sin aditivos: canciones con historias de barrio, de perdedores y parias que se enfrentan a un futuro incierto al que se precipitan a la carrera huyendo de un presente to- davía más negro. A todo este imaginario, y a esa conexión vital con la música que solo se da en ese momento en el que formamos nuestra identidad, apela Gurinder Chadha con su último trabajo, una feel good movie a ritmo de los hits de The Boss que tira de la receta básica de la comedia realista británica bien intencionada. A saber, un punto de nostalgia ochentera, un puñado de crítica social (Thatcher, racismo, crisis económica) y un mucho de humor blanco (sic). El re- sultado es una variante musical de Quiero ser como Beckham (2002) que reposa en la sonrisa de Viveik Kalra, con sus mismos sueños y esperanzas, que gustará, sobre todo, a los fans de Springsteen, pero que podría tener un corazón un poco más hambriento. Roger Salvans / Fotogramas * * * Blinded by the Light (Cegado por la luz) no es una película destinada a enaltecer la figura de un músico irrepetible, sino para mostrar la gran influencia que sus canciones llegaron a tener en la vida del periodista Sarfraz Manzoor. La música del autor de temas como Born in the USA resultó esencial para encontrar su lugar en la vida y esta cinta dirigida por Gurinder Chadha es un simpático pasatiempo que te deja con una sonrisa en la boca (.) Su gran arma, obviamente, es la obra de Springsteen, pero hay que crear algo alrededor de ella. Es verdad que en algunos momentos quizá se hace de forma demasiado explícita con el protagonismo cantando las bondades de sus temas, pero al menos no se limita a eso e incluso sabe introducir algunas canciones dentro del relato sin que se sienta forzado. Eso se debe en parte al encanto de Kalra, quien sabe manejar la inocencia del personaje sin resultar cansino y también contagiarnos el entusiasmo a me- dida que va dando pasos adelante en su formación como persona. Aquí demuestra tener la capacidad para convertirse en lo que uno entendería como una persona normal, pero dándole el toque necesario para que uno pueda conectar con sus andanzas incluso aunque no sea un gran fan de la música del Boss. Todo ello está ilustrado desde la sencillez, no complicándose nunca más de la cuenta en el trabajo de puesta en escena. Chadha prefiere que todo respire, sabedora del buen material que tiene entre manos. Sí que uno puede echar en falta algo más de convicción en los vericuetos puramente dramáticos de la historia, pero el enfoque de Blinded by the light (Cegado por la luz) está claro desde un primer momento y funciona bastante bien como lo que quiere ser. Espinof PROPERES SESSIONS 13, 14 i 15 de desembre: The Farewell (2019), de Lulu Wang Cicle Gaudí. 17 de desembre: Litus (2019), de Dani de la Orden 20, 21 i 22 de desembre: La odisea de los giles (2019), de Sebastián Borensztein ÉS UN projecte DE: Associació Cultural Granollers C/ Joan Camps, 1 [email protected] @ACGranollers www.cinemaedison.cat AC Granollers @edisoncinema acgranollers.
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