Fancy going to the cinema next week?

Next week, on Feb 11 & 12, we are going to the Cines Avenida to watch THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. As you may know, it tops the oscar nominations, with 13 of them, including Best Picture, Best Performance in a Leading Role (Brad Pitt), Best Direction (David Fincher) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Taraji P. Henson). Please join us!!

Here's the Official Trailer:


Would you like something more about the special effects in this film? Watch this (no subtitles, sorry! Just don't panic for not understanding everything!!)

And if you want to read the story online, click here.

(...)He dragged himself after her. At the end of a long hall they reached aroom from which proceeded a variety of howls--indeed, a room which, inlater parlance, would have been known as the "crying-room." They entered.

"Well," gasped Mr. Button, "which is mine?"

"There!" said the nurse.

Mr. Button's eyes followed her pointing finger, and this is what hesaw. Wrapped in a voluminous white blanket, and partly crammed intoone of the cribs, there sat an old man apparently about seventy yearsof age. His sparse hair was almost white, and from his chin dripped along smoke-colored beard, which waved absurdly back and forth, fannedby the breeze coming in at the window. He looked up at Mr. Button withdim, faded eyes in which lurked a puzzled question.

"Am I mad?" thundered Mr. Button, his terror resolving into rage. "Isthis some ghastly hospital joke?

"It doesn't seem like a joke to us," replied the nurse severely. "AndI don't know whether you're mad or not--but that is most certainly your child."
(Source:www.fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org)