I served the King of England jumps from paperback to the big screen
July 31, 2008
The movie tells the personal story of Jan Dilé (character played by the Bulgarian actor Ivan Barnev), a very ambitious young village waiter who dreams with becoming a multi millionaire.
Dité will go through several jobs and brothels until he comes across a young girl from the Sudetes and very proud of her cold Arian blood, on those days when Hitler made this Czech territory his own.
His encounter with this young girl Lisa will mean the step up to fortune with a few very valued stamps left by the Jewish.
But this wealth will be ephemeral and the upcoming Communist regime after the war will take him to jail.
The film starts when Jan Dilé´s character gets out of prison and meditates about his past and what it could have happened if he had acted differently.
“I served the King of England” is a script by Bohumil Hrabal Brno, 1914 - Prague, 1997) novel titled “Served the King of England”.
It is not the first time Menzel adapts Hrabal. He already did it with “Capricious Summer” and “Closely observed Trains, which made him win an Oscar to the best foreign movie in 1966.
With a modest budget of a little more than two million Euros, this film is one of the most valuable secrets in the cinemas this Summer.
Xermán Rodríguez pays tribute to the female figure at the Eurostars Gaudí
July 23, 2008
The Eurostars Gaudí (Barcelona) presents, from 25 July to 10 September, an exhibition by Xermán Rodríguez. Here we have a vocational artist who has found in the female figure an inexhaustible source of inspiration. The salient feature in the majority of his paintings, i.e. women, are portrayed in a series of pictures characterized by their strong visual impact.
Blanca Carnicero’s colourful paintings arrive at the Eurostars Cristal Palace
July 23, 2008
If there is something that characterizes paintings by Blanca Carnicero, without any doubt it is the spectacular use she makes of colour. Vibrant colours, without rules or styles in their composition. Abstract canvases which do their best to draw the greatest emotion from the palette. A fascinating proposition, on show from 24 July to 7 September at the Eurostars Cristal Palace in Barcelona.
‘Face to face’ with Carmen Lindo, at the Eurostars Gran Valencia
July 23, 2008
There is a saying that “the face is the mirror of the soul”. Indeed, the human face is one of the most important features in art of all periods. The artist from Valencia, Carmen Lindo, presents at the Eurostars Gran Valencia, a new vision of this principle of universal painting. Human faces which can be viewed from 29th July to 1st October at this Mediterranean hotel.
Eurostars Hotels clients can now take part in the 3rd edition of the photography prize, ‘Your View is Personal’
July 21, 2008
Eurostars Hotels announces the third edition of the Eurostars Hotels Photography Prize, “Your View is Personal“. This is an original competition, exclusively for clients, which invites them to offer a personal view, through photographs, of some of the 28 destinations where the chain is present.
Jordi Güell, or the magnetic attraction of the abstract, arrives at the Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel
July 18, 2008
If what is habitual becomes custom, the resulting surprise can be exciting. The inimitable Jordi Güell presents, from 15 July to 15 September, an exhibition in which the language of the abstract magnetizes through its power; through the passion it exudes. This is a proposition which can be viewed during this period at the Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel in Barcelona.
Time does not stand still in Marc Goodwin’s photography
July 15, 2008
Marc Goodwin’s images do not take possession of time, but neither do his photographs enslave themselves to a sole instant. TIME, the latest display of pictures by this London artist closes the trilogy of “Urban Landscapes”, housed by the Eurostars Angli 4*, which began in March. From 9 July to 31 August, photography fans who are also fascinated by urban landscapes will have the opportunity of submerging themselves in Goodwin’s particular notion of time.
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