'Cibeles de Cine' pays tribute to the recently deceased Basilio Martín Patino and Terele Pávez

The filmmaker and the actress will receive a well-deserved tribute at the Palacio de Cibeles (Madrid).

On the occasion of the recent disappearance of the filmmaker Basilio Martín Patino and the actress Terele Pávez, Cinema Cibeles wants to pay a modest tribute to these two great figures of Spanish cinema and stage. Basilio Martín Patino (Salamanca 1930-Madrid 2017) was one of the most eminent filmmakers of his generation.

Your movie Nine letters to Berta (1966), con la que obtuvo la Concha de Oro en el Festival de San Sebastián, es uno de los ejes del denominado Nuevo Cine Español de los sesenta y el conjunto de su obra, que gravitó siempre con singular solidez, entre realidad y ficción, ha adquirido una mayor dimensión con el paso de los años. De hecho, Patino recibió la Espiga de Oro a toda su carrera de la Seminci, la Medalla de Oro de la Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas y el Premio ‘Ciudad de Huesca’ del Festival de Huesca o el del Festival Alcances de Cádiz por su trayectoria como director de documental.

Cinema Cibeles pays tribute to this man from Salamanca and Madrid by adoption, programming on Wednesday, August 23 in its Small Screen section, The ninth letter (2015), a valuable documentary by Virginia García del Pino, which reveals the ins and outs of the life and work of the prestigious filmmaker.

Within its central programming, Cinema Cibeles, the screening of the film is also planned The open door (2016) by director Marina Seresesky. The director will present the film and answer questions from the public next Monday the 28th at the Cristal Gallery during a debate that will take place one hour before the screening (9:00 p.m.). On the occasion of the loss of the film's leading actress, Terele Pávez (Bilbao 1939 -Madrid 2017), the event will become a tribute to one of the most relevant ladies of theater and cinema of the last forty years. Her last award was the Goya for Best Supporting Actress for The witches of Zugarramurdi by Alex de la Iglesia, a director for whom she had become a fetish actress.