Recommended for: AS and equivalent level Spanish
Capacity: 158 places
Topics to be covered: family life and environment; social relationships; the young person in society; hobbies and pastimes; fantasy and heroes; contemporary historical events in Peru.
Led by Carmen Herrero, Head of Spanish at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Screening: Las Malas intenciones (The Bad Intentions) PG
Dir Rosario Garcia-Montero/ PE AR DE 2011/ 112 min / In Spanish with English subtitles
Cayetana is a privileged but lonely nine-year-old living in 1980s Lima during troubled times, She has every material luxury available, however her parents are often absent and she is raised by the household staff. As a result, Cayetana retreats into a fantasy world where she surrounds herself with Peruvian historical heroes. When her parents return from yet another trip abroad, Cayetana learns that her mother is pregnant and becomes convinced that she herself is doomed to die when the baby is born.