If the protagonist of a film is the character towards whom the audience directs its attention, the most attractive protagonists are those of a heroic nature, because his charismatic condition favors sympathy and admiration on the part of spectators. From Gilgamesh to James Bond, d’Ulisses a Harry Potter, d’Atalanta a Wonder Woman o Lara Croft, heroes and heroines have been great protagonists of the universal narrative through classic epics, you will sing of deed, novels, comics, movies, television series and, even, video games. This new cycle of the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia offers seven significant examples where men or women embody this exemplary model of integrating mythological origin and constant renewal. The sessions of this year's second film cycle will take place between April and June 2026 according to the following calendar:
tuesday 21 April, 17:00 h.
Tarzan and his companion (Cedric Gibbons, 1934)
tuesday 28 April, 17:00 h.
Robin of the woods (Michael Curtiz & William Keighley, 1938)
tuesday 5 May, 17:00 h.
Augustine of Aragon (Juan de Orduña, 1950)tuesday 12 May, 17:00 h.
High Noon (Fred Zinneman, 1952)
Augustine of Aragon (Juan de Orduña, 1950)tuesday 12 May, 17:00 h.
High Noon (Fred Zinneman, 1952)
tuesday 19 May, 17:00 h
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
tuesday 26 May, 17:00 h
A girl comes home alone at night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)
tuesday 2 June, 17:00 h
Atomic (David Leitch, 2017)
All sessions will take place in the Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, with presentation, comments and debate by the professors. Teresa Sorolla (Jaume I University of Castelló) i Carlos Cuéllar (University of Valencia). The films will be screened in their original version with subtitles. Free access until capacity is reached.
