Saturday, 31 May 2025, 4.00pm + Intro by Denise Miller* + Drinks reception with a glass of wine kindly offered by the Embassy of Argentina in the UK

 

Sunday, 1 June 2025, 3.45pm

 

Camila O’Gorman is a young woman raised within the confines of traditional upper-class values in mid-19th century Argentina, according to which virginity and dedication to domestic virtues are a mandate. A romantically rebellious spirit that speaks out against the injustices of her day, she falls in love with Ladislao Gutiérrez, a Jesuit priest. Their impassioned, ill-fated affair compels the couple to defy government, family, and the church as they confront the forces of authority and tradition. Based on the legendary true story of Camila O’Gorman and having been produced as the curtain began to fall on the Argentinian dictatorship, Camila is as much a political statement at its release as the lovers’ action in the 1840s. Bemberg’s most popular production, being among the top ten most-watched films of all time in Argentinian cinema, it also earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.

 

** Dr Denise Miller is the author of the PhD thesis "A Transgressive Femininity: Narrative, Spectacle and Desire in the Films of María Luisa Bemberg" (University of Warwick).

 

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Discounted double-bill pass: Receive 20% off when booking the two films together (discount applied automatically at checkout)

 

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