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Directed by Juan Luis Iborra & Yolanda GarcÌa-Serrano

Spain

The film's title refers to "KilÛmetro Cero," a picturesque central square in the heart of Madrid, but it may as well describe the aimless lives of the fourteen strangers whose stories collide here one sultry August afternoon.Ý Retaining their trademark warmth and vivaciousness, directors Iborra and GarcÌa Serrano (winners of our 1999 Best Fiction Feature and Audience Favorite awards for Amor de hombre) gracefully orchestrate a roundelay of mistaken identities and second chances that revolves around a motley crew of AlmodÛvar-esque characters.Ý These include a sensitive but horny gay university student looking for his soulmate in the buffed flamenco dancer who mistakes him for an internet trick; the dancer's intended online companion, who instead hooks up with a repressed presumably straight businessman starved for sexual experience; and a macho but lovelorn gigolo who treats his female clients a little too well.Ý Added to the mix are a desperate actress who belts out Cabaret's "Maybe This Time" in a crowded diner to win a part and an ever-miserable prostitute whose life gets a boost from an aspiring filmmaker, played by hunky Carlos Fuentes of No se lo digas a nadie.Ý With sweet-natured erotic fluidity, these interconnecting stories build up a collective momentum that, like the heat, intoxicates and is impossible to resist.Ý In this sexy comedy of errors, the road to love is never a straight line. ÝIn Spanish with English subtitles.ÝÝ Director Juan Luis Iborra will attend the screening and discuss the film with the audience.

Preceded by Exposure, Dir. Frank Gomez, Australia, SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIEREÝÝ The tale of a camera-toting voyeur who discovers his brother-in-law's dark secret while cruising in the bushes.

9:00 PM Screening only $10

Film plus post-screening party at Crobar at 11:00 PM $25