Showtimes: Sunday, October 7 at 4:15pm
and Tuesday, October 9 at 4:00pm

Awards: Goya Awards – Best Original Song

A charming, delicate tale about the various ways people deal with loss, THE EDUCATION OF FAIRIES begins as Nicolás (a wonderful performance by Argentine actor Ricardo Darín) meets Ingrid (Irène Jacob) and her young son Raul on an airplane heading to Barcelona. Ingrid is clearly the woman he’s been waiting for all his life, and Raúl the son he’s never had; in no time they’re married and living in a beautiful house. Nicolas forms a very tight bond with Raul, spending long hours telling him about the world and the special race of fairies whose job it is to protect it and make things right. Then, when things surprisingly change in their lives, Raul expects those very fairies to make their appearance.

Darín and French actress Jacob (The Double Life of Veronique) work beautifully together, but the revelation here is child actor Víctor Valdivia as Darín, who manages to make the boy’s transitions between his fantasy world and the world in which he and his parents live both convincing and poignant. ~ New York Film Festival

Principal Cast: Ricardo Darín, Irène Jacob, Victor Valdimia, Bebe

Producer: Gerardo Herrero
Editor: Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Cinematographer: Hans Burmann
Music: Lucio Godoy