In the City of Sylvia

Date:: 9 Nov 2025, 16:00–17:40

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Age restrictions: 18+

Chase after the ghost of a love that never happened in a hypnotic and romantic film by the Catalan master. Screening as part of the Ghost Stories film programme.

En la Сiudad de Sylvia
2007, José Luis Guerín

Spain
84 minutes, French with Russian subtitles

Starring: Pilar López de Ayala, Xavier Lafitte, Laurence Cordier

A young man arrives in Strasbourg and enters a café looking for Sylvia, a girl who gave him directions here six years ago. His gaze catches on a familiar silhouette, and the hero follows it, dissolving into the sounds of the unfamiliar city on his way to find the one who may or may not be Sylvia.

Shot from In the City of Sylvia, 2007

Like the films of Pedro Costa, Guerín’s films capture tropes of cinematic classicism embedded in the real world, discovering and reinventing.

— Haden Guest, Harvard Film Archive

This film by José Luis Guerin, a living classic of Catalan cinema, is stunning in its richness, the multi-layered atmosphere on screen, and its masterful use of lighting and sound.

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