About this event
The Instituto Cervantes virtual film club ‘Cita con el cine’ closes its 2026 programme with ‘Arquitectura emocional 1959’, a Spanish short film written and directed by Elías León Siminiani in 2022. Accessible on the library network’s virtual platform from 4 to 18 November 2026, the roughly 30-minute fiction film combines Madrid’s architectural history with an intimate account of young love. The activity takes place exclusively online; no physical screening in Tetouan is announced.
**Synopsis:** Sebas and Andrea meet as first-year university students in Madrid in the 1958–1959 academic year and fall in love. Different social backgrounds and political beliefs gradually create divisions in their relationship. At the same time, the buildings, routes and public spaces of Madrid seem to shape their emotional lives, as if the city itself were participating in the story. The film pays tribute to Madrid and architect Secundino Zuazo while navigating the boundary between fiction, memory and documentary essay.
**Film details:** Spain, 2022, directed by Elías León Siminiani; fiction short, approximately 30 minutes; Spanish audio with Spanish, French and English subtitles; recommended age 7 and above. The virtual film club programme also lists filmmaker Yago de Torres Peño and educator David García-Asenjo among its participants.
**How to watch:** online between 4 and 18 November 2026 via the Instituto Cervantes digital cineclub. Viewers must hold an active membership of any Instituto Cervantes library or its electronic library. Exact online discussion times are not stated in the overview. Membership may involve a charge; the listing does not call this a free public screening.
**Official links:** https://cultura.cervantes.es/FichasCulturales/FichaActividadCultural.php?id=a0USo00000dFFebMAG&lang=es ; https://clubes-virtuales.cervantes.es/clubs/cita-con-el-cine-2026/695. Illustration: authentic film poster shown on JustWatch, not an individual event poster.
