This Thursday 19, Friday 20 & Saturday July 21. Free films to beat the heat, some of them foreign, some animated and some outdoors. In original version with subtitles. Early arrival is recommended to pick up tickets. Here are the scheduled films:

THURSDAY

- 18:30 The Iron Giant. Director: Brad Bird, 1999, USA, 86 min. Animation. In 1957, in the small town of Rockwell, someone has seen a huge metal man falling into the sea. An imaginative child discovers that it is a giant robot, whose appetite is insatiable metal. Between them comes a strong friendship, but the government sent an agent to investigate. The boy hides his new partner in a friend’s junkyard. But the villagers begin to feel terrified because they think it is a new threat in the Cold War. View trailer. CaixaForum Madrid (Paseo del Prado, 36. Metro: Atocha L1)

- 20:00 Good night Spain. Director: Raya Martin, 2011, Spain and the Philippines, 70 min. A troubled young man traveling through the countryside and finds a woman. During the trip, they discover a museum housing the works of a Filipino expatriate, the most important artist of the revolution. Suddenly, the Spanish pair is transported to the colony. Inspired by one of the first tele transportations, which occurred between the Philippines and Mexico during the colonial period. View trailer. Matadero, Room Azcona (Paseo de la Chopera, 14. Metro: Legazpi L3-L6)

- 21:30 enxaneta. Director: Alfonso Amador, 2011, Spain, 76 min. The ‘enxaneta’ is a boy or girl who climbs up the ‘castell’, a major Catalonian tradition of building human towers. Blanca used to be an enxaneta when she was a child, but not anymore. She is a grown up and has a relationship with Alberto, a writer. View trailer. Matadero, Room Azcona (Paseo de la Chopera, 14. Metro: Legazpi L3-L6)

- 22:00 Intimate Lighting. Director: Ivan Passer. Czech Republic, 1965. 71 min. A young Prague cellist and his sophisticated girlfriend visiting some friends in a small town. The cellist has also been hired to perform with local orchestra. View trailer. Réplika Theatre (Calle del Justo Dorado, 8. Metro: Guzmán el Bueno L6-L7)

- 22:00 Don Gil of the Green Trousers. Director: José Luis Tafur, Spain, 1971. Based on the work by Tirso de Molina, the story is about Doña Juana in the clothes of a man, dressed all in green including her breeches. She has been betrayed in love; the man to whom she is engaged, Martín de Guzmán, has now made plans to marry a wealthier woman, Inés. He intends to woo Inés using a false name, that of ‘Don Gil’. Juana comes to Madrid dressed as a man, taking the false name ‘Don Gil’ for herself, in order to watch Martín’s every move and hopefully thwart his plans. View theatrical clip.  Casa Museo Lope de Vega (Calle de Cervantes, 11. Metro: Anton Martin L1)

FRIDAY

- 17:45 Hello, Dolly! Director: Gene Kelly, 1969, USA, 148 min. Musical. Cornelius Hackl, attached to a grocery store in Yonkers, New York march with his best friend to have a good time. They can not help but come across your head Horace, who has promised to give a reprimand if seen in a trendy restaurant instead of taking the store. Through Horace, a widower merchant, known as Dolly Levi, a matchmaker also middle-aged widow who is trying to seek a new wife. View trailer. National Library (Paseo de Recoletos, 20 to 22. Metro: Colón L4)

- 19:00 Ivan’s Childhood. Director: Andrey Tarkovskiy, 1962, Russia, 96 min. Drama. Set in World War II on the Eastern Front, Ivan, a 12 year old Russian boy, whose parents died during the Nazi invasion, spies on the German works. View trailer. Russian Cultural Centre (Calle de Atocha, 34. Metro: Anton Martin L1)

- 20:30 The American Friend. Director: Wim Wenders, 1977, Germany, 121 min. An American dealer tries to test the integrity a humble frames manufacturer who is terminally ill. Ripley introduces him to a gangster who has money to work for him as a conman. View trailer. Thyssen Museum (Paseo del Prado, 8. Metro: Banco de España L2)

- 21:00 Dudamel: The Sound of Children. Director: Alberto Arévalo, 2011. Documentary on the life and career of Venezuelan bandleader and violinist Gustavo Dudamel, who leads this journey through the stories of young people experiencing the joy of music in the most diverse and contrasting corners of the world. View trailer. Barley Field (Calle de Toledo, site of demolition, Metro: La Latina L5)

- 22:30 Group 7. Cast: Mario Director: Alberto Rodriguez, 2012, Spain, 95 min. Angel, a young intelligent and kind boy, aims to be a police inspector. Rafael, however, is a police expeditious, forceful and arrogant. Meanwhile, Michael and Matthew, are part of Group 7, a group of rogue cops, ready to do anything to achieve their objectives in the Seville of the early nineties. View trailer. Auditorio Parque El Paraiso (Avenida Arcentales. Metro: Simancas L7)

SATURDAY

- 11:30 Stalker. Director: Andrey Tarkovskiy, 1979, Russia, 163 min. Science fiction. The location of a meteorite fall, abnormal things happen, a place of death traps and no-go area. The protagonist, called Stalker, is one of the few who dare to venture into it. He agrees to take the quiet and gullible skeptical teacher and writer to a mysterious room where, by all accounts, the most intimate desires come true. View trailer. Russian Cultural Centre (Calle de Atocha, 34. Metro: Anton Martin L1)

- 20:30 Days of Heaven. Director: Terrence Malick, 1978, USA, 90 min. Bill and Abby, a young couple decide to leave the poverty and hard lives they lead in Chicago in 1916. The couple and Linda, Bill’s sister, travel to the great wheat fields of Texas, where they find work as laborers on a farm. View trailer. Thyssen Museum (Paseo del Prado, 8. Metro: Banco de España L2)

- 22:30 Cars 2. Director: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis, 2011, USA, 113 min. Animation. Lightning McQueen and his friend, Matt Crane, travel abroad to participate in the first World Championship which will determine the fastest car on the planet. View trailer. Auditorio Parque El Paraiso (Avenida Arcentales. Metro: Simancas L7)
- 22:30 X-Men First generation. Director: Matthew Vaughn, 2011, USA, 131 min. Before the mutants themselves known and take the names of Professor X and Magneto, young Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr began to discover their powers. There was no animosity between them, but that united a sincere friendship and desire to work together and train a group of young mutants to prevent nuclear Armageddon. View trailer.
Manzanares Park (Calle Camino de Perales. Metro: San Fermin Orcasur L3)

Courtesy: MadridFree