Guide to Barcelona

Original Language Movie Cinemas in Barcelona

Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:46

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When you are in Barcelona and you want to go to the movies, you can face some difficulties if you do not speak Spanish. The movies in Spain are synchronized or dubbed, which means that they are not in the original language, with voice over’s in Spanish. In other countries they also do this sometimes, for example in Germany and France and if you want to watch a movie on TV, you have to see it in Spanish. However, when you do go to the cinemas in Barcelona, there is a chance that you can see the films in the original version (which is most of the time in English) and the movies will have subtitles in Spanish. If you can understand English you can watch the movie without any subtitles, but if you see V.O (Version Original) or V.O.S (Version Original Subtitulada) this means that the movie will we shown it the original version.

Below you will find a few cinemas which play these original movies. First you have to check if it says V.O or V.O.S, because some of these cinemas will play the Spanish version of the film.

Yelmo Cineplex Icaria @ Calle Salvador Espriú 61, Metro L4 Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica.
This cinema has 15 theaters and is the biggest V.O cinema in Barcelona. The cinema is located in the shopping mall of Vila Olímpica and they play American and Spanish movies. The Spanish movies will not be subtitled in English.

Cines Verdi @ Calle Verdi 32, Metro L3 Fontana.
This cinema is located in the area of Gracia. This cinema is smaller, but very cosy and they do not play many romantic movies, but they do put on a lot of European movies and documentaries.

Cines Renoir Floridablanca @ Calle Floridablanca 135, Metro L2 San Antoni.
This cinema has four auditoriums and you can see here a lot of different movies here. Furthermore, it is only a 10 minute walk from Plaza Catalunya.  

Cines Melies @ Calle Villaroel 10, Metro L1 Urgell.
This cinema is very small, with only two screens. The showing program is very versatile as well as cost effective because you only pay €4 for a ticket.

Cine Malda @ Calle Pi 5, Metro L3 Liceu.
Probably the most unique, or strange cinema because they play movies that are already in the video shop, so if you are after latest releases then this is not for you. A great feature about coming here is you can see two movies for the price of one, as well as independent movies, which you will not see anywhere else. If you like Bollywood movies this is also a good place to go to.

Above is just a selection of cinemas that I could suggest, but there are plenty more that play the original versions of the films. Just keep in mind, to check if the original versions are going to be played or the Spanish ones, so keep an eye out for V.O – then you know that the cinema is playing the original versions.

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