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ISSUE 79 AFI SILVER THEATRE AND CULTURAL CENTER NOVEMBER 24, 2016–FEBRUARY 16, 2017 AFI.com/Silver AFI EUROPEAN UNION FILM SHOWCASE DECEMBER 1–18 PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO THE UNITED STATES Plus: WEST SIDE STORY THE WIZARD OF OZ IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and Holiday Classics THE WANDERERS THE COURT JESTER THE PARENT TRAP THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS Contents EUROPEAN UNION FILM SHOWCASE Tickets & Full Schedule at AFI.com/Silver/EUshowcase AFI European Union Film Showcase December 1–18 .......2 Austria AFTER LOVE [L'ÉCONOMIE DU COUPLE] Bulgaria OPENING NIGHT Holiday Classics .....................................10 Sat, Dec 10, 3:15; Sun, Dec 11, 7:00 GLORY (2016) [SLAVA] Special Engagements .................. 12, 16 Belgian auteur Joachim Lafosse (OUR CHILDREN, THE WHITE KNIGHTS) takes an intimate and absorbing look Tue, Dec 6, 5:00; Thu, Dec 8, 9:45 Year in Review ...................................13 at the dismantling of a 15-year marriage over the course of When a reclusive railway worker (Stefan Denolyubov, Reseeing Iran .....................................14 several months. After deciding to end their relationship, Marie (Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST) and Boris (director-turned-actor THE LESSON) stumbles Calendar.............................................15 Cédric Kahn, ROBERTO SUCCO) continue living together with upon a pile of cash on the Courtesy of Telewizja Polska Courtesy of Telewizja their young twin daughters while resolving the details of their tracks, he turns it over to complex separation agreement. Without taking sides, Lafosse the police and is hailed AFI Member passes accepted at all unfl inchingly explores their day-to-day confl icts to underscore as a model citizen by the Courtesy of Film Movement screenings unless otherwise noted the intricacies of what remains when romance is gone. DIR/SCR propaganda-hungry Ministry Joachim Lafosse; SCR Fanny Burdino, Mazarine Pingeot; PROD Jacques-Henri Bronckart, of Transport, rewarded with a new wristwatch and promptly To become a Member of AFI visit Olivier Bronckart, Sylvie Pialat, Benoit Quainon. Belgium/France, 2016, color, 100 min. In thrust into the national spotlight. Amid the media circus, the AFI.com/Silver/JoinNow reluctant hero's beloved old watch goes missing. When his STEFAN ZWEIG: A FAREWELL TO EUROPE French with English subtitles. NOT RATED Presented in partnership with the Delegation of the European Courtesy of Films Distribution struggle to reclaim it is ignored by the Minstry's cutthroat PR TICKETS Union to the United States. chief (Margita Gosheva, THE LESSON), a darkly comedic, • $13 General Admission U.S. Premiere sharply satirical and completely unexpected morality tale The best of European cinema…without the jet lag. 2016 Oscar® Selection, Austria • $10 Seniors (65 and over) ensues. DIR/SCR/PROD Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov; SCR Decho Taralezhkov. Now in its 29th year, the AFI European Union Film Showcase STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE Bulgaria/Greece, 2016, color, 101 min. In Bulgarian with English subtitles. NOT RATED $10 Students with valid ID, and military • [VOR DER MORGENRÖTE] personnel (discounted tickets available continues its tradition of bringing the best in European at box offi ce only) cinema to Washington, DC-area audiences. This year's Sun, Dec 11, 9:05; Wed, Dec 14, 7:15 Croatia selection of nearly 50 fi lms includes international fi lm festival Stefan Zweig, one of the most read German authors of the • $9.50 AFI Members (2-Star level & up) award winners, European box offi ce hits and debut works 1920s, left Austria in the 1930s following Hitler's rise to • $8 Children (12 and under) by promising new talents, plus 14 countries' offi cial Oscar® power, traveling to England, the U.S. and fi nally Brazil, where • $10 Matinee tickets, weekdays submissions for Best Foreign Language Film. he and his second wife Lotte committed suicide in 1942. before 5:00 p.m., Sat. & Sun. before AFI thanks all the embassy cultural counselors of the EU Actress-turned-director Maria Schrader (AIMÉE & JAGUAR, noon (holidays excluded) member states and the Delegation of the European Union DEUTSCHLAND 83) tells Zweig's story of exile and despair to the United States in Washington, DC, for their continuing Courtesy of Strand Releasing in fi ve discrete vignettes ranging from the Brazilian countryside support of the AFI European Union Film Showcase. Special to Buenos Aires to New York City. Josef Hader (THE BONE AFI PREVIEW is published by the LIKE CRAZY (2016) [LA PAZZA GIOIA] MAN) embodies Zweig with dignity and intellect; newcomer American Film Institute. thanks also to Ambassador and Head of the European Union Opening Night: Thu, Dec 1, 7:30 with reception, tickets $20/$18 Aenne Schwarz is radiant as Lotte and former Fassbinder ON THE OTHER SIDE Delegation to the USA David O'Sullivan and the staff of the AFI Members All screenings take place at the AFI Silver Theatre star Barbara Sukowa shines as fi rst wife Friderike. DIR/SCR Maria AFTER LOVE Courtesy of Film Movement Delegation for their generous support. Courtesy of Distrib Films and Cultural Center: Also screening Thu, Dec 8, 7:15 Schrader; SCR Jan Schomburg; PROD Stefan Arndt. Germany/France/Austria, 2016, color, Beatrice is a strong-willed though undeniably delusional mental ® 8633 Colesville Road Film listings and showtimes are correct as 106 min. In German, English, Spanish, Portuguese and French with English subtitles. NOT CAFARD 2016 Oscar Selection, Croatia Silver Spring, MD 20910 of press time, but are subject to change. patient at a facility in Tuscany. Villa Biondi used to belong to RATED ON THE OTHER SIDE [S ONE STRANE] Beatrice's aristocratic family, but now it's a psychiatric hospital for Sun, Dec 11, 2:30 Check AFI.com/Silver/EUShowcase for updated Sun, Dec 4, 12:30; Wed, Dec 7, 5:15; Thu, Dec 8, 5:15 For address changes and subscription women. Beatrice tells herself that she's just there for a rest and treats Belgium, 1914. When world champion boxer Jean Mordant services, contact: listings and the latest information on After 20 years' estrangement, a Zagreb nurse (Ksenija the staff and fellow patients as if they are servants. When busybody returns from a tournament to discover his daughter has been American Film Institute fi lmmaker guests. Belgium Marinkovi’c) receives a phone call out of the blue from her Beatrice takes an interest in troubled young newcomer Donatella brutally assaulted by German soldiers, he signs up with the 2021 N. Western Ave. war-criminal husband Zarko (Lazar Ristovski) in Belgrade, No AFI Member passes accepted. (Micaela Rammazzoti), who has had her child taken away, Beatrice ACM (Belgium's armored car division), joining the war effort Los Angeles, CA 90027 saying that he wants to see her and the kids again after all decides the two need to escape the villa to right these wrongs. in a bid to fi ght back against his daughter's aggressors. Attn: Membership these years. Zrinko Ogresta's family drama plays more like a Valeria Bruni Tedeschi gives a powerhouse performance as Beatrice Alongside his boxing coach and young nephew, Jean fi nds On the cover (courtesy of): JULIETA, courtesy of taut psychological thriller, with cinematographer Branko Linta's in Paolo Virzì's (HUMAN CAPITAL) winning, wacky comedy about himself in Russia, where the reality of war is different from Sony Pictures Classics outside-looking-in compositions through doors and windows female friendship. DIR/SCR Paolo Virzì; SCR Francesca Archibugi; PROD Marco Belardi. anything he expected. Strikingly animated using motion Editor: Julie Hill Italy/France, 2016, color, 118 min. In Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED capture technology, this debut feature from Flemish animator suggesting secrecy, surveillance and complex layers of ’ Production Manager: Alice Massie Jan Bultheel captures the essence of World War I, 100 years meaning in this surprising story. DIR/SCR Zrinko Ogresta; SCR Mate Matišic; later, as it has never been seen before. DIR/SCR Jan Bultheel; PROD PROD Ivan Maloca.’ Croatia/Serbia, 2016, color, 85 min. In Croatian with English subtitles. Director: Ray Barry NOT RATED TICKETS & PASSES Jérémie Fajner, Arielle Sleutel. Belgium/France/Netherlands, 2015, color, 92 min. In Director of Programming: Todd Hitchcock Dutch, French, English, Russian and Mandarin with English subtitles. NOT RATED Associate Programmer: Josh Gardner THE ARDENNES SINGLE TICKETS Courtesy of Film Movement Cyprus Assistant Programmer: Abbie Algar $14 General Admission U.S. Premiere ® Design: Gary Palmatier, The Washington Post $12 AFI Members (2-star level & up) 2016 Oscar Selection, Belgium UPSTREAM (2016) [EN AMONT DU FLEUVE] U.S. Premiere AFI would like to thank the following supporters: BELOVED DAYS Information is correct at press time. PASSPORT THE ARDENNES [D'ARDENNEN] Sun, Dec 11, 12:30; Tue, Dec 13, 5:00 Films and schedule subject to change. Gold Sponsor Can't get enough of European fi lm? With the Passport, you'll zip right Tue, Dec 6, 7:15; Wed, Dec 7, 9:45 The death of a father brings two half-brothers together in this Tue, Dec 13, 7:15 In 1970, the people of the village of Karmi on the north Check AFI.com/Silver for updates. past customs (the AFI Silver box offi ce) and be admitted to every fi lm When a home invasion goes wrong, Kenny (Kevin Janssens) intimate adventure fi lm from Marion Hänsel (TENDERNESS, in the showcase; NO TICKETS NEEDED. The all-access Passport gives is left behind to take the rap, while his accomplices — his 2013 AFI European Union Film Showcase). Homer coast of Cyprus participated in a memorable experience: you admission for one to every screening, including Opening Night and girlfriend Sylvie (Veerle Baetens) and his brother Dave (Jeroen (Olivier Gourmet, THE SON) and Joé (Sergi López, PAN'S the shooting of George P.