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COMING ATTRACTIONS THIS FALL VOLVER PHOENIX LES VAMPIRES Raimunda works and lives in Madrid with Following the end of World War II and This semester’s series will begin her husband Paco and daughter Paula. the liberation of the concentration screening weekly starting September Her sister Sole lives nearby and they both camps, Nelly Lenz, a survivor, returns 14. miss their mother Irene, who died several to Germany to undergo reconstructive Les Vampires is a 1915–16 French si- years ago in a house fire along with their surgery. She then tries to find out if her lent crime serial film set in Paris. An in- father. After a murder and a family trag- husband betrayed her to the Nazis. trepid reporter and his loyal friend battle edy, Irene’s spirit materializes around her a bizarre secret society of criminals daughters to help comfort them. known as The Vampires. SEMESTER SERIES ENCORE WEEKEND SPANISH - 121 min - 2006 - PEDRO ALMODÓVAR GERMAN - 98 min - 2014 - CHRISTIAN PETZOLD SILENT - 10 EPISODES, 60 min each - 1915 SEPTEMBER 2-3 CUSTOMIZED CONTENT LOUIS FEUILLADE
KAFKA THE LIBERATOR ODE TO MY FATHER After a co-worker is murdered, an insur- Simón Bolívar played a leading role in Ode to My Father depicts modern Kore- ance worker gets involved with an un- the Hispanic independence movements an history from the 1950s to the present derground group that attempts to thwart of the early 19th century. He fought over day through the life of an ordinary man, a powerful secret organization. Kafka 100 battles against the Spanish Empire as he experiences events such as the blends biography with fiction, creating a in South America, rode over 70,000 Hungnam Evacuation of 1950 during the fitting kafkaesque atmosphere for this miles on horseback, and his military Korean War, the government’s decision mysterious thriller. campaigns covered twice the territory of to dispatch nurses and miners to Germa- Alexander the Great. ny in the 1960s, and the Vietnam War.
ENGLISH - 98 min - 1991 - STEVEN SODERBERGH SPANISH - 119 min - 2013 - ALBERTO ARVELO KOREAN - 126 min - 2014 - YOON JE-KYOON SEPTEMBER 6-10 CUSTOMIZED CONTENT CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
WILD STRAWBERRIES FIRE AT SEA INTOLERANCE Dr. Isak Borg, an aging doctor and pro- Fire at Sea captures life on the Italian This epic intercuts between stories about fessor, decides to take the daylong island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the man’s inhumanity. In Babylon, a pacifist drive from Stockholm to Lund to accept European migrant crisis. The migrants’ prince is brought down by warring reli- an honorary degree. Along the way, he escape from tumultuous homelands and gious factions. In Judea, the last days of encounters many stops that make him dangerous sea crossing is documented Christ are depicted. In France, Catherine reminisce about his past. Borg is forced indirectly, via the ordinary lives of the de Medici presides over the slaughter of to confront a life marked by coldness and islanders. the Huguenots. And in California, a wom- the emptiness of his existence. an pleads for the life of her husband.
SWEDISH - 91 min - 1959 - INGMAR BERGMAN ITALIAN - 108 min - 2016 - GIANFRANCO ROSI SILENT - 197 min - 1916 - D.W. GRIFFITH SEPTEMBER 13-17 SEPTEMBER CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
SWEET BEAN TASTE OF CHERRY DHEEPAN The manager of a dorayaki stall finds Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and Dheepan tells the story of three Tamil himself confronted with an eccentric seeks someone to bury him after his refugees who flee civil war-ravaged Sri elderly woman looking for work. A taste demise. Driving around the city, Badii Lanka to a Parisian housing project in the of her homemade bean jelly convinces meets numerous people, asking them hope of reconstructing their lives. The him to hire her, which starts a relation- to take on the job, but he has little luck. film’s title character, played by Antony- ship that is about much more than just Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up thasan Jesuthasan, was a former Tamil street food. for the task but who also tries to talk him Tiger child soldier. out of committing suicide.
JAPANESE - 113 min - 2015 - NAOMI KAWASE PERSIAN - 95 min - 1997 - ABBAS KIAROSTAMI TAMIL/FRENCH - 115 min - 2015 - JACQUES AUDIARD CUSTOMIZED CONTENT SEPTEMBER 20-24
HAMLET PRINCE OF THE HUMAN In Denmark, Prince Hamlet finds himself HIMALAYAS Human is a collection of stories and involved in a conspiracy of power to the images of our world, offering an immer- An adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, royal palace. Cruel uncle Claudius kills sion to the core of what it means to be this film is set in ancient Tibet. The young his brother and takes the power of the human. Through these stories full of love prince Lhamoklodan learns of his father’s kingdom. After an encounter with the and happiness, as well as hatred and vio- mysterious death and returns to the King- restless ghost of his murdered father, lence, Human brings us face to face with dom Jiaobo. Troubled by his mother’s sud- Hamlet feigns madness and struggles the Other, making us reflect on our lives. den remarriage to his uncle Kulo-ngam, he with his responsibility to take action. swears to find the truth of his father’s death. ENGLISH - 134 min - 1990 - FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI TIBETAN - 108 min - 2006 - SHERWOOD HU MULTIPLE - 188 min - 2015 - YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND SEPT 27 - OCT 1 CUSTOMIZED CONTENT CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
THE WAIT THE MEASURE OF HOUSEMAIDS A mother unexpectedly meets her son’s A MAN Seven teens take on filming their house- fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to Thierry has been unemployed for 18 maids for one week and give the footage know her as she waits for the son to ar- months, having lost his job as a factory to the director to make a film.Their im- rive. However, the mother holds a secret. worker. At the age of 51, he lands a new ages uncover complex relationships that The film is loosely based on two works by job as a security guard in a supermarket. exist between housemaids and their em- Nobel Prize winner Luigi Pirandello. He tries to make ends meet in working- ployers, a relationship that confuses inti- class France. macy and power and provides us with an insight into the echoes of a colonial past.
OCTOBER 4-8 OCTOBER ITALIAN - 100 min - 2015 - PIERO MESSINA FRENCH - 93 min - 2015 - STÉPHANE BRIZÉ PORTUGUESE - 76 min - 2012 - GABRIEL MASCARO CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, BEN-HUR SAND STORM WINTER...AND SPRING A Palestinian Jew, Judah Ben-Hur, who Modern female empowerment wrestles A young Buddhist apprentice is men- is battling the Roman empire at the time centuries-old male dominance in Sand tored by an aging monk at a secluded of Christ, is sent with his family into slav- Storm, an absorbing account of a Bed- monastery in the Korean wilderness. The ery. An inspirational encounter with Je- ouin mother and daughter stymied by apprentice encounters a girl who arrives sus changes everything. Ben-Hur finally cultural norms stacked entirely in favor at the monastery seeking assistance meets his rival in a justly famous chariot of the man of the house. with her health. Over the course of a few race and rescues his suffering family. days, the boy is tempted away from his spiritual existence.
OCTOBER 11-15 OCTOBER KOREAN - 103 min - 2003 - KIM KI-DUK ENGLISH - 212 min - 1959 - WILLIAM WYLER ARABIC - 87 min - 2016 - ELITE ZEXER CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
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COMING ATTRACTIONS THIS FALL THE ASSASSIN RAMS DELICATESSEN Set in 8th century China during last the In a remote Icelandic farming valley, Clapet is a butcher who owns a run- years of the Tang Dynasty, The Assassin two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 down apartment building in post-apoc- centers on Nie Yinniang, an assassin who years have to come together in order alyptic France. The latest in the long is directed to slay corrupt government to save what’s dearest to them--their string of disposable handymen for the officials by her master, Jiaxin. When Yin- sheep--from authorities who want the building is Louison, a former circus niang displays mercy by failing to kill, Ji- animals destroyed. clown desperate for work. Clapet’s gris- axin punishes her with a ruthless assign- ly plan for Louison hits a snag when his ment designed to test Yinniang’s resolve. young daughter falls head over heels for him. MANDARIN - 105 min - 2015 - HOU HSIAO-HSIEN ICELANDIC - 92 min - 2015 - GRÍMAR HÁKONARSON FRENCH - 99 min - 1991 - MARC CARO & JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET OCTOBER 18-22 OCTOBER CUSTOMIZED CONTENT CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
LOST IN LA MANCHA SHORTS SERIES NOSFERATU Lost In La Mancha offers a unique, in- Featuring short films from film festivals THE VAMPYRE depth look at the harsh realities of filmmak- all over the world, including titles like Jonathan Harker is sent to Count Dracula’s ing. After struggling for years to get financ- Maman(s), pictured here, a 2015 French castle to sell him a house in Virna. Dracula ing, insurance and a cast in place, Terry short from Maïmouna Doucouré. is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off Gilliam watches his film adaptation of Don men’s blood, who brings plague and pes- Quixote fall apart. From flash floods to cast Watch on our website and social media tilence. This Count is an unusually con- no-shows to serious injuries, Gilliam and for additional short feature titles. templative version--a vampire bearing the his crew suffer one setback after another. cross of not being able to get old and die.
OCTOBER 25-29 OCTOBER ENGLISH/SPANISH/FRENCH - 93 min - 2002 MULTIPLE LANGUAGES GERMAN - 107 min - 1979 - WERNER HERZOG KEITH FULTON & LOUIS PEPE CHECK IC.BYU.EDU FOR MORE INFORMATION CUSTOMIZED CONTENT CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
THE INNOCENTS OUR LITTLE SISTER FLOWERS In 1945 Poland, a young French Red From critically acclaimed director Hiro- Ane is in her early forties and does not Cross doctor who is sent to assist the kazu Kore-eda comes the story of three feel fulfilled. Her life changes when she survivors of the German camps discov- sisters in their 20s who live together in starts to receive bouquets of flowers at ers several nuns in advanced states of their grandmother’s home in Kamakura. home anonymously, once a week. The pregnancy during a visit to a nearby con- After their father dies, they are joined by lives of Lourdes and Tere are also altered vent. Based on a true story. their 14-year-old half sister. The film is as a stranger leaves flowers every week based on the manga series Umimachi in memory of someone who was impor- Diary by Akimi Yoshida. tant for them. NOVEMBER 1-5 NOVEMBER FRENCH/POLISH - 115 min - 2016 - ANNE FONTAINE JAPANESE - 128 min - 2015 - HIROKAZU KORE-EDA BASQUE - 99 min - 2014 CUSTOMIZED CONTENT JON GARAÑO & JOSE MARI GOENAGA
IN BLOOM MUSTANG WOMEN ON THE In Bloom is a bildungsroman focused on Mustang is set in a remote Turkish vil- VERGE OF A NERVOUS the friendship between two teenage girls lage and depicts the lives of five young BREAKDOWN in 1992, after Georgia’s independence orphaned sisters and the challenges When Pepa Marcos’ lover Ivan suddenly from the Soviet Union. As an intimate they face growing up as girls in a conser- leaves her without any explanation, she drama, these young women are destined vative society.The event that triggers the embarks on a strange journey to discov- by differences of class and character for family backlash against the five sisters er why. On the way she meets a variety very different fates. at the beginning of the film is based on of eccentric characters, including Ivan’s Ergüven’s personal life. son from a previous relationship. A film noir take on the romantic comedy. NOVEMBER 8-12 NOVEMBER GEORGIAN - 102 min - 2013 TURKISH - 97 min - 2015 - DENIZ GAMZE ERGÜVEN SPANISH - 89 min - 1988 - PEDRO ALMODÓVAR NANA EKVTIMISHVILI & SIMON GROSS CUSTOMIZED CONTENT CUSTOMIZED CONTENT CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
BOY & THE WORLD WONDERFUL TOWN THE EMIGRANTS Cuca is a boy who lives in a distant, myth- After the tsunami struck the coast town of The Nilsson family works a farm in a cold ical country. One day, he sees his father Takua Pa, young architect Ton moves into and desolate area of rural Sweden in the leaving in search of work, embarking on town to develop a construction project and mid-19th century. Their growing difficul- a train. The weeks that follow are full of settles in a small hotel run by Na, a sensi- ties cause the Nilssons to strike out for anguish and confusing memories. One tive local girl. They begin a secret love affair, the United States. Following a treacher- night, a breath of wind breaks into the but soon rumors spread and they meet with ous ocean crossing and an equally gru- bedroom window and takes the boy to a strong opposition from the town’s residents. eling land passage, the emigrants find far and magical place. themselves in the seemingly idyllic land of Minnesota. NO DIALOGUE - 80 min - 2013 - ALÊ ABREU THAI - 92 min - 2007 - ADITYA ASSARAT SWEDISH - 191 min - 1971 - JAN TROELL NOVEMBER 15-19 NOVEMBER CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
NOVEMBER 22-26 NO SCREENINGS THIS WEEK DUE TO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
THE BATTLE OF FRANCOFONIA A WORLD WITHOUT THE SOMME In 1940, museum director Jacques Jau- THIEVES Battle of the Somme is a 1916 British jard and German officer Count Franz This fast-paced drama follows a con man documentary and propaganda film, shot Wolff-Metternich work together to protect and his equally cunning girlfriend, who by two official cinematographers, that Louvre artworks from the Nazis. Franco- head through western China after swip- depicts the British Army in the prelimi- fonia is both a history of the Louvre dur- ing a shiny new BMW. After a chance en- nary and early days of the battle of the ing the Nazi occupation and a meditation counter with a carpenter, the couple de- Somme from July to November, 1916. on the meaning and timelessness of art. cides to run a series of scams, with rather unintended results for everyone involved.
NOV 29 - DEC 3 NOV SILENT - 77 min - 1916 - W.F. JURY RUSSIAN/FRENCH - 90 min - 2015 - ALEXANDER SOKUROV MANDARIN - 113 min - 2004 - FENG XIAOGANG CUSTOMIZED CONTENT
100 YEARS OF CINEMA: INTOLERANCE, THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME ------CERVANTES & SHAKESPEARE: 400 YEARS: HAMLET, PRINCE OF THE HIMALAYAS, LOST IN LA MANCHA ------CROSSING BORDERS: FIRE AT SEA, DHEEPAN, THE EMIGRANTS ------GIRLS UNDER PRESSURE: MUSTANG, IN BLOOM, SAND STORM, THE INNOCENTS ------ON THE ROAD: WILD STRAWBERRIES, BOY & THE WORLD, TASTE OF CHERRY ------
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