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I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: THE FILMS OF BERTRAND BONELLO Festivals & Series 2 I Put a Spell on You: The Films of Bertrand Bonello (Through May 4) 2 Each new Bertrand Bonello film is an event in and of itself.Part of what makes Bonello’s work so thrilling is that, with some exceptions, world cinema has yet to catch up with his New York African Film Festival (May 6 – 12) 4 unique combination of artistic rigor and ability to distill emotion from the often extravagantly Sounds Like Music: The Films of Martín Rejtman (May 13 – 19) 7 stylish, almost baroque figures, places, and events that he portrays. He already occupies Titanus (May 22 – 31) 8 a singular place in French cinema, and we’re excited that our audiences now have the Open Roads: New Italian Cinema (June 4 – 11) 12 opportunity to discover a body of work that is unlike any other. –Dennis Lim, Director of Programming Human Rights Watch Film Festval (June 12 – 20) 16 New York Asian Film Festival (June 26 – July 8) 17 Special Programs 18 TITANUS Sound + Vision Live (May 28, June 25) 18 We have selected 23 cinematic gems from the Locarno Film Festival’s tribute to Titanus. Columbia University Film Festival (May 1 – 3) 18 The 110-year-old Italian production company nurtured the young auteur talents of Valeria Convergence (May 19, June 23) 19 Zurlini, , , and , and explored genre films— The Films of Lav Diaz (May 31) 19 Evil’s Commandment (I Vampiri), ’s first horror movie; ’s comicTotò Diabolicus; and Raffaello Matarazzo’s melodrama The White Angel. We are very excited that all the films in 54: The Director’s Cut (June 23) 19 the series will be projected on 35mm—a not-to-be-missed opportunity to experience the Print Screen (May 9 & 18) 20 golden age of Italian cinema. New Releases 21 –Isa Cucinotta, Programmer May – Saint Laurent, Two Shots Fired, Love at First Fight 22 June – The Wolfpack, The Princess of 23 May Schedule 24 PRINT SCREEN June Schedule 26 Rather than focusing on adaptations, the idea is to take a less direct approach to Exhibits 28 ­combining cinema and literature. Print Screen spotlights the range of films that influence Venue and Ticket Information 29 writers, and the fascinating ways that those cinematic influences take shape in their writing. The series also gives authors the opportunity to discuss their own work in a different context, GO GREEN! The bimonthly calendar is always available at filmlinc.com. Members and Patrons, please or through a different lens. consider joining us in our effort by opting out of the printed calendar.Visit filmlinc.com/GoGreen. –Rachael Rakes, Programmer at Large Stay connected with the Film Society app AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON iOS AND ANDROID DEVICES

PROGRAMMERS Director of Programming Dennis Lim • Director, NYFF Kent Jones THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER RECEIVES MAJOR SUPPORT FROM: PROVOKES HERE FILM PROVOKES HERE FILM SURPRISES BELONGS Senior Programmer Florence Almozini • Programmer Isa Cucinotta OFFICIAL PREMIUM Print Traffic ManagerRufus de Rham • Programming Coordinator Dan Sullivan HERE FILM INSPIRES STARTS HERE FILM MATTERS CONNECTS Programming Operations Assistant Tony Trius Senior Programming Advisor Marian Masone MEDIA HOSPITALITY SUPPORTERS Programmer at Large Jake Perlin • Programmer at Large Rachael Rakes FILM Programmer, Convergence Matt Bolish • Programmer, Sound + Vision Live Ben Seretan ® ENTERTAINS

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Saint Laurent On War

The Pornographer

House of Pleasures / L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la kaleidoscopic torrent of lavish excess—and a deliri- maison close ous twist on the modern biopic’s rules and limitations. Bertrand Bonello, France, 2011, 35mm, 122m An NYFF52 selection. Opens theatrically at the Film This gorgeous, opium-soaked fever dream of life in a Society on May 8 (see page 22). Parisian brothel at the turn of the century, filmed with a Wednesday, April 29, 7:00pm (Q&A with Bertrand mixture of casual detachment and needlepoint precision, Bonello Gaspard Ulliel, and actress Aymeline Valade) might be Bonello’s greatest work to date. Thursday, April 30, 6:45pm (Q&A with Bertrand Shorts Program Bonello) These shorts, most of them very seldom screened in Monday, May 4, 7:00pm the U.S., range from autobiographical reverie (Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello?) to emotionally charged Bertrand Bonello in person! Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice chamber drama (Cindy: The Doll Is Mine and Where the Bertrand Bonello, France, 2014, digital projection, 95m Boys Are). Bonello’s engrossing portrait of Ingrid Caven is a show- Cindy: The Doll Is Mine Bertrand Bonello, France, case for the work of a truly sui generis musician—a sort 2005, digital projection, 15m of cabaret singer for the 21st century—and a respectful Where the Boys Are Bertrand Bonello, France, 2010, tribute to one artist from another. 35mm, 21m Saturday, May 2, 4:30pm & 9:30pm Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? / Où en êtes-vous, I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Bertrand Bonello? Bertrand Bonello, France, 2014, On War / De la guerre digital projection, 17m Bertrand Bonello, France, 2008, 35mm, 130m Sunday, May 3, 2:45pm & 6:45pm In Bonello’s nutty, exhilarating symphony about an artis- tic community in revolt, plays a harried Something Organic / Quelque chose d’organique THE FILMS OF filmmaker who, after an on-set brush with death, retreats Bertrand Bonello, France, 1998, 35mm, 90m to a rural hedonist commune. Bonello’s rarely screened first feature, about a young Friday, May 1, 6:30pm (Q&A with Bertrand Bonello) married couple living in frigid Montreal, starts with the Saturday, May 2, 6:45pm basic materials of the domestic drama and rearranges them in invigorating, startling new configurations. / Le Pornographe Screening with The Adventures of James and David Bertrand Bonello, France/Canada, 2001, 35mm, 108m France, 2002, digital projection, 11m Bonello emerged as a major filmmaker with this ambi- Friday, May 1, 4:15pm & 9:30pm (Introduction by tious, tragic meditation on what would become two of his Bertrand Bonello at the 9:30pm screening) recurring obsessions: the use of sex as economic capital, and the post-’68 state of political radicalism in France. Thursday, April 30, 4:30pm & 9:30pm (Introduction Bertrand Bonello, France, 2003, 35mm, 115m by Bertrand Bonello at the 9:30pm screening) This lyrical and disturbing modern update of the myth of Saturday, May 2, 2:15pm Tiresias, in which a Brazilian transsexual develops the gift APRIL 29 – MAY 4 of prophecy after surviving an act of violence, is perhaps Portrait of the Artist / Le dos rouge Bonello’s richest and most elusive film. Antoine Barraud, France, 2014, DCP, 127m Sunday, May 3, 4:15pm & 8:15pm One of the most daring, intelligent, and virtuosic figures in contemporary French cinema, Bertrand Bertrand Bonello stars as “Bertrand,” a filmmaker obsessed with monstrosity as the central theme of his Bonello approaches his movies like pieces of music, allowing competing tonal elements to collide and new work in this disquieting yet fascinating (and funny!) rearrange themselves in bracing configurations. The result is a body of work that consistently pushes mixture of body horror and character study. EXHIBIT: BERTRAND BONELLO, RÉSONANCES viewers into new and surprising territory. Monday, May 4, 4:15pm & 9:30pm APRIL 28 – MAY 30 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Saint Laurent — SNEAK PREVIEW! Featuring selections of works from Bonello’s recent SPECIAL THANKS Bertrand Bonello, France, 2014, DCP, 150m exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in . See the Bertrand Bonello; Benjamin Crotty; Judith Lou Lévy; The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, NY; Zeroing in on a dark, hedonistic, wildly creative decade “Exhibits” section on page 28 for more information. Sony Pictures Classics; EuropaCorp; Jeff Hill in the life of its subject, Bonello’s latest feature is a

FESTIVALSSERIES & SERIES 2 3 I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: THE FILMS OF BERTRAND BONELLO The Prophecy

MAY 6 – 12

The New York African Film Festival returns to the Film Society for its 22nd edition, offering a selection of over 25 titles from more than 15 countries that reflects on the ways African men and women have broken through borders with films and narratives that form part of the global imagination. Tickets on sale April 23. Early access for Film Society members (Film Lover and higher) begins April 21.

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Opening Night ­creative fight against all economic and political ­burdens ­border city whose people both bridge and personify Kurdistan, and beyond. Cold Harbour in Senegal’s buzzing capital city. U.S. Premiere the immense gaps between Europe and Africa. U.S. Monday, May 11, 6:30pm (Q&A with Tala Hadid Carey McKenzie, South Africa, 2014, DCP, 73m Screening with The Prophecy Premiere and Danny Glover) While investigating a smugglers’ turf war in Cape Town, Marcia Juzga, Senegal, 2015, digital projection, 20m Screening with Ziara. Beyond the Threshold / Ziara. township cop Sizwe discovers police corruption linked Saturday, May 9, 4:15pm (Q&A with Sandra Más allá del umbral National Diploma to the illegal abalone trade, and integrity demands that Krampelhuber) Sonia Gámez, Spain, 2013, digital projection, 54m Dieudo Hamadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo/ he take the law into his own hands. Tuesday, May 12, 4:00pm A documentary focusing on the Morabitos (or France, 2014, DCP, 92m Wednesday, May 6, 7:00pm (Q&A with Carey Marabouts), important religious pilgrimage sites in Dieudo Hamadi’s documentary follows a group of McKenzie and Tendeka Matatu) Head Gone northern Morocco, and the precarious situation they Congolese high-school students—from the classroom, to Monday, May 11, 2:00pm Dare Fasasi, Nigeria/Sweden, 2014, DCP, 111m are now in due to repression from Islamic radicals. the communal house where they study, to the chaotic city In this comedy of errors featuring some of Nigeria’s Sunday, May 10, 1:00pm (Introduction by Beatriz streets they walk looking for work—as they prepare for Centerpiece ­finest entertainers, a bus driver loses some psychiatric Leal Riesco) the state exam. Red Leaves patients on the way to a federal hospital, and decides Screening with The Road We Travel Bazi Gete, Israel, 2014, DCP, 80m to substitute them with unsuspecting commuters. Mossane Aidan Belizaire, Uganda/UK, 2014, digital projection, After losing his wife, Meseganio sets out on a journey Saturday, May 9, 9:45pm Safi Faye, Senegal, 1996, 35mm, 105m 38m leading him through his children’s homes and realizes A beautiful 14-year-old girl from a rural Senegalese Sunday, May 10, 9:00pm that, having immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia 28 years Love the One You Love village who has long been promised as a bride to the ago, he belongs to a rapidly disappearing class that Jenna Bass, South Africa, 2014, DCP, 105m wealthy local falls in love and refuses to go through Plot for Peace believes in retaining Ethiopian culture. U.S. Premiere Across the city of Cape Town, a sex-line operator, a with the marriage—with tragic results. Carlos Agulló & Mandy Jacobson, South Africa, 2014, Friday, May 8, 6:45pm (Q&A with Bazi Gete) dog handler, and an IT technician begin to suspect that Tuesday, May 12, 9:00pm (Introduction by DCP, 84m Sunday, May 10, 4:15pm (Q&A with Bazi Gete) their romantic relationships are the subject of a bizarre Mamadou Niang) This fascinating account of off-the-books diplomacy conspiracy, involving their friends, family, and possibly in the 1980s that has won awards at film ­festivals 100% Dakar – More Than Art even greater forces. U.S. Premiere The Narrow Frame of Midnight around the globe, tells the little-known tale of Jean- Sandra Krampelhuber, Austria/Senegal, 2014, digital Friday, May 8, 9:00pm Tala Hadid, Morocco/France/UK, 2014, DCP, 93m Yves Ollivier, a French commodities trader who made projection, 62m The intersecting journeys of three disparate charac- his fortune doing business in “difficult countries”— This documentary offers a vibrant portrait of the youth- Melillans / Melillenses ters—a young orphan, a writer in search of his brother, including the internationally shunned South Africa. ful and creative arts scene in Dakar, revealing a world Moisés Salama, Spain, 2004, digital projection, 76m and the woman that the writer left behind—leads Thursday, May 7, 6:30pm (Q&A with Mandy of people who stand for a passionate, collective, and A detailed look at the denizens of Melillenses, a audiences across Morocco, to Istanbul, the plains of Jacobson and Jean-Yves Ollivier)

FESTIVALS & SERIES 4 5 NEW YORK AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL The Magic Run Special Work-in-Progress Screening Gloves Martín Rejtman in person! Philippe Lacôte, France/Ivory Coast, 2014, DCP, 100m DCP, 90m This alternately dreamlike and ultra-realistic coming- A soon-to-be-released documentary on an artist-led of-age tale—the first film from the Ivory Coast selected youth movement that erupted after a political crisis in to screen at Cannes—uses mesmerizing flashbacks to West Africa. recount the life of Run, who is hiding out after assassinat- Sunday, May 10, 6:30pm ing the Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast. Monday, May 11, 9:00pm (Q&A with Isaach de Bankolé) Stories of Our Lives Jim Chuchu, Kenya, 2014, digital projection, 62m Sobukwe: A Great Soul Created by the members of The NEST Collective, a Mickey Madoda Dube, South Africa, 2011, digital pro- Nairobi-based arts collaborative, this anthology of five jection, 100m short films dramatizes true stories of LGBT life in Kenya. Sounds Like Music: The Films of Exploring the life of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe and pro- Screening with: Surrender viding a platform for his voice to be heard decades after Celine Gilbert, Tanzania, 2000, digital projection, 30m he made his mark, this film puts his name back on the Thursday, May 7, 9:00pm historical map of great liberators. Monday, May 11, 4:00pm Wednesday, May 6, 9:00pm Martín Rejtman Friday, May 8, 4:00pm With Rapado, his 1992 debut feature, Martín Rejtman single-handedly revitalized Argentine narrative film. The five movies he’s made since are models of stylistic precision, narrative structure, and comic SHORTS PROGRAM #1: AFRIPEDIA SERIES Afripedia ­pacing. Romantic confusion, investment troubles, unemployment, youthful aimlessness, the numbing TRT: 140m Afripedia is a five-part documentary-short series pro- rush of city life, and the revivifying power of music and dance: in Rejtman’s films, the business of modern duced by the Swedish collective Stocktown. Shot in urban living comes off as both familiar and thrillingly strange. Kenya, Ghana, Angola, Senegal, and South Africa, each of the five episodes focus on a different group of artists MAY 13 – 19 and creators in their respective country. Saturday, May 9, 6:30pm (Q&A with Teddy Goitom) SPECIAL THANKS Cinema Tropical, The Consulate General of Argentina in New York; The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Inc. SHORTS PROGRAM #2: WOMEN IN THE MEDIA

TRT: 113m Elementary Training for Actors Rapado A collection of seven shorts by and about women. Martín Rejtman & Federico Léon, Argentina, 2009, Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 1992, 35mm, 75m The Summer of Gods Eliciana Nascimento, Brazil, digital projection, 62m The debut feature by Rejtman, which helped launch 2014, digital projection, 20m Co-directed with the playwright Federico León, Rejtman’s a new wave of Argentine filmmakers, is a perfect Burkina, All About Women Nicole Mackinlay Hahn, hilarious, whip-smart reconstruction of an experimen- introduction to the director’s droll, shaggy-dog comic Burkina, All About Women USA/Burkina Faso, digital projection, 2015, 11m tal children’s acting workshop has a manic, irrepress- ­sensibility—and one of the great modern cinematic Handmade in Thamaga Nova Scott-James, USA/ ible energy new to his work. studies of youthful aimlessness. Botswana, 2014, digital projection, 5m Screening with Copacabana Wednesday, May 13, 9:15pm Bus Nut Akosua Adoma Owusu, Ghana/USA, 2014, Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 2006, HDCAM, 58m Saturday, May 16, 4:45pm digital projection, 7m After completing his loose trilogy of movies set among Sister Oyo / Soeur Oyo Monique Mbeka Phoba, Buenos Aires’ young aimless working-middle-class, Silvia Prieto Belgium/Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014, Rejtman turned to nonfiction with this moving, atten- Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 1999, 35mm, 92m digital projection, 24m tive study of the city’s large community of Bolivian Rejtman’s radiant second feature, which follows a young Cholo Muzna Almusafer, United Arab Emirates/France, immigrants. woman through a short, precarious stretch of her life in 2014, digital projection, 21m Sunday, May 17, 6:00pm Buenos Aires, is a comedy of oddball details and occa- Panic Button Libby Dougherty, South Africa, 2014, sional, quiet epiphanies. digital projection, 25m The Magic Gloves Friday, May 15, 9:15pm Tuesday, May 12, 6:00pm (Introduction by Nova Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 2003, 35mm, 90m Tuesday, May 19, 7:00pm Scott-James and actress MaameYaa Boafo) Following the crisscrossed fortunes of several charac- ters in recession-plagued urban Argentina, Rejtman’s OPENS MAY 13 – ONE-WEEK EXCLUSIVE Cold DIGITAL EXHIBIT: THE PROPHECY BY Harbour comic masterpiece is suffused with a terse, prickly Two Shots Fired / Dos Disparos FABRICE MONTEIRO ­sympathy for its heroes, and alive to the mystery and Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 2014, DCP, 105m FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! charm of the modern world. Martín Rejtman’s first feature in a decade, about a ­family’s The Prophecy, by Fabrice Monteiro, is a series of hyp- Screening with Doli Goes Home curious methods of coping with the youngest teenage notic, environmental-themed photographs that represent Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 1986, digital projection, son’s inexplicable suicide attempt, is an engrossing, the intersection of art, fashion, mythology, and nature to 30m digressive comedy with the weight of an existentialist raise awareness about environmental concerns. On view A nocturnal urban walkabout reminiscent of the films novel. An NYFF52 selection. Rejtman in person on May in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater. of Chantal Akerman and Jim Jarmusch, Rejtman’s first 13 and May 15 at the 6:30pm shows. (See page 22.) Marcia Juzga’s short film of the same name will also short marked the beginning of his many cinematic screen during the festival. See the “Exhibits” section on reckonings with Buenos Aires. IN THE MAY/JUNE ISSUE OF FILM COMMENT: page 28 for more information. Saturday, May 16, 8:45pm Quintín reports on Martín Rejtman’s singular Sunday, May 17, 1:15pm comedies of middle-class malaise. Learn more at filmcomment.com.

FESTIVALS & SERIES 6 7 MARTÍN REJTMAN Two Women

All films in 35mm! TITANUS / THE KOBAL COLLECTION / THE KOBAL TITANUS

Le Amiche

Le Amiche ­occupation of and the Italian resistance move- , Italy, 1955, 35mm, 104m ment was helmed by four major figures in Italian cin- New to Turin, a fashion designer befriends a quartet ema but is seldom screened in the U.S. of wealthy, lovelorn women in this elegant character Saturday, May 23, 3:30pm study that inaugurated the themes that would define Antonioni as a filmmaker. New restoration! The Demon / Il Demonio Friday, May 29, 4:15pm Brunello Rondi, Italy/France, 1963, 35mm, 94m Sunday, May 31, 9:00pm A love-crazed girl is taken for a witch by fanatical villag- ers in Brunello Rondi’s profoundly unnerving treatise Bandits of Orgosolo / Banditi a Orgosolo on compulsion and superstition, a clear forerunner to Vittorio De Seta, Italy, 1961, 35mm, 98m The Exorcist. Vittorio De Seta’s tough, post-neorealist study of survival Saturday, May 30, 7:15pm in the highlands of Sardinia moved to observe: “It was as if De Seta were an anthropologist who Evil’s Commandment / I Vampiri spoke with the voice of a poet.” Riccardo Freda, Italy, 1957, 35mm, 77m Saturday, May 23, 7:00pm The first Italian horror film of the sound era, a cheap but chilling twist on vampirism, anticipates decades of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage / L’uccello dalle Euro Horror—including the works of its cinematogra- piume di cristallo pher and unbilled co-director, . Dario Argento, Italy/West Germany, 1970, 35mm, 98m Saturday, May 23, 9:15pm An American in Rome witnesses a botched murder, and EMBASSY / THE KOBAL COLLECTION / THE KOBAL EMBASSY then becomes obsessed with tracking down the mysteri- Bandits of ous attacker. Dario Argento’s directorial debut! Orgosolo Friday, May 29, 2:00pm & 8:45pm

Bread, Love and Dreams / Pane, amore e fantasia , Italy, 1953, 35mm, 90m A middle-aged police chief pursues a spirited country girl in this Oscar-nominated farce, which supplied Gina TITANUS Lollobrigida with perhaps her most popular role. MAY 22 – 31 Monday, May 25, 2:15pm & 8:45pm

Like MGM’s lion and The Archers’ target, the familiar shield and sash of Titanus promises something Cronaca Nera Giorgio Bianchi, Italy, 1947, 35mm, 90m primal on sight—movies for lovers of movies. From soul-searching works by Fellini and Antonioni to grue- A wanted criminal hides out in the home of an associate, some frightfests by Argento and Bava, the Italian studio lives up to its name in abundance and diversity. finding love and reassessing his life in this unexpectedly poignant tale of redemption. New restoration! Organized by Isa Cucinotta and Dennis Lim for the Film Society of Lincoln Center. This program was Wednesday, May 27, 6:30pm ­selected from the Titanus retrospective curated by Roberto Turigliatto and Sergio M. Germani at the 2014 Locarno Film Festival, presented in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, the Centro Sperimentale­ Days of Glory / Giorni di gloria , Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale (National Film Archive), the Cinecittà, and the & , Italy/Switzerland, 1945, 35mm, 71m ­Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne. Special thanks to Kim R. Brizzolara. The harrowing first documentary on the German

FESTIVALS & SERIES 8 9 TITANUS The Fiancés The Magliari The Fiancés / I Fidanzati , Italy, 1963, 35mm, 77m A Milanese factory worker relocates to and leaves behind his fiancée in Ermanno Olmi’s lyrical study of loneliness, which Kent Jones calls “by far his most beautiful foray into modernist territory, simply because it feels so homegrown.” Saturday, May 23, 1:30pm & 5:15pm

A Hero of Our Times / Un eroe dei nostri tempi , Italy, 1957, 35mm, 85m A hard-charging boor exploits his widowed boss’s affections in this blackly comedic rumination on postwar amorality from Big Deal on Madonna Street ­director Mario Monicelli. Sweet Deceptions Monday, May 25, 6:45pm

The Law of the Trumpet / La legge della tromba Augusto Tretti, Italy, 1962, 35mm, 85m This absurdist comedy about an ex-con working in a trumpet factory is the first film by Augusto Tretti, whom Fellini called “the madman that Italian cinema needs.” Tuesday, May 26, 6:30pm

Little Girls and High Finance / Anonima cocottes The Sign of Venus / Il segno di Venere Violent Summer / Estate violenta Camillo Mastrocinque, Italy, 1960, 35mm, 107m , Italy, 1955, 35mm, 101m , Italy, 1959, 35mm, 98m In this screwball comedy loosely based on a true story, Dino Risi’s touching human comedy gave Sophia Loren The draft-dodging son of a prominent Fascist (Jean- a whistleblower gets revenge on the bank that fired an early triumph as Agnese, the town’s effortless Louis Trintignant) falls for a war widow in the summer him by ruthlessly playing the stock market. Co-starring object of male desire with whom her husband-seeking leading up to Italy’s 1943 armistice. ! cousin cannot compete. Saturday, May 30, 3:00pm & 9:20pm Thursday, May 28, 2:00pm & 6:40pm Thursday, May 28, 4:15pm & 9:00pm Rome 11:00 The White Angel / L’angelo bianco The Magliari / I Magliari Sweet Deceptions / I dolci inganni Raffaello Matarazzo, Italy, 1955, 35mm, 100m , Italy/France, 1959, 35mm, 132m Alberto Lattuada, Italy/France, 1960, 35mm, 95m King of Italian melodrama Raffaello Matarazzo merges “Poet of civic courage” Francesco Rosi directed this A 17-year-old girl examines her feelings for a much neorealism with Sirk and Hitchcock in the continuing­ gritty account of life in the urban margins, as a Tuscan older family friend in Fellini collaborator Alberto narrative of Guido, the luckless hero of Nobody’s laborer arrives in Germany and falls in with a gang of Lattuada’s tender portrait of burgeoning adulthood Children. crooked peddlers. that defies coming-of-age clichés. Friday, May 29, 6:30pm Tuesday, May 26, 8:30pm Friday, May 22, 6:30pm The Sign of Venus

TITANUS / THE KOBAL COLLECTION / THE KOBAL TITANUS Numbered Days / I giorni contati The Swindle / Il Bidone , Italy, 1962, 35mm, 93m Federico Fellini, Italy/France, 1955, 35mm, 112m After quitting his job, a middle-aged plumber is diag- Fellini’s heartrending portrait of three itinerant con men nosed with a terminal condition, and decides to wander is among his most socially conscious works, highlighted the streets in this melancholy meditation on modern life by exceptional acting from its international cast. and consumer values. Wednesday, May 27, 4:00pm & 8:30pm Saturday, May 30, 1:00pm & 5:10pm Totò Diabolicus Violent Summer The Professor / La prima notte di quiete Steno, Italy, 1962, 35mm, 92m Valerio Zurlini, Italy, 1972, 35mm, 132m Kind Hearts and Coronets meets Danger: Diabolik in this stars as a bohemian literature professor and uproarious black comedy, which features Italian superstar gambler who escapes his troubled wife by having an Totò (nicknamed “The Prince of Laughter”) in six roles. affair with one of his students. Monday, May 25, 4:30pm Friday, May 22, 3:30pm & 8:35pm Tuesday, May 26, 4:15pm

Rome 11:00 / Roma ore 11 Two Women / La Ciociara Giuseppe De Santis, Italy/France, 1952, 35mm, 107m Vittorio De Sica, Italy, 1960, 35mm, 100m An overlooked entry in the neorealist canon, Rome A widow (Sophia Loren, in an Oscar-winning role) and 11:00 chronicles the buildup to and aftermath of a real- her daughter find peace (and an affable Marxist played life tragedy derived from the dearth of opportunities in by Jean-Paul Belmondo) in the countryside, but their postwar Rome. idyll is shattered on their way back to Rome. Sunday, May 24, 2:30pm & 7:00pm Sunday, May 24, 4:50pm & 9:15pm

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FESTIVALS & SERIES 10 11 TITANUS So Far So Good Opening Night Movement release. North American Premiere Latin Lover Friday, June 5, 6:30pm (Q&A with Ivano De Matteo) Cristina Comencini, Italy, 2015, 104m Tuesday, June 9, 2:00pm The lovers and offspring of Italy’s most popular movie star (and most prolific ladies’ man), played by a star- Greenery Will Bloom Again / Torneranno i prati studded international cast, gather in his hometown on Ermanno Olmi, Italy, 2014, 80m the 10th anniversary of his passing to piece together “Poet of Silence” Ermanno Olmi (Il Posto) captures a the puzzle of his life. North American Premiere ­single snowy night on World War II’s Italian front, as Thursday, June 4, 6:30pm (Q&A with Cristina ­soldiers ­burrowed in trenches find pockets of hope Comencini) where they can. North American Premiere Monday, June 8, 1:30pm Saturday, June 6, 6:30pm (Q&A with actor Claudio Santamaria) 9 x 10 Novanta Monday, June 8, 4:00pm Marco Bonfanti, Claudio Giovannesi, Alina Marazzi, Pietro Marcello, Sara Fgaier, Giovanni Piperno, The Ice Forest / La foresta di ghiaccio Costanza Quatriglio, Paola Randi, Alice Rohrwacher & Claudio Noce, Italy, 2014, 99m Roland Sejko, Italy, 2014, 94m Claudio Noce proves himself to be a master of sus- Nine shorts by 10 young Italian filmmakers (includ- pense with this heart-pounding thriller involving foul ing The Wonders writer-director, Alice Rohrwacher), play and human trafficking set on the Italian-Slovenian comprised of archival material from the Istituto Luce in border, shot with a swooping grace befitting its majes- honor of its 90th anniversary, give light to rare material tic Alpine setting. With in a supporting unseen for decades. North American Premiere role! North American Premiere Thursday, June 9, 6:30pm Thursday, June 4, 3:30pm (Q&A with actor Adriano Giannini) Chlorine / Cloro Sunday, June 7, 3:30pm (Q&A with actor Adriano Lamberto Sanfelice, Italy, 2015, 98m Giannini) In this sensitively wrought drama that screened in competition at Berlin and Sundance, 17-year-old Jenny The Invisible Boy / Il ragazzo invisibile must abandon dreams of becoming a synchronized , Italy/France, 2014, 100m swimmer to hold her family together after her mother’s An unpopular 13-year-old boy suddenly discovers he unexpected death and her father’s subsequent ner- has the ability to become invisible, and gets pulled into vous breakdown. New York Premiere a new world of mystery, intrigue, and responsibility in Sunday, June 7, 6:15pm (Q&A with Lamberto this superhero fantasy from Gabriele Salvatores (I’m Sanfelice) Not Scared) that harkens back to adventure classics of Tuesday, June 9, 4:15pm the 1980s. North American Premiere Sunday, June 7, 1:00 (Q&A with Gabriele Salvatores) OPEN The Dinner / I nostri ragazzi Thursday, June 11, 2:30pm Ivano De Matteo, Italy, 2014, 92m An all-star cast shows the intense moral struggle facing­ An Italian Name / Il nome del figlio two wealthy brothers and their wives after their teen- , Italy, 2015, 96m age children brutally beat a homeless man. Winner of A dinner party takes a turn for the volatile when the four prizes at last year’s . A Film topic turns to the name of the hosts’ unborn child in ROADS The Dinner NEW ITALIAN CINEMA JUNE 4 – 11

For 14 years, Open Roads has proudly offered North American audiences the most diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films available. This year’s program strikes a satisfying bal- ance between emerging talents and esteemed veterans, showcasing a medley of commercial and independent fare. Experience the best of Italian cinema, with special in-person appearances by many of the filmmakers. Programmed by Isa Cucinotta and Dennis Lim. Tickets on sale May 21. Early access for Film Society members (Film Buff and higher) begins May 14.

SPECIAL THANKS Istituto Luce Cinecittà; Antonio Mondo; The Italian Trade Commission; Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò; The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Inc.; National Endowment of the Arts; Kim R. Brizzolara The Astronauts

FESTIVALS & SERIES 12 13 OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA N-Capace Natural Resistance Jonathan Nossiter, Italy/France, 2014, 86m World-renowned sommelier and director of Mondovino Jonathan Nossiter offers a strong case in favor of organic wines from an environmental and political perspective in this must-see for any foodie. U.S. Premiere Monday, June 8, 9:15pm

Short Skin Duccio Chiarini, Italy, 2014, 86m A 17-year-old who suffers from phimosis (a congenital problem with the foreskin) yearns to lose his virginity while his family struggles with sexual issues of their own Latin Lover in Duccio Chiarini’s endearing and hilarious coming-of- age tale. North American Premiere The Lack Friday, June 5, 9:00pm (Q&A with Duccio Chiarini) Natural Resistance this uproariously un-PC variation on Who’s Afraid of Wednesday, June 10, 8:30pm Virginia Woolf?. North American Premiere Saturday, June 6, 9:00pm (Q&A with Francesca So Far So Good / Fino a qui tutto bene Archibugi) Roan Johnson, Italy, 2014, 80m Tuesday, June 9, 8:45pm Five students who’ve shared an apartment—and their many joys and sorrows—must part ways in this perceptive The Lack character study about the terrifying prospect of adult- Masbedo, Italy, 2014, 76m hood that won multiple prizes at the Rome International Directing duo Masbedo bridges the gap between Film Festival. North American Premiere the worlds of video art and narrative filmmaking in Friday, June 5, 4:00pm (Q&A with Roan Johnson) this poetic work of pure cinema, a vignette-based Saturday, June 6, 1:30pm (Q&A with Roan Johnson) ­investigation of the meaning of “lack” through the journeys of six women on the Aeolean Islands. North The State-Mafia Pact / La trattativa American Premiere Sabina Guzzanti, Italy, 2014, 108m Thursday, June 4, 9:15pm (Q&A with Masbedo) Disgraced former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is only Thursday, June 11, 4:45pm the tip of the sleazy iceberg in Sabina Guzzanti’s bomb- Short Skin Leopardi shell hybrid documentary that shows the collaboration Leopardi between high-ranking government officials and the mafia , Italy, 2014, 144m in the early 1990s. North American Premiere A luscious portrait of the great Italian poet Giacomo Sunday, June 7, 8:45pm Leopardi, from his days as the toast of Florentine liter- Wednesday, June 10, 4:00pm ary circles to his death in the Neapolitan countryside. Monday, June 8, 6:00pm (Q&A with Mario Martone EXHIBIT: LOOKING WITH & co-writer Ippolita di Majo) MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI Wednesday, June 10, 1:00pm FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! An exhibition of Renato Zacchia’s rare photographs Money Buddies / La buca of Antonioni taken during the shoot of one of his final Daniele Ciprì, Italy/Switzerland, 2014, 90m documentaries (Sicily, 1997). Courtesy of EVOL Design. Better Call Saul, Italian-style! In this timeless and fun On display in the Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery. See buddy comedy, an unscrupulous lawyer and a pen- the “Exhibits” section on page 28 for more information. niless man just released from jail after 30 years for a crime he didn’t commit team up in the hopes of suing Money Buddies the state for big cash. Thursday, June 4, 1:00pm Saturday, June 6, 4:00pm

N-Capace / N-Able Eleonora Danco, Italy, 2014, 80m The sparklingly imaginative autobiography of play- wright/director/actress Danco evokes the spirit of Fellini’s 8 ½ and sometimes pulls people of all ages on the street into its fanciful stagings that, even at their lightest, belie a deep poignancy. North American Premiere Friday, June 5, 1:30pm Wednesday, June 10, 6:30pm The State-Mafia Pact

FESTIVALS & SERIES 14 15 OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA Cart HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

JUNE 12 – 20 APR 17 –30 The Human Rights Watch Film Festival brings human rights issues to life through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all. The festival creates a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that ­personal commitment can make a difference.

Life Is Sacred

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Tickets on sale May 21. Early access for Film Society members (Film Icon and higher) and HRW subscribers begins May 19. CO-PRESENTED Beats of the Antonov took on towering crime rates and people’s bad traffic WITH Hajooj Kuka, Sudan/South Africa, 2014, 68m habits. But can good ideas and an idealistic drive alone Over two years, Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka lived change a political culture where violence is rampant? alongside farmers, herders, and rebels displaced to the Q&A with Andreas Dalsgaard Blue Nile and Nuba Mountain regions, filming their lives within hillside hideouts and refugee camps. The result No Land’s Song is this unique perspective on the complex realities of a Ayat Najafi, France/Germany/Iran, 2014, 93m JUNE 26 – JULY 8 divided Sudan, focusing on the vibrant musical heritage The Islamic revolution of 1979 banned female singers The hottest summer event in New York is back... with a vengeance! The 14th edition of North of the region. Q&A with Hajooj Kuka from appearing in public in Iran, but composer Sara Najafi is determined to revive their voices in the present as ­America’s leading festival of Asian cinema is packed with cutting-edge art-house fare; action Burden of Peace she courageously plans an evening of performances by ­extravaganzas filled with flying sweat and bleeding hearts; dynamic blockbusters; and wild, mind- Joey Boink, Guatemala/Netherlands, 2015, 76m Iranian and French soloists to rebuild shattered cultural bending ­comedies. Tired of the lukewarm plates of stateside popcorn flicks and snail-paced Oscar This epic tale of personal sacrifice, hard-fought change, bridges. Q&A with Ayat Najafi and Sara Najafi and hope follows Guatemala’s first female attorney gen- bait? We’ll be delivering all the spice and swagger from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and eral, Claudia Paz y Paz, as we witness her battle to bring The Wanted 18 Southeast Asia, with actor and filmmaker guests including Director in Focus Daihachi Yoshida, one of to justice powerful criminals and corrupt politicians. Q&A Amer Shomali & Paul Cowan, Canada/Palestine/France, the most original storytellers of our troubled times. Also on deck is The Last Men in Japanese Film, a with Joey Boink & Claudia Paz y Paz 2014, 75m Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and very special tribute to two Japanese film legends: Ken Takakura and Bunta Sugawara, the guys who Life Is Sacred interviews, Palestinian artist Amer Shomali and vet- basically invented Nippon-grown badassery. And, of course, there are the fresh-from-the-editing- Andreas Dalsgaard, Denmark, 2014, 104m eran Canadian director Paul Cowan re-create an aston- room movies that are racking up awards and setting the box office on fire across Asia. Unorthodox presidential candidate Antanas Mockus and ishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, his enthusiastic young activist supporters attempt to whose independent milk production on a Palestinian reverse the vicious cycle of brutal violence in Colombia collective farm was declared “a threat to the national For the lineup and schedule, visit filmlinc.com. with an imaginative and positive election campaign: as security of the state of Israel.” Q&A with Amer Shomali mayor of Bogotá, dressed in a Superman costume, he & Paul Cowan Tickets on sale June 4. Early access for Film Society members (Cinephile and higher) begins June 2.

FESTIVALS & SERIES 16 17 NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL Martin Bisi: Sound and Sitting at the intersection of technology and filmmaking, Chaos Convergence is a forum for storytellers of all stripes to actively explore the shifting media landscape. CONVERGENCE

StoryCode Forum Free Event! For May’s program, Bayeté Ross Smith will present The Question Bridge, a platform for black men to ask ques- tions about life in contemporary America. Launched in 2012 as a video-art installation, the project has grown into an incredible interactive website, mobile app, and curriculum for students. Tuesday, May 19, 7:00pm Tuesday, June 23, 7:00pm (program TBD) SPECIAL PHOTO BY JIHYE YOU TIME REGAINED: THE FILMS OF LAV DIAZ

PHOTO BY NICOLE CAPOBIANO BY PHOTO Launched in August 2014, the most complete American retrospective to date of this major, PROGRAMS criminally underseen Filipino master concludes this month with Heremias.

Heremias SOUND + VISION LIVE Lav Diaz, Philippines/Netherlands/Sweden, 2006, An exciting monthly music series that pairs intimate concerts with boundary-pushing video work. digital projection, 540m A merchant and his ox part ways with their traveling com- Fan Letters, Maria Chavez & Kendall Williams panions and embark on an almost mythical journey in this An experimental video/audio duo, a turntable master, celebration of stillness and storytelling in all its forms. and a steel-drum expert perform new works, round- Sunday, May 31, 11:00am robin style. Thursday, May 28, 8:00pm

Martin Bisi: Sound and Chaos A screening of Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio, THE about the legendary recording studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn, will be followed by a special live performance by the film’s subject, BC Studio head Martin Bisi. DIRECTOR’S Fan Letters, Maria Chavez & Kendall Williams Thursday, June 25, 8:00pm CUT 54Mark Christopher, USA, 2015, DCP, 106m Seventeen years after producers sanitized his portrait of COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL MAY 1–3 New York’s legendary disco palace, Mark Christopher’s director’s cut restores his gritty, Dionysian vision of the The Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program presents the 28th Annual Columbia club where “the stars are nobody because everybody’s a star.” Featuring a brilliant Mike Myers, alongside Selma University Film Festival, a weeklong program of screenings, dramatic readings, and special events. Hayek, Breckin Meyer, and Ryan Phillippe. The programs on May 1–3 will take place at the Film Society. For more information, visit cufilmfest.com. Tuesday, June 23, 7:00pm (Q&A with Mark Christopher and cast members)

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 18 19 SPECIAL PROGRAMS Love at First Fight

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RIDGING THE WORLDS OF CINEMA AND LITERATURE, Bour new recurring series Print Screen invites our favorite authors to present films that complement and have inspired their work, with discussions and book signings to follow screenings.

Karl Ove Knausgaard and The Idiots On the occasion of the U.S. release of Book Four in his brilliant, widely acclaimed My Struggle series, we invited Karl Ove Knausgaard to make a carte blanche selec- tion. A devotee of Dogme 95, Knausgaard selected Lars von Trier’s sui generis The Idiots (1998, 35mm, 117m), which he will introduce. Presented in collaboration with Archipelago Books and McNally Jackson Books. Saturday, May 9, 1:00pm (Q&A with Karl Ove Knausgaard)

Maggie Nelson This reading, screening, and discussion launches The Argonauts, the latest book by Maggie Nelson (Bluets, The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning). Nelson will read from her new book and introduce a screening of three recent works of performative video art that focus on language and the body, followed by a post-screening discus- sion with her partner Harry Dodge and a book signing. Presented in collaboration with McNally Jackson Books. Monday. May 18, 7:00pm (Q&A with Maggie Nelson & Harry Dodge)

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 20 21 NEW RELEASES Saint Laurent OPENS JUNE 12 The Wolfpack Crystal Moselle, USA, 2015, DCP, 89m “A bombshell documentary.” —Kyle Smith, The New York Post First-time feature filmmaker Crystal Moselle trains her camera on an utterly unique subject in this documen- tary portrait of the Angulos, a family whose children have been forbidden from leaving their Lower East Side apartment yet whose love for cinema signals a desire to engage with the outside world. A Magnolia Pictures release. SNEAK PREVIEW on June 11 with Crystal Moselle and cast members in person!

OPENS JUNE 26 Two Shots Fired OPENS MAY 8 The Princess of France / La Princesa de Francia Matías Piñeiro, Argentina, 2014, DCP, 70m Saint Laurent Bertrand Bonello, France, 2014, DCP, 150m “Packs an amazing amount of action and thought.” —Richard Brody, The New Yorker “A lush, stylish, and evocative journey.” —Mark Adams, Screen Daily Matías Piñeiro’s dazzling fifth feature, which follows a group of young people involved in a radio production of Zeroing in on a dark, hedonistic, wildly creative decade in Love’s Labour’s Lost, doesn’t transplant Shakespeare to the life of its subject (played by Gaspard Ulliel), Bonello’s lat- the present day so much as summon the spirit of his poly- est feature is a kaleidoscopic torrent of lavish excess—and a morphous comedies. An NYFF52 selection. A Cinema delirious twist on the modern biopic’s rules and limitations. Guild release. Director Matías Piñeiro in person! The Princess of France An NYFF52 selection. A Sony Pictures Classics release. SNEAK PREVIEW on April 29 with Bonello, Ulliel, and Aymeline Valade in person! Screening in conjunction with the Bertrand Bonello series, April 29–May 4 (see page 2).

OPENS MAY 13—One-Week Exclusive! Two Shots Fired / Dos Disparos Martín Rejtman, Argentina, 2014, DCP, 105m “One of the sharpest, savviest, and most humane comic sensibilities in contemporary cinema.” —Max Nelson, Cinema Scope The first feature in a decade by Martín Rejtman, about a family’s curious methods of coping with the youngest teenage son’s inexplicable suicide attempt, is an engross- ing, digressive comedy with the weight of an existentialist novel. An NYFF52 selection. A Cinema Tropical release. Director Martín Rejtman in person! Screening in conjunction with a Martín Rejtman retro- spective, taking place May 13–19 (see page 7).

OPENS MAY 22 Love at First Fight / Les Combattants Thomas Cailley, 2014, France, DCP, 98m “An expertly handled and brilliantly performed feel- good comedy with an original twist.” —John Bleasdale, Cine-Vue Easygoing Arnaud becomes smitten with hard-charger Madeleine and follows her to boot camp in this warm and refreshing coming-of age story that was a triple winner at last year’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Winner of three César Awards, for Most Promising Actor, Best Actress, and Best First Film. A Strand Releasing release. Love at First Fight The Wolfpack

NEW RELEASES 22 23 NEW RELEASES SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MAY 2015 4:15 Something Organic 2:15 The Pornographer BB + The Adventures of 4:30 Ingrid Caven: Music Through May 4 James and David BB I Put a Spell on You: The and Voice BB Films of Bertrand Bonello STAY CONNECTED WITH THE FILM SOCIETY! 6:30 On War BB 6:45 On War BB BB 9:30 Something Organic 9:30 Ingrid Caven: Music filmlinc.com · @filmlinc · #filmliveshere · download the app + The Adventures of and Voice BB May 6 – 12 James and David BB New York African Film Festival AFF Sign up for the weekly newsletter at filmlinc.com/news May 13 – 19 Sounds Like Music: The 1 2 Films of Martín Rejtman MR 2:45 Bonello Shorts 4:15 Portrait of the Artist BB Visit filmlinc.com for 7:00 Cold Harbour AFF 6:30 Plot for Peace AFF 4:00 Sobukwe: A Great Soul 1:00 Print Screen: Karl Ove May 22 – 31 Program BB 7:00 House of Pleasures BB information 9:00 Sobukwe: A Great 9:00 Stories of Our Lives + AFF Knausgaard + The Titanus TI Idiots 4:15 Tiresia BB 9:30 Portrait of the Artist BB Soul AFF Surrender AFF 6:45 Red Leaves AFF SP 6:45 Bonello Shorts 9:00 Love the One You Love 4:15 100% Dakar – More Than Art The SPECIAL PROGRAMS SP Program BB AFF + Prophecy AFF May 1 – 3 8:15 Tiresia BB Saint Laurent OPENS 6:30 Shorts Program #1: Columbia University Film Afripedia Series AFF Festival 9:45 Head Gone AFF May 9 Print Screen: Karl Ove 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Knausgaard and The Idiots 1:00 Melillans + Ziara. 2:00 Cold Harbour AFF 4:00 100% Dakar – More 9:15 Rapado MR Visit filmlinc.com for 9:15 Silvia Prieto MR 4:45 Rapado MR May 18 Beyond the Threshold 4:00 Stories of Our Lives + Than Art + The information 8:45 The Magic Gloves + Print Screen: Maggie AFF Surrender AFF Prophecy AFF Doli Goes Home MR Nelson Two Shots Fired OPENS 4:15 Red Leaves AFF 6:30 The Narrow Frame of 6:00 Shorts Program #2: May 19 6:30 Special Work-in- Midnight AFF Women in the Media Convergence: StoryCode Progress Screening AFF 9:00 Run AFF AFF Forum 9:00 National Diploma + 9:00 Mossane AFF The Road We Travel AFF May 28 Sound + Vision Live: Fan Letters, Maria Chavez & Kendall Williams 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 May 31 1:15 The Magic Gloves + 7:00 Print Screen: Maggie 7:00 Convergence: Visit filmlinc.com for Visit filmlinc.com for 3:30 The Professor TI 1:30 The Fiancés TI The Films of Lav Diaz: Doli Goes Home MR Nelson SP StoryCode Forum– information information 6:30 Sweet Deceptions TI 3:30 Days of Glory TI Heremias 6:00 Elementary Training for The Questions 8:35 The Professor TI 5:15 The Fiancés TI Bridge (FREE Actors + Copacabana 7:00 Bandits of Orgosolo TI MR EVENT!) 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