Reel Movie Mondays
Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery Presents
Spring 2014 Series
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Monday, April 7 - All films screen at 7pm on select Mondays
March 24 - Hi-Ho Mistahey!
April 7 - Gabrielle
100 minutes | CANADA | Documentary | Rated PG for
some animal violence - NFB
104 min. | CANADA| French (Eng. Subtitles) | Drama
Rated 14A for portrayals of sexual activity - eOne
Legendary documentary filmmaker and activist Alanis
Obomsawin chronicles the Attawapiskat First Nations
campaign to draw global attention to the Canadian
government’s shocking neglect of Aboriginal youth
education.
Canada’s official submission for Best Foreign Language
Film at the 2014 Academy Awards, and produced by
the team behind the Oscar nominated Incendies and
Monsieur Lazhar, Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle is a
stunning, tender film about a developmentally
challenged young woman’s quest for independence
and sexual freedom.
Official Selection, Toronto International Film
Festival 2013 . First runner-up for the BlackBerry
People’s Choice Documentary Award at the Toronto
International Film Festival 2013
For more than forty years, legendary documentary
filmmaker and activist Alanis Obomsawin has given
voice to Canada’s First Peoples in such films as
Kahnesatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Rocks at
Whiskey Trench and Our Nationhood. Her new film
Hi-Ho Mistahey! addresses another pressing issue
affecting this country’s First Nations communities: the
shockingly low levels of elementary school
funding and basic maintenance from Canada’s federal
and provincial governments. Focusing on the
Attawapiskat First Nation’s years-long campaign to
bring their demand for safe, properly maintained
schools and culturally based, equitable education to
the world — culminating in a delegation of six First
Nations US ambassadors travelling to Geneva to
present at the UN Committee on the Rights of the
Child — Obomosawin’s searing yet inspirational new
film is another vital entry in a great filmmaker’s epic,
ongoing chronicle of her people’s struggles and
triumphs.
Living in a group home, musically talented Gabrielle
(Gabrielle Marion-Rivard) has found love in Martin
(Alexandre Landry), a fellow member of her choir. They
want to explore their feelings for one another
physically, but are not allowed. Convinced that living
alone will allow her to have the intimate relationship
she so desperately craves, Gabrielle tries valiantly to
prove she can be independent.
Archambault displays her keen ability to distill the
emotional currents of families at a crossroads.
Gabrielle’s rock is her sister Sophie (Mélissa
Désormeaux-Poulin; Incendies), who tries to help her
but knows that full independence will never be
possible. Meanwhile, Sophie is facing her own
life-altering decision. Unlike the troubled relationship
the women have with their mother, Sophie and
Gabrielle find immeasurable strength and inspiration
in each other.
At the core of this film is the heartfelt performance by
Marion-Rivard (who has Williams syndrome in real life).
Gabrielle’s effusive giddiness is contagious, her drive
unrelenting. Gabrielle is a captivating film about
tolerance and finding happiness, but, above all, it is a
story of love.
April 14 - Gloria
April 28 - Like Father, Like Son
109 min. | CHILE/SPAIN |Spanish (Eng. Subtitles)
|Drama| Rated 14A for sexual content - Mongrel Media
120 min. | JAPAN| Japanese (Eng. Subtitles) |Drama|
Rated PG - Mongrel Media
Chile’s official Best Foreign Language Film entry for the
2014 Academy Awards, Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria is one
of the most remarkable films of the year.
In the poignant new drama from Japan’s Hirokazu
Kore-Eda (Still Walking, Nobody Knows, After Life), two
families — one rich, one poor — discover that their sons
were switched at birth.
Gloria Cumplido (Paulina García) is in her late fifties
and lives on her own. Divorced for more than twelve
years, she has two grown children and a toddler
grandson. While she loves her family, she is not ready
to move into full-time grand-parenting. She is smart,
savvy, and vivacious. Behind her coquettish
demeanour and her oversized glasses is a woman
who doesn’t want to settle into a tepid relationship
she’s supposed to be grateful for. She wants a real
romance, ideally with a partner who loves to dance.
At night, Gloria visits her favourite clubs, filled with
other middle-aged singles grooving on the dance
floor. When she meets the recently separated Rodolfo
(Sergio Hernández), it seems that she has found one
last chance at love.
Brilliantly scripted and energized by a keen sense for
music, Sebastián Lelio’s fourth feature sensitively
portrays a woman facing the reality of aging. Bubbly
and exuberant, Gloria is unwilling to compromise in
affairs of the heart.
Lelio’s latest slowly captivates the audience as we
accompany its title character on her search for love and
adventure. Despite her missteps, Gloria always
maintains her dignity — one can’t help but cheer her
on. Most rewarding is rediscovering along with Gloria
that, while couples dancing is nice, there is nothing
quite as liberating and fulfilling as learning to dance on
one’s own.
Ryota and Midori Nonomiya live with their only child,
Keita, in a modern Tokyo high-rise. Ryota is an ambitious
architect who puts in long hours climbing the corporate
ladder. Midori is a loving, if docile, stay-at-home mother
who carefully monitors Keita’s academic and cultural
education. After discovering the truth about their son,
the Nonomiyas suddenly find their lives populated with
a whole new cast of characters. Their birth-son, Ryusei,
is being raised by the easygoing Yudai and Yukari Saiki.
In stark contrast to the Nonomiyas, the Saikis and their
three children live in a modest apartment above the
family’s appliance shop outside the city. While Keita
practices piano before bedtime, Ryusei plays in the bath
with his siblings and watches his father tinker with his
toys. Both couples are hesitant to force an abrupt
environmental and emotional change on their families,
but soon engage in socialization, including swapping
boys on weekends.
Like the work of a seasoned symphony conductor,
Kore-Eda’s direction is at once gentle and powerful,
favouring small, tender moments over a single dramatic
incident. Japanese pop star Masaharu Fukuyama
delivers a moving performance as the reserved Ryota,
whose soul searching about what it means to be a
father lies at the heart of the film. Although framed in a
Japanese cultural context, the questions Kore-Eda poses
around parenthood and lifestyle choices are universal.
Like Father, Like Son reminds us that any definition of
family needs to be constructed around unconditional
love, first and foremost.
Reel Movie Mondays is a cultural and
educational group devoted to celebrating
excellence in film and the moving image. It
is supported by the Red Deer Museum and
Art Gallery.
We sincerely thank the volunteers, Carnival
Cinemas and our other sponsors.
May 12- The Lunchbox
104 min. | INDIA| Hindi/English |Drama| Rated PG for
tobacco use and references to suicide - Mongrel Media
Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire) stars alongside
the radiant Nimrat Kaur in Ritesh Batra’s delightful feature
debut, in which a mistaken lunchbox delivery paves the
way for an unlikely romance. In Mumbai, home to over 18
million people, more than 5,000 famously efficient
dabbawallas — lunchbox couriers — navigate chaotic
streets to deliver lunches, lovingly prepared by
housewives, to working men across the city.
Ila (Kaur) is a housewife living in a middle- class
neighbourhood with a husband who ignores her. Saajan
(Khan) is a beaten down widower about to retire from
his number-crunching job. After Ila realizes that Saajan is
receiving the meals meant for her husband, the two begin
sending each other letters through the lunchbox.
What starts as an innocent exchange about Ila’s cooking
gently develops into something more. Outside the space
of their daily lives, both Ila and Saajan feel free to express
themselves in new ways, leading them both to question
how they might find happiness.
Batra’s The Lunchbox paints a nuanced portrait of life in
contemporary Mumbai, effortlessly weaving themes of
gender values, social class, and generational differences
into its core love story. Batra’s beautifully penned
characters — including Aslam (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), the
eager trainee preparing to take over Saajan’s job — and
gentle, precise direction simply envelope you.
Reel Movie Mondays gratefully acknowledges our
partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF,
and its sponsors and supporters. For more
information about Film Circuit and to view a full
list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit
tiff.net/filmcircuit.
*** Please note that the film lineup is subject to
change without notice
REEL MOVIE MONDAYS
Package of 5: MAG Members: $35.00 (max of 2)
Non Members: $45.00
Tickets:
MAG Members*: $8.00 (no limit)
Non Members: $10.00
*Students receive Members’ price with student ID
*Under 18 receive Members’ price with
appropriate movie ratings
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Museum Hours:
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All Films Screen at Carnival Cinemas,
5402 - 47 St., Red Deer, AB
Visit our website at www.reelmoviemondays.ca
Short Films
March 24 - Barefoot
Screening before Hi-Ho Mistahey
11 min. CANADA | PG| A Film By Danis Goulet
Barefoot tells the story of Alyssa, a sixteen-year-old Cree
girl from a small community in northern Saskatchewan
who wants to be pregnant. But this story is not about teen
pregnancy; it is about young love and hidden truths, where
Aboriginal teen girls find their sense of place in the world
and the futures they imagine for themselves.
April 7 - Firecrackers
Screening before Gabrielle
15 min. | CANADA| Drama|14A| Directed by Jasmin Mozaffari
Lou pumps gas at the local truck ‘n’ go, but dreams of one day
escaping with her BFF Chantal to “ blow up ” in the big city.
Funny and brutally honest, Firecrackers paints a picture of
small-town life filled with truckstop diners, deadbeat adults,
and the teenagers who hope to escape from both.
April 14 - Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
Screening before Gloria
14 min. | CANADA |Comedy| PG | Directed by Stephen Dunn
On the eve of her thirteenth birthday, Esther Weary must
come to terms with the realities of becoming a woman
through her clueless grandfather and his pet pug. Life
Doesn’t Frighten Me is a coming-of-age comedy about a
young woman’s exploration of ugliness and beauty.
April 28 - O Genio de Quintino
Screening before Like Father, Like Son
14 min. | CANADA/BRAZIL | Drama| Portuguese w/English
subtitles| G | Directed by Johnny Ma
Johnny Ma’s Genius from Quintino is a fable about a slow
minded mechanical expert who might be meeting his
illegitimate son for the first time following a tragic accident.
May 12- Doubles with Slight Pepper
Screening before The Lunchbox
16 min. | CANADA| Drama| G| Directed by Ian Harnarine
In rural Trinidad, Dhani struggles to support himself and his
mother by selling doubles (Trinidad’s quintessential street
food). When his estranged father returns from Canada
unexpectedly, Dhani must decide if he will help save his
father’s life despite their strained relationship.
Upcoming Exhibits & Events
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March 8 to May 11, 2014
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Sunday, March 9, 2:00 pm
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