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UNC Pembroke
I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I L M S E R I E S
Spring Semester 2015
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, THEATRE &
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
SPANISH-ARGENTINE
DRAMA COMEDY
FILM
Tuesday, Feb. 10th.Cecilia Lara presents: “Elsa & Fred” (2005) is a Spanish-Argentine film
directed by Marcos Carnevale. This drama, comedy and romance is a touching story about
two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it’s never too late to love… or to
dream. Elsa has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of a moment that Fellini had already
envisaged: the scene in 'La Dolce Vita' at the Fontana di Trevi. The same scene without
Anita Ekberg in it, but with Elsa instead. Without Marcello Mastroianni but with that love
that took so long to arrive.
POLISH DRAMA FILM
Thursday, Feb. 19th. Raquel Alfaro presents: "Ida" (2013) by Pawel Pawlikowski. Anna, a
young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.
CHINESE DRAMA
FILM
Thursday, Feb. 26th. Yuanyuan Lin presents: “Farewell My Concubine” chronicles the lives
of two Beijing opera performers and a courtesan that comes into their lives through China’s social and political upheaval during the Japanese invasion, the civil war, the great
leap forward and the cultural revolution. Using the lives of the three main characters, this
movie tells the story of China and Chinese people from the 1920’s all the way through to
the 1970’s.
MEXICAN
BLACK COMEDY
FILM
Tuesday, March 10th. Peter Imoro presents: “A Wonderful World: Un mundo
maravilloso” (2006), a Mexican movie directed by Luis Estrada.
A black comedy featuring Damían Alcazar as Juan Perez, a poor man who is mistakenly
thought of as a hero among the poor when he is thought of as attempting to jump off a
building as a protest against the government for their handling of the poor.
FRENCH–BELGIAN
ROMANTIC DRAMA
FILM
Monday, March 16th. Katherine Denton presents: Rust and Bone (2012). "De rouille et
d’os" is a frech film directed by Jacques Audiard.
Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and
her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper
FRENCH
ROMANTIC
COMEDY FILM
Wednesday, April 8th. Emily Tobey presents: “Amelie” (2001), a French film movie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Amelia is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to
help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.
MEXICAN
POLITICAL
SATIRE
Dial Bldg. AV Theatre
6:00 PM
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Tuesday, April 14th. Richard Vela presents: “La Ley De Herodes” (2000), a political satire
directed by Luis Estrada.
When the ruling political party needs a new mayor for the little village of San Pedro de los
Saguaros, they pick Juan Vargas, a sleepy junkyard operator who wants to deliver the
“modernity and social justice” that the party slogan promises. Then he begins to understand that the system really works according to Herod’s Law – “Do unto others before they
do unto you!” When Vargas bribes, blackmails, and even kills to stay in power, his corrupt
ways are not only tolerated at the end but rewarded by a seat in Congress.