October 16, 2019
A SATURDAY ON EARTH (UN SAMEDI SUR LA TERRE)
DescriptionDescription This murder mystery, with its puzzle-like construction, is comprised of slowly unfolding personal histories and the taped testimonies of "witnesses" involved in the case. The story is set in Normandy, where the meandering fates of a brother and sister will finally and inexorably meet. Both in their late twenties, these two natives of the...
October 16, 2019
SALÓN MÉXICO
DescriptionDescription A crime has been committed in the 1930's Mexico City dance hall Salon Mexico, an oasis of lovers dancing the danzon. In one of its dressing rooms two people lie dead: the taxi dancer, Mercedes, and her lover, the robber and pimp known as Paco. Police inspector Castellon is brought on to investigate, and...
October 16, 2019
SAMBÓLICO
DescriptionDescription A Finnish conductor spends a relaxing afternoon on the beach in Rio when he spots a dark-eyed beauty in need of his help. They embark upon a wild journey through the sights and sounds of Rio, but there is a price to be paid for this fleeting passion …
October 16, 2019
ROUND EYES IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
DescriptionDescription This film tells the story of the Caucasian residents of China from the l 930's to the present. It follows a family ?f Westerne?s who fled China as the revolution spread in 1949, b,μt focuses on one man who stayed, a Russian Jew who joined Mao's revolution. Why Israel Epstein joined the communist revolution...
October 16, 2019
SAINT-EX
DescriptionDescription In July of 1944, an unarmed reconnaissance aircraft piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupery disappeared over the Mediterranean and was never found. Saint-Ex returns to the magical world felt and documented by the author of Night Flight, Wind, Sand and Stars, and, of course, The Little Prince. We journey through his childhood, his obsession with...
October 16, 2019
REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE
DescriptionDescription Just your typical southern Army base, wracked by repressed homosexuality (Marlon Brando), crazed love in a berry patch (Elizabeth Taylor), and a whip fetish (Brando and Taylor). Gothic, garish, and over the top performances are strangely balanced by innovative, delicate cinematography. Directed by John Huston, from the book by Carson McCullers. 1967. 108 mins.
October 16, 2019
RICHARD III
DescriptionDescription Afi Fest is proud to present the world premiere of the restored print of an epic l 91 2 version of Shakespeare's Richard Ill, a film previously believed to be lost. Being shown publicly for the first time in eighty years, Richard Ill was one of the earliest feature- length releases and the first...
October 16, 2019
RIDICULE
DescriptionDescription "Wit opens the door to the company of lords"-that was the humbling hoop through which French nobles had to jump to get the attention of their capricious king and, in movie parlance, "pitch" their projects. In this searing depiction of the largesse of the court of Louis XVI, Charles Berling stars as Gregoire Ponceludon,...
October 16, 2019
PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS
DescriptionDescription Shot during the bloody conflict in Chechenya not far from an actual location which a number of Chechen rebels called home, this film about love, brutality and humanity in a time of war achieves an unusual immediacy. Two wounded Russian soldiers are taken prisoner by AbdulMurat, a Chechen man who hopes to trade them...
October 16, 2019
THE QUIET ROOM
DescriptionDescription Rolf de Heer's audacious new film takes the viewer into the mind of a 7-year-old girl whose parents are separating. This is an interior picture in more ways than one. Most of the action takes place in two rooms, the brightly painted bedroom of an unnamed girl and the bedroom of her parents next...
