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
FRONTIERLAND (FRONTERILANDIA)
DescriptionDescription The title refers not to a location, but rather to those spaces where cultures intertwine. This film is an experimental, poetic documentary of the Lafino experience in border towns-an exploration, say the directors, "of the mythical perceptions which both sides of the border have about each other." The spontaneous imagery mirrors the development of...
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
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
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
FORGOTTEN SILVER
DescriptionDescription This wickedly clever hoax "documentary" is a highly amusing satire on the recent spate of historical documentaries made to celebrate the centenary of cinema. The film deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888. McKenzie had been completely...
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
ERMO
DescriptionDescription Ermo is a hard-working woman who sells her home-made noodles by the roadside in a rural town. l.1er husband is ill and a stranger to her mind, and her small son spends much of his time at the neighbor's house, watching their coveted television. When the neighbor's husband offers to drive her into town,...
