October 16, 2019
SOLITAIRE
DescriptionDescription Francis Damberger has combined lost hopes, shattered dreams and colorful characters to create an intimate, touching dramatic comedy. The film focuses on the reunion of three childhood friends at a remote, ramshackle cafe in a small town. Burt is the meek postmaster who pines after Maggie, the embittered truck-stop cafe owner. When the obnoxious...
October 16, 2019
SOCIAL SUICIDE
DescriptionDescription Social Suicide is an offbeat satirical comedy that takes a humorous look at the California debutante scene and the rituals surrounding "coming of age" in high society. Debutante Kim decides to take handsome Latino Tom Garcia tci the ball instead of her preppie, society-approved date Scott. Her snobby mother develops elaborate schemes to separate...
October 16, 2019
SHOOT TO KILL (DISPAREN A MATAR)
DescriptionDescription Documentary filmmaker Carlos Azpurua directed this ambitious suspense thriller which current political events in Venezuela make particularly relevant. As the police sweep a poor neighborhood in an attempt to lower crime, things get out of hand and an innocent man is murdered while his mother watches helplessly. When the official version describes him as...
October 16, 2019
SHOOT FOR THE CONTENTS
DescriptionDescription Trinh T Minh-ha's Shoot for the Contents, whose title plays on the meanings of an ancient Chinese guessing game, is an excursion into the maze of allegorical storytelling in China. Weaving points of view of both insiders and outsiders from dillerent realms of social and artistic activities, the film ponders questions of politics and...
October 16, 2019
SHANGHAI JIAQIMY AMERICAN GRANDSON (SHANGHAI JIAQI)
DescriptionDescription Director Ann Hui brings her well-defined characters to life through intimate, sensitive observations of their personal rituals, eccentricities, hopes and fears. In My American Grandson, she lovingly portrays Ku, a slightly eccentric widower who leads a quiet life in Shanghai. When his spoiled American grandson visits, Ku tries desperately to please him, but for...
October 16, 2019
SAO PAULO, SP
DescriptionDescription The city Sao Paulo SP teams with life and energy, defying a Western logic which forecast its demise decades ago. As the subject of this kaleidoscopic documentary, the city reveals its special character through the voices of its various inhabitants. Without commentary or criticism, but with acute powers of observation, director Olivier Koning enables...
