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Foreign
Film Fridays
October
27 and November 3 and 17, 2006
Foreign films will be introduced and discussed
by WSU Pullman Faculty at the WSU NE WA Learning Center.
October
27 at 7 p.m.: Leila
Leila , directed by Dariush Mehruji in 1996, is the story that revolves around Leila, living in modern day Tehran, with her husband Reza. Newlywed and very happy till the couple discover that Leila is infertile at which point her mother-in-law starts pressuring Leila to let her husband Reza, take a second wife. Reza is opposed to the idea, and tries to convince Leila that he is in love with her and can do with without a child. But Leila, under the constant pressure of her mother-in-law and gives in to the idea of her husband meeting potential brides. Given that they are partners in everything, Leila accompanies Reza on his trips to meet these potential second wives. But finally, Reza meets one woman, who was nice. It is at this point that Leila's world starts coming apart. She discovers she cannot handle sharing Reza after all...
DVD, Running time is 102 minutes. An Iranian movie
in Farsi (Persian) with English subtitles.
November 3 at 6:30
p.m.: Playtime (France)
In this brilliantly eccentric ode to humanity, Jacques Tati plays
Monsieur Hulot, a Parisian who's befuddled by the changes he witnesses
in his beloved city, which has grown increasingly touristy. This
story epitomizes the struggle of modern man to maintain a soul
in the face of an impersonal world.
Introduced by Beatrice Henrioulle, WSU College
of Liberal Arts.
November 17 at 6:30
p.m.: Shower (China)
A Shenzhen businessman, Da Ming, goes home to Beijing when he
thinks his father has died. He finds his father hard at work at
the family's bathhouse (the false message was a ruse of Da's mentally-handicapped,
exuberant brother, Er Mind, to get Da home). Da stays a couple
days, observing his father being social director, marriage counselor,
and dispute mediator for his customers and a boon companion to
Er. Da is caught between two worlds: the decaying district of
his childhood and the booming south where he now lives with a
wife who's never met his family. When Da realizes his father's
health is failing and the district is slated for razing, he must
take stock of family and future. Slowly, Da begins to see a different
present-day China. Universal in scope, this personal vision celebrates
those human differences, which exist beneath the surface sameness
of the modern age.
Introduced by Maury Barr, Community Colleges of
of Spokane - Colville Center, professor of Humanities, English,
and Communications.
In
partnership with WSU Distance Degree Program Associated Students
and CCS-Colville Center Associated Student Body.
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Library
Connection:
If you are
interested in viewing more foreign films, visit the Stevens
County Rural Library District. They have foreign films on
DVD available to borrow such as:
Cosi (1996)
A funny and touching Australian anti-establishment comedy.
Tampopo (1985)
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, trucker Goro rides into
town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food
noodle restaurant.
Ran (1985)
A Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear directed by Akira
Kurosawa.
8-1/2 (1963)
An autobiographical film of Fellini, about the trials and tribulations
of film making.
For more information
on foreign films check out these websites:
www.foreignfilms.com
www.mastersofcinema.org
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