The Canadian-Indian film Fire by Deepa Mehta kicks off a six-event
International Film Festival on Wednesday, April 21, at 8 p.m. in Social Sciences 016.
Other films are Wedding in Galilee (April 26), Underground (May 3), In
the Realm of the Senses (May 10), Faust (May 17) and Men with Guns (May
24). All films (except Fire at 8 p.m.) are at 7:30 p.m. in Social Sciences 016.
For information, contact Prof. Daniel Mosquera, modern languages, ext. 6415 or mosquerd@union.edu.
Complete descriptions follow:
FIRE
Wednesday, April 21, at 8 p.m. in Social Sciences 016.
Canada/India 1997
in English
Written and Directed by Deepa Mehta
“A tender and Passionate love story that develops between two Indian women torn
between their devotion to duty and their own desires for love and companionship…Fire
is an incendiary exploration of the conflicting desires for tradition and freedom within a
modern Indian family”
WEDDING IN GALILEE
Mon. April 26, 7:30 PM
Israel 1987
In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Directed by Michel Khleifi
“Winner of the International Critics' Award of 1987 Cannes Film Festival.,
Wedding in Galilee may be the most important and heartfelt exploration of the Israeli-Arab
conflict to date…”
UNDERGROUND (Il etait une fois un pays)
Mon. May 3, 7:30 PMFrance/Serbia 1997
In Serbian with English subtitles
Directed by Emir Kusturica
“The 800-pound gorilla of recent cinema, this unruly behemoth has battled
preposterous political charges, encountered distribution difficulties, won the Cannes
Grand Prize, and built up a reputation as a visionary masterpiece. Underground is the
national epic of a non-existent nation, tracing the inglorious history of Yugoslavia
through three wars…”
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES
Mon. May 10, 7:30 PM
Japan 1977
In Japanese with English subtitles
Directed by Nagisa Oshima
“In the Realm of the Senses is one of the most controversial Japanese films ever
made. In 1936, a geisha was found wondering through the streets of Tokyo clutching the
severed penis of her lover as an assertion of their underlying passion for each other.
Almost all the film's action takes place within closed world of erotic intensity as
they deliberately isolate themselves from society.”
FAUST
Mon. May 17, 7:30 PM
Czech Republic/UK 1994
In English
Directed by Jan Svankmajer
“Svankmajer's Faust is an ordinary, inquisitive Everyman who upon exiting
Prague subway station, is handed a map that draws him to his doom… Svankmajer's
tour-de-force is hilarious and shocking, and utterly unforgettable.”
MEN WITH GUNS
Mon. May 24, 7:30 PM
United States 1998
In Spanish, English, Nahautl, Tzotzil, Maya, and Kuna with English
subtitles
Directed by John Sayles
“…a powerful political/spiritual odyssey in the tradition of The Grapes of
Wrath and Lamerica…The film's fusion of social criticism and religious allegory
is also its message: political and spiritual awakening are seen as inseparable, the one is
incomplete and ineffective without the other.”