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STUDENT ACTIVITIES PROGRAMS
FOREIGN FILMS
February 6
Mondays in the Sun (Spain)
Spanish with English subtitles
4, 7 & 9 p.m. Wednesday
Running Time: 113 minutes
Rating: R
Website:
Synopsis: A northern Spanish coastal town suffers from its own isolationism as shipyards close down, leaving the labor force scouring the streets for temp jobs with only their stubborn pride to show for it. Among the disillusioned is Santa (Javier Bardem), a cocksure, angry rebel who refuses to admit his own failures. Santa is the ring leader of a group of rapidly aging friends whose unemployed status causes them mounting grief. They drown their sorrows in an otherwise empty bar owned by Rico (Joaquin Climent), one of their coworkers from what now seems another life. While Santa tries to clumsily seduce women and pay for a lamp post he vandalized in anger, his companions battle serious alcoholism, loan denials, and marriage troubles, as they all face their own insignificance. (Rotten Tomatoes)
February 20
Los Muertos (Argentina)
Spanish with English subtitles
4, 7 & 9 p.m. Wednesday
Running Time: 78 minutes
Rating: not rated
Website: none
Synopsis: Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. To get there, he must cross great distances in a small boat on the rivers, scoring deep into the jungle. Vargas is a quiet and self-contained man. He possesses the restraint of those living close to nature. A deep mystery surrounds him, the people he encounters and the places he goes through, all that taking in the unalterable world he finds almost unchanged after his long years of incarceration.
March 5
The Violin (Mexico)
Spanish with English subtitles
4, 7 & 9 p.m. Wednesday
Running Time: 99 minutes
Rating: not rated
Website: www.elviolinthemovie.com
Synopsis: Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and his grandson Lucio live a double life: on one hand they are musicians and humble farmers, on the other they support the campesina peasant guerilla movement's armed efforts against the oppressive government. When the military seizes the village, the rebels flee to the sierra hills, forced to leave behind their stock of ammunition. While the guerillas organize a counter-attack, old Plutarco executes his own plan. He plays up his appearance as a harmless violin player, in order to get into the village and recover the ammunition hidden his corn field. His violin playing charms the army captain, who orders Plutarco to come back daily. Arms and music play a tenuous game of cat-and-mouse which ultimately results in painful betrayal. (Film Movement)
Foreign films are screened in the Wakehurst Student Center Theatre on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted. The schedule is subject to change due to revised studio release dates and availability.
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