Films to be screened:
Monday, November 13 - 5:00 PM
TBA / Portuguese with English subtitles
Monday, November 13 - 7:00 PM
Guaran? (Guaran?)
Selected as Uruguay?s entry for the 2013 Academy Awards, Rodrigo Pl??s narrative accuracy gets audiences involved in this simple story with no false notes. Far from the notion of dysfunctional family American cinema has transformed into a tight system of clich?s, The Delay moves far beyond the realm of black and white, employing a subtle variation of grays, underlining what becomes the film?s central theme: the intense, painful ambivalence of family responsibility.
Tuesday, November 14 - 5:00 PM
3 Beauties (3 Bellezas)
From the country that boasts over 600 beauty pageants each year comes 3 Beauties, a scathing satire of Venezuela?s fixation with beauty and its relation to social status. Perla is the single mother of two competitive daughters, products of her own unfulfilled childhood obsession to become a beauty queen, and a son who she completely ignores. As the years pass, Perla?s unlimited efforts to achieve her dream through her ?two princesses? transforms everyone?s lives into a nightmare. Toddlers & Tiaras meets Pedro Almod?var in this frantic, devious comedy.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Neruda
Gael Garc?a Bernal joins award winning Chilean director, Pablo Larra?n, in this a noir-infused reimagining of the Nobel Prize-winning poet and politician?s struggle with the state.
Wednesday, November 15 - 5:00 PM
Sealed Cargo (Carga sellada)
Based on the real events that took place in 1994 when 400 tons of toxic waste were transported through Bolivia, Sealed Cargo delivers a crucial and current message about the global waste crisis that highlights its relevance. ?Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Wednesday, November 15 - 7:00 PM
The Country Of Fear (El pa?s del miedo)
Carlos, Sara, and their preteen son Pablo, live a peaceful middle-class life until Sara begins to notice things disappearing in the house. She blames the Moroccan maid and eventually fires her. But the stealing doesn?t stop; Pablo is the culprit. Fearful, Carlos decides to follow Pablo to school where he discovers that a 13-year-old classmate, Marta, is bullying and extorting Pablo. But resolving the affair isn?t that easy and he becomes Marta?s victim as well. Carlos?s inability to defend himself or his son, pushes him to a series of anguished situations that would lead him to make the wrong decisions.
Admission/Cost: FREE but tickets are required, available at the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union ticket box from 4:30 - 7:00 PM on the night of each screening.
Location:
Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Dates and times: See film listings above
Monday, November 13 - 5:00 PM
TBA / Portuguese with English subtitles
Monday, November 13 - 7:00 PM
Guaran? (Guaran?)
Selected as Uruguay?s entry for the 2013 Academy Awards, Rodrigo Pl??s narrative accuracy gets audiences involved in this simple story with no false notes. Far from the notion of dysfunctional family American cinema has transformed into a tight system of clich?s, The Delay moves far beyond the realm of black and white, employing a subtle variation of grays, underlining what becomes the film?s central theme: the intense, painful ambivalence of family responsibility.
Tuesday, November 14 - 5:00 PM
3 Beauties (3 Bellezas)
From the country that boasts over 600 beauty pageants each year comes 3 Beauties, a scathing satire of Venezuela?s fixation with beauty and its relation to social status. Perla is the single mother of two competitive daughters, products of her own unfulfilled childhood obsession to become a beauty queen, and a son who she completely ignores. As the years pass, Perla?s unlimited efforts to achieve her dream through her ?two princesses? transforms everyone?s lives into a nightmare. Toddlers & Tiaras meets Pedro Almod?var in this frantic, devious comedy.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Neruda
Gael Garc?a Bernal joins award winning Chilean director, Pablo Larra?n, in this a noir-infused reimagining of the Nobel Prize-winning poet and politician?s struggle with the state.
Wednesday, November 15 - 5:00 PM
Sealed Cargo (Carga sellada)
Based on the real events that took place in 1994 when 400 tons of toxic waste were transported through Bolivia, Sealed Cargo delivers a crucial and current message about the global waste crisis that highlights its relevance. ?Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Wednesday, November 15 - 7:00 PM
The Country Of Fear (El pa?s del miedo)
Carlos, Sara, and their preteen son Pablo, live a peaceful middle-class life until Sara begins to notice things disappearing in the house. She blames the Moroccan maid and eventually fires her. But the stealing doesn?t stop; Pablo is the culprit. Fearful, Carlos decides to follow Pablo to school where he discovers that a 13-year-old classmate, Marta, is bullying and extorting Pablo. But resolving the affair isn?t that easy and he becomes Marta?s victim as well. Carlos?s inability to defend himself or his son, pushes him to a series of anguished situations that would lead him to make the wrong decisions.
Admission/Cost: FREE but tickets are required, available at the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union ticket box from 4:30 - 7:00 PM on the night of each screening.
Location:
Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Dates and times: See film listings above
