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ICSU  Search ICSU ©2008 ICSU, all rights reserved	Commons & Union Foreign Films Spring 2008 Schedule Mondays & Tuesdays in the Borah Theater, SUB Contact Jon Reardon at 885-1020 or jreardon@sub.uidaho.edu Admission: $2 with student ID, $3 without student ID New French Cinema at the Borah Theatre! January 28-31, 2008! PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES January 28, 7:00 and 9:30 In Paris, six lonely strangers are all in search of love despite having their romantic aspirations dashed at every turn. Master director Alain Resnais brings us this lovely and moving meditation on the human heart making enchanting use of artifice and theatricality while remaining gloriously cinematic. Winner, Best Director, 2006 Venice Film Festival. France/Italy: French w/ English subtitles Director: Alain Resnais DAYS OF GLORY January 29, 7:00 and 9:30 1943. 130,000 North African "indigenous soldiers" enlisted in the French Army to liberate the "fatherland" from the Nazi enemy. These heroes that history forgot won battles in Italy, Provence and the Vosges before finding themselves alone to defend an Alsatian village against a German battalion. France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium: French/Arabic with Englilsh subtitles Director: Rachid Bouchareb   GABRIELLE January 30, 7:00 ONLY Patrice Chéreau directs this stunning adaptation of the short story "The Return" by Joseph Conrad. Recreating turn-of-the-century France with superb attention to detail, Chéreau casts an unrelenting gaze on the marital breakdown that overwhelms a middle-aged bourgeois couple, played with chilling precision by Isabelle Huppert and Pascal Greggory. France/Germany/Italy: French with English subtitles Director: Patrice Chéreau LADY CHATTERLEY January 30, 9:30 ONLY Based on D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover," this film tells the story of a passion that is both innocent and subversive - one that transcends, without ever ignoring, class and social conventions. Winner, Best Film & Best Actress, 2007 César Awards France/Belgium/UK: French with English subtitles Director: Pascale Ferran   INTO GREAT SILENCE January 31, 7:00 ONLY This documentary about an ascetic monastery is one of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created. More meditation than documentary, it's a rare, transformative theatrical experience for all. “The silence captured in this documentary… may be the most eloquent you’ll ever hear.” – San Francisco Chronicle France/Switzerland/Germany: French/Latin with English subtitles Director: Phillip Gröning     MACHUCA February 11 & 12, 7:00 and 9:30 Set in Santiago, Chile in 1973 amid the bloody military coup of Augusto Pinochet (and based on filmmaker Andrés Wood's own childhood), Machuca is not just a political drama, but a poignant coming-of-age film. Winner, Audience Awards, 2004 Vancouver International Film Festival & 2005 Philadelphia Film Festival. Chile/Spain/UK/France: Spanish with English subtitles Director: Andrés Wood THE PRICE OF SUGAR February 25 & 26, 7:00 and 9:00 A charismatic Spanish priest organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people to challenge powerful interests profiting from their work. When he arrives in the Dominican Republic, he's warned against entering the sugar plantations. Breaking a centuries-old taboo, he discovers shocking examples of modern-day slavery intrinsic to the global sugar trade. Dominican Republic/USA: English/Spanish Director: Bill Haney   THE RAPE OF EUROPA March 17 & 18, 7:00 and 9:00 An epic journey through seven countries that follows the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare, which threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. For 12 long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on an unprecedented scale in history. But heroic young art historians and curators from America and Europe, led a miraculous campaign to rescue then return the millions of lost, hidden, and stolen treasures. Austria/USA: English Director: Richard Berge/Bonni Cohen/Nicole Newnham MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET) March 24 & 25, 7:00 and 9:30 Manda Bala explores the cycles of violence that plague Brazil’s upper and lower economic classes in fits of rampant corruption and violent kidnappings, weaving a compelling narrative about what happens in a country where the rich and powerful steal from the poor, and in turn some of the poor terrorize the rich. Brazil/USA: English/Portuguese Director: Jason Kohn   EXILED March 31 & April 1, 7:00 and 9:30 Macau, 1998. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under Chinese rule. Against this background come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out a renegade member. They soon find themselves in the throes of a dilemma when two of their former associates also show up, intent on thwarting them at every cost. “A bewitchingly enchanting brew” – Newsweek. Hong Kong: Cantonese with English subtitles Director: Johnny To THIS IS ENGLAND April 7 & 8, 7:00 and 9:30 It's 1983, 12-year-old Shaun is an isolated lad growing up in a grim coastal town, whose father has died fighting in the Falklands war. He finds fresh males role models when those in the local skinhead scene take him in. Winner, Best Film, 2006 British Independent Film Awards. UK: English Director: Shane Meadows   THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY April 14 & 15, 7:00, and 9:30 The remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who believes he is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, 2008 Golden Globes France/USA: French/English Director: Julian Schnabel