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Global Flicks explores our global society through eight outstanding international films presented in their original language with English subtitles. Films are curated by John Rangel, Motion Picture/Television Professor at College of DuPage.
Films are shown at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the McAninch Arts Center Mainstage and are free to everyone.
Films
The Namesake
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008
Spanning two generations, the Ganguli family faces their struggles of melding the traditions of their homeland while raising a family in New York. Paradoxically, their son, a first-generation American teenager, grapples with his own unique journey of self identity, which interlaces the world his parents left behind with the American world that is in front of him. Based on the best-selling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Mira Nair
Country of Origin: India/U.S.A.
Hindi/Bengali and English, English subtitles, 2006, 114 min.The Lives of Others
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
Exploring the paranoia and corruption of 1984 East Germany, Stasi agent Gerd Wiesler is assigned to monitor the activities of a renowned playwright and his actress girlfriend. Coming to the realization that the surveillance has been ordered for the wrong reasons, Wiesler’s sympathies shift from the government to the people. This tense and gripping film was the 2006 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Contry of Origin: Germany
German, English subtitles, 2006, 138 min.The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008
This black comedy chronicles Mr. Lazarescu’s unpleasant journey through multiple Bucharest hospitals where he encounters the cold indifference of arrogant doctors who appear hesitant to help a man who has seemingly destroyed his own health.
Crisit Puiu
Country of Origin: Romania
Romanian, English subtitles, 2005, 150 min.Volver
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
Using Spain’s cultural superstition that the dead continue to be present in our lives, Volver mixes the living and the dead together in a comedy that emphasizes the bonds that tear women apart and bring them back together.
Pedro Almodovar
Country of Origin: Spain
Spanish, English subtitles, 2006, 121 min.The World
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
A flashy theme park sits on the outskirts of Beijing where scaled representations of the world’s famous landmarks glitter for the eyes of the tourists. But for the young people who work in “The World,” we see how their loves, friendships and dreams are affected by modernization as well as Westernization.
Zhang Ke Jia
Country of Origin: China
Mandarin/Shanxi, English Subtitles, 2004, 139 min.God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
In 1987, Sudan’s Muslim government pronounced death to all males in the Christian south: 27,000 boys fled to Ethiopia on foot. In 1991, they were forced to flee to Kenya; 12,000 survived to live in a U.N. camp in Kakuma. Archival footage documents the 1,000-mile flight and life in the camp. We follow the lives of three young men who repatriate to the United States. All work several jobs, send money back to the camp, search for relatives lost in the civil war, acclimatize to the United States, seek an education, and miss their homeland.
Christopher Dillon Quinn
Country of Origin: U.S.A.
English, 2006, 90 min.Private Fears in Public Places
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Wintry Paris has all the makings for beautiful love stories, but for six strangers in search of love, the City of Lights can be a very lonely place.
Alain Resnais
Country of Origin: France
French, English subtitles, 2006, 120 min.Offside
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Prevented by law from attending soccer matches, a group of passionate Iranian girls disguise themselves as boys and attempt to watch their team’s World Cup qualifying match at Tehran’s Azadi stadium. However, they are discovered and one by one, are arrested and detained.
Jafar Panahi
Country of Origin: Iran
Persian, English subtitles, 2006, 93 min.
