16 October 2002 Director: Mira Nair India 2001 114 min At the beginning of the romantic monsoon season India the Verma family prepare for a last minute arranged marriage. Members of the extended family arrive from all over the world. Westerm values mix with old India traditions and five separate stories intertwine traversing the different… Continue reading Monsoon Wedding
Category: Film Season 2002-2003
Last Resort
2nd October 2002 Director: Pawel Pawlikowski UK 2000 73 min A topical film for the start of the season. Tanya, a young single mother, leaves her native Russia, with her young son Artion, to meet her British fiancé at London’s Stansted Airport. When he does not appear, Tanya, frightened she will be returned to Russia,… Continue reading Last Resort
The Decameron
30 October 2002 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy 1971 111 min This is the first of Pasolini’s ‘Trilogy of Life’ films, the others being The Canterbury Tales (1971) and The Arabian Nights (1974). He wrote and directed this richly textured epic based on eight sexually charged tales from the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio. Pasolini plays… Continue reading The Decameron
Himalaya – L’Enfance d’un chef
6 November 2002 Director: Eric Valli France 1999 108 mins In the village of Dolpo, high in the Himalayas, Tinle, the elderly village chief, blames Karma for the death of his son. He refuses to give Karma his , blessing to lead the traditional salt caravan. Karma rebels and takes the young Dolpopas out on… Continue reading Himalaya – L’Enfance d’un chef
Amelie – Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain
11 December 2002 Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet France, Germany 2001 122 mins From the director of Delicatessen (1991) comes a pure gem of a film. Amelie who grew up in a slightly eccentric and dysfunctional family, lives in a world of dreams and memories. Working in a Parisian café, she is looking for love and a… Continue reading Amelie – Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain
Traffic
8 Jan 2003 Director: Steven Soderbergh USA 2000 147 mins Intertwining vignettes frame this tale of America’s escalating War on Drugs. Robert Wakefield has been appointed the nation’s new drug tsar only to discover his daughter Caroline is now an addict. Meanwhile drug enforcement officers protect a witness against a jailed drug kingpin. In Mexico,… Continue reading Traffic
Albino Alligator
10 Feb 2003 USA, France 1996 97mins Director: Kevin Spacey Albino Alligator is an enthralling crime drama. Three petty thieves flee the police in a stolen car. They take refuge in a latenight basement bar and take the five staff and patrons hostage. The drama unfolds between these eight people trapped in the bar with… Continue reading Albino Alligator
Not One Less – Yi ge dou bu neng shao
5 March 5 2003 Director: Yimou Zhang China 1999 106 min A teacher in a remote mountain village in China must leave for a month. The only substitute the Mayor can find is a 13 year-old girl, Wei Minzhi. The teacher promises her an extra ten yuan if there is not one less student in… Continue reading Not One Less – Yi ge dou bu neng shao
Snow Falling on Cedars
4 Dec 2002 Director: Scott Hicks USA 1999 127 min In a post war American fishing community, anti-Japanese sentiment is still running high. A member of the Japanese community, Kazuo, is on trial for the murder of a local fisherman. His wife, Hatsue, sits in on the trial, watched by the local newspaperman, Ishmael.Hatsue is… Continue reading Snow Falling on Cedars
The Red Violin – Le Violon Rouge
20 Nov 2002 Director: Frangois Girard Canada, Italy, UK 1998 140 min In Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as ‘the Red Violin’, is up for auction. A collector tries to establish its identity and secrets. As he does, we follow the story of the violin in flashback, starting its journey with its creation… Continue reading The Red Violin – Le Violon Rouge