16 Feb 11 Director: Christian Mungiu Romania 2008 113 min Mungiu’s excruciatingly intense drama is set in Bucharest, in 1987, a time when abortion was outlawed. A young college student, Gabita, finds herself pregnant and in big trouble. Unsure of what to do, she turns to her roommate, Otilia, for help. The women meet Mr… Continue reading 4 luni, 3 săptămâni ş i 2 zile – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Category: Film season 2010-2011
Lebanon
05 Jan 11 Director: Samuel Maoz Israel 2009 92 min Set on the first day of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, this tense and personal piece, based on the director’s own experiences, centres on the crew of a solitary Israeli tank who find themselves on a mission that rapidly degenerates into a nightmare.… Continue reading Lebanon
Bir Ticaret Masali – The Market
02 Feb 11 Director: Ben Hopkins Turkey 2008 93 min This spry Turkish comedy centres on a small-time gamblegone bad. The luckless Mihram is a charismatic butroguish black market trader, desperate to set up the cellphone franchise that will make him a legitimate merchant.When an opportunity arises to help a local doctor acquiremuch-needed medicines from… Continue reading Bir Ticaret Masali – The Market
El Secreto de sus Ojos – The Secret In Their Eyes
02 Mar 11 Director: Juan José Campanella Argentina 2009 127 min Separated by time and circumstance, retired criminal-court employee Benjamín (Ricardo Darín) and his former superior (and unrequited love), Irene (Soledad Villamil), revisit an unresolved case from years before. It’s a lurid tale of a woman raped and murdered, a doting husband who wanted revenge… Continue reading El Secreto de sus Ojos – The Secret In Their Eyes