Film Society [ 2007-2008 ]
The Washington Grove Film Series
Sundays in McCathran Hall.
Films start at 7:00 p.m.
Purchase the 5-film subscription series
Send a check for $20, payable to the Town of Washington Grove, to Birgit Henninger, Box 355. Tickets at the door will cost $7. Please support the series and save $3 per ticket by subscribing. A discussion will follow each film.
Flexible Ticketing
If you miss a film, you can still use the ticket. Bring a guest to a subsequent film this season.
Tous les Matins du Monde
October 21, 2007Directed by Alain Corneau, 1991, France, subtitled, 115 minutes.
Gerard Depardieu stars in this internationally acclaimed film about the lives of seventeenth-century French composer Sainte Colombe and his protégé Marin Marais. Glorious music weaves a spell throughout this tale of devotion and desire.
Donnie Darko
November 11, 2007Directed by Richard Kelly, 2001, USA, 113 minutes.
Defying classification, the wildly original Donnie Darko encompasses teen comedy, science fiction, family drama, horror, and satire. Jake Gyllenhaal, in a standout performance, portrays a delusional adolescent obsessed with time travel and haunted by apocalyptic visions. Can you locate the line between hallucination and reality?.
Circus Palestina
January 6, 2008Directed by Eyal Halfon, 1998, Israel, subtitled, 83 minutes.
A ragtag Eastern European circus comes to a West Bank village, but the locals' eagerness for diversion melts quickly when the lion escapes. An Israeli sergeant, a beautiful Russian lion tamer, and a small Arab boy band together to find Schweik before the tense settlement erupts. This charming, politically astute comedy won five Israeli film awards.
The Beautiful Country
February 10, 2008Directed by Hans Petter Moland, 2004, USA/Norway, subtitled, 125 minutes.
Buo doi (less than dust) is a Vietnamese slur aimed at children of American fathers. Here, a buo doi endures hardships and a brutal ocean crossing on the long journey to find his father. Strikingly filmed and timely, this illegal immigrant's story ends with a redemptive reunion.
Il Postino
March 2, 2008Directed by Michael Radford, 1994, Italy, subtitled, 115 minutes.
In the summer of 1952, Pablo Neruda secluded himself in a hilltop villa on the isle of Capri. Imagine a young fisherman who takes a job delivering the poet's mail in hopes of learning the literary secrets that win a woman's heart. This film, a worldwide favorite, has rare grace and warmth.
The Washington Grove Film Society's programs are supported by subscription purchases and by the Town of Washington Grove Recreation Committee.
