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A Talking Pict ure, Portugal, 2003 A history professor takesher daughter on a cruise around the Mediterranean, admiring itsmonuments to civilization -- but culture is a fragile thing in abarbarous world ... A Malkovich pleasure, and a surprise
ending with little of the ambiguity the director is prized for.
Get a Life, Portugal, 2001 On the outskirts of Paris, a Portu-guese teenager is killed in a fight with the cops, but silence isthe rule for the Portuguese community in France. Cidaliawants the truth, and becomes locked in combat with every-thing and everyone she has ever known or loved.
Apri l Cap tains, Portugal, 2000 One song played on the radio
starts the military coup that will forever change the country andthe destiny of the African territories that Portugal dominated atthe time. The last romantic revolution of the 20th century isportrayed in this exciting historical dramatization.
The Murmuring Coast, Portugal, 2004 Lost in a world whereshe doesnt belong, Evita witnesses the violence of a colonial era
approaching its end. Set in Mozambique, this movie exploresthe conflicts of a country fighting for independence through the
eyes of an accidental representative of the colonial powers.
The Hero, Angola, 2005 The story of a nation torn apart byforty years of uninterrupted war, and now trying imperfectly but
courageously to piece itself back together. It is also the storyof a city, Luanda, trying to absorb the millions of people
displaced by civil strife and global economic change.
The Gaze of The Stars, Mozambique, 1997 At the center of thisstory is a woman felt only by her absence. In this wry but pessi-
mistic film, the men sense that their machismo has driven awaywhat they most desire but lack the strength to change. Like the
stars they seem cursed to look for their lost dream forever.
Rostov-Luanda, Angola/Mauritania, 1997 A discovery of Africausing the style of a traveler's diary, providing an insight intoAngola unlike that of any television journalist. Each encounter
creates an intimate portrait where the history of Portuguese
colonialism is felt, but not in an academic way.
The Blue Eyes of Yonta, Guinea Bissau, 1992 The Blue Eyes
of Yonta is one of the few recent African films to make the disillu-sionment of the revolutionary generation its primary subject
and offer a glimmer of hope for the future. The ending of thefilm is one of the most unexpected in recent African cinema
and can justifiably be described as "Felliniesque."
Napumoceno's Will, Cape Verde/Portugal, 1997 An epic, orat least an epic farce, from one of the world's least known but
most culturally complex societies (Cape Verde). A classic taleof being so caught up in the pursuit of conventional success
that the true self is overlooked until it is almost too late.
Foreign Land, Brazil, 1996 After the death of his mother,an impoverished and grief-stricken aspiring Brazilian actor
accepts a questionable delivery job from a shady antiquedealer. Traveling to Lisbon with a fortune in uncut
diamonds, his life intersects with a beautiful womancaught up in the Portuguese black market.
City of God, Brazil, 2002 A stunning look at three dec-ades of violence and unrest in the slums of Rio de Janeiro.A fast-paced visual wonder,City of God flies around intime as it follows a group of youths into adulthoodamidst Rio's street gangs. "Breathtaking and terrify-ing." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Central Station, Brazil, 1998 Fernanda Montenegro delivered auniversally acclaimed performance in this tender and moving dramaabout a lonely, hardened woman who is befriended by an orphanboy at Rio de Janeiro's central train station. "... best performanceby an actress I've seen all year." (Peter Rainer, NY Magazine)
Four Days in September, Brazil, 1997 Politicalterrorists, in a desperate bid to focus the worldsattention on their fight for freedom, kidnap theAmerican Ambassador. Based on historicalevents, this is a first-rate political thriller.
Maids, Brazil, 2001 There is among us a Brazil that fewnotice... a Brazil made of people who, even though living inside
of your house, are as though they do not exist: Cida, Roxane,Quitria, Raimunda e Cro all have different dreams, but live the
same reality they are maids.
The Middle of the World, Brazil, 2003 An unimaginable,graceful and tender road movie about having the courage to
pursue your dreams. The Middle of the World beautifully ex-plores the inner dynamics of a family of seven that is challenged by
a 2,000 mile journey, on bicycles, across the hinterlands of Brazil .
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Guests Welcome
Class: PTGS 330594FScreenings: W - 6:00, SC 239Lectur es: M,W - 3:30, SC 108Instructor: Slvia Oliveira,Diversity Fellow [email protected]://web.ics.purdue.edu/~soliveir/
Introduction to Brazilian, Portuguese, and African Cinema!
A Series ofAward Winning
International Films
Screenings Wednesdays 6:00
Stanley Coulter
Room 239
Central Station, Dir: Walter Salles9 Nominations (2 Oscars), 29 Awards
Four Days in September, Dir: Bruno Barreto4 Nominations (1 for Oscar), 2 Awards
City of God, Dir: Fernando Meirelles21 Nominations (4 for Oscar), 47 Awards
The Middle of the World, Dir: Vicente Amorim3 International Film Festival Nominations
Foreign Land, Dir: Walter SallesFour Awards
Maids, Dir: Fernando Meirelles8 Nominations, 4 Awards
Napumoceno's Will, Dir: Francisco MansoThree Awards
The Gaze of The Stars, Dir: Joo Ribeiro
The Blue Eyes of Yonta, Dir: Flora GomesOne Award
Rostov-Luanda, Dir: Abderrahmane SissakoTV5 Best Documentary Award-Special Mention
The Murmuring Coast, Dir: Margarida CardosoOne Award
The Hero, Dir: Zz GamboaGrand Prize, World Dramatic Competition
2005 Sundance Film Festival
April Captains, Dir: Maria de MedeirosTwo Awards
Get a Life, Dir: Joo Canijo
A Talking Picture, Dir: Manoel de OliveiraOne Award
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