UAB Presents Foreign Film Festival for Fall 2008

The UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will present its Foreign Film Series for fall 2008 beginning Aug. 26 with the award-winning Cuban film “Viva Cuba.” All of the films in the series are free and open to the public. For more information, call the UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at 205-934-4652.

        July 2, 2008

 
Viva Cuba.

The UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will present its Foreign Film Series for fall 2008 beginning Aug. 26 with the award-winning Cuban film "Viva Cuba." All of the films in the series are free and open to the public. For more information, call the UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at 205-934-4652.

Aug. 26 - 8 p.m., Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S. "Viva Cuba" is in Spanish with English subtitles. A close relationship between two children living in Cuba is threatened by the class differences between their families. The film's co-directors are Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti and Iraida Malberti Cabrera.

Sep. 16 - 8 p.m., Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S. "Private Fears in Public Places" is a French film with English subtitles. Nominated for eight Cesar awards in its native France, the film is an intelligent, adult look at loneliness in the 21st century. The film examines the interrelated lives of six main characters who are trying desperately but failing at making real, long-lasting connections. The film stars Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Laura Morante and André Dussollier. Alain Resnais directed the film.

Sep. 30 - 8 p.m., Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S. "The Yacoubian Building" is an Egyptian film in Arabic with English subtitles. The film portrays the complex, corrupt and beautiful stories of the residents of central Cairo who live in the crumbling, once-decadent Yacoubian Building. The stories are interwoven to portray a merciless and haunting picture of Egypt. Marwan Hamed directed the film.

Oct. 14 - 8 p.m., Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S. "The Violin" is an award-winning Mexican film with English subtitles. The film presents the story of Don Plutarco, played by Angel Tavira. Plutarco is a farmer, violinist and patriarch of a musical family who has fashioned an ingenious way of smuggling ammunition beneath the noses of government troops. Shot in black and white, this mood-driven character exploration of familial love, duty, conflict and innocence is set in rural Mexico during the peasant revolts of the 1970s. Francisco Vargas directed the film.

Nov. 18 - 8 p.m., Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S. "Who's Camus Anyway" is a Japanese film with English subtitles. Set on the campus of a university in Tokyo, students from the literature department's film workshop are about to start shooting their movie, "The Bored Murderer," which is part of their course curriculum. Everyone is in a rush to prepare for the shoot, but the lead actor drops out suddenly, and the team is forced to search for a replacement at the last minute. The director and the other members of the team have their own personal problems with life and love and the story unfolds, "just like the movies." Mitsuo Yanagimachi directed the film.