Wednesday
April 11 |
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The
World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (Bulgaria, drama) A Bulgarian
boy grows up to be a German man and is an auto accident. His grandfather organizes
a journey into communist Bulgaria as an attempt to cure him of his amnesia. Bulgaria's
submission to the 82nd Academy Awards. 1 hr 45 mins. NR |
Wednesday
April 18 |
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The
Hedgehog (France, drama, humor) A delightful study of three "outsider"
personalities: a precocious young girl, a very unusual concierge and a Japanese
gentleman. In French with English subtitles, 1hr 40mins. NR |
Wednesday
May 2 |
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Aftershock
(China, drama) An epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan
earthquake in China in 1976. "23 seconds and 32 years" A blockbuster
in China. Mandarin with English subtitles, 2hrs 15mins. NR |
Wednesday
May 16 |
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Mao's
Last Dancer (China, US, biography, drama, music, romance) Based on the autobiography
of dancer Li Cunxin, who was chosen from a poor Chinese village by Mme Mao's
cultural delegates, as an 11 year old boy, to be taken to Beijing, to study ballet.
In Mandarin with English subtitles, 1hr 57 mins. PG |
Wednesday
June 6 |
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Monsieur
Lazhar (Canada, drama, humor) An Algerian immigrant is hired to replace an
elementary school teacher who died tragically. Nominated for Oscar 2012. In French,
English, Arabic. 1hr 34min. PG13 |
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