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FILMS IN JANUARY, 2002
 
     
  FILMS FROM ISRAEL [8 -2 4 JANUARY]  
         
  8th January
 
   
  7.00 p.m.
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SAINT CLARA (75 mins.)  
     
Director
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Fulman Ari
The Story of a you g girl who is awarded supernatural powers for a few days.
 
   
 
   
  8th January
 
   
  9.00 p.m.
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PASSOVER FEVER (100 mins.)  
   
 
Director
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Zarhin Shemi
A sad comedy with several intermingling stories that create a human yarn that is both funny and painful.
 
         
  10th January
 
   
  7.00 p.m.
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UNDER WESTERN EYES (95 mins.)  
   
 
Director
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Pitchadze Joseph
A tragi-comic adventure of Gary Romanov, a young architect living in Berlin, totally disconnected from his past. An announcement of his father's death brings him back to Israel and forces him to confront his traumatic past.
 
         
  10th January
 
   
  7.00 p.m.
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THE DYBBUK FROM THE HOLY APPLE FIELD (94 mins.)

 
     
Director
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Zommer Yosi
A contemporary version of the classic play 'The Dybbuk' by Anski. A highly charged, emotional story, touching and mystical, challenging the boundaries of death.
 
         
  10th January      
  9.00 p.m.
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URBAN FEEL (104 mins.)  
     
Director
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Segal Yehonatan
Robbie and Eva, stuck in a filmsy marriage have an unexpected guest in Emanuel, a former lover of Eva's. His presence acts as a catalyst and leads to the collapse of an already shaky marriage.
 
         
  24th January      
  7.00 p.m.
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KADOSH (117 mins.)  
     
Director
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Amos Gitai
Kadosh or 'sacred' is a quietly heartbreaking tale of two sisters suffering from the demands of the patriarchal atmosphere of the ultra orthodox Jerusalem community of Mea Shearim.
 
         
  OTHER FILMS IN JANUARY  
         
  3rd January      
  7.00 p.m.
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L' ENFER (French)  
     
Director
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Claude Chabrol
Cast
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Emmanuelle Beart, Franoise Cluzet.
Paul has just bought a charming waterfront hotel in the heart of France. In debt for the next ten years, he sets to work with his beautiful new wife Nelly. Things are going well, till Paul begins to get suspicious of his wife...very, very suspicious.
 
         
  18th January      
  7.00 p.m.
INTERACTION with director Vijay Singh & lead actress Smriti Misra followed by the screening of  
   
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JAYA GANGA (Hindi)  
     
Director
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Vijay Singh
Cast
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Smriti Misra, Asil Rais
Nishant a young Indian writer living in Paris journeys down the Ganges, from its sources in the Himalayas to the sea. The movie has been described by Ies echos as "The long journey down the Ganges, with its colourful interludes and mysterious encounters, is an enchantment, a poetic dream" (Subtitled in English).
 
         
  30th January      
  7.00 p.m.
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CHAR ADHYAYA  
     
Director
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Kumar Shahani
Ramli Bhattacharya's English translation of the well known novel CHAR ADHYAYA published by SHRISHTI. An Interaction with the director, Kumar Shahani and translator Rimli Bhattacharya shall precede the screening of this yet unreleased film.
 
         
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