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  Films in March, 2006  
     
  Celebrating Mexican Director, Courtesy: The Embassy of Mexico
Courtesy: The Embassy of Mexico
 
     
  Arturo Ripstein, is regarded as most successful Mexican filmmaker internationally. His first films were based on the literary works of major Latin American writers such as marquez and Fuentes. Often set in small towns, Ripstein's films puncuture macho posturing and examine oppressive social conditions and traditions.  
     
     
  18th March
 
    
  7:00 PM
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 LA PERDICION DE LOS HOMBRES (2000/106 mins)  
     
The fiom, a black comedy, takes its title from a Mexican song about women being the downfall of men. Winner of several awards including The Golden Shelll for the best fiom at the 'San Sebastian Film Festival'
 
         
  19th March      
  7:00 PM
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 PRINCIPIO Y FIN (1994/183 mins)  
     

Loosely based on Egyptian author Naquib Mahfouz's 1940's book, the film traces the slow and painful collapse of a Mexican family after the sudden death of their father.
 
         
  20th March      
  7:00 PM
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 EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA (1999/118mnis)  
     

Based on a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but set in the for for forties, the film is the story of a long and helpless wait of a Colonel for his pension.

 
         
  21st March      
  7:00 PM - ASI ES LA VIDA (2000/98mins)  
     

Based on the Greek tragedy MEDEA, this is a present day Mexican version, set in the seediest possible milieu of Mexico City. Story of a women abandoned by her husband and thrown out of her apartment by her landlord - who is now her husband's new father-in-law.
 
         
  22nd March      
  7:00 PM - EL IMPERIO DE LA FORTUNA (1986/130mins)  
     

Based on a story by Juan Rulfo, a powerful drama about a poor peasant who finds for tune in cockfighting, which leads to new wealth, corruption and tragedy as he enters the gambling world.
 
         
 
OTHER FILMS
         
  16th March      
  6:30 PM
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FILM CLUB DISCUSSION - MEDEA (Danish / 1988/76mins) Dir. Lars Von Trier. Known for his dramatic use of non-traditional lighting and colour, Von Trier creates a world of mythic realism in Medea. The film won the Jean d'Arcy prize in France. Film scholar Ira Bhaskar will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion.

 
     

 

  
       
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