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FILMS IN SEPTEMBER, 2005
 
     
  Celebrating EU Cultural Week  
     
  1st September
 
   
  7:00 PM
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PRIVATE (Italy/ 2004/ 93mins.)  
     
Dir: Saverio Costanzo
The film takes a look at the life of a Palestinian family whose house is occupied by the Israeli military. Winner of the Golden Leopard for the best film at the Locarno Film Festival in 2004.
Courtesy: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre
 
         
  6th September      
  7:00 PM
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Kalabush (Greek/ 2003/ 90 mins.)  
     
Dir: Theodore Nikolaides and Adonis Florides
Story of an illegal immigrant Mustafa and his escapades.
Courtesy: Cyprus High Commission
 
         
  7th September      
  7:00 PM
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Wings of Glass (Sweden/ 2002/ 105 mins.)  
     
Dir: Reza Bagher
Nazil, daughter of Iranian parents, has grown up in Sweden. She wants to be Swedish and independent and this leads to a discord in the family.
Courtesy: Embassy of Sweden.
 
         
 
French Film
COURTESY : FRENCH CULTURAL CENTRE & FFSI
 
         
  22nd September      
  7:00 PM
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THE BUTTERFLY CHASE (1992/115mins.)  
     
Dir: Ottar Iosseliani
A noble family of France maintains dignity despite the onslaught of modernism and non-white immigrants.
 
         
  24th September      
  7:00 PM
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TANGUY (2001/108mins.)  
     
Dir: Etienne Chatilliez
An excellent comedy which balances an outrageous script of overly polite parents who just want their little 'poulet' to fly the coup.
 
         
  27th September      
  7:00 PM
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EMOTIONAL DESTINIES (2000 / 180 mins)  
     
Dir: Olivier Assayas
Set in the attermath of the first World War, the story revolves around the heir to a devoutly Protestants porcelain dynasty in Charente and his life-changing encounter with a non - conformist niece of a family friend.
 
         
 
OTHER FILMS
         
  19th September      
  7:00 PM
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Film Club Discussion: Group meets to discuss Neil Jordan's 'THE CRYING GAME' (1992/112 mins) Winner of the Academy Award for the best original screenplay, Neil Jordan's psychological drama and political thriller develops in a fast paced narrative rhythm until its final startling and ironic twist. Film Scholar Ira Bhaskar will introduce the film and co-ordinate the discussion.  
         
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