Habitat Film Club - India Habitat Centre - Films in September, 2006

Films in September, 2006

12th - 14th September

7:00 PM

Festival Of Contemporary Films From Mexico- 6 stories,6 Directors with a fresh eye and social style of expression.The cycle merges in the end with a glimpse of contemporary Mexico.Collab:The Embassy Of Mexico. Please check with the Programme desk for details.

4th September

Kubrador (The Bet Collector)

7:00 PM

Dir. Jeffrey Jeturian

The film follows three days in the life of aging bet collector, Amelita who goes around her poverty stricken neighborhood convincing people to entrust their hard-earned pesos to luck – jueteng, a popular numbers game in Manila. A series of events turns her mundane existence into a perplexing game of life, luck and death.Winner,Best Film at the 8th Osian’s Cinefan Festival Of Asian Cinema.Courtesy: Embassy Of The Phillipines.

29th September

7:00 PM

Film Club Discussion Group meets to discuss ‘Vanilla Sky’ Dir. Cameron Crowe (USA/2001/136mins) Adapted from the the Spanish film/screenplay, Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos) by Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil,the plot moves through a cascading sequence of dreams, awakenings, plot reversals and flash-forwards reiterating cinemas powerful link with the consciousness of dreams.Film scholar Shohini Ghosh will facilitate the discussion.

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