JUNE 2005
MOOLAADE
(Senegal)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: African cinemaÕs founding father, 81-year-old Ousmane Sembene, continues to be its most fiery, provocative spirit with this winner of the Grand Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and 2005 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. A rousing polemic directed against the still common African practice of female circumcision, this powerful story, places the action amid a colorful, vibrant tapestry of village life. Through a narrative that expands well beyond the bounds of straightforward, socially conscious realism, we are exposed to an imaginative array of emblematic metaphors, mythic overtones and musical numbers.
Schedule:
10 a.m. June 12 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. June 12 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. June 19 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
JULY 2005 LOST EMBRACE
(Argentina)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: A story of a first, bittersweet encounter between a father and his young adult son, Lost Embrace (Argentina's 2004 Academy Award entry/Best Foreign Film) conjures up an ensemble of engaging characters pursuing their humble dreams with gentle humor, irresistible passion and an infectious generosity of spirit. The film stars Daniel Hendler, winner, 2004 Berlin Film Festival/Best Actor.
Schedule:
10 a.m. July 10 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. July 10 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. July 17 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
AUGUST 2005
SILENT WATERS
(Pakistan/France/Germany)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: A woman's fragile destiny provides a rare window on a tumultuous period in Pakistani
history - the late 70s when the country, under military rule, swung toward Islamic extremism.
Gritty yet exquisite in its picturesque setting and assured pacing, this powerful drama is cast with
gifted non-actors guided by documentarian Sabiha Sumar in her feature film debut.
Schedule:
10 a.m. August 14 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. August 14 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. August 21 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
SEPTEMBER 2005
VODKA LEMON
(France/Armenia)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: Winner, Best Director, Venice Film Festival and
Best Actor, Newport Beach Film Festival. Rarely
has a potentially grim predicament been
treated with more humor and insight. In
a remote, isolated village in post-Soviet
Armenia, Halmo, a widower with a pitiful
pension and three worthless sons, meets
the lovely Nina, The two are penniless but
revitalized by their unexpected union.
Director Hiner Saleem invests each incident with
marvelous sight gags and a sense that these quirky
inhabitants cannot help but endure.
Schedule:
10 a.m. September 18 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. September 18 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. September 25 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
OCTOBER 2005
VOYAGES
(France)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: From internationally acclaimed director
Emmanuel Finkiel, comes a powerful, deeply profound
and affecting work that probes the post
Holocaust and a way of coping with
the present by looking at the past.
Composed of three separate stories
about people searching for their
relatives, all of whom have had lives
forever changed by the horrors of the
World War II, this award winning film
of incredible emotional subtlety
features Esther Gorontin who starred
in the memorable Since Otar Left.
Schedule:
10 a.m. October 9 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. October 9 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. October 16 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
NOVEMBER 2005
SECRET BALLOT
(Iran)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: Award-winning director Babak Payami presents an
engaging warmly human comedy where so much
can happen in a single day, especially
when opposites attract. In this tale, set
on a remote island, as a lone soldier
accompanies a woman who must
collect ballots during the countryÕs
election day, views can change and
hearts can melt. By sunset, the
womanÕs idealistic notions can come
back down to earth. And a lonely man
can discover thereÕs more to voting by
secret ballot than he ever imagined.
Schedule:
10 a.m. November 13 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. November 13 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. November 20 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
DECEMBER 2005
SHADOW MAGIC
(China/U.S.)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: Based on a true story, director Ann Hu's Shadow
Magic evokes the dawn of cinema in China with
much charm, humor and subtlety. Set in the
Peking of 1902, the film reflects a transitional time
for a tradition-bound culture with stunning cinematography
and great historical detail. Beneath a lighthearted,
even whimsical surface, Shadow Magic touches upon
various and increasing tensions in Chinese society that
would soon erupt with the collapse of the Qing Dynasty
not long after the death of the Empress Dowager in 1908.
Schedule:
10 a.m. December 11 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. December 11 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. December 18 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
JANUARY 2006
FAAT KINE
(Senegal)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: Another masterpiece from AfricaÕs foremost director
Ousmane Sembene. In this intimate tale of the
human condition he focuses his lens on very real
issues that are not just Senegalese, but universal as
well. Highlighted by strong performances and a
narrative featuring both comic and dramatic overtones, the
film follows the life of a 40-year-old woman who refuses
to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs
the ladder of success in a male dominated field.
Schedule:
10 a.m. January 8 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. January 8 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. January 15 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
FEBRUARY 2006
ALMOST PEACEFUL
(France)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: From award-winning director Michel Deville, this
is very well-crafted, lucid film with fine performances tells
a deeply moving story. Set in Post-Holocaust Paris and
based on the autobiographical novel by Robert Bober, a
French writer and filmmaker, it evokes how survival also
means the modest, faltering steps the not-dead take toward
the resumption of everyday normal life.
Schedule:
10 a.m. February 12 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. February 12 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. February 19 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
MARCH 2006
MY MOTHERÕS SMILE
(Italy)
Cafe Cinematheque Synopsis: Considered to be a highly provocative
film, and ŌblasphemousĶ by the Church, Marco
BellocchioÕs My MotherÕs Smile is a fascinating portrait of a
man who is forced to reconcile with his own atheism after
receiving a shocking appeal from the Church requesting his
participation in the canonization of his "saintly" mother.
Although pressured by his entire family, in his heart, Ernesto
doesnÕt believe his mother should be a saint, and says so,
much to the anger of the Church. Overwhelmed by a conspiracy
he didnÕt realize, the conflicts haunting him come to
the fore and his memory of his mother (his motherÕs smile)
opens up a gaping chasm that forces him to reconsider the
past and live the present differently.
Schedule:
10 a.m. March 12 at Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall
2 p.m. March 12 at Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11
10 a.m. March 19 at Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park
CAFE CINEMATHEQUE INTERNATIONAL:
Tickets: $10 per screening
Phone: (561) 347-8509
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Locations:
Sunrise Cinemas at Intracoastal Mall, 3701 N.E. 163rd St., Intracoastal Mall, North Miami Beach
Sunrise Cinemas at Sunrise 11, 4321 N.W. 88th Ave., Sunrise
Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park, 301 Plaza Real, Boca Raton |
