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CLASSIC FILMS / ART FILMS / FOREIGN FILMS
August 20th,
7:00pm
Opera in 3 acts
by Antonín Dvořák (written 1901)
Libreto by Jaroslav Kvapil,
based on Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's Undine (1811)
and inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1837) and other European stories
Conducted by Ivor Bolton
Sung in Czech
Recorded in November, 2020 in Teatro Real, Madrid
180min
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Tickets are $20
Screened in partnership with Rising Alternative Films
August 27th,
4pm and 7pm
In 1821, Lucien de Rubempré (César winner Benjamin Voisin) arrives in Paris as a sensitive, and idealistic young poet determined to write a reputation-making novel. Instead, he finds himself swept into journalism, whose influence and reach is booming with the help of the printing press, widely available of late. Lucien agrees to write rave theater reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience. Xavier Giannoli’s sumptuous adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s epic novel, Lost Illusions is a ravishing vision of the birth of modern media.
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Tickets are $15
Screened in partnership with International Film Showcase
September 10th,
7:00pm
After its initial rejection, Verdi’s unique opera, whose action unfolds in a contemporary setting, La traviata, based on Alexandre Dumas’ The Lady of the Camellias, became one of the most acclaimed works of the composer. Behind the outward show of luxury and frivolous pleasure, the “populous desert they call Paris” hides the stark cruelty of a social class for whom everything can be bought and sold.
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Tickets are $20
Screened in partnership with Rising Alternative Films
September 17th,
4pm and 7pm
Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, awaits the imminent visit from a committee which holds its fate in their hands as to whether they merit a local Business Excellence award. Everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, the company’s proprietor, Blanco (Bardem) pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.
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Tickets are $15
Screened in partnership with International Film Showcase