The Freshmen
Foreign Film
October 19th
4pm & 7pm
Tickets are $15
The Freshmen follows Antoine (Vincent Lacoste), who is about to start his first year of medical school… for the third time. Meanwhile, Benjamin, fresh out of high school, will have his first stab at it. He soon realizes that it’s not exactly a walk in the park. The two freshers will have to adapt and find a middle ground between despair for the present and hope for the future.
Directed by
Thomas Lilti
Starring
Vincent Lacoste,
William Lebghil,
Michel Lerousseau
Screened in partnership with
Alliance Française Napa
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Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
Opera Film
From Teatro Real, Madrid
October 26th
7:00pm
Tickets are $20
A man of a subtle theatrical spirit, Puccini portrayed brilliantly the fragility of a geisha in love who naively believed the dashing North American marine official also loved her. The musical score evokes agreeably harmonized traditional Japanese melodies. Stage dirctor Mario Gas places the story in a 1930s film studio. He narrates this moving drama from three simultaneous perspectives: the opera itself, the film being made of the opera, and its projection in black and white on a large screen.
Conducted by
Marco Armiliato
Starring
Ermonela Jaho,
Enkelejda Shkosa,
Marifé Nogales
Sceened in partnership with
Rising Alternative
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AYLA: Daughter Of War
Foreign Film
November 9th
4pm and7pm
Tickets are $15
In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight. Frantic, scared and on the verge of death, this little girl captures the heart of Süleyman, who risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his Army base and out of harms way. The two form an instantaneous and inseparable bond, and Ayla, almost effortlessly, brings an uncanny joy to the Turkish brigade. Süleyman's brigade is told that they will be returning home. Süleyman cannot bear abandoning Ayla, and does everything within his power to take her with him.
Directed by
Can Ulkay
Starring
Çetin Tekindor,
Ismail Hacioglu,
Kyung-jin Lee
Sceened in partnership with
Rising Alternative
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Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
Opera Film
From The Paris National Opera
November 30th
7:00pm
Tickets are $20
First performed in Paris in 1843, at the turning point of several eras, Don Pasquale, a composite and varied work, is the apotheosis of opera buffa. Performed for the first time at the Paris Opera, the production has been entrusted to Italian director, Damiano Michieletto, who transports us directly to the sincerity and dramatic splendor at the heart of a seemingly light‑hearted work.
Conducted by
Evelino Pidò
Starring
Michele Pertusi,
Florian Sempey,
Lawrence Brownlee
Sceened in partnership with
Rising Alternative
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