Mountain Cinema Club: Foreign Films & Select Films

Recommended Films:

The Decalogue (1989) by Krzysztof Kieslowski

"One of the great movie achievements of our time" Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue explores the timeless moral issues of human existence through ten contemporary tales, each based on one of the Ten Commandments.
(watch trailer) -(Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune)

The Decalogue was originally created for Polish Television in 1988-1989, garnering much attention for its ambition and craftsmanship. It then played at Venice and at other film festivals, gradually attaining a kind of legendary status. However, it was unavailable to most of the world for years, because it was held up in distribution limbo. When first released by Facets in 2001 for the very brief window remaining in its original contract, The Decalogue garnered instant praise, including being named the number-one film of the year by both The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly. In its limited theatrical run, The Decalogue played the major U.S. markets to sell-out audiences and universal critical acclaim.

At each step of its release--first at festivals, then in limited theatrical runs, then on video, and now on DVD - many reviewers and critics weighed in on the significance of this important series.

 

FALL 2010 SERIES
Showtimes: 2:30pm & 5:30pm
at The Blue Jay Theater
Prices: Matinee: $25 / Evening $35
Memberships Available To Date (08/31/10):
Matinee 76 | Evening 45

Wednesday
Sept. 15
- Mid-August Lunch (Italy comedy, drama) View trailer
A Rome bachelor looks after four octogenarian women for the summer holiday of Ferragosto.
Wednesday
Oct. 6
- Cautiva (Argentina, drama, history) View trailer
Cristina's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school in Buenos Aires and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi...
Wednesday
Oct. 20
- Seraphine (France, drama, biography, art) View trailer
Séraphine is the story of Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (Yolande Moreau), a simple and profoundly devout housekeeper who in 1905 at age 41, began painting brilliantly colorful canvases.
Wednesday
Nov. 3
- Skin (South Africa, drama, mystery) View trailer
Abraham and Sannie Laing were white yet their daughter was dark. By a biological quirk, the pigment of an unknown black ancestor had lain dormant for generations and manifested in Sandra….
Wednesday
Nov. 17
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Wednesday
Dec. 1
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Fall 2010 Films Ordered: Not necessarily in this order/substitution may occur

As It Is In Heaven (Sweden, drama, music, romance) View trailer
Internationally acclaimed orchestra conductor returns to his childhood home after suffering from a breakdown. He finds a new life for himself & inspires the locals in the choir…

Tear This Heart Out (Mexico, drama) View trailer
A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. By one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature.

Many Thanks,
Mary Lindsey, MCC Support Staff, Membership
Helen Richardson, MCC Support Staff, Film Selections



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