Mountain Cinema Club: Foreign Films & Select Films

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Spring 2008
Wednesday
March 5
- The Kite Runner - USA After spending years in CA, Amir returns to his homeland, Afghanistan, to rescue the son of his childhood friend. In doing so, he hopes to find forgiveness for choices he had made as a child. In English, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu, Russian NR 122m
Wednesday
March 19
- Peck on the Cheek - India The journey of an adopted 9 year old Sri Lanka girl searching for her birth parents during the Tamil uprising. Tamil/Sinhala w/English subtitles NR 123 min.
Wednesday
April 2
- La Vie en Rose - France The extraordinary life of French singer, Edith Piaf. Marion Cotillardas is one of the finalists for best actress. French/English w/English subtitles PG13 140 min. (The second showing of this film will be at 7:45.)
Wednesday
April 16
- Mother of Mine - Finland/Sweden The writer, one of 70,000 Finnish children evacuated to Sweden during WWII, tells a story of one 9 year old boy who feels abandoned by his Finnish mother and who has not yet attached to his Swedish surrogate mom. In Finnish, Swedish 111m NR
Wednesday
May 7
- Painted Veil -UK/China A love story set in the 1920’s of a young British doctor and an upper-class woman who married for all of the wrong reasons. Takes place in a remote village in China during a cholera outbreak. Mandarin/Eng/Fr PG13 125min.
Wednesday
May 21
  The Band's Visit - Israel, Egypt Witty and gentle comedy about an Egyptian band stuck in a backwater, desert Israeli town. An audience favorite where ever it shows. In Arabic, Hebrew, English. PG 13 for brief strong language 89 min
Wednesday
June 4
- Under the Same Moon - Mexico/USA Parallel stories and enduring bond between a mother a young son living on opposite sides of the US-Mexico border. Spanish/English w/English subtitles NR 109 min.
   
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