The
Alan Lutkus
International Film Series
Presented by the Office of
the Provost, the
Departments of English and
Psychology,
and the IFS Committee
Fall 2006
Films
All film screenings are free and open the SUNY Geneseo community
and the general public.
Children
of Heaven (Iran,
1997; 88 min.)
Thursday, October 26,, 2006 – 7:00 p.m. – Newton Hall 204
Set in modern-day Iran,
this is the beautifully filmed and moving story of eight-year-old Ali and his
younger sister, Zahra. When Ali loses Zahra's only pair of shoes, the siblings—too
scared to tell their father—devise a plan to alternately wear Ali’s
battered sneakers. The film revolves around Ali’s efforts to recover Zahra’s
shoes, or get her a new pair. A fascinating view of a brother-sister relationship
in a culture where childhood means something very different than it
does in the United States. In Persian with English subtitles.
Discussant: Dr. Ganie DeHart (Psychology Department)
The
World (China, 2004; 139 min.)
Thursday, November 16, 7:00 p.m. – Newton Hall 204
Compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and dreams of the twenty-somethings
from China’s remote Provinces who come to live and work at Beijing’s
World Park, where lavish shows are performed amid scaled-down replicas of the
Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers. Considered
director Jia Zhangke’s funniest, most inventive and touching work to date.
In Mandarin and Shanxi with English subtitles.
Discussant: Dr. Jun Okada (Department of English)
Games
of Love and Chance (France,
2003; 123 min.)
Thursday, November 30, 7:00 p.m. – Newton Hall 204
A
graceful and frank coming-of-age story about teenage love in a Muslim neighborhood
on the outskirts of Paris. When Krimo, a tough-minded but introverted 15-year-old,
falls in love with Lydia, he schemes up to be cast as Lydia's romantic opposite
in their school’s staging of Marivaux’s “The Game of Love
and Chance,” with bittersweet results. Winner of four César Awards.
In French with English subtitles.
Discussant: Dr. Anne Lutkus (Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, University
of Rochester)
