International Lens Film Series
The Great Beauty
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7:30pm, Sarratt Cinema
Presented by: Andrea Mirabile, Associate Professor of Italian
Italy, France (2013) A journalist has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. When his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from the past, he finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past his extravagant life to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. A visual banquet, it was the winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese with English subtitles. Blu-ray. 142 minutes. Funding provided by the Department of French & Italian.
The Best Things in the World
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7:30pm, Sarratt Cinema
Presented by: Marcio Bahia, Assistant Professor of Portuguese
Brazil (2010) Dir: Lais Bodansky. The coming of age story of one month in the lives of Hermano and Pedro, two brothers who find out their parents are getting a divorce because their father is gay. With all the challenges in the process of becoming an adult, we see Hermano-s view of the world change before us. Portuguese with English subtitles. DVD. 100 minutes. This screening is part of Vanderbilt-s Brazil Week, Sept 29-Oct 3.
Contact:
Marci Angevine
International Lens Advisory Board
International Student & Scholar Advisor