Re: The Conjuring 1080p Eng Subtitles
Clotilde Moralas
This series queries the current state of film on a continent that has seen dramatic transformations in the past two decades, supporting a course that explores how European cinema is responding to the current economic and political crisis situation that endangers the project of a unified and strong European Union consisting of partner nations that was initiated soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Selected films from countries such as Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark, England, Greece, Spain and Italy discuss and visualize the impact of increasing migration into Europe today. Professor: Bastian Heinsohn. Screenings are free and open to the public.
Friday, January 22 at 3pm
Philippe Lioret (France 2009) 110 min. 35MM. With Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi. French, Kurdish & English with English subtitles.
A compassionate immigration drama about the hope of new beginnings and the power of true love, Welcome centers on two couples contending with issues of separation and dislocation. A 17 year-old Kurdish refugee has struggled his way through Europe for 3 months, trying to reunite with his girlfriend, who recently emigrated to England. Stopped by authorities on the French side of the Channel, he meets a swimming instructor in turmoil over his imminent divorce. Their relationship is an extraordinary account of human bonding that won the Ecumenical Jury & Europa Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Jonas Carpignano (Italy/France/US/Germany 2015) 107 min. DCP. With Koudous Seihon, Alassane Sy. Multiple languages with English subtitles.
This remarkably timely, eye-opening look at an all-too-real issue charts the death-defying struggle of African migrants as they risk everything to start a new life in Europe. Ayiva (first time actor Koudous Seihon in a revelatory performance) and Abas (Sy) are close friends from Burkina Faso determined to make it to Italy in order to find work and provide for their families back home. But even after surviving the harrowing journey nothing can prepare the two men for the hostility and violence that awaits them.
Aki Kaurismki (France/Finland 2011) 93 min. 35MM. With Andr Wilms, Kati Outinen, Blondin Miguel. French with English subtitles.
In this warmhearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (Wilms), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carn, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight.