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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April
15, 2009
Contact:
, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7379
Fax: (512) 974-7442
Reel Independents Film Series @ APL
The Reel Independents Film Series screens a new independent film at the Austin Public Library every month. The series will showcase independent films at the St. John Branch on the first Wednesday of every month and the Ruiz Branch on the third Wednesday of the month. All screenings take place at 6:30 p.m. The Reel Independents Film Series is free and open to the public. For more information please call 512-974-7400 or visit www.cityofaustin.org/library.
The Pope’s Toilet directed by Cesar Charlone and Enrique Fernandez
- May 6, 6:30 p.m. St. John Branch
- May 20, 6:30 p.m. Ruiz Branch
The Trap directed by Srdan Golubovic
- June 3, 6:30 p.m. St. John Branch
- June 17, 6:30 p.m. Ruiz Branch
In Love We Trust directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
- July 1, 6:30 p.m. St. John Branch
- July 15, 6:30 p.m. Ruiz Branch
The Pope’s Toilet
Directed by Cesar Charlone and Enrique Fernandez.
Drama / Uruguay, France, Brazil / In Spanish with English subtitles / 90 min.
Fernández and Charlone have achieved something...with… visual and dramatic intensity" --Screen Daily
It’s 1988, and Melo, an Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. 50,000 people are expected to attend, and the most humble locals believe that selling food and drink to the multitude will just about make them rich. Petty smuggler Beto thinks he has the best idea of all--he decides he will build a WC in front of his house and charge for its use. His efforts bring about unexpected consequences, and the final results will surprise everyone.
An alternatingly touching, humorous and poignant story of human dignity and solidarity from director/scriptwriters Enrique Fernández and noted cinematographer César Charlone (Oscar-nominated “City of God”). Co-produced by Oscar-nominee Fernando Meirelles (“City of God”, “The Constant Gardener”).
The Trap
Directed by Srdan Golubovic.
Drama / Serbia, Germany, Hungary / English Subtitles
Serbia's Academy Awards® entry for the 2007 Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar®
"Beautifully executed…deeply moving…a thoroughly involving cinematic experience" -- Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter
A modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian "society in transition," It's a story that could happen to you. An ordinary man is forced to choose between life and death of his own child. THE TRAP is a film about post-Milosevic's Serbia, in which there is no more war, only a moral and existential desert. This is Serbia in transition, in which human life is worth little, and normal life remains almost unreachable.
In Love We Trust
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Drama / China / English Subtitles
Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival
"Diamond performances…perfectly calibrated." -- Maggie Lee, The Hollywood Reporter
A divorced couple learns that the only way to save their little daughter Hehe, who suffers from a blood disease, is to have another child. Now both remarried, Mei Zhu and Xiao Lu are forced to test their love and their commitment to one another by putting their current relationships in danger. A story of parenthood, love, married life, betrayal, trust and giving, which touches upon changes in contemporary society and family life, as well as the moral and ethical dilemmas brought on by modernity.
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