Union Cinema presents international films
By Christy Vietmeier Argonaut Staff Writer
The University of Idaho's Union Cinema will be showing a number of critically acclaimed foreign films on Thursday nights, featuring movies in Japanese, Mandarin, Persian, French, Russian and English.
The first film, "Kikujiro No Natsuiro," was shown Thursday
at the Borah Theatre located in the Student Union Building.
This is the third year the Union Cinema has shown international
films and Shana Plasters, the Assistant Director of Student Activities
and Leadership, would like to see more students take advantage
of them.
"We have a couple of very committed faculty members, Joan
and Dennis West, who both teach in the UI Foreign Language Department
that help our staff decide which movies to offer."
All movies that are spoken in different languages have English
subtitles. The following films will be shown this semester:
"Bossa Nova" is a romantic comedy set in present day
Rio de Janeiro where several couples break up or hook up, cross
each other's paths and destinies and unleash new passions. Sept.
21, at 7and 9 p.m. English and Portuguese. Rated R.
"Yi Ge Dou By Neng Shao (Not One Less)" is about a
teacher named Gao who is devoted to his students and education.
When he is called away to tend to his dying mother, a 13 year
old becomes Gao's replacement and is offered an extra 10 yuan
if there is not one less student upon his return. Sept. 28, at
7 and 9:30 p.m. Mandarin with English subtitles. Rated G.
"Rang-e-khcda (The Color of Paradise)" is about a blind
child named Mohammed who has not let his disability dampen his
zest for life. His father, a widower, views him as a burden and
fears his chance for marriage will be jeopardized by his son's
condition, so he sends him off to be a carpenter's apprentice.
Oct. 5, at 7 and 9 p.m. Persion with English subtitles. Rated
PG.
"Rosetta" is about a young and impulsive girl who is
searching desperately for a steady job, a normal life, and the
dignity denied to her by living in poverty with her alcoholic,
unemployed mother. Isolated and anxious, Rosetta will do anything
to find paying work, even betray those who mean the most to her.
Oct. 12, at 7 and 9 p.m. French with English subtitles. Rated
R.
"Mifune Sidste Sang (Mifune)" is about a young man,
Kresten, who moves away from his parent's farm to pursue his
career, only to move back when his father dies. He places an
ad in the newspaper to get help with the farm, and a prostitute,
Liva, answers it. Oct. 19, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Danish with English
subtitles. Rated R.
"Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God Be back by
Five" is a story of two lifelong friends who embark on a
journey to find a childhood buddy who apparently has gone insane
and is hiding out in Coney Island's decaying amusement park.
Oct. 26, at 7 and 9 p.m. English. Rated R.
"Sunshine (The Taste of Sunshine)" is about three generations
of the Sonnenscheins, a Jewish-Hungarian family, that begins
when Hungary was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian empire. They change
their name to Sors to survive Nazi occupation, and face the fallout
of the postwar Communist legacy. Nov. 2, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. English.
Rated R.
"Est-Ouest (East-West)" takes place in June 1946 when
Stalin offers Russian emigrants amnesty and the chance to participate
in post-war reconstruction. Alexei Golovine, now living in France,
decides to return, taking his young French wife and son. But
Stalin's welcome is not what they expected. Nov. 16, at 6 and
9:30 p.m. Russian and French with English subtitles. Rated PG-13.
Price of admission is $2 with a Student ID and $3 without. For
any other information, call ASUI Productions at 885-6485.
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