International Film Festival runs through February
Published or Revised February 05, 2010
Raising awareness of foreign cultures and languages is the goal for the Third International Film Festival sponsored by the Paris Junior College Hispanic Club and Student Government Association. Two different foreign films will be shown each Thursday in February at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the first-level lounge of the PJC Student Center. "We've got some great films to show," said PJC Spanish Instructor Kelli Ebel, "this gives everyone the opportunity to teach, learn, and explore beyond Paris, Texas." The film schedule includes:- Feb. 4 — the 4 p.m. showing is [i]Real Women Have Curves[/i], a Spanish coming-of-age story of a first-generation Latina struggling to balance her family's culture and her dreams of a college education. The 6:30 p.m. showing is [i]The Boys of Baraka[/i], an English tale of four 12-year-old black boys from one of the most violent ghettos in Baltimore, Md., who are taken 10,000 miles away to an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya.
- Feb. 11 — The 4 p.m. showing is [i]Mr. Bean's Holiday[/i], an English/French tale of winning a vacation in church raffle, but having language troubles in France. The 6:30 p.m. showing is [i]Molière[/i], a French film about actor-playwright Molière (Romain Duris) freed from prison to help a wealthy man woo a comely young widow he fancies.
- Feb. 18 — The 4 p.m. showing is [i]Slumdog Millionaire[/i], the Oscar-winning tale of a Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums and becomes a contestant on the Indian version of [i]Who Wants To Be A Millionaire[/i]. The 6:30 p.m. showing is [i]Babel[/i], a Mexican film about a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) in Morocco falling victim to a random act of violence, and a series of events unfolding across four countries.
- Feb. 25 — The 4 p.m. showing is [i]Wings of Desire[/i], a German film that won Best Director at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for this captivating vision about an angel falling in love with a beautiful circus performer while drifting unnoticed through West Berlin. Peter Falk also stars, as himself, and aids the angel in his decision-making process. The 6:30 p.m. showing is [i]Shinobi: Heart Under Blade[/i], a Japanese ninja action thriller that's part [i]X-Men[/i] and part [i]Romeo and Juliet[/i].