BLINDNESS at the Jesuit Center in Fagalla at 6:30 PM
(Brazil / Canada, 2008), based on the novel by the late Brazilian author Jose Saramago
English
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo
A doctor's wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. (Imdb.com)
Screened at the Jesuit Center's "Gameat El Nahdet El Alamea wel Thaqafiya"
15 Mahrani street, behind the Jesuit School, Faggala
close to Shohadaa metro stop.
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Sunday July 17, 2011
LO SPAZIO BIANCO (THE WHITE SPACE) at the Italian Institute of Culture in Zamalek at 6.00 PM (rerun at 8.00 PM)
Directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
Starring Margherita Buy, Gaetano Bruno, Giovanni Ludeno, Antonia Truppo, Guido Caprino.
Italian with English subtitles
Drama, running time 98 min. – Italy 2009.
Maria is expecting a little girl; she is no longer pregnant but is waiting anyway. She is waiting for her daughter to be born or to die. If there is one thing Maria is unable to do, it is to wait. This is why these three months that she has to face, alone, waiting for her daughter Irene to come out of the incubator, have caught her unaware. Used to relying exclusively on herself and taking all decisions by herself, Maria forces herself into a passive state of apnea, excluding the whole world outside. However, this effort at painful isolation consumes the last ounce of strength she has: the bubble of isolation Maria has closed herself in is put to the test and finally explodes. Maria has to save herself if she wants to save her child.
Tuesday 19 July, 2011
HUMORESQUE (IMDB.com) at the Open Air Theater at Cairo Opera House at 7.30 PM
USA / 1946
Runtime: 125 min
A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Featuring Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Robert Blake
Thursday 21 July, 2011
OM SHANTI OM at the Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC) at 3:00 PM
India / 2007
Language: Hindi
Director Farah Khan
Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Rampal
162 min
The film is set in the 1970s and 2000s; it is both a celebration and a parody of the Indian film industry of both these eras. All the clichés of Indian films such as poor boy – rich girl romance; reincarnation; revenge; hapless, widowed mother; everlasting friendships, etc are utilized in the film both to evoke laughter and create pathos.
Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC)
23, Talaat Harb St. Downtown
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