nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
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The themes of tensions between fathers and sons and<br />
a background of civil war reappear in this fourth film<br />
from Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, the Paris-based, Chadborn<br />
director. We watch as economics and war conspire<br />
to disrupt the routine of ageing Adam, who, having<br />
been Central Africa’s swimming champion in 1965, now<br />
spends his days guarding a pool in a hotel in the Chad<br />
capital. Adam’s teenage son, Abdel, assists with the<br />
pool duties. Growing hostilities in Chad’s ongoing civil<br />
war and financial pressures cause the hotel’s Chinese<br />
owners to sack a loyal Congolese cook and transfer Adam<br />
from pool duties to guarding the hotel’s front entrance.<br />
Adam is devastated by these changes and his sadness<br />
Debut filmmaker Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio treats the eyes<br />
and soul to a breathtaking vision of life at tropical waters’<br />
edge through the bonding of a father and his young son.<br />
Jorge grew up in Mexico and has been separated from<br />
his wife Roberta for several years. She longs to return to<br />
her roots in Rome and is taking their five-year-old son<br />
with her. Intent upon imparting his Mayan heritage to his<br />
son, Jorge is given several weeks to take Natan to the<br />
Chinchorro reef on the Mexican coast. At first, the boy<br />
finds this new way of life uncomfortable, getting seasick<br />
on the boat and working constantly, but his father<br />
eventually eases him into the rhythms of a fisherman’s<br />
life. As day-to-day existence carries on, the relationship<br />
a screaMinG Man<br />
(un hoMMe qui crie)<br />
Jury Prize Cannes <strong>Film</strong> Festival Sponsored by:<br />
Thurs Nov 11 2:30 PM-4:15 PM<br />
FrI Nov 12 4:30 PM-6:15 PM<br />
sAT Nov 13 4:50 PM-6:35 PM Cliff Diver<br />
and growing sense of his own age and mortality is compounded when<br />
he discovers that his son has taken over his old job. Not long after<br />
these events, Adam, under great pressure from local chief Ahmat,<br />
makes a fateful decision to contribute to the government’s war effort in<br />
a manner that has serious repercussions for his future and his family.<br />
Haroun’s simple framing and pared-down storytelling once more offer<br />
a contemporary parable about life in modern West Africa and create<br />
welcome space for the exploration of a few essential themes.<br />
[dir. mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 20<strong>10</strong>, chad, 35mm, <strong>10</strong>2 mins. in French<br />
and arabic with English subtitles]<br />
Website: www.filmmovement.com<br />
alaMar<br />
Tiger Award – Rotterdam Int’l <strong>Film</strong> Festival, Sponsored by:<br />
Audience Award - Morelia Int’l <strong>Film</strong> Festival,<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong> Competition Award – Morelia Int’l<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Festival, Jury Award – Iberoamerican Prize,<br />
Miami Int’l <strong>Film</strong> Festival, New Director Award -<br />
San Francisco Int’l <strong>Film</strong> Festival.<br />
FrI Nov 12 12:40 PM-2:00 PM Jobe’s Landscape<br />
sAT Nov 13 9:40 PM-<strong>10</strong>:55 PM Anita Peghini-Rabes - Artist<br />
suN Nov <strong>14</strong> 3:00 PM-4:20 PM Staying Home Photography<br />
between man and nature is subtly revealed and the boy learns to live in<br />
harmony with the natural world. While Alamar is a fictional narrative,<br />
the film effectively blurs documentary and fiction as the main actors<br />
play themselves and the director delicately captures the serenity of<br />
life at a realistic pace. Natan’s emotional journey leaves him and the<br />
audience with an experience that will remain long after the film comes<br />
to a close.<br />
[dir. pedro gonzález-Rubio, 2009, mexico, 35mm, 73 mins in Spanish and<br />
italian with English subtitles]<br />
Website: www.filmmovement.com<br />
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