nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

One place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar station
on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean, at such a high
latitude that a day lasts an entire summer. This formerly
important research station is now only run by two
people: Sergei, an experienced meteorologist who has
spent years in extreme isolation and takes this task very
seriously, and Pavel, a bright-eyed college grad interning
at the station. The two have little in common, with Pavel
sticking to the company of his MP3 and video games to
avoid the bullish, vaguely threatening Sergei. Summer’s
end will bring a ship to retrieve the two men. Sergei
will finally end a sojourn that has lasted several years
and return to his wife and child on the mainland. Pavel
hopes that he might yet experience the real adventure
Hubert Minel is a typical teenager in almost every sense:
he is narcissistic, has mediocre grades, experiments
with drugs, is defining himself sexually, and he hates
his mother. Although “hate” does not aptly describe
Hubert’s feelings — he is consumed by his loathing.
He hates the way his mother eats, the way she drives,
pretty much any and everything she does intensifies
Hubert’s disgust, and he has no problem showing it. His
mother, Chantale, is an equal player in their constant
bickering. With his home life in shambles, Hubert finds
solace at his boyfriend’s house and in the company of an
understanding teacher. But, when Hubert is unwittingly
outed to his mother, their already-strained relationship
hoW i ended this suMMer
(KaK ya ProVel etiM letoM)
Best Actor and Best Cinematography,
Berlin International Film Festival
Thurs Nov 12 4:35 PM-6:45PM
sAT Nov 14 10:25 AM-12:35 PM
he was dreaming of when he volunteered for this assignment. One day
when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks up a radio message that he
dare not communicate to Sergei. Pavel does everything he can to keep
the message from Sergei, in the hope that the ship’s arrival will relieve
him of this particular task. But then Pavel learns that the ship will not
be coming to pick them up at all this year.
[dir. alexei popogrebski, 2010, Russia, 35mm, 124mins. in Russian with
English subtitles]
Website: www. Filmmovement.com
[this film is part of difficult Films...Rewarding Viewing: Sidebar]
i Killed My Mother
(J’ai tué Ma Mere)
Grand Prix Cannes Film Festival, Jutra Award, Best Sponsored by:
Director, Best Canadian Feature, Vancouver Film
Festival, Best Film Toronto Film Critics. Nominated as
Best Foreign Film in the Academy Awards
FrI Nov 12 5:30 PM-7:15 PM Curtiss Barrows - Merrill Lynch
sAT Nov 13 8:35 PM-10:20 PM NavarroAstrology
hits a breaking point. The characters’ interactions are familiar to
anyone who has endured the uncertainties of adolescence. At times
this is a wickedly humorous film as writer-director-actor Xavier Dolan
delicately balances the blame between mother and son with realistic
dialogue befitting an angry teen, but also with the eye of a blossoming
adult who is starting to know better. Chantale and Hubert are the same
— both with quick fuses and an inability to communicate — just as love
and hate can be the same. I Killed My Mother is a complex drama about
how relationships constantly regress, change and grow, and how easy
it is to get lost along the way.
[dir. Xavier dolan, 2009, canada, video, 100 mins. in French with English
subtitles]
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