V –0 08 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
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V –0 08 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
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Save Me is a subtly nuanced and deeply sympathetic look at<br />
both sides of one of the most polarizing religious and sexual<br />
debates in America: the conflict - and possible reconciliation<br />
- between homosexuality and Christianity. Mark (Chad Allen<br />
from Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) is a young gay man who is<br />
addicted to sex and drugs. After a particularly nasty binge, his<br />
brother checks him into Genesis House, a Christian retreat in<br />
New Mexico miles from anywhere. Run by a compassionate<br />
husband and wife team, Gayle (Judith Light) and Ted (Stephen<br />
Lang) have made it their life’s mission to cure young men of<br />
their ‘gay affliction’ through spiritual guidance. At first, Mark<br />
resists, but soon takes the message to heart and begins to<br />
bond with his fellow residents...in particular Scott (Robert<br />
The Secrets is a profound story of love between two women at<br />
an isolated Jewish seminary in Israel. Naomi is a passionate<br />
devotee of the Torah, but her Orthodox family has arranged for<br />
her to live out her years in domestic servitude as wife to a stern<br />
student. She convinces her rabbi father to allow her to study<br />
at an all-women’s seminary (or midrasha) in ancient Safed,<br />
the birthplace of Kabbalah, where the pious have studied the<br />
mysteries of Jewish mysticism since time immemorial. There<br />
she meets the cool, strong-willed Michelle - sent there by her<br />
parents in an effort to tame her wildness - and they become fast<br />
friends. Soon the two are assigned to visit and feed a dying and<br />
reclusive older French woman named Anouk (Fanny Ardant),<br />
who lives near the midrasha. Sparks fly between the two young<br />
women as they endeavor to redeem Anouk from her tumultuous<br />
save me<br />
THuRS NOV 6 8:25 PM-10:10 PM<br />
FRI NOV 7 10:00 AM-11:40 AM<br />
Gant from Queer as Folk), a mentor charged with guiding<br />
Mark through his conversion. As their friendship evolves<br />
into romance, Mark and Scott are forced to confront their<br />
true selves, while Gayle and Ted find the values they hold<br />
as absolute truths to be threatened. Powerful, restrained<br />
performances and a provocative yet believable plot bring<br />
light to this contentious subject and offer healing, clarity and<br />
understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture<br />
and sexual identity.<br />
[Dir. Robert cary, US, 2007, video, 96 mins.]<br />
Website: www.firstrunfeatures.com/saveme_synopsis.html<br />
the secrets<br />
(ha-sodot)<br />
SAT NOV 8 2:20 PM-4:30 PM<br />
SPONSORED BY: CAMP REHOBOTH<br />
SuN NOV 9 2:45 PM-4:50 PM<br />
and terrible past through an elaborate series of Kabbalistic<br />
rituals that will cleanse the older woman of “the secrets.” By<br />
the time the rituals are complete, none of the women will be the<br />
same, as they are torn between religious devotion and desire.<br />
Avi Nesher brilliantly tackles subjects taboo to a conservative<br />
community, including feminism, sexual awakening and<br />
lesbianism. Each character is tormented over what is right and<br />
what is seemingly wrong.<br />
[Dir. Avi nesher, 2007, israel, 35mm. 120 mins. in hebrew and<br />
French with English subtitles]<br />
Website: www.thesecertsmovie.com<br />
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