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This Friday kicks off the 11th Annual Latin American Film Festival at Georgia Tech!
Films
will be shown the Student Center Theater at 7 PM on Fridays and
Saturdays for three consecutive weekends. Admission is free and open to
the public! Please bring yourselves and your friends & family.
Film Schedule:
Friday, April 8: "Maria
llena eres de gracias" (Maria Full of Grace)
Country of
Origin: Colombia
Plot Summary: In
a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen-year-old Maria supports
her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a
total lack of perspective on finding a new job, decides to accept the offer
to work as a drug mule, flying to the U.S. with sixty-two pellets of cocaine in her
stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned.
Saturday, April
9: "Mar
adentro" (The Sea Inside)
Country of
Origin: Spain
Plot Summary:
This film tells the life story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year
campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramón's
relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa,
a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the
gift of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never
previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramón taught everyone he
encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not
move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others.
Friday, April
15: "Como
agua para chocolate" (Like Water for Chocolate)
Country of
Origin: Mexico
Plot Summary: In
a forgotten Mexico Tita and Pedro fall in love but are forbidden to marry. Mama
Elena sees Tita's role as her caretaker for life - no youngest daughter has
ever married and her daughter will not be the first to break tradition. Tita's
heart breaks when her mother instead offers to Pedro her other daughter, and he
accepts. Now they live in the same house, and Mama Elena cannot forbid their
love as she did their marriage.
Saturday, April
16: "Ônibus
174" (Bus 174)
Country of
Origin: Brazil
Plot Summary:
This documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000,
when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the
passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and
tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one
of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.
Friday, April
22:
"Valentín" (Valentin)
Country of
Origin: Argentina
Plot Summary: An
eight-year-old boy named Valentin living with his grandmother in Buenos Aires
in the late 1960s discovers that his family has problems that only he can
solve. Specifically, he dreams of being reunited with his mother, who is
separated from Valentin's abusive father who uses him to attract new
girlfriends like the attractive Leticia, whom Valentin himself befriends.
Saturday, April
23: "Voces
inocentes" (Innocent Voices)
Country of
Origin: El Salvador
Plot Summary: A
young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is
caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the
war which is raging all around him.
Check the Spanish Speaking Organization website for movie trailers: http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/sso/
We hope to see you there!
