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| A Girls Secret Taxi ServiceDivine Intervention:A Chronicle of Loveand PainFatma | |
| A Girls Secret Magdy Ahmad Ali Egypt, 2001, 35mm, 91 min Arabic w/ English subtitles Magdy Ahmed Ali's third feature graphically portrays an urban society's struggle to balance tradition and modernity. Through the story of sixteen-year-old Yasmeen, whose out-of-wedlock pregnancy sparks tragic consequences, A Girl's Secret articulates the many questions on the minds of most Egyptians and Muslims around the world: Should women abide by Islam's stringent dress code? How can parents screen out unwanted Western influences from the Internet and satellite television? Should Egyptian schools teach sex education? Should teen-age boys and girls socialize? Preceded by Taxi Service Alexander Monnier and Elie Khalife Lebanon, 1996, 35 mm, 12 min Arabic w/ English subtitles Tarek, a taxi driver, delivers a passenger to an insane asylum for a brief visit, but finds that leaving is not so easy. In this place of peace, the inmates would like nothing better than their freedom. Roxie Cinema, Nov. 3rd, 6.00pm Fine Arts Cinema, Nov. 8th, 4.00pm Towne Theater, Nov. 9th, 2.15pm |
| Divine Intervention: A Chronicle of Love and Pain Elia Suleiman Palestine, 2002, 35mm, 92min Arabic w/ English subtitles WINNER Jury Prize - Cannes International Film Festival, 2002 FIPRESCI Prize - Cannes International Film Festival, 2002 In Nazareth, under a guise of normalcy, the town embraces folly. The Palestinian people, unable to act on their feelings of oppression, take out their hostilities on one another. A love story takes place between two Palestinians: a man living in Jerusalem and a woman living in Ramallah. The man shifts between his ailing father and his love life, trying to keep both alive. Because of the political situation, the woman's freedom of movement ends at the Israeli army checkpoint between the two cities. Barred from crossing, the lovers' intimate encounters take place on a deserted lot right beside the checkpoint. The lovers are unable to exempt reality from occupation. They are unable to preserve their intimacy in the face of a siege. A complicity of solemn desire begins to generate violent repercussions and, against the odds, their angry hearts counter-attack with spasms of spectacular fantasy. Castro Theater, Nov. 12th 8.45pm |
| Fatma- cancelled Khaled Ghorbal Tunisia/France, 2001, 35mm, 124 min Arabic w/ English subtitles A compassionate exploration of the position of women in contemporary Tunisia and its traditionally patriarchal society. Young Fatma is raped by her cousin, but tells no one. However, the traumatic incident has a profound effect on her attitude toward men, and strengthens her resolve to go on to university and achieve an independent life. She is hardened and withdrawn, yet still with her emotions to deal with and choices to make. A revelation of a woman's personal journey and of the standards and mores of her society. Towne Theater, Nov. 11th, 9.00pm |
