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CVAG Fall 2010 Film Series FALL FILM PASSES ARE ON SALE NOW - $55 EACH FOR 5 FILMS. Available at the CVAG Gift Shop, 580 Duncan Ave, Courtenay and Video's N More, 264 Anderton Road, Comox Individual movie tickets are $11 each, a limited amount are now available in the CVAG Gift Shop Sales in person ONLY. Sorry, no reservations or sales by phone. Please be aware that CVAG membership discounts cannot be used on the film passes or tickets. All screenings are at the Rialto Theatre, 2665 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay (at Driftwood Mall). All screenings are on WEDNESDAYS at 7:00 pm. Please note: Films are subject to change. Call us at 338-6211 for more information Some of the film selections still need to be confirmed, check back for updates or call 250-338-6211 |
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THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES Wednesday, September 8 Director: Juan José Campanella Cast: Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino Year: 2009 Runtime: 127 minutes Country: Argentina, Spain Language: Spanish with English subtitles Reviews, Official Site 2009 Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Film Set in director Juan José Campanella’s native Argentina, The Secret in Their Eyes is a suspenseful crime drama with a love story at its core. Newly retired from his career in Argentina's criminal court, Benjamín Espósito (Ricardo Darín) begins writing a novel about a unsettled case from his past that continues to haunt him. In 1974, a beautiful young newlywed was raped and murdered and Espósito was sent to investigate the horrifying crime. Tracking down the suspect becomes a personal obsession that draws Espósito and his colleague, the brilliant but unreliable alcoholic Pablo Sandoval (Guillermo Francella), into ever-riskier situations. The case also intensifies Espósito's relationship to his young boss, Irene Menéndez Hastings (Soledad Villamil), a striking, Ivy League-educated woman whom he secretly, hopelessly adores. Despite their dedication, however, inept officials and politics both internal and external to the court threaten to let justice slip away. Espósito's story unfolds with gripping tension as the film shifts smoothly between time periods. Searching for an ending to his book, the older would-be writer makes a startling discovery that compels him to redeem his past and seize his future.
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I AM LOVE Wednesday, September 22 Director: Luca Guadagnino Cast: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini Year: 2010 Runtime: 120 minutes Country: Italy Language: Italian, Russian, English with English subtitles Reviews, Official Site I AM LOVE tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reigns of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi, and grandson Edo. But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio, a handsome and talented chef. At the heart of the family is Tancredi's wife Emma (Tilda Swinton), a Russian immigrant who has adopted the culture of Milan. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Edo's friend and partner Antonio, and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever. CRITICAL NOTES: "Tilda Swinton is a daring actress who doesn't project emotions so much as embody them. I Am Love provides an ideal role for her, in that her actions speak instead of words." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times |
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MICMACS. Wednesday, November 3 Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Cast: Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marie, Jean- Pierre Marielle Year: 2009 Runtime: 105 minutes Country: France Language: French with English subtitles Reviews, Official Site Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s gorgeously romantic Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain is unquestionably one of the most beloved and popular films of the last decade. With Micmacs à tirelarigot – an audience favourite at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival® – Jeunet’s amazing visual vocabulary and hyperactive imagination is used to devastating effect. Drawing on one of France’s most popular screen stars, the incorrigible Dany Boon from the comedy megahit Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, as well as a cast of some of the country’s best-known actors, Jeunet turns on the afterburners in this searing piece of romantic filmmaking set against the storm clouds of warring arms dealers. Boon plays the role of Bazil, a man who was orphaned as a youngster when his soldier father was killed by a roadside bomb. Now working in a video store and trying to find his place in the world, Bazil is hit by a stray bullet in a freak drive-by shooting incident. Emerging from hospital, he finds himself jobless and penniless, but good fortune appears in the form of an ex-con, Tire-Larigot. The ingenious salvage artist ekes out a marginal existence living in a scrap dump together with a tirelessly good-humoured and resourceful group of misfits. Charmed and overwhelmed by the hospitality he receives, Bazil turns the dump into a warm underground home full of magical tools and sculptures made from discarded junk. Meanwhile, an opportunity to get even with the arms manufacturers who killed his father and left him with a bullet in the head keeps Bazil busy plotting sweet revenge. The kinetic level of invention and narrative so familiar to Jeunet lovers is on full display in Micmacs, the film that revels in contemporary contrasts. While the rich arms dealers scheme away and make weapons, Bazil and his rag-tag band of friends create objects to delight and charm. Along the way, Bazil finds romance amid the craziness of the modern world. |
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