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Foreign & Art Film Series - Spring 2010
Films screen at 6:30 PM with a discussion following.
April 23 - For My Father (Israel)
Tarek, a Palestinian forced on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv to redeem his father's honor, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv awaiting its repair, Tarek must live amongst the people he was planning to kill. To his surprise he connects with several Israelis on the outskirts of society, including the beautiful Keren, who has cut off contact with her Orthodox family and upbringing. With nothing to lose, Tarek and Keren open up to one another, and an unlikely love blooms between two isolated and damaged individuals, raised to be enemies.
However, with the deadly load of explosives still strapped to him, he must spend 48 hours in the city, caught between the men that sent him—who can blow up his bomb remotely, the Israeli police patrolling the streets and his new-found companions. Spending this time with Keren and his new friends, Tarek discovers the spark of life returning to fill his soul, but when the weekend ends, Tarek must make the decision of his life.
May 7 - Storm (Germany)
Hannah Maynard, prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, is leading a trial against a former commander of the Yugoslavian National Army who is accused of the deportation and later killing of dozens of Bosnian-Muslim civilians. When a key witness commits suicide, it looks like the case will unravel, however Hannah refuses to give in.
Hoping to uncover new findings, she travels to the witness' burial in Sarajevo and meets his sister Mira who she senses has much more to say than she is willing to admit. Despite threats of violence, Mira reluctantly agrees to testify at The Hague. However, she and Hannah must both risk life and limb to make it to the court, only to discover that there are traitors among their own ranks.
All Films are intended for a mature audience.
The Library's film series is sponsored by the Friends of the Monona Public Library.
Each month, the Library will screen a foreign or art film that will likely not be seen anywhere else. Through the Library’s subscription to the Film Movement Series, courtesy of the Friends of the Library, the Library obtains a new award-winning film each month. Film Movement scours the world’s top film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, and New York to select the best films from thousands of entries. These are great films (for grown-ups) that you likely won’t find at Blockbuster. Imagine seeing a Sundance Theater-type film without leaving town and without paying admission.
Miss a film? All Film Series titles are available for checkout following the show!
Click the film's title to go to the catalog!
- Aaltra: A Road Movie (Belgium)
- Adam's Apples (Denmark)
- Arranged (USA)
- Ben X (Belgium)
- Be with Me (Singapore)
- The Bothersome Man (Norway)
- Choking Man (USA)
- Day Break (Iran)
- Days and Clouds (Italy)
- Dreams of Dust (Burkina Faso, France)
- The Drummer (Hong King)
- Familia (Canada - Quebec)
- Festival Shorts Collection
- For My Father (Israel)
- The Forest for the Trees (Germany)
- Fraulein (Switzerland)
- The Grocer's Son (France)
- Hawaii, Oslo (Norway)
- Her Name is Sabine (France)
- The Island (Russia)
- Lake Tahoe (Mexico)
- Madeinusa (Peru, Spain)
- Mine (USA)
- Mother of Mine (Finland)
- Monster Thursday (Norway)
- Munyurangabo (Rwanda)
- Noise (Australia)
- A Peck on the Cheek (India)
- The Pope's Toilet (Ecuador)
- A Simple Curve (Canada)
- Somers Town (UK)
- Something Like Happiness (Czech Republic)
- Storm (Germany)
- The Trap (Serbia)
- Troubled Water (Norway)
- Under the Bombs (Lebanon)
- The Violin (Mexico)
- Viva Cuba (Cuba)
- The Way I Spent the End of the World (Romania)
- Who's Camus Anyway? (Japan)
- XXY (Argentina)