Cocalero
Directed by Alejandro Landes (Bolivia,
2006)
This
film, nominated for the 2007 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, follows
head of the coca-growers union, Evo Morales, as he campaigns
for the Bolivian presidency. The director gets up close and personal
with the unlikely candidate, following him from formal fundraising
dinners to mass rallies to casual gatherings with friends. 94
minutes. Quechua and Spanish with English subtitles.
"In
the midst of this consultant-polished election season, Alejandro
Landes’s inside look at Evo Morales’s successful
2005 run for the Bolivian presidency is both refreshing and just
plain fun." — The Village Voice
Wednesday,
February 13, 7:00 pm
160
Kroeber Hall
Heading
South
by Laurent Cantet (Haiti, 2006)
In
the late 1970s, three middle-aged, middle-class Western women
vacation in a Haitian resort where handsome young locals cater
to their every need. Two of the women are soon caught up in a
rivalry over Legba, the most desirable man on the beach. Consumed
by the politics of their own sexual escape, the women choose
to remain ignorant about the economic and political situation
that pushes young men like Legba into their arms. 108 minutes.
Creole, French and English with English subtitles.
"'Heading
South' is a seemingly straightforward
and simple picture that’s really defiantly complex, sexually,
politically and emotionally." — Salon.com
Wednesday,
March 12, 7:00 pm
160
Kroeber Hall
El
Violin
by Francisco Vargas (Mexico, 2006)
"El
Violin" tells the story of a family of traveling musicians
living a dangerous double life in rural 1970s Mexico, gathering
weapons for a revolt as they move from town to town. They return
home to find that the army has occupied their village, and their
neighbors have fled to the hills. Using his seeming helplessness
as a disguise, the elderly Don Plutarco — played by Don
Angel Tavira, who won the Best Actor prize at Cannes for his
portrayal — takes his violin down to the army camp in an
attempt to retrieve munitions buried in a village cornfield. 98
minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
“Pure and emotive cinema that shakes you with its honesty.” — Guillermo
del Toro
Monday, April 7, 7:00 pm
Pacific Film Archive Theater
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