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winter 2012 season
Melancholia (February 11 @ 1:00 pm - Westdale)
Starbuck (February 11 @ 4:00 pm - Westdale)
Circumstance (February 22 @ 7:00 pm - Empire)
Benda Bilili! (March 10 @ 1:00 pm - Westdale)
The Women on the 6th Floor (March 10 @ 4:00 pm - Westdale)
Monsieur Lazhar (March 21 @ 7:00 pm - Empire)
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Saturday, February 11
1:00 pm
Melancholia
Director: Lars von Trier, 2011, Denmark|Sweden|Germany|France, 136 min. Rated PG
Westdale Theatre
On the night of her wedding, Justine is struggling to be happy even though it should be the happiest day of her life. It was an extravagant wedding paid for by her sister and brother-in-law who are trying to keep the bride and all the guests in-line. Meanwhile, Melancholia, a blue planet, is hurtling towards the Earth. Claire, Justine's sister, is struggling to maintain composure with fear of the impending disaster.
More info: Website
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Saturday, February 11
4:00 pm
Starbuck
Director: Ken Scott, 2011, Canada, 103 min. French with English Subtitles. Rated 14A
Westdale Theatre
At 42, David lives the life of an irresponsible adolescent. He coasts through life with minimal effort and maintains a complicated relationship with Valerie, a young policewoman. Just as she tells him she's pregnant, David's past resurfaces. Twenty years earlier, he began providing sperm to a fertility clinic in exchange for money. He discovers he's the father of 533 children, 142 of whom have filed a class action lawsuit to determine the identity of their biological father, known only by the pseudonym Starbuck.
More info: IMDb
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Wednesday, February 22
7:00 pm
Circumstance
Director: Maryam Keshavarz, 2011, France|USA|Iran, 107 min. Persian with English Subtitles. Rated 14A
Empire Jackson Square 6 Cinemas
Atafeh and her brother, Mehran, have grown up privileged, in a home filled with music, art, and intellectual curiosity. While Atafeh dreams of fame and adventure, and she and her best friend, Shireen, explore Tehran's underground scene with youthful exuberance and determination to be themselves, her brother returns home from drug rehab, renounces his former decadent life, and replaces his once obsessive practice of classical music with more destructive pursuits.
More info: Website
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Saturday, March 10
1:00 pm
Benda Bilili!
Director: Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye, 2010, Democratic Republic of the Congo|France, 85 min. Lingala, French with English Subtitles. Not Yet Rated
Westdale Theatre
Ricky has a dream: to make "Benda Bilili" the best band in Congo Kinshasa. Roger, a street child, more than ever wants to join these stars of the ghetto, who get around in customized tricycles. Together, they must avoid the pitfalls of the street, stay united and find the force to hope in music. Chances of success were slim at first for the homeless handicapped artists who struggled to survive on the streets of their dilapidated capital. Benda Bilili! is not a music film, it's the story of a dream that became reality.
More info: IMBd
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Saturday, March 10
4:00 pm
The Women on the 6th Floor
Director: Philippe Le Guay, 2010, France, 104 min. French with English Subtitles. Rated PG
Westdale Theatre
Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis (Fabrice Luchini, Potiche) lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne (Sandrine Kiberlain, Mademoiselle Chambon) while their children are away at boarding school. The couple's world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid Maria (Natalia Verbeke). Through Maria, Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative reality just a few floors up on the building's sixth floor, the servants' quarters. He befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids (Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Sole, Concha Calan), refugees of the Franco regime, who teach him there's more to life than stocks and bonds. The women's influence on the house brings change... muy rápido!
More info: IMDb
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Wednesday, March 21
7:00 pm
Monsieur Lazhar
Director: Philippe Falardeau, 2011, Canada, 94 min. French with English Subtitles. Rated PG
Empire Jackson Square 6 Cinemas
Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir's painful former life; nor that he is at risk of being deported at any moment. Adapted from Evelyne de la Cheneliere's play, Bachir Lazhar depicts the encounter between two distant worlds and the power of self-expression. Using great sensitivity and humor, Philippe Falardeau follows a humble man who is ready to transcend his own loss in order to accompany children beyond the silence and taboo of death.
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For more than 120 years, 35 mm film has been the dominant projection format in movie theatres. Digital technology is rapidly changing the film industry, with a complete shift to digital cinema expected by 2015. During this time of transition, not all films are available in both 35 mm and digital cinema formats. As the i♥filmseries screen films in theatres that run either 35 mm or digital cinema (but not both), from time to time we may discover that films scheduled are not available in the format compatible with the theatre booked; as a result, we may need to either reschedule film screenings or replace the film. We thank you for your patience during this time of transition in the industry.
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