AMOR VERTICAL (VERTICAL LOVE)
Cuba, 1997 (100 min.)
D: Arturo Sotto D�az; with Jorge Perugorr�a, Silvia Aguila, Susana P�rez, Manuel Porto.
Set in the sultry Caribbean among the decaying vestiges of Havana’s once-impressive architecture, Vertical Love is a satirical comedy about two young lovers who defy all odds – spatial, parental, political, or otherwise – to be together. An irreverent look at Cuban life, the film is also a tender, passionate, primal love story charged with surreal situations.
Wednesday, April 29, 7pm (presented by Sonia Labrador Rodriguez)
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La Dueda |
Colombia-France, 1997 (97 min.)
D: Manuel Jos� Alvarez & Nicol�s Buenaventura; with Guillermo Restrepo Echeverri, Marcela Valencia, Alejandra Borrero, Humberto Dorado, Vicky Hern�ndez, Jairo Camargo, Victoria G�ngora.
The Debt is set in a small village called El Para�so. The local pawnbroker, to whom almost everyone owes money, is poisoned and dies a long, agonizing death. The villagers recover their pawned items and get on with their lives, but the ghost of the pawnbroker comes back to haunt them. Ultimately, the villagers suffer for their sins and plan a process of repentance.
Wednesday, April 29, 9:30pm (presented by Charles Ram�rez Berg)
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L� Voz del Corazon |
LA VOZ DEL CORAZ�N (THE VOICE OF THE HEART)
Venezuela, 1997 (97 min.)
D: Carlos Oteyza; with Lupe Barrado, Henry Soto, Toco G�mez, Beatr�z Valdez, Luigi Sciamanna.
A Venezuelan journalist who is tied to an ecological organization has just arrived from Germany. He is struggling to accept a great loss and in search of an ideal when he travels deep into the Amazon jungle. This is a revealing film about the destruction of the rainforest, the political corruption that allows it, and the fight of few to prevent it.
Thursday, April 30, 4:45pm (presented by John Downing)
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El Dedo en la Llaga |
EL DEDO EN LA LLAGA (THE SALT IN THE WOUND)
Argentina-Spain, 1996 (115 min.)
D: Alberto Lecchi; with Juanjo Puigcorb�, Karra Elejalde, Dar�o Grandineti, Luisina Brando.
The Salt in the Wound is the story of two Spanish actors on tour in Argentina. After failing to make it big in Buenos Aires, the pair decides to take their politically hot stage play on the road. The film unravels a hilarious story about feelings, contradictions, frustrations, lost dreams, and sleeping ideals.
Thursday, April 30, 7pm (presented by Alison Macor)
AMOR VERTICAL (VERTICAL LOVE)
Thursday, April 30, 9:30pm
LA DUEDA (THE DEBT)
Friday, May 1, 4:45pm
DOCE PODERES (SWEET POWERS)
Brazil, 1996 (100 min.)
D: Lucia Murat; with Marisa Orth, Antonio Fagundes, Tuca Andrada, S�rgio Mamberti, Ot�vio Augusto.
Sweet Powers centers around a journalist, Bia, who arrives in Brasilia in the middle of a political campaign to become the news director of a major TV network. A former journalist who was imprisoned for her political activities, filmmaker Murat describes the film as an end-of-the-century story about the rupture of Utopia – a film about the crisis of ethics.
Friday, May 1, 7pm (presented by Rosental Alves)
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Ultima Llamada |
ULTIMA LLAMADA (LAST CALL)
Mexico, 1997 (94 min.)
D: Carlos Garc�a Agraz; Alberto Estrella, Arcelia Ram�rez, Imanol, Abraham Ramos, Paul E. Ganus, Sim�n Guevara.
A story whose central theme is the death penalty, The Last Call takes a metaphysical approach to the topic, raising questions about human existence, our ability to control our own destiny, and the power of someone else to manipulate our reality.
Friday, May 1, 9:30pm (presented by Charles Nafus)
LA VOZ DEL CORAZ�N (THE VOICE OF THE HEART)
Saturday, May 2, 2:30pm
DOCE PODERES (SWEET POWERS)
Saturday, May 2, 4:45pm
ULTIMA LLAMADA (LAST CALL)
Saturday, May 2, 7pm
EL DEDO EN LA LLAGA (THE SALT IN THE WOUND)
Saturday, May 2, 9:30pm
This article appears in April 24 • 1998 and April 24 • 1998 (Cover).