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Films for the Cinematically Disadvantaged
October & November 2008 |
Together with Carey's
Electronics, Arts on Grand offers this Foreign Film series
collaboration!
7:00 PM Show time at
Carey's Electronics
(upper level)
220 Grand Avenue, Spencer, IA.
*Admission is
free and popcorn is available, however donations are welcome at
the door!
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The series will open with The Bank Job, a 2008 British crime film directed by Roger Donaldson. The film was based on an actual bank robbery in central London, from which the money and valuables stolen were never recovered. The truth about the robbery was never told at the time, allegedly to protect a prominent member of the British royal family. Although fictionalized, the producers of his film claim to be telling the whole story for the first time.
Starring: Jason Stratham, Stephen Campbell Moore
Director: Roger Donaldson
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Widescreen
Language: English
 For sexual content, nudity, violence and language
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Monday, October 26, 2009
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In the second film in the series, The Grocer’s Son (Le Fils de l’épicier, 2007), Antoine is forced to return home from Paris to a small mountain village to help out with the family business when his father suffers a stroke. Directed by Eric Guirado, this surprise French box-office hit is ultimately about the coming of age of a young man discovering life and love in the countryside.
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Starring: Nicolas Cazalé, Clotilde Hesme
Director: Eric Guirado
Genre: Drama
Format: Widescreen
Language: French
Subtitles: English
 Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
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Third up is Mostly Martha (Bella Martha), a 2001 German romance comedy directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. Martha is an uptight chef whose obsession with cooking extends to discussing recipes with her therapist and abusing anyone at the restaurant who tries to send food back. Martha’s world is turned upside-down when she gets saddled with her newly orphaned niece.
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Starring: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste
Director: Sandra Nettelbeck
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Format: Widescreen
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Awards: Winner of 14 awards, including Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women’s Film Festival
 For thematic material and mild language
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Monday, November 9, 2009
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The series will end with Zelary, a World War II drama from Czech director Ondrej Trojan. Eliska is a medical student on the brink of arrest for her participation in a resistance movement when she is given new identity papers and sent to the countryside. There, she marries Joza, a sawmill worker whose life she has saved. Together, they face difficulties from the German occupation and, later, the brutal Red Army “liberators.”
Starring: Anna Geislerová, Jaroslava Adamova, Jaroslav Dusek
Director: Ondrej Trojan
Genre: Romance/Drama
Format: Widescreen
Language: Czech
Subtitles: English
Awards: Nominated for 2003 Best Foreign Language Film at 2004 Academy Awards
For violence and some sexual content
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