1. 5:00 pm Opening Reception
6:00 pm QUE HORAS ELAVOLTA? (The Second Mother)
Anna Muylaert / Brazil / 112 min / 2015 / Portugese / Rated R
An excitingly fresh take on some classic themes and ideas,THE SECOND MOTHER centers aroundVal, a hard-working live-in
housekeeper in modern day São Paulo.Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers’needs, from
cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, whom she has raised since he was a toddler. But when
Val’s estranged daughter Jessica suddenly shows up, the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are
thrown into disarray. Jessica is smart, confident and ambitious, and refuses to accept the upstairs/downstairs dynamic, testing
relationships and loyalties and forcing everyone to reconsider what family really means.
http://thesecondmother.oscilloscope.net/#
8:00 pm YEYING – LE PROMENEUR D’OISEAU (The Nightingale)
Philippe Muyl / China, France / 100 min / 2015 / Chinese, French / Not Rated
Philippe Muyl (The Butterfly) returns with a magnificent new take on a family road movie, entirely set in China. In order to keep
a promise he made to his wife, Zhu Zhi Gen prepares to return with his wife’s caged bird, the sole companion of her final years,
to her native village where he’ll set the bird free. He’d decided to make this trip alone, but Ren Xing, his granddaughter, a spoiled
little city girl, is forced to go with him. During this journey to the outer reaches of traditional China and through magnificent
Zhigen landscapes, these two people who share nothing in common open up to each other, sharing memories and adventures.
Ren Xing will discover new values, particularly those related to the heart.
http://museums.swankmp.com/synopsis?0060748
5:00 pm AVRIL ET LE MONDETRUQUE (April and the ExtraordinaryWorld)
Christian Desmares, Frank Ekicini / France, Belgium, Canada / 106 min / 2015 / French / PG
From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Persepolis and the mind of renowned graphic novelist JacquesTardi
comes a riveting sci-fi adventure set in an alternate steampunk universe. Paris, 1941. A family of scientists is on the brink of
discovering a powerful longevity serum when all of a sudden a mysterious force abducts them, leaving their young daughter
April behind.Ten years later, April (voiced by Academy Award® nominee Marion Cotillard) lives alone with her dear cat, Darwin,
and carries on her family’s research in secret. But she soon finds herself at the center of a shadowy and far-reaching conspiracy,
and on the run from government agents, bicycle-powered dirigibles and cyborg rat spies.
http://www.gkids.com/films/april-and-the-extraordinary-world/
7:00 pm Reception
7:30 pm MIA MADRE
Nanni Moretti / France, Italy / 107 min / 2015 / English, Italian / Rated R
Acclaimed Italian auteur Nanni Moretti finds comedy and pathos in the story of Margherita, a harried film director (Margherita
Buy, A Five Star Life) trying to juggle the demands of her latest movie and a personal life in crisis.The star of her film, a charming
but hammy American actor (JohnTurturro) imported for the production, initially presents nothing but headaches and her crew
is close to mutiny. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold her life together as her beloved mother’s illness progresses, and
her teenage daughter grows ever more distant.
http://www.musicboxfilms.com/mia-madre-movies-142.php
2:00 pm PROGRAM OF SHORTS
Organized by Tatianna Mercurio
EN ENCUENTRO depicts Susana as she gets to know a stranger during her journeys to work by Metro. n An airline worker
goes to great lengths to assist a grieving traveler in GROUNDED. n SHABU-SHABU SPIRIT is a comedic tale of a father who
secretly tests his daughter’s would-be husband over a shabu-shabu meal. n In a small town in Northern France Alex, a young
skinhead, enters Malik’s grocery store in LES FRÉMISSEMENTS DUTHÉ. (Total viewing time: 74 minutes)
En Encuentro (An Encounter): Miguel Berzal De Miguel, Spain, 23 min
(https://www.promofest.org/films/un-encuentro)
Grounded: Alexis Michalik, France, 19 min
(http://en.unifrance.org/movie/37759/grounded)
Shabu-Shabu Spirit:Yuki Sato, Japan, 11 min
(http://www.shortshorts.org/shabu-shabu-spirit/index-en.html)
Les frémissements du thé (TheWay ofTea): Marc Fouchard, France, 21 min
(http://en.unifrance.org/movie/39959/the-way-of-tea)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2017
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2017
2017 International Film Series
Foreign film fans will have the opportunity to view a selection of subtitled films
from around the globe as Baldwin Wallace University hosts the 2017 International Film
Series over two weekends: Friday-Sunday, February 10-12 and Friday-Sunday,
February 17-19.
All films will be shown in Marting Hall, Room 114, 50 Seminary St., Berea. All shows are free and open to
the public. An opening reception will take place Friday, February 10 at 5 p.m., with additional receptions
between screenings on February 11, 17 and 18.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2017

2. 5:00 pm DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER (The People vs. Fritz Bauer)
Lars Kraume/ Germany / 105 min / 2015 / German, English, Yiddish, Spanish / Rated R
Germany, 1957. Attorney General Fritz Bauer receives crucial evidence on the whereabouts of SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf
Eichmann.The lieutenant colonel, responsible for the mass deportation of the Jews, is allegedly hiding in Buenos Aires. Bauer,
himself Jewish, has been trying to take crimes from theThird Reich to court ever since his return from Danish exile. However, he
has no success so far due to the fierce German determination to repress its sinister past. Because of his distrust in the German
justice system, Bauer contacts the Israeli secret service Mossad, and, by doing so, commits treason. Bauer is not seeking revenge
for the Holocaust – he is concerned with the German future.
http://cohenmedia.net/films/the-people-vs-fritz-bauer
7:00 pm Reception
7:30 pm YATAYR ELTAYER (The Idol)
Hany Abu-Assad / Palestine / 95 min / 2015 / Arabic / Not Rated
Gaza. Synonymous to so many with conflict, destruction and despair but to Mohammed Assaf, and his sister Nour, Gaza is their
home and their playground. It’s where they play music, football and dare to dream big.Their band might play on second-hand,
beaten up instruments but their ambitions are sky-high. Nothing less than playing the world famous Cairo Opera Hall will do.
It might take them a lifetime to get there but, as Mohammed will find out, some dreams are worth living for. Along the way,
Mohammed will experience tragedy and loss.Through it all, however, he will retain the hope that his voice will deliver him from
the pain that surrounds him and bring joy to others. In front of him lies an impossible dream: the auditions for Arab Idol, the
most popular show in the Arab world.With borders closed, he finds a way in front of the judges where destiny awaits.
http://www.adoptfilms.com/the-idol/
5:00 pm LAMB
Yared Zeleke / Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Quatar / 94 min / 2015 / Amharic / Not Rated
Yared Zeleke’s remarkable feature debut tells the story of young Ephraim, a half-Jewish, Ethiopian boy who is sent by his father
to live among distant relatives after his mother’s death. Ephraim uses his cooking skills to carve out a place among his cousins,
but when his uncle decides that his beloved sheep must be sacrificed for the next religious feast, he will do anything to save the
animal and return home. Drawing amazing performances from his cast of professional and non-professional actors, first time
filmmakerYared Zeleke tells his deceptively simple story with a refreshing honesty and naturalness. Beautifully shot against
the majestic backdrop of Ethiopia’s southern mountains, LAMB is an affecting tale about what people will risk in order to take
charge of their own destinies.
http://www.kimstim.com/lamb.html
6:45 pm Reception
7:30 pm EL ABRAZO DE LA SERPIENTE (Embrace of the Serpent)
Ciro Guerra / Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina / 125 min / 2015 / Cubeo, Huitoto, Ticuna, Wanano, Spanish,
Portuguese, German, Catalan, Latin, English / Not Rated
At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE
OFTHE SERPENT, the third feature by Ciro Guerra. Filmed in stunning black-and-white, SERPENT centers on Karamakate,
an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a
friendship with him.The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans
Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find
psychedelicYakruna plant.
http://embraceoftheserpent.oscilloscope.net/
2:00 pm AFRICAN METROPOLIS
Jim Chuchu, Ahmed Ghoneimy, Folasakin Iwajomo, Marie Ka, Philippe Lacôte, Vincent Moloi / South Africa,
Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire / 105 min / 2013 / English / Not Rated
AFRICAN METROPOLIS is a compilation of six short fiction films, set in six major African cities, a unique partnership toward
new African cinema.The films from Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi tell urban tales about life in African
metropolises. Over 50 percent of the continent’s total population now live in cities, and vital urban cultures are forming and
transforming – fast, and with growing complexity. In African cinema, the shift is toward urban stories, with less focus on the
traditional, rural Africa that dominated in the past.
http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/prj/afm/abo/enindex.htm
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
275 Eastland Road
Berea, OH 44017-2088
http://www.bw.edu/ifs
440-826-2244
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2017
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2017
The Baldwin Wallace University International Film Series is a student organization funded by the Student
Government. We are grateful for the support of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and
the following sponsors: Study Abroad, International Student Services, French Club, German Club, Spanish
Club, the Middle Eastern Culture Club, the Chinese Club and the Italian Club.
For further information, please contact Dr. Nadia Sahely (nsahely@bw.edu) or Kyle Kuehn (kkuehn@
bw.edu) in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at 440-826-2244, Seth Chamberlain at
schamber13@mail.bw.edu or Tatianna Mercurio at tmercuri13@mail.bw.edu.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017
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