International Lens

The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema

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Wednesday, December 7
Presented by: Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor and Director of Film Studies Program
UK, Australia, Netherlands (2009) Dir: Sophie Fiennes. Acclaimed philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema. Whether he is untangling the baffling films of David Lynch, or overturning everything you thought you knew about Hitchcock, Zizek illuminates the screen with his passion, intellect, and unfailing sense of humor. Not Rated. 150 mins. DVD. Funding provided by Nashville Premiers.

Untold Scandal

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Wednesday, November 30
Presented by: Vanderbilt Korean Student and Scholars Association
Korea (2003) Dir: Je-yong Lee. Based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, this film is set in aristocratic 18th-century Seoul where cruelty knows no borders. In this world of pomp and propriety, costumes and misty landscapes, there are affairs and vengeances unseen that can save your soul or condemn you to death. Korean with English subtitles. Not Rated. 124 mins.

Retorno A Hansala (Return to Hansala)

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Wednesday, November 16
Presented by: Michelle Shepherd, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Spain (2008) Dir: Chus Gutierrez. Inspired by countless recent stories of African migrants’ bodies washing up on Spanish shores, this drama traces the journey of a funeral home owner and a young Moroccan girl to deliver the body of her deceased brother back to their home village. The message becomes clear as the villagers bear the plight of the African migrant. Spanish, Arabic, and Berber with English subtitles. Not Rated. 95 mins.

Sons of Lwala

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Tuesday, November 15
Presented by: Lwala Community Alliance
USA (2008) Dir: Barry Simons. While attending Vanderbilt’s Medical School, brothers Milton and Fred Ochieng’ lost both of their parents to AIDS. Consequently, they were left with a heartbreaking task: to return home to their village in Kenya and finish the health clinic their father started before getting sick. This documentary follows them on their incredible journey as they find a way, despite all odds, to open their village’s first hospital. Not Rated. 71 mins. DVD.

Our Beloved Month of August

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Wednesday, November 9
Presented by: Heather McRae, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Portugal, France (2008) Dir: Miguel Gomes. This subtle comedy freewheels across the rural Portuguese landscape stopping at music festivals and villages. This hybrid of documentary and fiction captures a charming series of vignettes – eccentric and cerebral – an arthouse event, yes, but also witty and emotionally engaged. French and Portuguese with English subtitles. Rated R. 147 mins. Funding provided by Nashville Premiers.

O’er the Land

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Thursday, November 3
Presented by: Jonathan Rattner, Senior Lecturer, American Studies and Film Studies
USA (2009) Dir: Deborah Stratman. Through sounds and imagery, this avant-garde documentary imposes a philosophical touch on the symbols of American identity. Guns, planes, flamethrowers, football games, border patrol officers, and landscapes are among the iconic reminders of freedom, progress, and strength. Not Rated. 51 mins. DVD. The director will be present for Q&A session immediately following the screening. Funding provided by the American Studies and Film Studies Departments. Held in conjunction with the American Studies year-long program on sustainabilty.

Summer Wars

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Wednesday, November 2
Presented by: Vanderbilt Japanese Cultural Foundation
Japan (2009) Dir: Mamoru Hosoda. A math nerd is called to save OZ, the massive, all-encompassing virtual world, after a rogue program acquires an orbiting nuclear weapon. This trippy animated feature travels through real-world dramas and a pop-art universe colored in vintage psychedelia and Japanese iconography. Japanese with English subtitles. Rated PG. 114 mins. DVD.

The Last Survivor

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Thursday, October 27
Presented by: Vanderbilt Holocaust Lecture Series
Facilitated by: Shaiya Baer and Gretchen Person
USA (2010) Dirs: Michael Pertnoy & Michael Kleiman. This documentary follows the lives of survivors of The Holocaust, Rawanda, Darfur, and Congo. The film presents the stories of survivors and their struggle to make sense of the tragedy by working to promulgate a civic response to mass atrocitIes. Immediately following the screening a panel discussion will be held featuring two of the survivors featured in the film, Jacqueline Murekatete and Justin Semahoro. Not Rated. 56 mins. DVD. Funding provided by the Vanderbit Holocaust Lecture Series.

Veer Zaara (Veer-Zaara)

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Wednesday, October 26
NOTE: screened at 6:30 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. Indian food will be served during an intermission from 8–8:30 p.m.
Presented by: Todd Hughes, Director of Instructional Technology, Center for Second Language Studies; Denise Callejas, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
India (2004) Dir: Yasha Chopra. A pilot with the Indian Air Force rescues a Pakistani girl stranded in India after a bus accident. Twenty-two years later, the mystery of the pilot’s disappearance and sentencing to a Pakistani jail for that time comes to light. A saga of love, separation, courage, and sacrifice is unveiled. Hindi with English subtitles. Not rated. 192 mins. DVD. Funding provided in part by the Center for Second Language Studies.

La Belle Endormie (The Sleeping Beauty)

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Presented as part of The Tournées Festival

Tuesday, October 25
Presented by: Patricia Armstrong, Senior Lecturer, Department of French and Italian
France (2011) Dir: Catherine Breillat. In a castle in a far away land in a far away time, Anastasia is born. Soon after, she is cursed to sleep for 100 years and for a century Anastasia will live in the world of dreams. This edgy, deconstructed take on Charles Perrault’s classic, voyages into the crawlspace between childhood and adolescence, the unattainable and the all-too-real. French with English subtitles. Not Rated. 82 mins. DVD.