Return to Paradise

Tuesday, April 9
Presented by: Myrna Wooders, Professor of Economics
USA (1998) Dir: Joseph Ruben. A thriller that traps its characters in an exquisite dilemma involving life and death. Three Americans meet in Malaysia and fool around on the beach enjoying rum, girls, and hashish. Two return to New York while the third plans to go on for a Greenpeace project. Instead, he’s arrested for possession of the leftover hash and sentenced to death. Poses a moral quandry that has awful consequences no matter what each man chooses to do. Dense, twisty, and smashingly potent. English. Rated R. 111 mins. DVD.

International Lens film series is coordinated by the Office of Arts & Creative Engagement and the Office of International Student & Scholar Services in collaboration with Vanderbilt University academic departments, centers, and programs.

Nashville Premieres underwrites the screening of independent and foreign films, as well as re- released film classics, which have not previously been shown in the city.

The Tournées Festival is a program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which aims to bring contemporary French cinema to American college and university campuses.

Schedule is subject to change. All films in 35mm unless otherwise noted. “Not rated” films may contain material suitable for mature audiences only.

Sarratt Cinema is located on the 1st floor of the Sarratt Student Center. MPR (Multipurpose Room) is on the second floor of The Commons Center on Vanderbilt’s Peabody Campus.

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Free parking for films at The Commons Center is available in Zone 1 Lot 77, located on Horton Ave @ 18th Ave South. For parking maps and additional information visit www.vanderbilt.edu/internationallens or call 322-6400.