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| 2004 Program The film festival will present an impressive line-up of 21 films including
the controversial and acclaimed opening night film, “A Day Without
A Mexican” (Mexico), a multiple award winning line-up and the closing
Sunday night film “A Silent Love” (Canada) which comes from
the Sundance Film Festival and is a United States cinema release Premiere.
FILM FESTIVAL FULL-LENGTH FILM LINEUP FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 2004 4 PM PALOMA DE PAPEL (PAPER DOVE) (2003) Peru Eleven year old Juan, living in the Peruvian highlands is taken by terrorists to become one of them. With beautiful cinematography and expressive acting, this powerful film explores the effect of terrorism on a poor community. 7:30 PM OPENING NIGHT FEATURE A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN (2004) Mexico Cast: Yareli Arizmendi, Caroline Aaron, Fernando Arau, Melinda R. Allen, Maureen Flannigan, John Getz, Eduardo Palomo, Muse Watson California is in shock. The economic, political and social implications of this disaster threaten the Golden State’s way of life. We delve into the lives of four characters: Mary Jo Quintana, teacher and housewife; Senator Abercrombie, suddenly upgraded to Governor; Louis McClaire, ranch owner and agribusiness representative; and Lila Rodriguez, reporter and apparently the only Latina left behind. For all of them, “the disappearance” forces the cracks in their private lives wide open. Experts pose questions and offer theories: Could this be a UFO kidnapping? Biological terrorism? The Apocalypse and Latinos are the chosen ones? Or perhaps they just left because they were tired of being taken for granted. As time goes by, the State continues to deteriorate: Garbage has taken over the streets and tears are permanently painted on the faces of most citizens as the 5th largest economy in the world tumbles. The realization that what has disappeared is the very thing that keeps the “California Dream” running – cooks, gardeners, policemen, nannies, doctors, farm and construction workers, entertainers, athletes, as well as the largest growing market of consumers – has turned Latinos and their return into the number one priority in the State. Of course there are those who disagree. A baseball inscribed with hate and ignorance, is tossed at Lila Rodriguez. The last hope for answers has been destroyed. But as despair turns into quiet sorrow, deeply felt memories and heartfelt appreciation yield unexpected results. Misunderstandings and humorous situations abound, making this a comedic satire…a modern fable, lesson included. SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 2004 11AM ATLÉTICO SAN PANCHO / (Never Too
Young To Dream) GENRE: Family Comedy. SYNOPSIS: The tiny town of San Francisco del Monte, birthplace of Mexican soccer, is now a quiet and forgotten place. But Don Pepe, an old janitor from the town’s school, is trying to unite a group of kids into a soccer team, in order to give San Francisco del Monte the recognition it deserves. Their strength and love for the game will lead them to the championship game, on the most important field in Mexico City…Azteca Stadium. 2PM SENORITA EXTRAVIDA (2002, Mexico) Since 1993, more than 320 young woman have been abducted, raped and murdered in the Mexican border city of Juarez and 450 more disappeared. Senorita Extravida tells the tale of more than 200 of these women. 5PM TE BUSCO (I’M LOOKING FOR YOU) (2002,
Colombia) Synopsis: William, a precocious 5 year old, becomes an accomplice to his Uncle Gustavo’s intricate mission to win the love of Jazmin, a gorgeous singer who performs in a shopping mall in Bogota. To pull this off, Gustavo hatches a plot to assemble his musician friends and forms a band for the sole purpose of inviting Jazmin to be the lead singer. The group has its moment of glory and as William goes along with the dreams of his uncle, he discovers the meaning of love, friendship and betrayal. This delightful film, filled with infectious Salsa music, was the highest grossing Colombian film of 2002. 8 PM IMAGINING ARGENTINA (2004, USA/ARGENTINA/UK) In Buenos Aires, during the Peron era, an Argentine playwright has the ability to see what will happen to people’s loved ones – many of whom are missing or soon will be – when he looks into their faces. Ultimately, he must turn this power inwards, when his activist journalist wife disappears. SUNDAY OCTOBER 10, 2004 11AM EN FIN… EL MAR (2003, ARGENTINA/CUBA
102 min.) Cast: Joel Nunez, Audry Gutierrez Alea Tony, a Cuban-American, is fishing off Key West, Florida when he finds the wreck of a homemade raft. Names have been carved into the raft’s wood. Tony travels to Cuba to find their families to tell them what he had found. The journey also becomes a discovery of his own Cuban roots. Tony finds the family and Marianna, who awakens in him his true destiny. 2PM EN LA CIUDAD SIN LIMITES (THE CITY WITHOUT
LIMITS) Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Geraldine Chaplin Victor returns to Paris to see his family and his seriously ill father, Max. While the family seeks to sell the family business, Max asks Victor for help. What seems in the beginning the delusions of an old man losing his mind starts to take the shape of dark secrets that are troubling Max’s last days. Victor helps his father on his journey through his past to find peace before he dies. 5PM MARIA, FULL OF GRACE (2004, US, 101min.)
17-year old Maria Alvarez lives with her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia and works stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation. The chance to make more money and travel is enticing, even if it means the job is as a drug courier. She is suddenly transported into the risky and ruthless world of international drug trafficking and is forced to learn how to survive in a new and different way. “Maria, Full of Grace” is one of the most acclaimed films of the year and is certain to make many 10 best films of the year list. 7:30PM A SILENT LOVE (2004, CANADA, 100 min.)
Norman, a quiet, middle-aged college teacher from Montreal goes to Mexico to propose to Gladys, a young woman he met through an Internet dating service. Gladys accepts Norman, but impulsively requires him to bring her widowed mother Fernanda with them to Canada. Norman agrees. Love eludes the newlyweds and Fernanda becomes the marriage counselor for both. Silently, Norman falls in love with Fernanda, a charming woman only a couple of years younger than he is. She senses his attraction and feels it might be mutual, so she returns to Mexico. In the end, Norman, Gladys and Fernanda must find the courage to overcome great distance, foolish desire and the fear of solitude. A critical and audience hit at this years Sundance Film Festival, A Silent Love opens theatrically in New York in October and in Los Angeles in November.
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