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(Japan 1997) A middle-aged businessman uses ballroom dancing to escape the rigid conformity of his life. National Board of Review: Best Foreign Film of 1997. Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: "Filled with zest, charm, and an endless bounty of laughter." 112 minutes. |
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(US 1997) A sensuous and haunting tale of a prosperous but troubled Creole family. Told through the eye of a 10-year-old girl, it concerns her growing understanding of her father (Samuel L. Jackson), the town doctor. Roger Ebert: "The year’s best film. That Kasi Lemmons can made a film this good on the first try is a rebuke to established filmmakers….It is a reminder that sometimes films can venture into the realms of poetry and dreams." 109 minutes. |
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(Iran 1997) In this beautiful film, a young woman longs for a man who follows her tribe on horseback. But her father forbids her to marry. Lawrence Van Glelder, New York Times: "A study of the creation of art and a saga of powerful passion. Grandly poetic and richly reportorial….Woven with art." 75 minutes. |
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(Mexico 1997) Violent and disturing, this black comedy from Mexico’s leading director is based on the 1940s "Lonely Heart Murders." A half-mad nurse and her lover roam the back roads of Mexico searching for lonely women to rob and murder. Richard Corliss, Time: "This poisonous, beautifully acted tragicomedy exerts a cold fascination….The film is true to the ferocity of mad love." 114 minutes. |
| (Belgium 1997) A 15-year-old boy is torn between his awakening conscience and his father, who runs a modern-day slave trade by smuggling in illegal aliens and charging them exorbitant rent to live in abandoned housing. A sensation at Cannes, this film stands comparison with The Bicycle Thief and The 400 Blows. David Denby, New York: "Extraordinary….A story told straight and with greet intensity." Joe Morgenstern, Wall St. Journal: "An absolute stunner. A work of great power." 93 minutes. |
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(UK/US 1997) In 1992, a jouranlist attempts to smuggle an orphan out of Bosnia and take her to England. Sight and Sound: "Sticks in the memory and nags at the conscience….A sincere, sometimes shattering and often courageous attempt to cram the hell of Bosnia into one 100-minute spell." Time: One of the year’s best films. 101 minutes. |
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Ross, is sponsored by the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural
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