| Wednesday,
January 25 at 7:00pm
Cinema
Tropical
Cinema
Tropical is the definitive source for Latin American film in
the United States. It is a comprehensive and collaborative project
between institutions, organizations and individuals that work
in the promotion of Latin American cinema. The Cinema Tropical
Series showcases a recent Latin American film each month. In
the past few years, several Latin American countries have seen
their filmmaking industries show signs of recovery and growth,
as new ground in both the commercial and independent fronts
is broken. This series brings a selection of films from both
tendencies, giving Philadelphia audiences a glimpse into the
exciting revitalized cinema from Latin America.
Days
of Santiago
dir.
Josué Méndez, Perú, 2004, 35mm, 83 mins, color, Spanish w/ English
subtitles
 A
brilliant portrait of a fractured mind, Days of Santiago
is an inventive psychological drama that depicts a soldier's
difficulty in adapting to civilian life. Santiago, an intense
23-year old trained for nothing but fighting finds himself back
in a normal life fraught with problems. With his wife is on
the point of leaving and his family keep him at a distance –
he can't get any funding for further education and his old comrades
hatch a crazy scheme to rob a bank.
Click
here for the next Cinema Tropical screening, El
Carro.
$5
members, students + seniors; $7 general admission. Available
at 
or 1/2 hour before
showtime at the Box Office.
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