Wednesday,
September 28 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.
Felicidades
dir.
Lucho Bender, Argentina, 2000, 35mm, 100 mins, color, Spanish
w/ English subtitles
 It’s
a hot, muggy Christmas Eve in Buenos Aires, and everyone is
hectically preparing for the holidays. In a series of wry coincidences,
an overworked stand-up comic, a successful writer, a young father
and a handsome doctor cross paths as they each try to make it
through a night of most peculiar and unusual circumstances.
In his feature film debut, Bender beautifully balances a fast
paced story with sensitive character portraits, revealing a
style and sensibility that evoke Robert Altman’s genius for
interweaving plot lines and characters and Jim Jarmusch’s depictions
of surviving alienation and disillusionment.
In
honor of Hispanic Heritage month (September 15 – October 15)
this film will be FREE for all!
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here
for the next Cinema Tropical screening - I
Am Cuba, The Siberian Mammoth.
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