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Arab Cinema Returns to Cordoba
From April 25, 2014 until June 20, 2014
Casa Árabe will be screening four films on Arabs in the Americas.
The Arab presence, a product of the migratory events which occurred as of the late nineteenth century, is one of the various components which form the identity of the Americas. This phenomenon has given rise to different social practices and unique cultural expressions, and in some countries is being used to create social networks which promote a strengthening of the relations between states in the Arab world and the Americas. Since it was created, Casa Árabe has been determined to play the role of a facilitator in the work to recover and reflect upon this phenomenon and its current potential, as well as creating spaces which make it possible to hold three-party encounters.
All of the films will be shown at 8:00 p.m. in the Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). The movies are shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
Follow us on twitter with the hashtag #amrika.
All of the films will be shown at 8:00 p.m. in the Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). The movies are shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
Follow us on twitter with the hashtag #amrika.
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Lavoura Arcaica (To The Left of the Father), by Luiz Fernando Carvalho
June 20, 2014Brazil, 2001, 171 min.“I just wanted to love and be loved.” With these words, André, the main character of To the Left of the Father, imposes a tragic, melodramatic tone that overshadows the full three hours of Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s work, based on the novel of the same name by Raduan Nassar. Much in the style of a novel, the film tells the story of a family of Lebanese immigrants to rural Brazil in the 1940’s.
Arab Cinema Returns to Cordoba
Friday, May 9
Incendies
Canada, 2012/113' (+12)
Director and screenwriter: Denis Villeneuve
Friday, May 23
Only in New York
U.S.A.-France-Turkey, 2013/86' (TP)
Director and screenwriter: Bandar Albuliwi and Ghazi Albuliwi
Friday, May 30
American Arab
U.S.A.-Iraq, 2013/60' (TP)
Director and screenwriter: Usama Alshaibi
Friday, June 6
Lavoura Arcaica (To The Left of the Father)
Brazil, 2001 /171' (TP)
Director and screenwriter: Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Incendies
Canada, 2012/113' (+12)
Director and screenwriter: Denis Villeneuve
Friday, May 23
Only in New York
U.S.A.-France-Turkey, 2013/86' (TP)
Director and screenwriter: Bandar Albuliwi and Ghazi Albuliwi
Friday, May 30
American Arab
U.S.A.-Iraq, 2013/60' (TP)
Director and screenwriter: Usama Alshaibi
Friday, June 6
Lavoura Arcaica (To The Left of the Father)
Brazil, 2001 /171' (TP)
Director and screenwriter: Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Incendies, by Denis Villeneuve (Canada, 2010, 113 min.)
Jeanne and Simon are perplexed during the reading of the will left by Nawal (their mother) in Montreal when the notary gives them two envelopes, one for the father they believed to be dead and another for a brother whose existence they were unaware of. They travel to the Middle East together and reconstruct the story of Nawal, a very special woman whose tragic fate was marked by war and hatred.
Only in New York, by Ghazi Albuliwi (U.S.A., France and Turkey, 2013, 86 min.)
A young and lonely Palestinian-American, desperate to find someone to be with, agrees to marry an Israeli woman who wants to get a green card, the residence card that will allow her to stay in the United States. A comedy in the purest style of Woody Allen, the film examines the culture and family traditions of these two characters.
American Arab, by Usama Alshaibi (U.S.A.-Iraq, 2013).
Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi (Nice Bombs) shares his personal story, in which he experiences racism in the days after 9/11. The film shows a wide range of Arabs living in the United States and deals fully with the notions of identity and perception, while at the same time promoting the idea of giving people “room to be complex.”
Lavoura Arcaica (To The Left of the Father), by Luiz Fernando Carvalho (Brazil, 2001, 171 min.).
“I just wanted to love and be loved.” With these words, André, the main character of To the Left of the Father, imposes a tragic, melodramatic tone that overshadows the full three hours of Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s work, based on the novel of the same name by Raduan Nassar. Much in the style of a novel, the film tells the story of a family of Lebanese immigrants to rural Brazil in the 1940’s.
Jeanne and Simon are perplexed during the reading of the will left by Nawal (their mother) in Montreal when the notary gives them two envelopes, one for the father they believed to be dead and another for a brother whose existence they were unaware of. They travel to the Middle East together and reconstruct the story of Nawal, a very special woman whose tragic fate was marked by war and hatred.
Only in New York, by Ghazi Albuliwi (U.S.A., France and Turkey, 2013, 86 min.)
A young and lonely Palestinian-American, desperate to find someone to be with, agrees to marry an Israeli woman who wants to get a green card, the residence card that will allow her to stay in the United States. A comedy in the purest style of Woody Allen, the film examines the culture and family traditions of these two characters.
American Arab, by Usama Alshaibi (U.S.A.-Iraq, 2013).
Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi (Nice Bombs) shares his personal story, in which he experiences racism in the days after 9/11. The film shows a wide range of Arabs living in the United States and deals fully with the notions of identity and perception, while at the same time promoting the idea of giving people “room to be complex.”
Lavoura Arcaica (To The Left of the Father), by Luiz Fernando Carvalho (Brazil, 2001, 171 min.).
“I just wanted to love and be loved.” With these words, André, the main character of To the Left of the Father, imposes a tragic, melodramatic tone that overshadows the full three hours of Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s work, based on the novel of the same name by Raduan Nassar. Much in the style of a novel, the film tells the story of a family of Lebanese immigrants to rural Brazil in the 1940’s.