May 11 & 13
CineCulture, together with Filmworks, presents: Footnote & Roman Holiday
Screenings May 11 & 13: Tower Theatre, 815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno
Footnote: May 11, 5:30 and 8 p.m.
This Israeli family drama was nominated for a 2012 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie tells the story of an intense rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors and public intellectuals who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. The father, Eliezer, is a stubborn purist who fears the establishment and has never been recognized for his work. The son, Uriel, is an up-and-coming star who feeds on accolades and endlessly seeks recognition. When Eliezer learns that he is to be awarded the Israel Prize, the country’s most valuable honor for scholarship, Uriel unexpectedly faces a difficult and emotional choice. Director Joseph Cedar won Best Screenplay at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for the script. In Hebrew, with English subtitles. Screening sponsor: Fresno Jewish Film Series.
Tickets cost $10 general and $8 for students and seniors.
Roman Holiday: May 13, 3 p.m.
This beloved 1953 romantic comedy stars Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as a princess who escapes her royal duties to experience Rome as an ordinary tourist. Peck plays a reporter who discovers her true identity, but he falls in love with her before his exclusive story about her escapade goes to press. The movie co-stars Eddie Albert, is directed by William Wyler, and was co-written by Dalton Trumbo during his Hollywood blacklist days. Critic Ty Burr of the Boston Globe says, “The film itself is a classic of romantic wish fulfillment, exactly the sort of beautiful lie that Hollywood has always specialized in.”
Tickets cost $5 general admission.
Tickets for both shows can be purchased by check or cash at the Tower Theatre box office, 815 E. Olive Ave. Tickets and details are available online at FresnoFilmworks.org.
For more information:
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
MCJ Department: http://mcj.csufresno.edu/news-events/cineculture/
CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. CineCulture is also offered as a 3 unit academic course (MCJ 179) in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department. CineCulture fulfills General Education Integration Area Multicutlural International (MI).
CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
For further information about CineCulture contact:
Dr. Mary Husain (Instructor & Club Adviser) at mhusain@csufresno.edu
Liliana Madrid (Club President) golfeado@mail.fresnostate.edu
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