Croft Ciné World Presents:
MONDAYS IN THE SUN
(Los lunes al sol)
Wednesday, April 29, @ 7pm
Croft 107
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Genre: Drama
Awards: 38 wins & 18 nominations
“This film takes a look at the larger issue of a globalized labor market by focusing on one small group of
workers forced out of their jobs in a shipyard. The director has a somewhat whimsical take on the issue but he
makes the point of showing how these potentially productive men have been cut off from their previously active
lives. Spain’s right-wing government is pointedly made the target of the blame and crestfallen Joe embodies all
that is lost when a nation’s workforce is sacrificed.”(Swank Motion Pictures), 2002 (Spain).
In Spanish with English subtitles
Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies and the Department of Modern Languages.
Croft Ciné World Presents:
Together
( He ni zai yi qi )
Wednesday, March 4, @ 7pm
Croft 107
Director: Kaige Chen
Genre: Drama
Awards: 5 wins (San Sebastián International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Hong Kong Film Awards,
Huabiao Film Awards, Hundred Flowers Awards) & 3 nominations
“13 year old violinist Xiaochun and his father move from their small, provincial town into Beijing so
Xiaochun can get the training he needs to audition for a prestigious music academy. Once he arrives he finds
that his talent and dreams of success are set off course by the corrupting power of money and misguided friendship.
He must decide if those around him will change his path in life.” (Swank Motion Pictures )
In Mandarin with English subtitles, 2002
Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies and the Department of Modern Languages.
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
(Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Croft 107
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Genre: : Drama | Mystery | Romance | War
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 21 nominations
“A group of five desperate men were rumored to have shot themselves to be relieved from the horrifying
frontlines during WWI. A court-martial chose to put them in harms way of the enemies cross-fire as punishment.
They are all declared dead but one of men’s young fiancé receives information that makes her think otherwise
and she embarks on a long painful journey to discover the truth.” (Swank Motion Pictures)
In French with English subtitles, 2004
Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies and the Department of Modern Languages.
THE GOLDEN DOOR
(Nuovomondo)
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Croft 107
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Awards: 10 wins & 9 nominations
“In the early 1900s, a poor Sicilian family leaves Italy in search of a better life in America.
Before leaving they meet a mysterious woman named Lucy who is a Brit who wants to marry someone before
they hit the opposite shore. The tough and sometimes cruel practices of Ellis Island are also explored in
this sensitive drama.” (Swank Motion Pictures)
In Italian and English with English subtitles, 2007
Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies and the Department of Modern Languages.
Shall We Dance?
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Croft 107
Director: Masayuki Suo
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance
Awards: 51 wins & 3 nominations
Set in modern day Japan, a middle-age businessman with a wife and teenage daughter is smitten by
a dance instructor. To get close to the elusive woman, he signs up for a beginner’s dance class and
becomes quite adept in the art of waltz. Meanwhile, his wife suspects he is having an affair and puts
a detective on his heels.
In Japanese with English subtitles, 1997
Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies and the Department of Modern Languages
PAN'S LABYRINTH - (El laberinto del fauno)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Croft 107
"This chilling fairytale is set against the backdrop of the fascist regime in 1944 Spain.
Ofelia is a lonely and dreamy child who finds a magical world inside a stone labyrinth, where she
encounters the legendary faun Pan, who tells her she must complete three dangerous tasks to return to her
underground home. Ofelia uses this fantasy world to deal with the real world filled with post-war Fascist
repression.”
(Swank Motion Pictures)
In Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Released in 2006 (Spain)
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 62 wins & 56 nominations
Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies
and the Department of Modern Languages.
I AM NOT SCARED
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
Croft 107
In Italian with English subtitles, 2004
8 wins & 14 nominations
This film tells the story of ten- year- old Michele in a remote
southern Italian village, who uncovers a dark secret that
jars his relationship with his parents and his view of the
world outside.
This film is about the human conscience, boyhood innocence, and friendship. The artistic photography, as well as the
tension created by the director Gabriele Salvatores, makes this film terrifically entertaining.
Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies
and the Department of Modern Languages
LA VIE EN ROSE
Monday, October 29, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
Croft 107
Directed by Olivier Dahan, 2007
Three wins and one nomination at International Film Festivals
In French with English subtitles
From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, legendary French singer Edith Piaf’s life is explored
in this biopic. Raised in poverty, Edith’s magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the
biggest stars of the period made her a star all around the world known as the Little Sparrow. But her attempts
to tame her tragic destiny resulted in her untimely death.
Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies
and the Department of Modern Languages
