Croft Ciné World Presents:
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
