Post date: Feb 6, 2014 9:20:28 PM
February 7-13, 2014
“In this delightful French romantic comedy, soon-to-be-married Julie and continent-hopping playboy Antoine find themselves seated next to each other on a first class flight to Paris – but it isn’t a welcome arrangement. He broke her heart three years prior, and they haven’t spoken since. Sagnier and Bedos have genuine chemistry and create rom-com that manages to ring through.”
Showtimes:
Friday, February 7: 3:00pm, 5:15 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:45 pm, 10:30 pm
Saturday, February 8: 3:00pm, 5:15 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:45 pm, 10:30 pm
Sunday, February 9: 3:00pm, 5:15 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:45 pm
Monday, february 10: 3:00pm, 5:15 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:45 pm
Tuesday, February 11: 3:00pm, 5:15 pm, 8:45 pm
Wednesday, February 12: 3:00pm, 5:15 pm, 8:45 pm
Thursday, February 13: 3:00pm, 5:15 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:45 pm
Location:
Digital Gym Cinema in North Park (2921 El Cajon Blvd. 92104)
More info:
http://digitalgym.org/love-is-in-the-air/
Le passé (The past)
February 6-13, 2014
“An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.”
Location:
Landmark Hillcrest (3965 Fifth Avenue #200, San Diego, CA)
For more info:
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=131079
San Diego Jewish Film Festival
February 6-16, 2014
Clairemont Reading 14 Cinemas (4665 Clairemont Dr, San Diego, CA 92117)
Films of interest:
Des gens qui s’embrassent (It happened in Saint-Tropez)
“Bad timing! The funeral of Zef's wife right when Roni's daughter is getting married!
That unexpected event only makes the existing conflicts between the two brothers worse. Their professions, their life choices and even their wives couldn't be more different. Religious austerity on one side, intense enjoyment of life's pleasures on the other. They have nothing in common but their aging father who's losing his grip and their respective daughters who adore one another.
From London to Paris, New York to Saint Tropez, showdowns, misunderstandings and betrayals all serve to blow up the family landscape. But out of the rubble of those arguments and haphazard reconciliations will blossom a beautiful love story -- or two!”
Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story
“This remarkable true story has been described by historians as “the largest rescue action by a single individual during the Holocaust.” In June 1940, Paris is occupied. Millions of refugees fleeing the advancing Nazi troops rush to Bordeaux in Southern France, where an anxious crowd surrounds the Consulate of Portugal, an officially “neutral” nation. Portugal’s Prime Minister Salazar has forbidden its diplomats from opening Portugal’s borders to refugees from occupied countries and specifically to Jews. The Portuguese Consul, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, disobeys his Prime Minister’s orders and prepares visas for more than 30,000 people, 10,000 of whom are Jews. But his courageous decision will have severe personal consequences.”
For a woman
“Anne, a gifted novelist, is 35 years old and knows nothing about her past. After her mother dies she happens upon a collection of old photos and letters and decides to dig deeper. She soon discovers the existence of Jean, a mysterious uncle that everybody seems to want to forget. Slowly, she draws nearer to a truth that she had not realized she was searching for, casting doubt on her very origins. But with her father gravely ill, Anne must rush to uncover the long-buried truth before he dies in order to understand her place in the family. Inspired by the director’s own family history, this beautifully crafted historical melodrama goes back and forth between the immediate post WWII period and 1980s France.”
Friends from France
“Odessa, 1979. Pretending to be celebrating their engagement, cousins Carole and Jerome spend the day as tourists, visiting monuments and museums. By night, the real purpose of their trip emerges: the young activists meet secretly with “refuseniks,” Jews harassed for trying to immigrate to Israel, devising plans for their escape. While Carole is motivated by political commitment and a taste for risk, Jérome’s motivation is Carole. Together, they discover in the USSR a grim underworld that is brutal and absurd. This uniquely emotional political thriller meticulously recreates the deep-freeze of the Soviet Union at the crest of the Cold War.”
For more information:
http://www.sdcjc.org/sdjff/2014/