SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIES IN THE BASEMENT - TRADES HALL BASEMENT
(Corner of Lygon & Victoria Street, Carlton South, Entry by Victoria Street)
SATURDAY MAY 31, 5PM
Donation at door
5pm
Gloria (2013)
110 minutes
Trailers:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3874924569?ref_=tt_pv_vi_1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8lYeZIh44
A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.
Gloria is a "woman of a certain age" but still feels young. Though lonely, she makes the best of her situation and fills her nights seeking love at social dance clubs for single adults. Her fragile happiness changes the day she meets Rodolfo. Their intense passion, to which Gloria gives her all, leaves her vacillating between hope and despair -- until she uncovers a new strength and realizes that, in her golden years, she can shine brighter than ever. GLORIA is Chile's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards (R), and stars Paulina García in a tour de force performance that captured the Silver Bear Best Actress Award at this year's Berlin Film Festival.
7:30pm
Dancer and the Thief (El baile de la victoria) (2009) 2 hr. 7 min.
Trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGlxDw3v7Rs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lzqh-_Htk
With the advent of democracy in Chile 1990, the president of Chile decreed a general amnesty for all prisoners without crimes.
Among them are the young Angel Santiago (Abel Ayala) and veteran Vergara Grey (Ricardo Darin), a famous safecracker.
His plans can not be more opposite. While Vergara Grey just wants to get his family and change life, dreams of revenge Angel of the governor of the prison and take a big hit.
But she came across the young Victoria (Miranda Bodenhöfer); the lives of three suffer a change total they will face a new destination.
Two men unlucky in both love and larceny try to change their fates under unfortunate circumstances in this drama adapted from a novel by Antonio Skarmeta. Following the end of Pinochet's rule in Chile, a large number of prisoners are given amnesty, and after five years behind bars, master safecracker Nico (Ricardo Darin) is allowed to go free. Nico wants little more than to see his family and live a quiet life, and he has no interest in returning to a life of crime. But Nico learns that his wife Teresa (Ariadna Gil) has started a new life and has no interest in seeing him again, leaving him uncertain about his future. Angel (Abel Ayala) is a younger ex-con who served alongside Nico and has plans to steal a cache of loot that was hidden before he was arrested for petty theft; he tries to recruit Nico to help him with the heist, and with no clear future Nico reluctantly agrees. As Nico and Angel map out plans for the robbery, Angel finds himself falling in love with Victoria (Miranda Bodenhofer), a beautiful but troubled former balled dancer who has been left mute by the horrors she saw under Pinochet's dictatorship. Unknown to Angel, his days may be numbered -- he knows some ugly secrets about Santoro (Julio Jung), the prison's warden who has sent a man out to silence him forever. El Baile de la Victoria (aka The Dancer and the Thief) was the first dramatic feature in nine years from director Fernando Trueba, after devoting close to a decade to documentaries about music. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Art House & International, Drama
Directed By: Fernando Trueba
Written By: Antonio Skármeta, Fernando Trueba
Everyone welcome,
Presented by:
Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) &
Chile Solidarity Melbourne