Saturday, July 9, 2005
9:00 am - Camelot Theatres
Doors Open
(Complimentary Coffee
& Pastries)
9:20 am - Introduction
of the Film
9:30 a.m. - Screening
Begins
Q&A
Session follows the Screening
Free
to DFS 2005 Members with current Membership Card
Guests
& Non-Members pay $15.00 per person at the door
Three people set off on
separate journeys along the same road; their disparate dreams and stories
intertwine amidst a breathtaking deserted route in Patagonia. This charming,
funny and moving film is a tribute to the small moments of everyday life
This modest gem of Argentine
film, set in Patagonia, conveys starkly and unemotionally what it really
feels like to live in a wilderness with next to nothing. For the characters
who wouldn't understand the concept of upward mobility, this is simply
the way life is. The story interweaves vignettes of travelers from the
same rural village bound for the provincial capital 200 miles away. One
is an old man (Antonio Bendectis), who takes to the road to find his runaway
dog; another is a single mother (Javiera Bravo) who becomes a contestant
on a TV game show; the third (Javier Lombardo) is a traveling salesman.
The journey promises redemption to one, riches to another and true love
to a third. —The New York Times.
Gentile, humanistic, delicious
– Christian Science Monitor
Endowed with captivating
simplicity, gentle humor, rich humanity, and infectious generosity of spirit
– Variety
This gentle Argentinean
road picture makes much out of little - New York Daily News
Argentinean Film Critics
Association – won eight 2002 awards including Best Film, Best Director
and Best Cinematography
Goya (Spanish Academy Awards)
–Best Spanish Language Film
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Run time: 92 minutes
Language: Spanish
with English Sub-Titles
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