Post by Jennifer on Feb 15, 2011 14:25:56 GMT -7
Greetings from the Southwest Film Center!
This week, straight from Mexico, we’re bringing the winner of the prestigious Camera D’Or of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, LEAP YEAR (or AÑO BISIESTO in Spanish). Laura, played by Mónica del Carmen, is a woman increasingly numbed to her surroundings. She invites men to her flat on a regular basis for sexual flings, if only so that she might feel something as a result. She pays particular attention to one of these men, the abusive Arturo, whom she perversely views as a way out of her pain. A difficult film that denies the traditional sentiments of a romantic story, LEAP YEAR explores human pain in its many manifestations. Phillip French of The Observer calls it “an intense, powerful and at times deeply painful movie, a serious exercise in sexual politics, and Mónica del Carmen as Laura gives an outstanding, brave performance.”
Happy, er, Valentine’s week!
Alexander Payne
Director, ASUNM Southwest Film Center
(505) 277-5608
swfc.unm.edu
If you bring in this email, you can also get a free candy with a popcorn and soda combo. Leap to it! (that’s barely even a pun)
LEAP YEAR
Directed by Michael Rowe
Mexico, 2010, Spanish
Running time: 94 mins
Format: 35mm film
Thurs (2/17): 6:30 PM, 8:30 PM
Fri (2/18): 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Sat (2/19): 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Sun (2/20): 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM
Trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IydjZKoqje8
This week, straight from Mexico, we’re bringing the winner of the prestigious Camera D’Or of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, LEAP YEAR (or AÑO BISIESTO in Spanish). Laura, played by Mónica del Carmen, is a woman increasingly numbed to her surroundings. She invites men to her flat on a regular basis for sexual flings, if only so that she might feel something as a result. She pays particular attention to one of these men, the abusive Arturo, whom she perversely views as a way out of her pain. A difficult film that denies the traditional sentiments of a romantic story, LEAP YEAR explores human pain in its many manifestations. Phillip French of The Observer calls it “an intense, powerful and at times deeply painful movie, a serious exercise in sexual politics, and Mónica del Carmen as Laura gives an outstanding, brave performance.”
Happy, er, Valentine’s week!
Alexander Payne
Director, ASUNM Southwest Film Center
(505) 277-5608
swfc.unm.edu
If you bring in this email, you can also get a free candy with a popcorn and soda combo. Leap to it! (that’s barely even a pun)
LEAP YEAR
Directed by Michael Rowe
Mexico, 2010, Spanish
Running time: 94 mins
Format: 35mm film
Thurs (2/17): 6:30 PM, 8:30 PM
Fri (2/18): 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Sat (2/19): 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Sun (2/20): 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM
Trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IydjZKoqje8