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EXPRESIÓN EN CORTO 2008
FILM FESTIVAL
San Miguel de Allende, July 18th-22nd
Guanajuato Capital, July 23rd-27th
Schedule...
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DARK KNIGHT
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker. |
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NIM’S ISLAND
Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of Nim's favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now, they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in each other to conquer Nim's Island. |
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40 DAYS
Three Mexicans, feeling crushed by city life, take a journey from Mexico City to New York and then Tijuana. Their journey through America, which starts out as an escape becomes, in reality, a path to self-discovery. |
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WATER
In 1938’s, Colonial India is ruled by the emancipation movement lead by Mahatma Gandhi, and a wedding that seems like a funeral is celebrated. Chuyia, an 8 years old girl get married with a moribund men who dies the same night. His body is burned in a sacred river, and Chuyia get set for her destiny. |
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BOMBON THE DOG
This film follows one of the many victims of the profound economic deterioration that his country went through at the turn of the new century, a man who has worked his whole life at a gas station; the station has closed and left him on the streets. He takes on the care of a bulldog, which becomes his best friend as well as his only hope for a better life. |
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HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
After and ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it’s up to the planets toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it’s time to call in Hellboy. |
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HANCOCK
Hancock takes us to the life of a superhero who enjoy of drinking, tobacco and casual sex; Until find in his way a married women, who wake an irresistible atraction in him, making his life flip over in a good way. |
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WALL-E
What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, Wall-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that Wall-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL-E chases eve across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen. |
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$50.00 pesos. Insurgentes #25, Downtown. |
Wednesday,
July 23rd |
MOTHER & SON
(Mat i syn, 2000)
17:00 hrs
Russia, Russian with English subtitles, 101 minutes
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Cast: Gudrin Geyer, Alexander Anaishnov |
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Thursday,
July 24th |
AT HOME AMONG STRANGERS, A STRANGER AMONG HIS OWN
(Svoj sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoj sredi svoikh, 1974)
17:00 hrs
Russia, Russian with English subtitles, 97 minutes
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Yuri Bogatyryov, Sergei Shakurov, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Alexander Porokhovshchikov Alexander Kalyagin
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Friday,
July 25th |
THE RETURN
(Vozvrashcheniye, 2003)
15:00 hrs
Russia, Russian with English subtitles, 90 minutes
Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev
Cast: Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Natalya Vdovina, Galina Petrova |
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THE CUCKOO
(Kukushka, 2002)
17:00 hrs
Russia, Russian with English subtitles, 103 minutes
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Cast: Anni-Christina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov, Aleksei Kashnikov, Mikhail Korobochkin |
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Saturday,
July 26th |
THE FUTURE OF FOOD (2004)
15:00 hrs
Documentary, English, 90 minutes
Director: Deborah Koons Garcia |
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Alex Phillips Hall, El Market Bistro
(Hernández Macías #95, tel (415) 152 3229)
Admission $50.00 (include 2 beers, a glass of wine,
a Cuba or a Margarita) |
ALFRED HITCHCOCK WEEK |
Insithe the Villa Jacaranda Hotel, Aldama #53, Downtown.
Ticket: $75.00 pesos (Includes: Cocktail or beberage & popcorn).
Matinee: Wednesday - 12:30 hrs. New Matineé: 16:00 hrs. ($50.00 pesos) |
El Recreo Cultural Center. Recreo No. 4, Downtown.
7:30pm. Pop Corn &Soda at sale
$15.00, Students & third age $5.00 |
CENTRO ACADÉMICO CULTURAL UNAM
Campus Juriquilla |
Teatro-Auditorio del Centro Académico Cultural de la UNAM,
Cover $30.00, 50% discount showing your UNAM, INAPAM,
ISSTE & IMSS retirement card, students & professors
Adress & Information: Boulevard Juriquilla No. 3001, Tel. 1926132
cultura@unamcampusjuriquilla.com.mx
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