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Sun, Feb 17, 2008
at 3:45 PM

Mon, Feb 18, 2008
at 7:15 PM

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

DIRECTOR: CRISTIAN NEMESCU
ROMANIA
Writer-director Cristian Nemescu died in a car crash while this film was in post-production. Onscreen, his keen political vision is alive and well in a comedic story inspired by a true event: During the war in Kosovo in 1999, a NATO train on a classified mission is literally stopped in its tracks by a Romanian station master with his own agenda. As the U.S. lieutenant faces off against the station agent, the rest of the village goes berserk, NATO soldiers eye the eager local girls, and the casualties of war reveal themselves to be, as always, too close to home. Nemescu's social farce was the winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Print courtesy of MediaPro Distribution. ( 155 min )

First Feature Film.
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Fri, Feb 22, 2008
at 6:30 PM

Sat, Feb 23, 2008
at 3 PM

4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS

DIRECTOR: CRISTIAN MUNGIU
ROMANIA
This year's Romanian submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, and the Winner of the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Cristian Mungiu's emotionally shattering film manages to be political without a single conventional reference to politics. It is 1987, near the end of the Ceausescu era in Romania, and college roommates Otilia and Gabita live in fear and oppression. Gabita is pregnant, and together they prepare to meet with a cruel abortionist who asks them for more than money in return for his dangerous and illegal procedure. Their story, set against this false and infectious political system, offers an unforgettable lesson in the price repression exerts from the soul. Also the winner of the the European Film Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Print courtesy of IFC Films. ( 113 min )

Filmography: Occident (03), Lost and Found (05).
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