nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

The end of the 1950s, on the outskirts of Brussels. Like
the rest of the young generation of the time, Jeannine
Deckers has a thirst for freedom and adventure. There’s
no question of her following the path her parents have
chosen for her - finding a husband and taking over the
family bakery. She wants a different life. After toying
with art studies, she enters a convent and quickly finds
out that being a Dominican nun is a difficult vocation. It
requires giving up one’s passions, including music. But
she’s not prepared to do this. The other sisters don’t
understand her, but with the blessing of the Mother
Superior, she sticks to her dream and writes a global
pop hit: “Dominique”. For audiences around the world,
Police officer Amadeus Warnebring was born into a
musical family with a long history of famous musicians.
He hates music. Now, Warnebring is about to face his
worst case ever. A group of six eccentric drummers,
led by revolutionary genius Sanna, has decided to
launch a full-scale musical attack using the city – its
buildings, its machinery, its ceaseless noise - as their
instrument. Their twisted art form leads to chaos and
disorder. The city is faced with outlaws of a new breed;
music terrorists. Warnebring starts a desperate hunt
for the serial musicians. As he realizes that the young
woman with whom he has fallen in love is the leader
of the group, he is left with no choice: he must enter
the world he has spent his entire life fleeing - the
sister sMile
(soeur sourire)
Thurs Nov 11 4:20 PM-6:25 PM
Sponsored by:
suN Nov 14 10:20 AM-12:30 PM Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Jeannine became “Sister Smile”, also known as the Singing Nun. She
was a worldwide sensation and sold millions of records. Her success
was compared to that of Elvis Presley, and the single outsold both
Presley and the Beatles. Struggling to reconcile her faith and her
newfound fame, Jeannine leaves the convent and attempts to continue
her career as a rock star. The film traces the unique and deeply moving
story of this young girl who never gave up. Whether you are familiar
with Deckers or not, her life as a nun, pop star, early feminist and
tormented lover is bound to capture audiences as much as the woman
herself.
[dir. Stijin conix, 2009, France, 35mm, 124 mins. in French with English
subtitles]
sound oF noise
Sponsored by:
Thurs Nov 11 4:55 PM-6:40 PM
FrI Nov 12 12:30 PM-2:15 PM
sAT Nov 13 6:15 PM-8:10 PM Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
[Screens with Dogfish Head Shorts]
frightening world of rhythm and music. The music is not traditional
and each musical segment has a title that alludes to the genesis of
the instrumentation; “Doctor, Doctor” plays out in a hospital operating
room, literally removing the sound from a windbag patient; staged like a
robbery, “Money” makes beautiful music from a bank’s paraphernalia;
the classical music establishment comes under attack from heavy
machinery in “Music”; and the dangerous looking “Love” plays out
in midair on the city’s electric lines. Crazy, possibly, but certainly
entertaining.
[dirs. ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne nilsson, 2010, Sweden, 35mm,
98 mins. in Swedish with English subtitles]
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