2004 Program - Tiburon International Film Festival

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F EATURE FILMS
Charlie Chaplin:
The Forgotten Years
Switzerland :: 2002 :: 55 min
director Felice Zenoni
appearing Peter Ustinov, Geraldine Chaplin,
Petula Clark
Wednesday, March 17, 5:25 pm
Practically ousted from the US by the McCarthy regime,
Chaplin found refuge in Switzerland in the early 1950s.
From international stars such as Peter Ustinov or Petula
Clark to Chaplin's staff, everyone has fond memories
and an interesting story to tell. The film interweaves
home movies and archive footage with anecdotes by
those close to him, including Chaplin's eldest daughter
actress Geraldine Chaplin, providing a unique glimpse
of the star as a private family man. In his autobiography
he calls these years the happiest of his life.
Charlie:
The Life and Art of Charlie Chaplin
US :: 2003 :: 127 min
director Richard Schickel
appearing Martin Scorsese, Sydney Pollack,
Woody Allen, Richard Attenbrough, Milos Forman
Sunday, March 14, 4:40 pm
Richard Schickel’s new documentary chronicles
Chaplin’s brilliant career as an actor, writer, director,
producer, and composer, as well as his controversial and
much-publicized private life—his love affairs and four
marriages, his paternity suit scandal and persecution
by the FBI, culminating in a self-imposed exile from the
United States. With its brilliant observations, rare footage
interwoven with scenes from Chaplin’s greatest films,
and a remarkable series of newly recorded interviews,
Charlie is the definitive Chaplin documentary.
Cold As Summer
France :: 2003 :: 90 min
director Jacques Maillot
cast
Friday, March 12, 8 pm
It’s summer and Rachel, a young woman in her twenties,
is living alone in a Paris suburb with her eighteenmonth-old
daughter. Her life bores her and she seems
indifferent to everything around her. One day, she
decides she has had enough of this life and she leaves
for the seaside. Shortly after her departure, a corpse is
discovered in this Paris suburb. Claire, a police officer,
is put in charge of the investigation of this death. The
ensuing events would lead her off on Rachel’s trail and
change her life completely.
Screening with:
The Letdown
Love Parade
Screeing with:
Warriors at Play
The Crossing
The Netherlands/Germany/Denmark :: 2002 :: 91 min
director Nora Hoppe
cast Behrouz Vossoughi, Johan Leysen,
Viviane de Muynck, Mil Seegers
Tuesday, March 16, 7:25 pm
The film takes place on a single day, from dawn to
night, set in the kitchen of a boarding house and on the
streets of a Western European city. Bâbak fled his native
country, Afghanistan, almost 20 years ago and came to
live in Brussels where he sought to forget his past. Now
retired, he crosses paths with a stranger named Sârbân.
The day becomes one of reckoning for Bâbak as he
must confront his past and the nightmare that cut him off
from his real self. The film deals with the theme of exile,
not just from places and events, but from the inner self.
Dark Cities
Mexico :: 2002 :: 113 min
director Fernando Serinana
cast Jesús Ochoa, Bruno Bichir, Alonso Echánove,
Diego Luna, Demián Bichir, Odiseo Bichir
Monday, March 15, 3:20 pm
This film presents a series of stories in which characters
appear and converge among the streets of historical
downtown Mexico City. Faces crossing the city, the
famous Chinese cafés, the drugstores, motel, bars,
streets, plazas, housing developments; places where
just going in and taking a look is enough to bring us
face to face with the reality we are living and which we
sometimes ignore; spaces that give life to a film like this.
These stories are intertwined and gradually surround us
with the real and violent world of a dark city.
Darling Stranger
Brazil :: 2003 :: 95 min
director Ricardo Pinto
cast Daniel Filho, Suely Franco, Ana Beatriz Nogueira,
Claudia Netto, Emilio de Mello, Paulo Betti
Tuesday, March 16, 9:25 pm
On the same night a family celebrates patriarch Alberto’s
birthday, the youngest daughter Zezé announces her
engagement. This seemingly ordinary reunion sets the
stage for Alberto’s grievances. He exposes the pains
and frustrations of a man who has always placed his
family above his own personal yearnings. He finds it
appropriate to speak up at this particular moment about
the high price one pays for not fighting for the cravings
of the heart. A dramatic comedy based on the stage play
Intensa Magia, by Maria Adelaide Amaral.
Screening with:
Sublime Afghanistan
Screening with:
Love Sick
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