ACH Cineclub

Black Orpheus (1959) by Marcel Camus
Thursday, 10/1 @ 8pm in the Hans Bethe Seminar Room

Join us for this week's West Campus International Film Series screening:
"Black Orpheus" (Orfeu negro, 1959) by Marcel Camus.
Movie and popcorn at 8pm in the Hans Bethe House Seminar Room!

From IMDB:
"In Rio, Orfeo is a trolley conductor and musician, engaged to Mira. During Carnival week, he sees Eurydice, who's fled her village in fear of a stalker; it's love at first sight. Her cousin Sarafina, with whom she stays in Rio, is a friend of Orfeo and Mira, so the star-crossed lovers meet again. Later, during the revels, wearing Sarafina's costume, Eurydice dances a provocative samba with Orfeo. Not only is Mira enraged when her rival is unmasked, but she is being stalked by Death: Eurydice is in danger, pursued through noisy crowds and a morgue. Can Orfeo conduct her to safety? Don't look back."

Zhang Yimou's "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles"
Thursday, 9/24 @ 8pm in the Alice Cook Seminar Room

Join us for this week's West Campus International Film Series screening:
"Riding Alone for Thousand's of Miles" (2005) by Chinese director Zhang Yimou.
Movie and popcorn at 8pm in the Alice Cook House Seminar Room!

From IMDB:
"Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many
years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his
daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his son
refuses to see him, Rie gives him a videotape about the work his son
was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of China's Yunnan
province.

Still troubled by the relationship, Takada decides to
complete his son's work in part to develop an understanding of his
son, and in part to do something for him. Once in China a series of
obstacles and relationships bring him unexpectedly closer to both an
understanding of himself and of his son."