Category: Film

Film

Thursday
March 22, 2018
7 p.m.

Oechsle 224
Hamilton & High Streets
College Hill, Easton, PA

Writer-director Philippe Faucon’s long-running project of making films about those members of the French population traditionally left off-screen reaches a state of grace in Fatima, perfectly balancing sharp observation of the realities of the immigrant experience with an inspiring story of individual resilience. Fatima is a middle-aged, divorced Algerian woman, cleaning houses and offices from dawn to dusk to provide her teenage daughters with a better future. It takes a workplace accident for Fatima to finally pay attention to her own needs and discover a powerful means of expressing them through poetry.

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Admission is free.

Part of Foreign Languages & Literatures’ Tournées Film Festival.

Film

Tuesday
March 20, 2018
7 p.m.

Landis Cinema at Buck Hall
219 North 3rd Street (at Snyder Street)
Easton, PA

A family’s choice between caring for an ailing parent and providing a better life for a child throws their world into chaos. Roger Ebert observed, “‘A Separation’ is a film in which every important character tries to live a good life within the boundaries of the same religion. That this leads them into disharmony and brings them up before a judge is because no list of rules can account for human feelings.” This Iranian film won a 2012 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as a seemingly endless litany of raves from critics around the world, landing at #9 on the BBC’s list of the most important films of the 21st century.

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Admission is free.

Part of Film and Media Studies’ Faculty Film Favorites Series.