Friday, February 26, 2010

The Country Teacher - Friday March 12th



March 12th, 2010
Showtime: 7 p.m.
Doors: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Wright Opera House
Director: Bohdan Sláma
Runtime: 113 min.
Categories: Drama, Czech Republic







Eric Notes: This is this year's Movie Club selection from the film festival circuit. This Czech film was an official selection in Toronto and Venice and a winner of the Czech Oscar®. It is a beautifully crafted film. Special thanks to the film's distributor, Film Movement, for helping to make this screening in Ouray possible.


Synopsis:
A gifted and well-qualified young teacher takes a job teaching natural sciences at a grammar school in the country. Here he makes the acquaintance of a woman and her troubled 17-year old son. The teacher has no romantic interest in the woman but they quickly form a strong friendship, each recognizing the other's uncertainties, hopes and longing for love.

When the teacher's ex-boyfriend comes to visit from the city, he quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay and harbors a secret affection for the teenage boy. His jealous actions set in motion a series of events that will test the inner strength and compassion of the teacher, the woman and her son to a breaking point. A beautifully shot, powerfully acted, profoundly moving story of desire, responsibility, forgiveness and the need to belong, from the internationally-acclaimed director of Something Like Happiness and Wild Bees.

[IMDB Entry]
[Trailer]


Admission: Everyone is welcome at $7.50 per ticket. 2010 Movie Club members may use their punch cards.




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Friday, February 12, 2010

A Serious Man - February 26th


Friday, February 26th, 2010
Showtime: 7 p.m.
Doors: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Wright Opera House
Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Runtime: 105 min.
Rating: R|Parental Guide
Categories: Comedy, Drama







Eric Notes: This year's selection from the Coen Brothers. Who else could make this modern take on the Book of Job (why bad things happen to good people) into a seriously entertaining and thoughful comedy?


Synopsis:
This dark comedy centers on Larry Gopnik, a Jewish college professor in the Midwest during the 1960s. He watches his life unravel as his wife prepares to leave him for his pompous colleague, his deadbeat brother won't get off the couch, his son is having problems at school and his daughter is stealing money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job.

[Official Site]
[Trailer]


Admission: Everyone is welcome at $7.50 per ticket. 2010 Movie Club members may use their punch cards.