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But the young professor warms to her when he learns that most of her hard-earned money is sent home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. After Yeter`s accidental death, Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter`s daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, much to the displeasure of her conservative mother, Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Passionate Lotte abandons everything to help Ayten. A tragic event brings Susanne to Istanbul to help fulfill her daughter`s mission.  In English, German and Turkish, with English subtitles. <A HREF="http://www.artificial-eye.com/edgeofheaven/main.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.artificial-eye.com/edgeofheav"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 233 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="233a0a80.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="168" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div>  <A NAME="rambow"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 10 / 24 / 08<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Son of Rambow  </B></FONT>Dir: Garth Jennings, UK, 2008, 96 min, PG-13 </div> <div>      This unusual comedy is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes, and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. The story takes place in 1980s Britain, where young Will Proudfoot is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden. When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood, his imagination is blown wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter, to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and nonstop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. When school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of, oui, the super-cool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point.  We’ll show this feature with subtitles. <A HREF="http://www.sonoframbow.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sonoframbow.com/"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 218 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="21895d40.jpg" border=0 width="149" height="212" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="counterfeiters"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 11 / 14 / 08<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Counterfeiters  </B></FONT>Dir: Stefan Ruzowitzky, Austria, 2007, 98 min, R</div> <div>      Winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.  This is the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, counterfeiter extraordinaire, bohemian and Russian Jew who was captured by the Nazis in 1944. He agrees to help them in an organized counterfeiting operation set up to finance the war effort. It was the biggest counterfeit-money scam of all time. Over 130 million pounds sterling were printed under conditions that could not have been more tragic or spectacular.  In German, Russian, English and Hebrew with English subtitles.  <A HREF="http://www.sonyclassics.com/thecounterfeiters/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sonyclassics.com/thecounterfe"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 249 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23a9df30.jpg" border=0 width="157" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="caramel"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT></div> <div> 11 / 21 / 08<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>CARAMEL</B></FONT><B> </B>Dir: Nadine Labaki, Lebanon, 2007, 95 min, PG </div> <div>     A Beirut beauty salon is the colorful center around which the lives of five women friends revolve and a microcosm of the issues Lebanese women face today, Layale (played wonderfully by the director & co-writer) is trying to end an affair with a married man, her friends also face matters of the heart, Cultural rites and societal expectations clash with the personal desires of these women. But, interestingly, the violence that has ravaged Lebanon is not mentioned. This is a story of everyday life. The caramel of the title refers to the caramelized sugar used in the salon to remove unwanted hair. Labaki's debut feature is a warmly appealing, bittersweet confection, a cinematic treat for it's audience. In Arabic and French with English subtitles.  </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.roadsideattractions.com/Catalog/FilmLibrary.asp?ProjectID=%7BC44B2B62-C9E6-4661-86B8-D533F55DFAAB%7D&BusinessUnitID=%7BBDC8C46C-7B42-42EA-AE44-4E14387B8A7D%7D" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.roadsideattractions.com/Catal"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 228 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="21c9dde0.jpg" border=0 width="157" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="bands_visit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT></div> <div> 12 / 5 / 08<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Band's Visit</B></FONT><B>   </B>Dir: Eran Kolirin, Israel, 2007,87 min, PG-13</div> <div>      When an Egyptian police orchestra gets lost on its way to a performance in Israel, the band and their stoic leader wind up far from home in an obscure Israeli village.  Lightly approaching the political issues that surround the band’s visit, this charming, heartfelt comedy shows how people of all cultures share the trials of friendship and romance.  In Arabic, English, and Hebrew with English subtitles.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sonyclassics.com/thebandsvisit/main.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sonyclassics.com/thebandsvisi"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 221 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23991d70.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div>  <A NAME="cj7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 12 / 12 / 08<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>CJ7</B></FONT><B>  </B>Dir: Stephen Chow, Hong Kong, 2008, 86 min, PG</div> <div>      Directed by Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle), the premiere clown of Hong Kong cinema, CJ7 is Chow’s re-imagined “E.T.” in which the young son (played by 8-year-old actress Xu Jiao) of an impoverished widower befriends a tiny alien with magical powers. Described as “the love child of Charles Dickens, Mao Zedong and Steven Spielberg.” In Cantonese with English subtitles. </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sonyclassics.com/cj7/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sonyclassics.com/cj7/"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 182 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="238a0800.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="mongol"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 1 / 9 / 09<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mongol  </B></FONT>Dir: Sergei Bodrov, Mon/Kaz/Ger/Rus, 2007, 126 min, R</div> <div>      Mongol depicts the life and legend of a young warrior named Temudgin (played by the Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano), from the dramatic and harrowing early years of his boyhood to the eve of world conquest in 1206, when he would become the Genghis Khan known and feared by millions.  The portrait that emerges is that of a fearless visionary and reformer whose relationship with his wife Borte was an important factor in his rise to greatness as she was his most trusted advisor.  While the film takes a sympathetic view of young Genghis Khan, it does not force him into conformity with modern sensibilities. His world feels authentically raw and refreshingly archaic, and strangely beautiful.  In Mongolian with English subtitles.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mongolmovie.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mongolmovie.com/"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 221 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="22294d70.jpg" border=0 width="148" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div>  <A NAME="4mo"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> 1 / 23 / 09<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days</B></FONT><B>  </B>Dir: Cristian Mungiu, Romania, 2007, 113 min, R</div> <div>      Winner of the Camera D’or at the Cannes Film Festival, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days is the gritty and powerful account of Otilia, a young college student desperately trying to help her roommate, Gabita, secure an illegal late-term abortion during the final days of Communism in Romania.  Unwittingly, both find themselves burrowing down a deep rabbit hole of unexpected revelations.  Brilliant acting and haunting cinematography create a riveting and unflinching drama that is one of the year’s most compelling features.  In Romanian and English with English subtitles.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.4months3weeksand2days.com/blog/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.4months3weeksand2days.com/blo"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 223 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="22498d90.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="lars"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 2 / 6 / 09<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Lars and the Real Girl  </B></FONT>Dir: Craig Gillespie, USA, 2007, 106 min, PG-13</div> <div>      This heartfelt comedy is the touching, amusing, and humorous story about a man whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of what is almost solitude, Lars invites Bianca, a friend he met on the Internet, to visit him. He introduces Bianca to his brother Gus and his wife Karen and they are stunned. They don't know what to say to Lars or Bianca--because she is a life-size doll, not a real person, and he is treating her as if she is alive. They consult the family doctor, who explains that this is a delusion he's created--for what reason, she doesn't yet know, but they should all go along with it. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he's nuts, but eventually the entire small, northern town goes along with his delusion in support of this sweet natured boy they’ve always loved. What follows is an emotional journey for Lars and the people around him.  We’ll show this feature with subtitles.  <A HREF="http://www.larsandtherealgirl-themovie.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.larsandtherealgirl-themovie.c"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 232 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="22698e20.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="mistress"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 2 / 20 / 09<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Last Mistress  </B></FONT>Dir: Catherine Breillat, Italy/France, 2007, 115 mins, R</div> <div>      The Last Mistress marks the monumental pairing of cinema's premiere provocateur, director Catherine Breillat with the most fearless and explosive actor of our generation, Asia Argento. A penniless rogue, Ryno de Marigny, shocks 19th century France with his engagement to the virginal gem of the aristocracy, Hermangarde. As lurid speculations of Ryno's ten year affair with the carnal Vellini manifest, a supremely erotic and wickedly humorous depiction of human lust is revealed - overriding the brittle facade of nobility and reverence. Bolstered by Breillat's mastery of the medium and Argento's commanding performance, The Last Mistress is a highly entertaining yet incredibly provocative film that has resulted in unanimous praise from audiences and critics across the world.  In French with English subtitles. <A HREF="http://www.ifcfilms.com/viewFilm.htm?filmId=616" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ifcfilms.com/viewFilm.htm?fil"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 222 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23798d80.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="jindabyne"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 3 / 6 / 09<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Jindabyne   </B></FONT>Dir: Ray Lawrence, Australia, 2006, 123 min, R</div> <div>      Three-time Academy Award-nominee Laura Linney (The Savages) stars with Gabriel Byrne (HBO’s In Treatment) in this richly textured, multicharacter examination of action, inaction and consequence based on the short story by Raymond Carver (previously adapted in Robert Altman's Short Cuts). Ray Lawrence directs a haunting, suspense-filled drama about a group of family men on a fishing trip who come across the body of a young Aboriginal woman and fail to report their discovery to the police immediately because they want to continue their vacation. Nominated for 9 Australian Film Institute Awards.  We’ll show this feature with subtitles. <B> </B><A HREF="http://www.april.com.au/home.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.april.com.au/home.html"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 219 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="22a97d50.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="moliere"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 3 / 20 / 09 <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Moliere  </B></FONT>Dir: Laurent Tirard, France, 2007, 120 min, PG-13</div> <div>      Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Dans Paris) plays 17th-Century playwright/actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, not yet famous as the renowned Moliere, with the swagger and panache of a rock star. A work of lively speculative historical fiction, Moliere begins in a debtor’s prison where the failed actor Polquelin is bailed out by a nameless benefactor and whisked away to the aristocrat’s estate. There he embarks on a series of follies that that serve as inspiration for his later satirical plays, and falls in love with the woman who will make him a true artist.  In French with English subtitles.  <A HREF="http://www.bimfilm.com/leavventuregalantidelgiovanemoliere/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bimfilm.com/leavventuregalant"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 205 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23697c70.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="property"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 4 / 3 / 09<B>   </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Private Property  </B></FONT>Dir: Joachim Lafosse, France, 2007, 92 min, R </div> <div>      An impeccably acted character drama revolving around a mother and her teenage twin sons, "Private Property" shows how strong and how terrifying the bonds within families can be.  Pascale (Isabelle Huppert) lives with her twin teenage sons, Francois and Thierry, in a beautiful old farmhouse bought by her ex-husband after an acrimonious divorce.  Although loving and ostensibly supportive of one another, each is still reeling from the break-up.  When Pascale falls in love again, her happiness sets off a fratricidal war that threatens to destroy the family.  In French with English subtitles.  <A HREF="http://www.hautetcourt.com/fiche.php?pkfilms=124" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hautetcourt.com/fiche.php?pkf"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 222 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23591d80.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="willow"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 4 / 17 / 09<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Willow Tree  </B></FONT>Dir: Majid Majidi, Iran, 2005, 96 min, PG</div> <div>      Blind since childhood, Youssef is renowned professor of poetry at a Tehran university with a devoted wife and loving daughter.  However, his affliction fills him with secret torment. As if in answer to his prayers, a Paris clinic restores his sight - a miracle that is double-edged. Although this new world of sight and color floods Youssef with ecstasy, it also plunges him into a labyrinth of confusions and temptations. Eager to claim the lost life he feels he is owed, Youssef experiences a dramatic shift in personality that threatens to destroy both him and those who love him most.  In Farsi with English subtitles.  <A HREF="http://www.cinemajidi.com/willow/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cinemajidi.com/willow/"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 222 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23492d80.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="rains"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div>  5 / 1 / 09<B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Before the Rains  </B></FONT>Dir: Santosh Sivan, India/USA, 2007, 98 min, PG-13</div> <div>      Fatal culture clash, imperialist entitlement and forbidden passion between master and servant:  the ingredients of the Indian director Santosh Sivan's period piece ''Before the Rains'' may be very familiar, but the film lends them the force of tragedy.  Henry Moores (Linus Roache) is an arrogant British planter in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala who employs his loyal manservant T. K. (Rahul Bose), to persuade the local population to help build a road necessary to develop a potentially lucrative spice plantation.  At the same time, Moores is carrying on a passionate affair with his housekeeper Sajani (Nandita Das), a beautiful, naive woman who commutes from the village to work at his nearby ranch.  From the moment Moores hands a gun to T. K. you can be certain that the weapon will be discharged and lives destroyed.  We’ll show this feature with subtitles.  <A HREF="http://www.beforetherains.net/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.beforetherains.net/"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#FFFF00 HEIGHT= 26 ><NOBR><div> <B>Here are the films that we are proud to have screened this season.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 253 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2319de50.jpg" border=0 width="157" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="yangtze"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 9 /12 / 08<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Up the Yangtze</B></FONT><B>  </B>Dir: Yung Chang, Canada, 2008, 93 min, PG<B> </B></div> <div> <B>          </B>In China, it is simply known as 'The River.' But the Yangtze and all of the life that surrounds it is undergoing an astonishing transformation wrought by the largest hydroelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam. Chinese-Canadian director Yung Chang returns to the gorgeous, now-disappearing landscape of his grandfathers youth to trace the surreal life of a farewell cruise that traverses the gargantuan waterway. With a humanist gaze and wry wit Chang’s Upstairs Downstairs approach captures the microcosmic society of the luxury liner. Below deck: a bewildered young girl trains as a dishwasher sent to work by her peasant family, who is on the verge of relocation from the encroaching flood waters. Above deck: wealthy international tourists set sail to catch a last glance of a country in dramatic flux. The teenage employees who serve and entertain them tagged with new Westernized names like Cindy and Jerry by upper management warily grasp at the prospect of a better future. "Up the Yangtze" gives a human dimension to the wrenching changes facing not only an increasingly globalized China, but the world at large. In English, Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles.  <A HREF="http://uptheyangtze.com/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://uptheyangtze.com/index.php"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 272 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="212a1f00.jpg" border=0 width="161" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><div> <B> <A NAME="red_balloon"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 9 / 26 / 08<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Flight of the Red Balloon</B></FONT><B>  </B>Dir: Hou Hsiao-Hsien, France, 2007, 113 min, PG<B>  </B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Three Times) turns the details of everyday life to poetry in his tribute to Lamorisse’s 1956 classic short The Red Balloon. Juliette Binoche stars as a single Parisian mother who, overwhelmed by the complications of modern daily life, employs a Taiwanese film student as her son’s babysitter. As the babysitter and young child explore the streets and cafés of the city, they begin to share an imaginary world where a mysterious red balloon affectionately follows them wherever they go. In French with English subtitles.  <A HREF="http://www.ifcfilms.com/viewFilm.htm?filmId=557" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ifcfilms.com/viewFilm.htm?fil"><B>Go to the official site</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Red Balloon</B></FONT><B>  </B>Dir: Albert Lamorisse, France, 1956, 34 min, G</div> <div>      Albert Lamorisse's exquisite The Red Balloon remains one of the most beloved children's films of all time. In this deceptively simple, nearly wordless tale, a young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world's harsh realities finally interfere. With its glorious palette and allegorical purity, the Academy Award winning The Red Balloon has enchanted movie lovers, young and old, for generations. In French with English subtitles.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="161"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="161" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="702" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="161"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="161" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="702" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="161"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="161" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="702" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="161"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="161" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="702" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="161"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="161" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="702" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="161"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="161" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="702" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="161"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="161" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="702"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="702" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>