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  • Foreign Film Friday: “The Most Beautiful” by Kurosawa

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    Flood Gallery Fine Art Center 802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200, Asheville, NC, United States

    (1944, 1h 25m, Japan, Docudrama by Akira Kurosawa)  This portrait of female volunteer workers at an optics plant during World War II, shot on location at the Nippon Kogaku factory, was created with a patriotic agenda. Yet thanks to Akira Kurosawa’s groundbreaking semidocumentary approach, "The Most Beautiful" is a revealing look at Japanese women of […]

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  • Foreign Film Friday: “Love on the Run” by Truffaut

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    Flood Gallery Fine Art Center 802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200, Asheville, NC, United States

    (1979, 1h 35m, France, Comedy/Drama by François Truffaut) Antoine Doinel strikes again! In the final chapter of François Truffaut’s saga, we find Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), now in his thirties, convivially concluding his marriage, enjoying moderate success as a novelist, and clinging to his romantic fantasies. The newly single Doinel finds an object of his affections […]

  • Foreign Film Friday: “The White Ribbon” by Michael Haneke

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    (2009, 2h 24m, Germany, Mystery/Thriller by Michael Haneke) Set in a village in Protestant northern Germany on the eve of World War I, THE WHITE RIBBON delineates a microcosm of society: the schoolteacher, the pastor, the local aristocracy, the steward, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers, and their extended families. Increasingly frequent bizarre incidents […]

  • Foreign Film Friday: “Like Water for Chocolate” by Alfonso Arau

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    (Year, 1h 45m, Mexico, Romantic Drama by Alfonso Arau) Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel, this magical realist film portrays the youngest daughter in her family, the beautiful Tita (Lumi Cavazos), who is forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro (Marco Leonardi). Since tradition dictates that Tita must care for her mother, Pedro weds […]

  • Foreign Film Friday: “A Pact with the Devil” by Jozef Zachar

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    Flood Gallery Fine Art Center 802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200, Asheville, NC, United States

    (1967, 1h 27m, Czech Republic, Comedy by Jozef Zachar) Five high-school senior girls, who because of a prank, are falsely accused of signing a pact with the devil to lose their virginity before they graduate. Classic movies from around the world every Friday! Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.

  • Foreign Film Friday: “Paris, je t’aime”

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    Flood Gallery Fine Art Center 802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200, Asheville, NC, United States

    R 2006 ‧ Romance/Comedy ‧ 2 hours UPDATE FOR THIS FRIDAY’s Film! Now showing: Paris, je t'aime (Paris, I Love You) Paris, je t'aime (Paris, I Love You) is a 2006 French anthology film featuring 18 short films, each set in a different Parisian arrondissement and directed by a different filmmaker, exploring various facets of […]

  • Foreign Film Friday: “Quest for Fire” (La Guerre du feu) by Annaud

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    Flood Gallery Fine Art Center 802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200, Asheville, NC, United States

    (1981, 1h 40m, Canada/France, Adventure/Fantasy by Jean-Jacques Annaud) Classic movies from around the world every Friday! Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available. The Canadian-French co-production is a film adaptation of the 1911 Belgian novel "The Quest for Fire" by J.-H. Rosny. The story is set "80,000 years ago", with a plot concerning the struggle for control […]

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  • Foreign Film Friday: “Life is Beautiful” (La vita è bella) by Benigni

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    Flood Gallery Fine Art Center 802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200, Asheville, NC, United States

    ("La vita è bella") (1997, 1h 58m, Italy, War/Comedy by Roberto Benigni) Classic movies from around the world every Friday! Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available. When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers […]

  • Foreign Film Friday: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Oplev

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    Flood Gallery Fine Art Center 802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200, Asheville, NC, United States

    (2009, 2h 33m, Sweden, Thriller/Crime by Niels Arden Oplev) Classic movies from around the world every Friday! Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available. Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s novel about disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and genius hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) who investigate the 40-year-old disappearance of Harriet Vanger from her wealthy, dysfunctional […]