Foreign Film Friday: “The White Ribbon” by Michael Haneke
(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 gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Who is responsible? Haneke’s apocalyptic vision takes on classic dimensions in this elegant, black and white drama, likened to the most mesmerizing films of Carl Dreyer.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes and nominated for two Academy Awards
Classic movies from around the world every Friday!
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Foreign Film Friday: “Love on the Run” by Truffaut
(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 in Sabine, a record-store salesgirl whom he pursues with the fervid belief that without love, one is nothing. Along the way, he renews his acquaintance with previous loves and confronts his own chaotic past.
Foreign Film Fridays • 7:00pm
Classic movies from around the world every Friday!
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
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Foreign Film Friday: “The Most Beautiful” by Kurosawa
(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 the era and anticipates the aesthetics of Japanese cinema’s postwar social realism.
Classic movies from around the world every Friday!
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Flood Gallery Fine Art Center
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Original propaganda movie poster