FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25TH
DOUBLE FEATURE!!
DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES BEFORE SCREENING, FILM SHOWN PROMPTLY AT THESE TIMES........
Black Orpheus at 6: 00 PM
Black Orpheus (Portuguese: Orfeu Negro) is a 1959 film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus. It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of a favela in Rio de Janeiro during the Carnaval. The film was an international co-production between production companies in Brazil, France and Italy.
The film is particularly renowned for its soundtrack by two Brazilian composers: Antônio Carlos Jobim, whose song "A felicidade" opens the film; and Luiz Bonfá, whose "Manhã de Carnaval" and "Samba of Orpheus" have become bossa nova classics.
Mediterraneo 8:30 PM
(Thanks Dave Kennedy! Great suggestion)
Mediterraneo is an Italian film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991. The film is set during World War II, and regards a group of Italian soldiers who become stranded on a Greek island and are left behind by the war. The filming took place on the island of Kastellórizo.
