schedule
July 30 wed 7.00 pm
Travellers and Magicians (Bhutanese)
9.30 pm
The Kite Runner
(Persian with English subtitles )
June 31 thurs 9.30 pm
Miracle on 1st street
(Korean with English subtitles )
Aug 1 fri 9.30 pm
Munich (English)
Aug 2 Sat 9.30 pm
The Shawshank redemption (English)
Previews
The Shawshank redemption (1994)
Language: English
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
Genre: drama
Runtime: 142 min.
Andy Dufresne, is sent to Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and secret lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner. His spirit and determination, leads us into a world full of imagination, filled with courage and desire. The movie combines a number of archetypal human characterizations to create a compelling and moralistic story about the survival and liberation of the human spirit.
The Kite Runner (2007)
Language: Persian –Dari with English subtitles
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi
Genre: drama
Runtime: 128 min.
Based one on of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, it is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love. In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban's iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right.
Munich (2006)
Language: English
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig
Run Time: 164 min.
Genre: drama
It is a powerful and thoughtful drama about the human costs of international terrorism. The 1972 Olympics in Munich were supposed to be a peaceful gathering of outstanding athletes from around the world, but on September 5, the games took a sinister turn when eight masked Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic village, killing two Israeli athletes and abducting nine others. The kidnappers demanded safe passage out of Germany in addition to the release of Arab prisoners in Israeli and German prisons, but when they arrived at the Munich airport they were met by German police and military forces, and in the melee that followed, all nine hostages were killed. In the wake of the killings, the Israeli government gave Mossad, the nation's intelligence agency, a special assignment -- to track down and eliminate the Palestinians responsible for the death of the Israeli athletes. A young and idealistic Mossad agent is assigned to the four-man unit created to wipe out the Olympic terrorists, but while he believes in serving his country, as their bloody work goes on he begins to buckle under the weight of his work and wonders if he can morally justify his nation's acts of revenge.
Miracle on 1st street (2007)
Language: Korean with English subtitles
Starring: Ha Ji-weon, Im Chang-jeong
Director: Yun Je-gyun
Run Time: 113 min
Genre: Comedy- Drama
It’s a Capra-influenced comedy drama about a gangster who is trying to scare people to move out from their property so that they can clear out the area to make way for corporate construction. Pil-je arrives on a mission to persuade the First Street locals to relinquish their shoddily constructed homes in the name of progress; he is met with unanimous resistance. The person most fiercely opposed to Pil-je's proposal is tough-but-lovely Myung-ran, a pretty pugilist who longs to become a champion just like her brain-damaged father - a former boxer. Convinced that he is in for an extended battle, he gets to know her and the locals more. Pil Je senses himself changing, changing enough for a miracle to happen?
Travellers and Magicians (2005)
Language: Bhutanese
Director: Khyentse Norbu
Cast: Tsewang Dandup, Sonam Lhamo, Lhakpa Dorji
Genre: Adventure-Drama
Runtime: 108 mins
Two men embark on parallel and separate journeys. Their yearning is a common one--for a better and different life. Dondup, delayed by the timeless pace of his village, is forced to hitchhike through the beautiful wild countryside of Bhutan to reach his goal. He shares the road with a monk, an apple seller, a papermaker and his beautiful young daughter, Sonam. Throughout the journey, the perceptive yet mischievous monk relates the story of Tashi. It is a mystical fable of lust, jealousy and murder that holds up a mirror to the restless Dondup, and his blossoming attraction to the innocent Sonam. The cataclysmic conclusion of the monk's tale leaves Dondup with a dilemma--is the grass truly greener on the other side?
