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May 15 – Court - India - 2015 - 116 min.
Set-in modern-day Mumbai, a sewage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole. An aging folk singer is tried on charges of abetting what has been defined as the worker's suicide, accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the act. As the trial unfolds in a Kafkaesque fashion, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.
SENSES OF CINEMA - FILMS FOR THOUGHT
Ages 25+
Senses of Cinema offers an alternative to Hollywood fare with a program of subtitled, international award-winning foreign language films in 4- or 5-week themed formats. Film expert Shelly Isaacs introduces each film and, following the screening, provides a detailed commentary, inviting the audience to participate with questions and comments.
INSTRUCTOR: Shelly Isaacs, Café Cinematheque International
ACTIVITY: 213229
DAY: Wednesday
TIME: 10:00am-12:45pm
SESSION C: C5, May 1-May 22
Individual dates: C1, May 1; C2, May 8; C3, May 15; C4, May 22
COST: per 1-week session: Resident $12, Non-resident $15
per 4-week series (C): Resident $40; Non-resident $50
THEME: ORIGINAL IN THE CINEMA!: WHEN FILM GOES TO COURT
Justice speaks many languages. In these 4 films we will delve into the heart of contemporary courtroom dramas from around the world. Each reveals the intricacies of their legal system, shedding light on the universal fight for justice.
May 1 - Labyrinth of Lies - 2014 - Germany - 106 Min.
13 years after the fall of Nazism, a young prosecutor, decides to investigate the case of man accused of being a murderous guard at Auschwitz - Nobody knows it yet but this is the dawn of a new era. Even if the road to awareness will be long and rocky.
May 8 - The Attorney - South Korea - 2013 - 120 min.
In 1980’s South Korea, one of Busan’s most successful lawyers, learns that a close friends’ college student son is falsely accused of a crime, t beaten and tortured while waiting in jail. Shocked by these conditions, Song takes the case no one else will, and changes the course of his life.
Collin, a retired Italian worker, who had been living in Germany for 35 years, kills an elderly wealthy industrialist well known throughout the country. Caspar, in his first case, has been assigned as Collini's public defender. However, Caspar learns that the murdered man had taken him in as a young man.
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