 This Week at The Cinematheque
"Revanche"
Directed by Götz Spielmann/Austria/2009. With Johannes Krisch, Irena Potapenko, Andreas Lust
At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama of Greek proportions, “Revanche” is the stunning, Oscar–nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife. With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side. In German with English subtitles.
Friday, July 24; Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26 at 8:30 p.m.
Global Lens Series
 "Mutum"
Directed by Sandra Kogut/Brazil/2007. With Thiago Da Silva Mariz, Wallison Felipe Leal Barroso, João Miguel
Thiago is a sensitive and imaginative boy living on a small, hardscrabble farm in a remote region of Brazil. His life is filled not only with curiosity and youthful discovery, but also with the reality of his parent's unhappy marriage and his father's abuse — all of which are suddenly changed by a chance encounter and an unexpected gift. Director Sandra Kogut, in her poetic adaptation of the Brazilian short story “Campo Geral,” focuses on minute details of rural life to tell a bittersweet story of one boy's coming-of-age amidst events both great and small. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Winner of the Berlin Film Festival Special Mention award, the Miami Brazilian Film Festival Crystal Lens award, and the Havana Film Festival Grand Coral award.
Wednesday, July 22 at 8:30 p.m.
WHAT’S NEW AT THE MBC:
MBC Membership now includes discounts for Miami International Film Festival
films and selected Miami Film Society events
MBC Members can now pick up a Cinematheque Membership card at MBC during screening hours to receive Miami International Film Festival and Miami Film Festival discounts. The program is a new reciprocal discount exchange between The Miami Beach and Miami film societies, the MIFF and the Cinematheque. Certain special events are not included, and will be determined on a case by case basis. Discount prices subject to change. Become a member at mbcinema.com.
The Miami Beach Cinematheque is located at 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach.
For more information call 305-673-4567.
The Miami Beach Cinematheque is located at 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach.
For more information call 305-673-4567 or visit mbcinema.com.
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