Best of Cannes
Lorna’s Silence
(Le Silence de Lorna)
Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne/Belgium/2008/105 mins. With Jérémie Renier, Arta Dobroshi, Alban Ukaj, Morgan Marinne

The latest film from the highly acclaimed Dardenne brothers concerns the destiny of a woman caught between love and the law of the underworld. Lorna, (Arta Dobroshi) is a young Albanian woman living in Belgium. A mobster has set up a false marriage between Lorna and Claudy (Jérémie Renier) allowing Lorna to get her Belgian citizenship. However, she also has connections in the Russian mafia ready to pay hard cash for the vital Belgian identity papers. But will Lorna remain silent? In French and Albanian with English subtitles.
Friday, Sept. 25; Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday Sept. 27 at 8:45 p.m.

Best of Cannes Series
Cloud 9
Directed by Andreas Dresen/Germany/2008/98 mins. With Ursula Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal

“Cloud 9” is the groundbreaking and lyrical story of a 67-year-old married woman who rediscovers passion and sexuality when she falls in love with a 76-year-old man. “Cloud 9” won an Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, and the Best Director and Best Actress prizes at this year’s German Film Awards. In German with English subtitles.
Friday, Sept. 25; Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday Sept. 27 at 6:50 p.m.


Global Lens Series
Songs From The Southern Seas (Pes n’ Juzhnykh morej)
Directed by Marat Sarulu/Kazakhstan/2008. With Vladimir Yavorsky, Dzhaidarbek Kunguzhinov, Irina Agejkina

Two couples, one Russian and one Kazakh, live side by side in relative harmony in a beautiful yet semi–desolate region of the Great Steppe. But when the fair–skinned Russians give birth to a boy of decidedly darker skin, 15 years of suspicion and acrimony arises between them, and can only be resolved by an ironic twist of family and fate. At times darkly somber, at other times tender and wistful, and buoyed throughout by a soundtrack of folk–inspired melodies, writer-director Marat Sarulu draws on Kazakhstan's epic history to create a gritty and deeply compassionate tale of humor and cultural insight. In Russian with English subtitles. 
Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 8:30 p.m.


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