Showing independent and foreign films weekly on the Purdue campus. All screenings are subject to availability; we will make every effort to show the listed films as shown. We will update this list if/when changes need to be made.

The Fall 2016 Season runs September 2-December 16, 2016. All screenings but one for this season begin at 7:00 p.m. in Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239, 640 Oval Drive. Parking is available in the University Street parking garage, on the Purdue University campus. (Screening on September 9 will be in Forney Hall, G124, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, parking in Northwestern Avenue garage.)

Saturday, January 9, 2016

January 13, 2016 - "1001 Grams" (2015)

1001 Grams, 2015

This is the first screening of the Winter 2016 season.

Director: Bent Hamer
Origin: Norway | Germany
Languages: Norwegian | French | English
Running time: 93 minutes

When newly divorced scientist Marie Ernst is tasked with transporting a perfect kilogram weight from Norway to a seminar in France, she soon finds herself being nudged out of her meticulously structured existence. (from Netflix.com)

Watch the trailer on YouTube.

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Review of previous film ("Nora's Will", 3.5 stars) 
Steven says: Here is a look at a different slice of Mexican life - the Jewish culture. Creative, funny, and telling, the movie's title character thought of nearly everything to bring family members from near and far together.

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