September 2, 2016 - "City of God" (Cidade de Deus) (2002)

City of God (Cidade de Deus), 2002

Friday 7 p.m., September 2, 2016
Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239

Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Origin: Brazil | France
Language: Portuguese
Running time: 130 min

2002 Toronto International Film Festival
WON
Visions Award

2003 Golden Globes
NOMINATED
Best Foreign Language Film

2004 Academy Awards
NOMINATED
Best Screenplay - Adaptation
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Director

Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. | Written by Jeff Mellinger <jeffmellinger@astound.net> (from IMDb)

Watch the trailer on IMDb

Announcing the Fall 2016 season

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The Fall 2016 Season is September 2 - December 16, 2016 (15 films). All screenings but one begins at 7 p.m. in Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239, 640 Oval Drive, on the Purdue University campus. Parking is available in the Northwestern Avenue parking garage. (“The Final Master” on September 9 will be screened in Forney Hall, Room G124)

• Friday, September 2, 2016, City of God (2002)  | Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund; Origin: Brazil | France; Language: Portuguese; 130 min

• Friday, September 9, 2016, The Grandaster (2013) | Director: Kar-Wai Wong; Origin: China; Language: Mandarin | Cantonese | Japanese; 122 min

• Friday, September 16, 2016, Nostalghia (1983)  | Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky (as Andrey Tarkovsky); Origin: Italy | Soviet Union; Language: Italian | Russian; 125 min

• Friday, September 23, 2016, Children of Men (2006)  | Directors: Alfonso Cuarón; Origin: USA | UK; Language: English | German | Italian | Romanian | Spanish | Arabic | Georgian | Russian |Serbian; 109 min

• Friday, September 30, 2016, Before the Rain (1994)  | Directors: Milcho Manchevski; Origin: Republic of Macedonia | France | UK; Language: Macedonian | English | Albanian | French; 113 min

• Friday, October 7, 2016, The Handmaiden (2016)  | Directors: Chan-wook Park; Origin: South Korea; Language: Korean | Japanese; 144 min

• Friday, October 14, 2016, Zendegi va digar hich（And Life Goes on...）(1992)  | Directors: Abbas Kiarostami; Origin: Iran; Language: Persian; 95 min

• Friday, October 21, 2016, Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)  | Directors: Frank Pavich; Origin: France | USA; Language: English | French | German | Spanish; 90 min

• Friday, October 28, 2016, Dead Snow (2009) | Directors: Tommy Wirkola; Origin: Norway; Language: Norwegian; 90 min

• Friday, November 4, 2016, Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)  | Directors: Uli Edel; Origin: Germany | France | Czech Republic; Language: German | English | French | Swedish; 150 min

• Friday, November 11, 2016, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | Directors: Stanley Kubrick; Origin: USA | UK; Language: English | Russian; 95 min

• Friday, November 18, 2016, A Brighter Summer Day (1991)  | Directors: Edward Yang; Origin: Taiwan; Language: Mandarin | Min Nan | Shanghainese; 237 min

• Friday, November 25, 2016, Thanksgiving Break

• Friday, December 2, 2016, Ghost in the Shell (1995)  | Directors: Mamoru Oshii; Origin: Japan; Language: Japanese; 83 min

• Friday, December 9, 2016, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)  | Directors: Mamoru Oshii; Origin: Japan; Language: Japanese | Cantonese | English; 100 min

• Friday, December 16, 2016, Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)  | Directors: S.S. Rajamouli; Origin: India; Language: Telugu | Tamil; 159 min