Week of March 8, 2012
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FILM Thursday 3/8 INTERNATIONAL FILMThe annual Miami International Film Festival presents emerging and established film to the local community from around the world, including Cuba, Spain, Israel, Argentina, Brazil, United Kingdom, China and more. The Festival features Oscar nominees, local premieres and documentaries. Times vary. Through March 11. Locations vary. $7 students. $10 Miami Film Society members. $11 seniors. $12 others. Prices vary for special events such as opening and closing night premieres. Details: (305) 237-3456 or www.miamifilmfestival.com. OPERA FILMS Miami Beach Arts in the Park present a five-night opera film series, this week "La Traviata" screens by Franco Zeffirelli with Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas. 7:30 p.m. New World Center at SoundScape, 500 17th St., Miami Beach. Free. Details: (305) 673-7577 or www.mbculture.com. Friday 3/9 FRENCH CINEMAThe Cosford Cinema hosts a French film series "Rendezvous with French Cinema," featuring US premieres and question and answer sessions. "The Screen Illusion" by actor-director Mathieu Amalric is an adaptation of Corneille's 17th century tragicomedy following a hotel concierge on the trail of a missing young man who seems to have left many broken hearts behind. Followed by question and answer session with director. In French with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Additional screening March 11 at 3 p.m. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. UM students free. Seniors, UM Alumni, faculty, non-UM students and staff $7. $9 others. Details: (305) 284- 4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com. LOCAL ROMANCE "The Well-Digger's Daughter" tells of a well digger, his eldest daughter and her passion for the son of a local shopkeeper. In French with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Additional performance March 11 at 3 p.m. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. UM students free. Seniors, UM Alumni, faculty, non-UM students and staff $7. $9 others. Details: (305) 284- 4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com. Saturday 3/10 SMALL TOWNS"17 Girls" follows a sleepy French coastal town gone awry when a group of teenage girls decide to become pregnant at the same time. In French with English subtitles. 3 p.m. followed by question and answer session with actresses. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. UM students free. Seniors, UM Alumni, faculty, non-UM students and staff $7. $9 others. Details: (305) 284- 4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com. POLITICOS "Pater" claims to provide insights about power and politics through a fictional French president and his newly appointed prime minister. Film followed by a question-and-answer session with actor Vincent Lindon. In French with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. UM students free. Seniors, UM Alumni, faculty, non-UM students and staff $7. $9 others. Details: (305) 284- 4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com. FRENCH FRATERNITY In "Smugglers' Songs," 18th century folk hero and bandit Louis Mandrin is the inspiration for this period tale, which traces the efforts of Mandrin's followers to distribute his songs and stories in the build-up to the French Revolution. In French with English subtitles. 5:15. Additional screening March 11 at 5 p.m. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. UM students free. Seniors, UM Alumni, faculty, non-UM students and staff $7. $9 others. Details: (305) 284- 4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com. BEHIND THE SCENES The "Last Screening" is a thriller film about a dutiful manager and projectionist of a repertory cinema in the French provinces and the many secrets he holds. In French with English subtitles. 10 p.m. Additional screening March 11 at 8 p.m. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. UM students free. Seniors, UM Alumni, faculty, non-UM students and staff $7. $9 others. Details: (305) 284- 4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com.
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