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Come join us on Thursday, October 13 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the second film in our series:

Film 3:  Aquí y Allá (Here and There)

(Mexico, Antonio Méndez Esparza, 2012)

Pedro, a Mexican immigrant who returns home to a small
mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico after years of
working in the US, and struggles to rebuild his family and
follow his dream of starting a band: the Copa Kings.

Rated NR (In Spanish w/ English subtitles)

"Polymorphously pornographic, sure; but it doesn't feel the slightest bit obscene. And that's a neat trick.”
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Come join us on Wednesday, October 5 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the second film in our series:

Film 2: I Wish

(Japan, Hirokazu Koreeda, 2011)

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumour that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Rated PG (In Japanese w/ English subtitles)

Come join us on Thursday, September 29 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the second film in our series:

Film 2: I Wish

(Japan, Hirokazu Koreeda, 2011)

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Rated PG (In Japanese w/ English subtitles)

Based on true events, Tracey Deer's debut feature chronicles the 78-day standoff between two Mohawk communities and government forces in 1990 in Quebec.

"...a ballet of stylized male violence." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Come join us on Thursday, September 15 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the first film in our series:

Film 1: Terre Battue (40 Love)

(Belgium, Stéphane Demoustier, 2014)

Jerome loses his job and his wife leaves him for another man, and he is left to manage his 11-year-old son's fledgling tennis career.

Rated NR (In French w/ English subtitles)

Come join us on Wednesday, September 21 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the first film in our series:

Film 1: Terre Battue (40 Love)

(Belgium, Stéphane Demoustier, 2014)

Jerome loses his job and his wife leaves him for another man, and he is left to manage his 11-year-old son's fledgling tennis career.

Rated NR (In French w/ English subtitles)

Winner of the 2021 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Not in the English Language

You are invited to participate in the Spring 2022 Modern Languages & Linguistics Online Film Series Reboot! 

Our film series is exploring friendship through two international films. 

Here’s how to take part: