Cochin Arts and Communications will be doing a public screening of Ralph Ziman’s Jerusalema on 22nd October, 2010(Friday) at 6:30 PM.
Plot
Starting off with simple smash and grabs, and petty crime, Lucky Kunene quickly graduates to more aggressive heists such as armed robbery and carjacking. Soon, Lucky realizes he needs a bigger score to fulfill his goals of making it big, and escaping from the slums, to a dream house by the sea. Kunene hatches an elaborate and violent plan to make his fortune – hijacking buildings from landlords of Johannesburg tenements by winning the favor of the tenants and then holding their rent hostage from the landowners. His high-profile real estate acquisitions attract the attention of the local police force who have no qualms about using unprovoked brutality to bring him down. His trouble with the law, coupled with an escalating war between a local drug lord, creates a tense standoff: both sides are closing in, and Kunene must stay one step ahead–or his empire, and his life, will come crashing down.
Tagline: An unflinching look into the crime, corruption and the transgressions of those looking to survive in the most crime-infested district of Johannesburg.
Cochin Arts and Communications will be showing Philippe Claudel’s I’ve Loved You So Long on 13th August, 2010(Friday) at 6:30 PM.
Plot
After fifteen years in prison for murdering her son Pierre, the former medical doctor Juliette Fontaine travels to Lorraine to live on probation with her younger sister La and her family. The bitter, introspective and reclusive Juliette has spent her sentence without any visitors and totally forgotten by her family and now she has problems interacting with her brother-in-law Luc and her nieces. She has to visit every other week her probation officer Captain Faur and seeks a job to rebuild her life. As days go by, Juliette gets closer to the family of her sister and befriends Luc and La’s friends, specially Lea’s colleague Michel. She slowly changes her behavior until the day La discovers the truth about the death of Pierre.
Cochin Arts and Communications will be screening Jayme Monjardim’s Olga on 30th July, 2010(Friday) at 6:30 PM.
Plot
Based upon the true story of Olga Benrio, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Lus Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.
Cochin Arts and Communications will be screening Hiner Saleem’s Vodka Lemon on 16th July, 2010(Friday) at 6:30 PM.
Plot
In a remote, isolated village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife’s grave. There he meets the lovely Nina, who is communing with her late husband. The two are penniless–she works in a local bar that is about to close down, while he has been forced to start selling his meager possessions. All seems hopelessly bleak, yet as Hamo begins to court Nina, their unexpected union revitalizes them.
Cochin Arts and Communications will be showing Jafar Panahi’s Offside on 10th July, 2010(Saturday) at 6:30 PM.
Plot
In Iran, women are officially banned from men’s sporting events. In June 2005, the Iran’s national soccer team has an important game against Bahrain in the Azadi Stadium for the qualification of the World Cup. A group of Iranian girls and lovers of soccer dresses like boys and unsuccessfully attempts to enter in the stadium being arrested.
Cochin Arts and Communications will be screening Khyentse Norbu’s The Cup on 9th July, 2010(Friday) at 6:30 PM.
Plot
While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world
Cochin Arts and Communications will be publicly screening Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Like Beckham on 8th July, 2010(Thursday) at 6:30 PM.
Plot
Of East Indian origin of the Sikh faith, the Bhamra family have been settled in Great Britain for several years. They have two daughters, Pinky and Jessminder. While Pinky is in the process of getting married, Jessminder is preparing to play football – which is not acceptable to her parents. But Jessminder knows she is good at the sport, and she does receive considerable encouragement. Her parents are clearly uncomfortable with their daughter running around in shorts, chasing a big ball, instead of being clad in a traditional salwar khameez, and learning to cook East Indian recipes. Jessminder must now decide what’s important for her. To make matters worse, a football tournament is arranged on the very day of her sister’s marriage. Will Jessminder be able to play, or will her dreams be shattered?
