Tourments d’amour (Torments of Love), a film by Caroline Jules
Wednesday, September 12th, 2018, 7:00pm
Sunday, September 16th, 2018, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: On an island off the coast of Guadalupe, two sisters, Myriam and Vanessa, have planned to stay for a few days in the family house, where the sweet memory of their grandmother is still vivid. Around the table, unsaid things, provocations and blunders will lead each individual to face their own ambiguous feelings.
The film will be preceded by the short film LA HORA DE LA MERIENDA (TEATIME) directed by Alba González de Molina.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Aquarius, directed by Kleber Mondonça Filho
Monday, January 30th, 2017, 7:00 PM
Texas Spirit Theater at The Bullock
1800 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 936-8746
Advance Ticket Sales HERE.
Synopsis: One of the best foreign language films of 2016, AQUARIUS grapples with the tensions wrought between memory and legacy, in a virtuosic tale set on the beaches of Brazil. Sonia Braga (THE KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN) depicts Clara, a retired music critic whose past as a writer, mother, wife and cancer survivor have defined her. Residing in the aging apartment building that has belonged to her family for years, Clara defies the developers whose final step to take over the building is to purchase her apartment.
Sponsored by Cine Las Americas
Ixcanul, directed by Jayro Bustamante
Friday, November 18th, 2016, 8:00 PM
Sunday, November 20th, 2016, 5:00 PM
AFS Cinema
6226 Middle Fiskville Rd.
Austin, TX 78752
Tel: (512) 454-2000
Advance ticket sales HERE.
Synopsis: A New York Times Critic's Pick. In the Guatemalan highlands, a coffee plantation lies on the slopes of a smoking volcano. Here, a Mayan couple preparing their teenage daughter for marriage are met with a betrayal that will change their lives. This thrilling and gorgeously shot tale of a poor farming family, isolated from the rest of their country by geography, language and tradition, is a cinematic ode to indigenous culture and the many untold stories of women around the world.
Sponsored by Cine Las Americas
NN, a film by Héctor Gálvez
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016, 7:00pm
Sunday, January 31st, 2016, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: The remains of a male body who had presumably disappeared during the years of political violence in Peru have been exhumed but nobody claims them. Now the only clue to his identification is a picture of a smiling girl found in his shirt. Only a blurred photo, a snapshot of a moment in time and a memory. Subtitled in English.
"CineNoche" is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Austin Film Society presents: THE PEARL BUTTON, a film by Patricio Guzmán
Chile/France/Spain, 2015, Documentary, 82 min
Spanish with English subtitles
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016, 7:30pm Monday, January 18th, 2016, 7:30pm The Marchesa Hall & Theatre
Synopsis: The filmmaker behind Chilean documentary masterpiece NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT revisits his country's past, looking to the waterways that surround Chile as a prism reflecting two tales of genocide.
Sponsored by Cine Las Americas
