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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Contact: Angela Jones, Director of Marketing and External Affairs, Marshall Artists Series 304-696-3334

Fall in love with Film at the Marshall Artists Series Fall International Film Festival

 Nov 6-8 at the Keith Albee-Performing Arts Center

The Marshall Artists Series is delighted to bring the Fall International Film Festival to the Keith—Albee’s Silver Screen.  Filled with award winning films from around the world the fall festival promises to be an exciting enlightening experience for young and old from Friday November 6-Sunday November 8.

Kicking off the festival is the comedic drama Rudo Y Cursi (Mexico), the story of brothers Beto & Tato Verdusco, who work at a banana plantation and play soccer for the village team.  Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player while Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, but both share the dream of building a house for their mother.  Their luck changes when they are accidentally discovered by a soccer talent scout and move to Mexico City and become stars on Rival teams. At the very real possibility of fulfilling all of their dreams, the siblings must face an innate rivalry, as well as their own demons and limitations.   (This film is presented in Spanish with English Subtitles). Rudo Y Cursi shows Friday, Nov. 6 at 5:30 PM, and Saturday, Nov. 7 at 9:45 PM

From documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner (Fast Food Nation) Food, Inc. (USA) is the much anticipated documentary that allows audiences a peek into our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. (This film is presented in English). Food, Inc. shows Friday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 PM, Saturday, Nov. 7 at 2:30 PM, and Sunday, Nov. 8 at 5:30 PM

The Country Teacher (Czech Republic) A gifted and well-qualified young teacher takes a job teaching natural sciences at a grammar school in the country.  Here he makes the acquaintance of a woman and her troubled 17-year old son. The teacher has no romantic interest in the woman but they quickly form a strong friendship, each recognizing the other's uncertainties, hopes and longing for love. When the teacher's ex-boyfriend comes to visit from the city, he quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay and harbors a secret affection for the teenage boy. His jealous actions set in motion a series of events that will test the inner strength and compassion of the teacher, the woman and her son to a breaking point. A beautifully shot, powerfully acted, profoundly moving story of desire, responsibility, forgiveness and the need to belong, from the internationally-acclaimed director of Something Like Happiness and Wild Bees. (This Film is presented in Czech with English subtitles). The Country Teacher shows Friday, Nov. 6 at 9:45 PM and Sunday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 PM.

The Song of Sparrows (Iran) tells the story of Karim who works at an ostrich farm outside of Tehran, Iran. He leads a simple and contented life with his family in his small house, until one day when one of the ostriches runs away. Karim is blamed for the loss and is fired from the farm. Soon after, he travels to the city in order to repair his elder daughter’s hearing aid but finds himself mistaken for a motorcycle taxi driver. Thus begins his new profession: ferrying people and goods through heavy traffic. But the people and material goods that he deals with daily starts to transform Karim’s generous and honest nature, much to the distress of his wife and daughters. It is up to those closest to him to restore the values that he had once cherished. (This film is presented in Persian with English subtitles).The Song of Sparrows shows Saturday, Nov. 7 at 12:30 PM and Sunday, Nov. 8 at 9:45 PM

Waltz With Bashir (Israel) was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2009 Academy Awards and named winner of the Best Animated Feature by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. This animated, quasi-documentary follows Director Ari Folman’s attempt to decipher the horrors that unfolded one night in September of 1982, when Christian militia members massacred more than 3,000 Palestinian refugees in the heart of Beirut as Israeli soldiers surrounded the area. Ari was one of those soldiers, but nearly 20 years after the fact, his memories of that night remain hazy. After hearing an old friend recall a vivid nightmare, Folman concludes that the dream must somehow relate to that fateful mission during the first Lebanon War. Realizing that his recollections seem to have somehow been wiped clean, Folman interviews old friends and fellow soldiers from the war. Later, as his memory begins to emerge in a series of surreal images, he begins to uncover a truth about himself that will haunt him for the rest of his days. (This film is presented in Hebrew with English subtitles). Waltz With Bashir shows Saturday, Nov. 7 at 5:30 PM, and Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 PM

Lastly, Summer Hours (France) One of the most celebrated films in World Cinema today, and a standout hit of the Toronto, AFI and New York Film Festivals, SUMMER HOURS (L'HEURE D'ÉTÉ) is Olivier Assayas' (IRMA VEP, LES DESTINÉES) latest film superbly acted by some of France's finest performers – Academy Award®-winner Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling and Jérémie Rénier. The divergent paths of three forty-something siblings collide when their mother, heiress to her uncle’s exceptional 19th-century art collection, dies suddenly. Left to come to terms with themselves and their differences, Adrienne (Binoche), a successful New York designer, Frédéric (Berling), an economist and university professor in Paris, and Jérémie (Rénier), a dynamic businessman in China, confront the end of childhood, their shared memories, background and unique vision of the future. Incisively written, Assayas' new film moves effortlessly through its narrative with all the grace of Renoir at the height of his powers. (This film is presented in French with English subtitles). Summer Hours shows Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday Nov. 8 at 12:30 PM

Tickets for Individual films are $7, and $70 for the Full Film Season (12 films includes Fall & Spring Films). Tickets may be purchased at the door, advance tickets are not necessary.  Tickets for full-time Marshall Students are offered at no charge to the student and tickets for Marshall’s staff and faculty are $5.50 each.  MU Staff and Students MUST present a valid MU ID prior to admission.   Individual tickets may be purchased at the door 15 minutes prior to each film.  Season ticket holders will be admitted 30 minutes. For more information, call (304) 696-6656 or visit our website at www.marshallartistsseries.org

The Fall 2009 International Film Festival is sponsored by BB & T, Hooters, Cabell Huntington Convention & Visitors Bureau, WKEE, WVHU, The Herald Dispatch, Marshall University, The College of Fine Arts , and The Marshall Artists Series.

Fall Film Schedule

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