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Stephane Gauger ( Cu va chim se se , Vietnam/USA 2007) The fruitful cinematic relationship that Vietnamese Americans have fostered with their motherland in recent years is ably continued with Stephane Gauger s feature debut. While the film s central narrative mirrors that of many a Hollywood ...
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— sffs.org — Astra Taylor (Canada 2008) Plato tells us, The unexamined life is not worth living. The eight contemporary... philosophers profiled in Astra Taylor s lively and engaging documentary no doubt would agree. Whether it s Cornel West speaking in brain-bending ... (more) San Francisco Film Society

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— sffs.org — Luigi Falorni ( Feuerherz , Germany/Austria 2008) In this moving drama, ten-year-old Awet, played with powerful expressiveness... by Letekidan Micael, is swept into the Eritrean war for independence of the early 1980s. Given to the Eritrean Liberation ... (more) San Francisco Film Society

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— sffs.org — Enrique Fern ndez, C sar Charlone (El ba o del papa, Uruguay/Spain 2007) Part charming Latin American... tale of village absurdity la Gabriel Garc a M rquez and part acid social commentary, the South American hit film The Pope s Toilet based on Pope ... (more) San Francisco Film Society

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The Evening Class:  SFFS SCREEN—Michael Hawley Previews the Winter 2009 Lineup

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Hell On Frisco Bay — ... (Feb. 6-12), the 2007 SFIAAFF Audience Award winner the Owl and the Sparrow (Feb. 13-19) a Danish thriller called ...

SFFS SCREEN—Michael Hawley Previews the Winter 2009 Lineup
The Evening Class — ... recounts the travails of a 10-year-old girl forced to fight as a child soldier in the Eritrean war for independence. The good news is that Falomi co-directed The Story of the Weeping Camel, a film I liked very much. The other film is Stephane Gauger's Owl and the Sparrow, which screened at the 2007 SF International Asian American Film Festival. This one's also about a young girl—an orphaned flower vendor living on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City who bonds with a flight attendant and a zookeeper. Reyhan Harmanci ...

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