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Arabic
Theeb
Directed by Naji Abu Nowar
(UAE/Qatar/Jordan/U.K., 2015, 100 min.)
While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb (“Wolf”) in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers’ quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca.
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Croatian
The High Sun
Directed by Dalibor Matanić
(Croatia/Serbia/Slovenia, 2015, 123 min.)
Set during the years of 1991, 2001 and 2011, the action takes place between two neighboring Balkan villages — one Serbian, one Croatian — with two lovers’ lives unavoidably being affected by the war.
AFI Silver Theatre
Wed., Dec. 9, 7:10 p.m.
The Reaper
Directed by Zvonimir Jurić
(Croatia/Slovenia, 2014, 98 min.)
Aging farmhand Ivo gives stranded motorist Mirjana a lift to the gas station one night. But his apparent altruism is immediately greeted with suspicion by the local villagers, who recall that Ivo once served time for rape and have never forgiven him.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 11, 5:05 p.m.,
Sat., Dec. 12, 1 p.m.
Czech
The Snake Brothers
Directed by Jan Prusinovský
(Czech Republic, 2015, 111 min.)
Real-life brothers Krystof and Matej Hádek play ne’er-do- well brothers in this gritty melodrama, shot through with moments of anarchic comedy.
AFI Silver Theatre
Tue., Dec. 15, 7 p.m.,
Wed., Dec. 16, 9:15 p.m.
Danish
A War
Directed by Tobias Lindholm
(Denmark, 2015, 115 min.)
Danish commander Claus Pedersen does his best to keep his troops safe and morale high on their deployment to Afghanistan, but is forced to make a fateful judgment call under enemy fire.
AFI Silver Theatre
Mon., Dec. 14, 7 p.m.
Dutch
Nena
Directed by Saskia Diesing
(Netherlands/Germany, 2014, 94 min.)
Growing up on the Dutch-German border, teenager Nena enjoys Goethe’s poetry and Goth style, but really goes wild for her blue-haired, baseball-playing new boyfriend (Dutch and German).
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 19, 11 a.m.
English
The 33
Directed by Patricia Riggen
(U.S./Chile, 2015, 127 min.)
In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic collapse of a 100-year-old mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, watched anxiously for any sign of hope (English and Spanish).
Area theaters
Bridgend
Directed by Jeppe Rønde
(Denmark, 015, 95 min.)
Documentarian Jeppe Rønde’s narrative debut is a haunting meditation on the real-life plague of teen suicides in a South Wales town.
AFI Silver Theatre
Wed., Dec. 2, 9:25 p.m.,
Wed., Dec. 9, 9:40 p.m.
Brooklyn
Directed by John Crowley
(Ireland/U.K./Canada, 2015, 111 min.)
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
The Avalon Theatre
Carol
Directed by Todd Haynes
(U.K./U.S./France, 2015, 118 min.)
Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Angelika Mosaic
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Opens Fri., Dec. 25
The Danish Girl
Directed by Tom Hooper
(U.K./Germany/U.S., 2015, 120 min.)
In early 1920s Copenhagen, Danish artist, Gerda Wegener painted her own husband, Einar Wegener, as a lady in her painting. When the painting gained popularity, Einar started to adopt a female persona and named himself Lili Elbe. With his feminism passion and Gerda’s support, Elbe attempted first-ever male to female sex reassignment surgery.
Angelika Mosaic
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Opens Fri., Dec. 11
Heart of a Dog
Directed by Laurie Anderson
(France/U.S., 2015, 75 min.)
Centering on Laurie Anderson’s beloved piano-playing and finger-painting rat terrier, who died in 2011, “Heart of a Dog” is a wry, wondrous and unforgettable cinematic journey through love, death and language.
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Hector
Directed by Jake Gavin
(U.K., 2015, 87 min.)
Sixtysomething Hector McAdam has been living rough in Scotland since an unspeakable family tragedy some 15 years before. Hector has his demons but he still has his dignity.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 18, 5:05 p.m.,
Sun., Dec. 20, 5:15 p.m.
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Directed by Kent Jones
(France/U.S., 2015, 82 min.)
In 1962, Alfred Hitchcock and a 30-year-old François Truffaut sequestered themselves in a windowless Hollywood office for a weeklong conversation. The result: the seminal book “Hitchcock/Truffaut,” published a half century ago, dissecting every film Hitchcock had made until then (English, French and Japanese).
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Opens Fri., Dec. 11
Kill Your Friends
Directed by Owen Harris
(U.K., 2015, 100 min.)
Former A&R exec John Niven’s cult novel, about music biz excess and Machiavellian maneuvering during Britain’s late-’90s Britpop craze, is translated to the screen by first-time feature director Owen Harris.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 11, 9:40 p.m.,
Sat., Dec. 12, 9:20 p.m.
The Lady in the Van
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
(U.K., 2015, 104 min.)
In 1973, the residents of the leafy London enclave of Camden Town found their liberal pieties tested by the arrival of an eccentric, elderly vagrant who lived out of her van and upset the neighborhood’s prevailing pretensions of charity and inclusiveness.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sun., Dec. 6, 1 p.m.
Legend
Directed by Brian Helgeland
(U.K./France, 2015, 131 min.)
Identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, run an organized crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.
Area theaters
Macbeth
Directed by Justin Kurzel
(U.K./France/U.S., 110 min.)
Macbeth, a Thane of Scotland, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Area theaters
Opens Fri., Dec. 11
Memento
Directed by Christopher Nolan
(U.S., 2001, 113 min.)
A man creates a strange system to help him remember things; so he can hunt for the murderer of his wife without his short-term memory loss being an obstacle.
Landmark’s Bethesda Row Cinema
Wed., Dec. 2, 7 and 9 p.m.
Northern Soul
Directed by Elaine Constantine
(U.K., 2014, 102 min.)
Things are grim up north, in the economically depressed Manchester and its surroundings of 1974. But on the dance floor of the local youth center, kids are grooving to American soul.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 4, 9:45 p.m.
A Perfect Day
Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
(Spain, 2015, 106 min.)
The Balkans, 1995: Fighting has wound down and peace talks have begun, but problems still confront Mambrú (Benicio Del Toro) and his colleagues at NGO Aid Across Borders.
AFI Silver Theatre
Tue., Dec. 1, 7:15 p.m.
A Royal Night Out
Directed by Julian Jarrold
(U.K., 2015, 97 min.)
After nearly six years of World War II, peace is won and London erupts into a spontaneous celebration. Accompanied by two military officers, teenaged princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed by the King and Queen to slip out of Buckingham Palace incognito and join in the historic revelry.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.,
Sun., Dec. 6, 7:15 p.m.
Second Coming
Directed by Debbie Tucker Green
(U.K., 2014, 104 min.)
Playwright Debbie Tucker Green’s provocative feature film debut focuses on a modern-day miraculous conception incurred by a married, middle-class mother in Britain.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 19, 5:05 p.m.
Tale of Tales
Directed by Matteo Garrone
(Italy/France/U.K., 2015, 125 min.)
Even bawdier and bloodier than tales by the Brothers Grimm, Matteo Garrone’s film will fascinate fans of folklore and fantastic cinema.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 12, 7 p.m.,
Thu., Dec. 17, 7:15 p.m.
Youth
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
(Italy/France/Switzerland/U.K., 2015, 118 min.)
A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday (English, Spanish and Swiss German).
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Opens Fri., Dec. 25
Estonian
1944
Directed by Elmo Nüganen
(Estonia/Finland, 2015, 100 min.)
“1944” is a dramatic account of the bloody World War II Battle of Tannenberg Line on the Eastern Front, where Estonian civilians were caught between the German and Soviet armies, with native sons fighting on both sides.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 5, 1 p.m.,
Mon., Dec. 7, 5:05 p.m.
In the Crosswind
Directed by Martti Helde
(Estonia, 2014, 90 min.)
Martti Helde’s visionary and moving account of the Soviets’ 1940s deportation of thousands of Estonians to Siberia mixes live action with tableaux vivant: painstaking, painterly compositions of actors frozen in place.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 12, 5:05 p.m.,
Sun., Dec. 13, 3:15 p.m.
The Fencer
Directed by Klaus Härö
(Finland/Estonia/Germany, 2015, 93 min.)
The Soviet Union, 1953: Fearing he may be caught up in a widening Stalinist crackdown on his fellow Baltic dissidents, Endel flees Leningrad for a small town in his native Estonia. Taking a job as a gym teacher, Endel, a skilled and dedicated fencer, begins teaching his pupils the ways of this most elegant of sports.
AFI Silver Theatre
Thu., Dec. 10, 7:15 p.m.,
Sat., Dec. 12, 12:45 p.m.
Finnish
The Grump
Directed by Dome Karukoski
(Finland, 2014, 104 min.)
After an ankle injury sidelines the titular 80-year-old misanthrope, he’s forced to move in with his son and daughter-in-law, where a clash of generations ensues.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 18, 9:25 p.m.
Flemish
Violet
Directed by Bas Devos
(Belgium/Netherlands, 2014, 85 min.)
Fifteen-year-old Jesse witnesses the stabbing death of his best friend at a shopping mall, as friends and family struggle to understand the seemingly unmotivated, random murder (Flemish and Dutch).
AFI Silver Theatre
Thu., Dec. 3, 9:40 p.m.,
Mon., Dec. 7, 9:25 p.m.
French
Disorder
Directed by Alice Winocour
(France/Belgium, 2015, 101 min.)
Afghanistan war vet Vincent suffers from PTSD. He’s hired as a temp security guard at Maryland, the estate of Lebanese businessman Whalid, where he overhears a conversation that seems to indicate Whalid is involved in illegal arms dealing.
AFI Silver Theatre
Wed., Dec. 2, 7:15 p.m.,
Tue., Dec. 8, 7:15 p.m.
Fatima
Directed by Philippe Faucon
(France, 2015, 79 min.)
A Moroccan immigrant now living in Lyon, France, Fatima works long hours as a cleaning lady to support her two daughters, one a promising pre-med student and the other a rebellious teen.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sun., Dec. 13, 1 p.m.,
Tue., Dec. 15, 7:15 p.m.
Fidelio, Alice’s Odyssey
Directed by Lucie Borleteau
(France, 2014, 97 min.)
After a passionate farewell to her boyfriend, ship’s engineer Alice joins up with the in-transit cargo ship Fidélio, where the captain is a former lover.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sun., Dec. 13, 7:20 p.m.,
Wed., Dec. 16, 7:15 p.m.
My Golden Days
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
(France, 2015, 123 min.)
Arnaud Desplechin revisits his hapless romantic character Paul Dedalus, this time exploring the character’s wild younger years in the 1980s, from the pangs of first love to amateur international espionage.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 4, 7:15 p.m.,
Wed., Dec. 9, 7:15 p.m.
The Magic Mountain
Directed by Anca Damian
(Romania/France/Poland, 2015, 89 min.)
This wildly creative animated docudrama is a chronicle of the life story of Polish expat Adam Jacek Winkler, who settled in France after a lifetime of struggle, from fighting against Poland’s Communist rule to a stint fighting for the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet army (French, English and Polish).
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 12, 3:05 p.m.,
Mon., Dec. 14, 5:05 p.m.
Mediterranea
Directed by Jonas Carpignano
(Italy/France/U.S./Germany/Qatar, 2015, 107 min.)
Ayiva and his friend make the dangerous journey from Burkina Faso to Italy, surviving the Sahara desert, murderous bandits and a stormy Mediterranean crossing. But in the land of their dreams, good work proves hard to find, and temptations for easier money abound (French, Italian, English and Arabic).
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 11, 9:20 p.m.,
Wed., Dec. 16, 7 p.m.
In the Shadow of Women
Directed by Philippe Garrel
(France/Switzerland, 2015, 73 min.)
Philippe Garrel returns with this exquisite romantic drama, an examination of marital infidelity and a freewheeling riff on life, art and the never-ending battle of the sexes.
AFI Silver Theatre
Thu., Dec. 3, 5 p.m.,
Tue., Dec. 8, 9:40 p.m.,
Thu., Dec. 10, 5:10 p.m.
German
In the Basement
Directed by Ulrich Seidl
(Austria, 2014, 81 min.)
Arch provocateur Ulrich Seidl returns to his documentary roots with this investigation of how his countrymen and women relate to their basements — a space, according to the filmmaker, for one’s most personal hobbies.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sun., Dec. 13, 9:25 p.m.,
Mon., Dec. 14, 9:25 p.m.
Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands
Directed by Christian Braad Thomsen
(Denmark, 2015, 109 min.)
Danish documentarian Christian Braad Thomsen reflects upon the life and career of his longtime friend Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible and leading light of the New German Cinema.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 4, 3 p.m.,
Sun., Dec. 6, 9:30 p.m.
A German Youth
Directed by Jean-Gabriel Periot
(France/Germany/Switzerland, 2015, 93 min.)
Before they became radicalized terrorists and members of West Germany’s infamous Red Army Faction, Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and Holger Meins were journalists, artists and filmmakers (German and French).
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 11, 3 p.m.,
Sat., Dec. 19, 3:15 p.m.
Greek
A Blast
Directed by Syllas Tzoumerkas
(Greece, 2015, 83 min.)
A wife and mother is driven to extremes by the collapse of her family, business and belief system in this scathing thriller (Greek, English and German).
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 12, 9:40 p.m.,
Sun., Dec. 13, 7:15 p.m.
Impressions of a Drowned Man
Directed by Kyros Papavassiliou
(Cyprus/Slovenia/Greece, 2015, 82 min.)
A man wakes up on the beach with no memory of who or where he is. In his possession is a notebook of poems. In time meets people who claim to be his parents and an ex-girlfriend who claim he is actually the famous poet Kostas Karyotakis, who committed suicide in 1928.
AFI Silver Theatre
Mon., Dec. 14, 10 p.m.,
Wed., Dec. 16, 5:10 p.m.
Hungarian
Liza the Fox-Fairy
Directed by Károly Ujj Mészáros
(Hungary, 2015, 98 min.)
In 1970s Budapest, Liza, a live-in nurse for an ailing widow, has an imaginary friend: long-dead Japanese pop singer Tomy Tani, but when a real-life love arrives, Tomy becomes jealous (Hungarian and Japanese).
AFI Silver Theatre
Thu., Dec. 17, 7 p.m.,
Sat., Dec. 19, 9:40 p.m.
Italian
My Mother
Directed by Margherita Buy
(Italy/France, 2015, 106 min.)
Director Margherita Buy projects calm confidence, but the mounting strain of various life challenges is starting to take a toll. Her mother is hospitalized with heart trouble, her movie shoot is not going well, she’s just broken up with her actor boyfriend and her daughter is flunking Latin (Italian and English).
AFI Silver Theatre
Sun., Dec. 13, 5:05 p.m.,
Tue., Dec. 14, 9 p.m.
The Wait
Directed by Piero Messina
(Italy/France, 2015, 100 min.)
Juliette Binoche stars as Anna, a grieving mother holed up at a Sicilian villa. When her son’s girlfriend shows up unexpectedly, Anna isn’t able to break the tragic news, instead pretending he will return in a few days (Italian and French).
AFI Silver Theatre
Wed., Dec. 16, 9:20 p.m.,
Sun., Dec. 20, 3 p.m.
Japanese
Kagero-za
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
(Japan, 1981, 140 min.)
A mysterious woman named Shinako invites Matsuzaki, a playwright, to a romantic rendezvous. While Matsuzaki is on his way, his patron Tamawaki appears on the train, claiming to be en route to witness a love suicide between a married woman and her lover.
Freer Gallery of Art
Sun., Dec. 6, 2 p.m.
Pistol Opera
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
(Japan, 2001, 112 min.)
Stray Cat, the number three killer in her assassins’ guild, battles her way to the top against characters such as Painless Surgeon, a cowboy who can feel no pain, and the mysterious number one killer Hundred Eyes.
Freer Gallery of Art
Fri., Dec. 18, 7 p.m.
Princess Raccoon
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
(Japan, 2005, 111 min.)
After being exiled, a prince comes across a magical land of shape-shifting raccoons and falls in love with their princess.
Freer Gallery of Art
Sun., Dec. 20, 2 p.m.
Yumeji
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
(Japan, 1991, 128 min.)
Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) was an artist known as much for his paintings of beautiful women as for his bohemian lifestyle. As played by rock star Kenji Sawada, this Yumeji is a serial seducer haunted by thoughts of his own death while pursuing ideals of beauty in his art.
Freer Gallery of Art
Sun., Dec. 13, 2 p.m.
Zigeunerweisen
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
(Japan, 1980, 144 min.)
Aochi is an uptight professor at a military academy while his erstwhile colleague Nakasago, is now a wild-haired wanderer and possible murderer in this metaphysical ghost story involving love triangles, doppelgangers and a blurred line between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Freer Gallery of Art
Fri., Dec. 4, 7 p.m.
Latvian
Escaping Riga
Directed by Davis Simanis Jr.
(Latvia/Russia/U.K., 2014, 69 min.)
More than 100 years ago, two men were born in Riga: revolutionary Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein and celebrated Russo-British philosopher Isaiah Berlin. Filmmaker Davis Simanis playfully explores their divergent paths throughout the important moments of the 20th century.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sun., Dec. 13, 9 p.m.,
Thu., Dec. 17, 5:10 p.m.
Lithuanian
The Summer of Sangaile
Directed by Alanté Kavaïté
(Lithuania/France/ Netherlands, 2015, 88 min.)
Alanté Kavaïté won a Best Director award at Sundance for this rapturous portrait of two teenaged girls’ summertime love affair.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sun., Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m.,
Thu., Dec. 10, 9 p.m.
Luxembourgish
Baby(a)lone
Directed by Donato Rotunno
(Luxembourg, 2015, 90 min.)
Living alone with his single mother, 13-year-old X is a troubled teen, removed from reality. Sent into a remedial class after his latest violent outburst at school, X meets Shirley, and the two teens retreat into a world of sex, drugs and violence.
AFI Silver Theatre
Mon., Dec. 7, 9:50 p.m.,
Wed., Dec. 9, 5:10 p.m.
Maltese
Simshar
Directed by Rebecca Cremona
(Malta, 2014, 101 min.)
Based on a true story from the front lines of Europe’s migrant crisis, young Theo is excited to go out on his father’s tuna fishing boat, the Simshar, for the first time. But things go terribly wrong and the boat sinks, leaving the crew stranded far out in the Mediterranean.
AFI Silver Theatre
Tue., Dec. 8, 5:10 p.m.,
Wed., Dec. 9, 9:45 p.m.
Polish
Body
Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska
(Poland, 2015, 92 min.)
At a loss to cope with his anorexic, depressed daughter Olga, her coroner father has her institutionalized for therapy. Olga’s counselor gets good results with the girls in her care, but has an unconventional sideline as a medium who converses with the dearly departed.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 18, 7:15 p.m.,
Sun., Dec. 20, 1 p.m.
Portuguese
(Be)longing
Directed by João Pedro Plácido
(Portugal/Switzerland/France, 2014, 78 min.)
Documentarian João Pedro Plácido captures the look and feel of rural life in this portrait of a tight-knit community of farmers in the village of Uz in northern Portugal.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 12, 11 a.m.,
Tue., Dec. 15, 5:10 p.m.
Romanian
Aferim!
Directed by Radu Jude
(Romania/Bulgaria/Czech Republic/France, 2015, 108 min.)
In the principality of Wallachia, life is more Dark Ages than Age of Enlightenment, even in 1835.
AFI Silver Theatre
Fri., Dec. 11, 7:15 p.m.,
Mon., Dec. 14, 7:15 p.m.
One Floor Below
Directed by Radu Muntean
(Romania/France/Germany/Sweden, 2015, 93 min.)
On his way up to his apartment, Sandu overhears a violent argument between neighbors Laura and Vali. Later that day, he learns that Laura is dead — possibly murdered.
AFI Silver Theatre
Tue., Dec. 15, 9:45 p.m.
Thu., Dec. 17, 9:45 p.m.
The Treasure
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
(Romania/France, 2015, 89 min.)
Unemployed Adrian asks neighbor Costi for a loan to fend off foreclosure on his apartment. Rebuffed, Adrian entices Costi to become his partner on a scheme to dig up a mysterious treasure, the existence of which was promised by Adrian’s late grandfather.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Slovak
Eva Nová
Directed by Marko Skop
(Slovakia/Czech Republic, 2015, 106 min.)
Leaving her third stint in rehab for alcoholism, faded actress Eva Nová is intent on reconnecting with her estranged son but with little hope to revive her acting career, must take a job at a grocery store.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 19, 1 p.m.,
Sun., Dec. 20, 7:15 p.m.
Slovene
The Tree
Directed by Sonja Prosenc
(Slovenia/Italy, 2014, 90 min.)
A mother, teenager and 9-year-old don’t venture outside their house. Across three chapters, each exploring the perspective of a single family member, the family’s story and the reasons they fear their neighbors gradually come into focus (Slovene and Albanian).
AFI Silver Theatre
Thu., Dec. 17, 9:40 p.m.
Spanish
Ma Ma
Directed by Julio Medem
(Spain/France, 2015, 111 min.)
Diagnosed with breast cancer and recently left by her husband, a chance encounter with a Real Madrid scout leads to an unexpected romance for Magda.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sun., Dec. 6, 3:15 p.m.,
Mon., Dec. 7, 7:10 p.m.
The Pearl Button
(El botón de nácar)
Directed by Patricio Guzmán
(Chile/France/Spain, 2015, 79 min.)
Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline, the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape and holds the secret of a mysterious button that was discovered in its seabed.
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Swedish
The Here After
Directed by Magnus von Horn
(Sweden/Poland/France, 2015, 102 min.)
Teenager John returns to his home in rural Sweden after two years away in a secure institution. It’s not immediately revealed what his crime was, but it soon becomes clear that the other kids in school have no intention of forgiving him.
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 5, 11 a.m.,
Tue., Dec. 8, 9:20 p.m.
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
(Jar är Ingrid)
Directed by Stig Björkman
(Sweden, 2015, 114 min.)
Through never-before-seen home movies — along with Ingrid Bergman’s personal notes, letters and diaries — this documentary presents an intimate and moving portrait of one of the most acclaimed film actresses of all time (Swedish and English).
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Tamil
Dheepan
Directed by Jacques Audiard
(France, 2015, 109 min.)
In this gripping tale, three Sri Lankan refugees, seeking escape from their war-torn homeland, pose as a family to gain safe passage to France (Tamil, English and French).
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat., Dec. 5, 5:15 p.m.,
Tue., Dec. 8, 7:20 p.m.
