The film “¡No!” will be shown this evening beginning at 6 p.m. in the Trutter Center. The event is part of LLCC’s fall film and discussion series entitled “Through a Different Lens” and is hosted by Ashley Green, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; Paul Van Heuklom, professor of English; and Joseph Hoff, Ph.D., professor of Spanish. There is no charge to attend.
Gael García Bernal stars in “¡No!” (2012), a film that recalls the pivotal moment in Chilean history when the citizens of the country are offered an historically unique opportunity to rid themselves of the country’s dictatorship.
Attendees are also invited to arrive early to view culturally relevant artifacts on display from the college’s Trutter collection, and view the exhibit “Trutter: Black and White,” featuring photos of landmarks designed by Philip Trutter.
Upcoming films in the series include:
Nov. 10: “To Live” (1994) The film follows the life of one family in China, from the heady days of gambling dens in the 1940s to the austere hardship of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. And through all of their fierce struggles with fate, all of the political twists and turns they endure, their hope is basically summed up by the heroine, a wife who loses wealth and position and children, and who says, “All I ask is a quiet life together.”
Thurs., Nov. 17: “Still Walking” (2009) Twelve years after their beloved eldest son, Junpei, drowned while saving a stranger’s life, the parents welcome their surviving children home for a family reunion. The younger son still feels that his parents resent that he isn’t the one who died, as his wife is awkwardly introduced to the rest of the family for the first time.
Dec. 8: “Birth of a Family” (2012) Soo-Jung begins work at a home shopping channel network. She is a bright and warm-hearted woman. Her life changes when her father suddenly dies in a fire. Now, she has to learn how to take care of her family: her mother and her troublemaker younger brother Soo-Ho.