European Union Film Festival: SLAVES IN THEIR BONDS

SLAVES IN THEIR BONDS
(OI SKLAVOI STA DESMA TOUS)

March 26, 8:00 p.m.

March 29, 7:45 p.m.

2008, Adonis Lykouresis, Greece, 127 min.
With Giannis Fertis, Dimitra Matsouka

This polished historical drama adapted from the novel by Konstantinos Theotokis is the official Greek submission for Academy Awards consideration. It’s the turn of the 20th century on Corfu, and gambling debts and mismanagement have brought the aristocratic Ofiomachos family to the brink of financial ruin. Their only salvation appears to be in a forced marriage between their beautiful daughter and a wealthy, politically connected doctor, passing over the plainer daughter who is eager to sacrifice herself for the family. In Greek with English subtitles. 35mm print courtesy of the Greek Film Center. (BS)

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European Union Film Festival : DOGTOOTH

DOGTOOTH
(KYNODONTAS)

March 19, 8:15 p.m.

March 22, 8:15 p.m.

2009, Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos, 96 min.
With Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley

“Tugs at the heartstrings while it tickles funny bones and kicks kidneys.”--Al Kratina, Montreal Gazette

A wealthy couple segregates their three teenage children from all knowledge of the outside world, rendering them docile slaves to their parents’ many perverse caprices. Home schooling includes learning a twisted vocabulary: a salt shaker is called a “telephone,” and a small yellow flower is called a “zombie.” Sex has a unique place in this artificial domain, and sex will ultimately plant the seeds of curiosity and rebellion. Winner of the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In Greek with English subtitles. Special advance screening courtesy of Kino International. 35mm widescreen. (BS)

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