Films for the
Cinematically Disadvantaged
Arts on Grand, together with Carey's TV & Stereo, are pleased to present this Foreign
Film series collaboration!
| October 4 Nowhere
in Africa |
Shortly before WWII, a Jewish couple and their young daughter emigrate to Kenya from Germany to escape the Nazis. Not all members of the family are happy with this drastic change -- but going home isn't an option. Ultimately, they must all come to terms with a new life in a new continent. Director Caroline Link's epic drama won the 2002 Oscar for best foreign film. |
| October 11 No
Man's Land |
During the Bosnian War, two soldiers (a Bosnian and a Serb) find themselves pinned down in a trench while a wounded grunt lies prone on a land mine that could blow them all to smithereens - how will it end?. |
| October 18 Two
Women |
Sophia Loren gives a career performance in director Vittoria De Sica's moving WWII classic. Loren plays widowed shopkeeper Cesira, who flees occupied Rome with her 13-year-old daughter as Allied bombs pound the city. When bombed-out tracks halt their train, they must make their way on foot amid numerous threats - from strafing Allied fighters to soldiers who paw at mother and daughter. |
| October 25 Herod's
Law |
When the mayor of the remote Mexican town of San Pedro is killed by his own people janitor Juan Vargas (Damian Alcazar) is appointed to the position. Expected to be clueless and easy to control, Vargas quickly becomes as power-hungry and corrupt as the rest of them - with a little help from a crooked politician named Lopez (Pedro Armendariz, Jr.). |
*Show time begins at 7:00 PM at Carey's TV & Stereo (upper level) located at 220 Grand Avenue in Spencer, IA. *Admission is free and popcorn is available, however donations are welcome at the door!