Middletown International Film Festival
Various locations in Middletown
The Salesman
October 17: Wesleyan University, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace(Iran, 2016, directed by Asghar Farhadi)
While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Rams
October 24: Middlesex Community College, Chapman Hall, Training Hill Road(Iceland, 2015, directed by Grimur Hakonarson)
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them - their sheep.
Difret
October 31: Middlesex Community College, Chapman Hall, Training Hill Road(Ethiopia, 2014, directed by Zeresenay Mehari)
A young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions: abduction into marriage.
The Kind Words
November 7: Russell Library, Hubbard Room, 123 Broad Street(Israel, 2015, directed by Shemi Zarhin)
This quirky and wry comedy follows three Jewish Israeli siblings who, in the wake of their mother's death, learn the man who raised them is not their biological father. The revelation sends them on a road trip from Israel across France to discover the truth about their real father.
Wonderful to see descriptions of these films. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
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