Film Society Bhubaneswar November Screening

Dear all, 

Film Society of Bhubaneswar (FSB) invites you to its regular monthly screening of films for November 2024. The screening will be held on SATURDAY, 9th November evening 3:30 PM onwards, at the Odissi Research Centre Auditorium, Xavier Square, Bhubaneswar (Mo Bus Stop: Xavier Square).

Film Notes for 

9 November (Saturday), 2024

3.30 pm

Lucia

Dir: Humberto Solas

(Cuba/1968/160 mins/B&W)

Lucía recounts the history of a changing country through the eyes of three eponymous women. In 1895, Lucía is a tragic noblewoman who inadvertently betrays her country for love. In 1932, she is a member of the bourgeoisie drawn into the workers’ uprising against the dictator. And in the postrevolutionary 1960s, she is a rural newlywed struggling against patriarchal oppression. Shot in an array of distinct, evocative visual styles, Solás’s sprawling triptych is a vital document of radical progress. 

Lucia was, at the time, the most expensive Cuban film ever made; a singularly lush and dialectical period epic, it endures as perhaps Cuban cinema’s crowning achievement. Humberto Solas (1941-2008) made this film in his mid-twenties, his debut, brought international acclaim. Solas went on to make twenty more films during his life-time.

6.45 pm

Neruda

Dir: Pablo Larrain

(Chile/2016/108 mins/Colour)

Chile, 1948: Senator Pablo Neruda, diplomat and future Nobel Prize-winning poet, accuses the government of betraying the Communist Party and is swiftly impeached. Pursued by the police, Neruda and his artist wife are forced into hiding and an intimate game of cat and mouse begins.

Pablo Larrain is a major voice emerging out of Chile, his films have been recognised in major festivals across the world. This film was part of Cannes and Toronto film festival selection, it was nominated for Oscars under foreign film category from Chile. 

regards

Secretary