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Free Friday Foreign Films
Guntersville Public Library,
1240 O’Brig Ave. in Guntersville, Alabama
More information is available at
(256) 571-7595 or,
July 9th @ 7 PM THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS
Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano; Directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani; Rated R; 106 minutes; 1982
A woman desires to tell her child the story of her Tuscan village during World War II, and of her villagers' brave escape from Fascism during the war's final days. As she wishes on a shooting star, recollections of the daring plan and search for freedom come alive. Directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani create a stunning tale of the Resistance imbued with the fairy tale flavor of a minstrel's song. In Italian with English subtitles
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Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil |
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The chance meeting between a suicidal young woman and a professional knife-thrower turns both of their troubled lives around in this quirky romance that your audience is sure to enjoy. The relationship of these two strangers, at first platonic, gives birth to a successful performing team and eventually romance in this unique tale of fate. In French with English subtitles |
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Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, |
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In the early 1900s, a poor Sicilian family leaves Italy in search of a better life in America. Before leaving they meet a mysterious woman named Lucy who is a Brit who wants to marry someone before they hit the opposite shore. The tough and sometimes cruel practices of Ellis Island are also explored in this sensitive drama. In Italian and English with English subtitles
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