Global Lens Film Screening: ‘Mourning’

When:
December 1, 2012 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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Where:
Delridge Library
5421 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106
USA

Global Lens Film Screening: ‘Mourning’ at the Delridge Library, Saturday, December 1, 2012, 2–3:30 pm. Join us for a screening of the Iranian film, “Mourning.” This movie is part of the Global Lens series, which includes 10 award-winning narrative feature films from Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Rwanda and Turkey. Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required. Doors open at 1:30 pm.

More about the film:

“Mourning (Soog)”
From a black screen, a man and a woman are heard arguing and hurrying away from a house. Afterward, the screen radiates brilliant green countryside, traversed by a small black car. Subtitles relay a conversation by another man and woman, but now we hear no voices. Kamran and Sharareh, a deaf couple, are driving Sharareh’s young nephew, Arshia, back home to Tehran. Something terrible has happened. But the couple keep the news from Arshia, debating his future in a language not as private as they believe, and turning a car trip into a subtly humorous and deeply compassionate meditation on communication and emotional disability.

Director: Morteza Farshbaf
Country: Iran
Language: Persian, with subtitles in English
Year: 2011
Length: 85 minutes

The Global Lens film series supports the distribution of unique and critically acclaimed cinematic works from around the world. Since its founding, the series has provided a platform for exceptional storytelling and opened a window in the diverse world in which we live.

Now in its ninth year, Global Lens continues to attract dynamic audiences and discover extraordinary new films, building upon the unique perspectives that have come to define the Global Film Initiative’s library of films.

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