Cairo International Film Festival's recommended movies of the day.SATURDAY Letters to Father Jacob Director: Klaus HEnrE[micro] Starring: Kaarina Hazard, ValJukka Keinonen and Heikki Nousiainen Surprised at being pardoned 12 years into a life sentence, hard-bitten killer Leila takes the prison warden's suggestion and winds up at the ramshackle parsonage of Father Jacob. The elderly man needs an assistant to pursue his main joy in life: answering the letters of those who write asking for his help. Although Leila regards the pastor's correspondence as pointless, it ultimately plays a role in her own redemption and self-forgiveness. Showing at: Good News Cinema, 12 pm. Home Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born March 13, 1946) is a renowned and internationally-recognised French photographer. He originally specialised in animal photography, but later turned to aerial photography of subjects in many locations across the world. On the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of retiring as Commissioner of Police, Prakash Rathod, gets a telephone call from a man who informs him that he has placed several bombs all over Mumbai, and unless and until he arranges the release of four terrorists, with Al-Qaeda and Lashkar links. This man then warns Prakash that if his demands are not carried out, the bombs will explode, and one of them has been placed right opposite the Commissioner's Colaba office. Showing at: Artistic Creativity Center, 9 pm. SUNDAY The SoloistAa Director: Joe Wright Starring: Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx (born December 13, 1967) is an American actor, singer, and stand-up comic. Foxx is possibly best-known for his performance of musician Ray Charles in Ray, and for his collaborations with director Michael Mann. , Robert Downey Jr and Catherine Keener Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 1959)[1] is a two time Academy Award-nominated American actress. Biography Early life Keener, the third of five children, was born in Miami, Florida, to Evelyn and Jim Keener, a manager of an automotive store. In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). columnist Steve Lopez more than his face from a recent bike accident was his pressing need for story ideas. That is when he discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill, homeless street musician who possesses extraordinary talent, even through his half-broken instruments. Inspired by his story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about Ayers and attempts to do more to help both him and the rest of the underclass of LA have a better life. Showing at: Good News, 9 pm. Amreeka Directed by: Cherien Dabis Starring: Nisreen Faour, Alia Shawkat and Hiam Abbass Divorced, demoralized, and struggling with her weight, Palestinian bank employee Muna leaves the occupied West Bank with her teenaged son, Fadi, to find a new home with her sister in Chicago. The discovery that she has exchanged one set of checkpoints for another doesn't prevent Muna -- an archetypical ar·che·type n. 1. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype: "'Frankenstein' . . . 'Dracula' . . . 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' . . . maternal survivor straight out of Italian neorealism -- from buckling down to the business of survival in a culture whose traditional mistrust of dark-skinned foreigners is exacerbated by 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq. Showing at: Cairo Opera House's Artistic Creativity Center, 6:30 pm. Dawn of the World Directed by: Abbas Fahdel Starring: Karim Saleh, Hafsia Herzi and Hiam Abbass The film begins with a pair of children, Zahra (Hafsia Herzi) and Mastour (Waleed Aboul Magd), living in a small, isolated community forever suffering as a consequence of distant wars being waged by their country. The story follows them into the beginning of adulthood, as the young man becomes a soldier and the young woman shortly thereafter becomes his widow. Showing at: Cairo Opera House's Small Theater, 8 pm Daily NewsEgypt 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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