November 4, 2012
4 p.m. Lecture
5 p.m. Screening
Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Screening

Tuesday after Christmas
Marti, dupa Craciun, 2010; dir. Radu Munteanu, English Subtitles, 99 min

Paul Hanganu loves two women: Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he’s shared the thrills of the past ten years; and Raluca the woman who has made him redefine himself. He has to leave one of them before Christmas.

Lecture, Q&A

Dr. Corina Kesler, English and Comparative Lit, U of M
Dr. Corina Kesler (English and Comparative Lit, University of Michigan) will hold a lecture on the (mis)use of the utopian impulse for the purposes of nation-building during two distinct periods: the communist era and post-socialist Romania of the 21st century. Following the lecture, there will be the screening of Tuesday after Christmas (Marti, dupa Craciun, dir. Radu Munteanu, 2010) at 5 pm, and Q&A following the screening.

This program is part of the Fourth Annual Romanian Film Festival at UMMA. Please also join us Saturday and Sunday, November 17-18 for screenings of Philanthropy (dir. Nae Caranfil, 2002), and The Phantom Father (Tatal fantoma, dir. Lucian Georgescu, 2011). And don’t miss a talk by visiting director Bogdan George Apetri and screening of his award-winning Outbound (Periferic, 2010) on November 3.