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US 2010 Film Premiere: La Métropolitaine by Director Dan Popa and other short movies: Film Screenings, Q&A
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Helmut Stern Auditorium
525 South State Street, Ann Arbor 48109
Free Admission
Film Screenings
US 2010 Film Premiere: La Métropolitaine by Director Dan Popa and other short movies
Please join American Romanian Festival Executive Director Marian Tanau , Ramona Uritescu-Lombard, film scholar and Lecturer in the German and Comparative Literature departments at the University of Michigan, and Director Dan Popa for a discussion and Q&A after the film. Discussion and Q&A after the screening.
The Metropolitan
La Métropolitaine, 2010, Dan Popa, 24 min, TIFF 2010 entry, Fiction, French, English subtitles
The Metropolitan is an experimental fiction film that combines architecture, travel and love. The love story takes place in seven underground subway systems around the world. The film is characterized by colors and poetry which depict themes on life in transition. Visually the film consists of a montage of 21000 pictures from several hundred subway stations as we follow the protagonist in his search for true love.
Oli’s Wedding
Nunta lui Oli, 2009, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, 22 min, Best Romanian Short Film NexT IFF 2009, NR, English subtitles
Alone in his kitchen in Bucharest, Dorel prepares for what seems to be a party. Actually, it’s his son’s wedding which takes place in the USA. Dorel is going to watch the wedding through a webcam together with two of his son’s friends. On the small display they are going to meet the bride, her father and will witness the ceremony. A bitter-sweet story about scattered families and lonely parents.
Midi
Noon, 2008, Dan Popa, 6 min, TIFF 2008 entry, Fiction, NR, French, English subtitles
Today is Koppa’s birthday, and he is celebrating it by sitting on his 9th floor balcony and putting the finishing touches on his customized fishing hooks. After dinner, and a brief one-way conversation, Koppa reveals to the audience the nature of his anxiety; he hates his own inability to do anything about his future.