Walter
SalleS
Foreign Land
(1996)
Directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas
Friday - November 16 - 9:30 p.m.
The film is set in São Paolo, Brazil, and Lisbon,
Portugal, in the early `90s. We see the economic
chaos inflicted on Brazil under President Fernando
Collor, with two victims being an aspiring young
actor named Paco and his mother. Simultaneously,
in Lisbon, we witness the rocky affair of a jazz
trumpeter/heroin addict named Miguel and his
frustrated girlfriend, Alex. Through a series of
unfortunate events, their stories intersect
in Lisbon, developing into a road trip to
Spain. The film has elements of classic
noir, filled with striking black and white
cinematography that captures the
rough beauty of the landscapes, and
our characters' sense of innocence,
love and adventure in a nearly
hopeless world. Portuguese
language with English
subtitles. (35mm. 110 min.
Not rated.)
In anticipation of Walter Salles'
retelling of Jack Kerouac's On
the Road, the IU Cinema pres-
ents three road movies from his
filmography: Foreign Land, Cen-
tral Station, and The Motorcycle
Diaries. The genre drove him to
directing: "Road movies brought
me to the cinema," explains
Salles. "I couldn't understand
why movies like Michelangelo
Antonioni's The Passenger or
Wim Wenders's Alice in the Cit-
ies moved me so deeply. Little
by little, I realized that it had
to do with the unique narrative
form of the road movie, based in
the unpredictable."
These screenings are sponsored
by Latin American and Carib-
bean Studies, Latino Studies
Program, Department of Span-
ish and Portuguese, Department
of Communication and Culture,
and IU Cinema. Screenings are
$3. Walter Salles is scheduled
to be in attendance at these
noted events.
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Tickets: (812) 855-1103
Walter Salles