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A Very Long Engagement
(2004)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
March 11 - Tuesday - 7:00 p.m.
In a desperate search for her fiancé who
might have been killed at the Battle of
the Somme fighting in the French army, a
young woman uncovers the ugly complexi-
ties of the trench warfare that destroyed
millions of lives between 1914 and 1918.
Without relishing violence, this beauti-
fully shot movie makes the horror of war
palpable and all-encompassing, bringing
us closer to an emotional understanding of
the tragedies that marked that generation
of men and women in Europe. In French
and German languages with English sub-
titles. (35mm. 133 min. Rated R.)
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Çanakkale 1915
(2012)
Directed by Yeim Sezgin
February 25 - Tuesday - 7:00 p.m.
Shot on location, the film takes place during World
War I's Gallipoli campaign in 1915. This quasi-docu-
mentary tells the story of the unsuccessful attack on
the Ottoman Straits by the British Empire and French
Forces, with hopes to reach Istanbul. After a nine-
month bitter struggle, final remnants of the British
forces are forced to retreat. The film is an adaptation
of Turgut Özakman's book titled The Resurrection
(Dirilis), which shows the conditions and events that
soldiers endured in the Gallipoli Theater of War. In
Turkish language with English subtitles. (2K DCP.
100 min. Not Rated.)
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