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Shorts: Truth and Consequence
Old Town Playhouse Thu, Jul 30, 2015 9:00 AM
Featuring top award winners from Cannes and Tribeca, these nine shorts represent some of the most powerful dramatic works from around the globe. Nine-year-old Ella wants to look chic for selfies and impress her classmates in “Catwalk;” inspired by true events, “Aban + Khorshid” tells the tragic story of two men in Iran who are persecuted for their love; a wounded veteran embarks on a new journey after returning home in “Birthday;” and in “Discipline,” an impromptu debate on parenting boils over into a full-on ideological showdown at a Swiss grocery store
Film Info
Section:Short Films
Release Year:2014
Runtime:13 min.
Production Country:Finland
Denmark
Subtitles:English
Web Site:www.nordicfactoryfilm.com
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Amira Helene Larsen
Yusuf Kamal El-Ali
Zeinab Rahal
Nanna Bøttcher
Alexandre Willaume
Director:Rungano Nyoni
Hamy Ramezan

Description

A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, diamond-hard film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.