Week of December 24, 2009
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FILM Saturday 12/26 ODE TO PARISIn "Paris," a story of life and love in the city of lights, the ailing Pierre reunites with his sister and her children while awaiting a heart transplant. Getting to know his family again and observing Parisian life from his window, Pierre finds a renewed sense of the preciousness of life. Several additional showings through the end of the month. 4:15 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW 8th St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. 'TIL DEATH Academy Award-winning film "Hable Con Ella" ("Talk to Her"), directed by Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar, follows the bond forged between two men in the face of tragedy. Alter a bullfighting accident sends his girlfriend to the hospital, Marco meets nurse Benigno while visiting his comatose love. The nurse cares tirelessly for another patient in acoma, a ballet dancer, who Marco grows obsessed with. Spanish with English subtitles. 4:45 p.m. Additional showings Dec. 27 and 29. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW 8th St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. PEACE ON EARTH Based on a true story, "Joyeaux Noel" tells the inspiring tale of four strangers: an Anglican priest, a French lieutenant and a German tenor and his beloved singing partner whose lives are changed forever during a wartime Christmas. After months of fighting in 1914 as summer turned to snow, the unthinkable happened: soldiers came out of their trenches, leaving rifles behind to shake hands with the enemy. Additional showings through the end of the month. 6:45 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW 8th St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. MANIACAL MADNESS Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's "Mujeres Al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios" ("Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown") follows the madness that ensues after main character Pepa is dumped by her lover Iván. The intensity culminates as Pepa's friend Candela reveals her involvement with a terrorist, Iván's wife pays her a visit with loaded guns and Iván is about to board a plane that Candela's boyfriend plans to hijack. Spanish with English subtitles. Additional showings Dec. 27 and 30. 7 p.m. Miami-Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW 8th St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. PARADISE GONE AWRY In Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist," a grieving couple plans a getaway to an isolated cabin in the woods, hoping to mend their troubled marriage. But nature has other plans in mind as events take a turn for the worst. 9 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW 8th St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm.
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