Week of May 12, 2011
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FILM Thursday 5/12 AMONG MONKSLoosely based on the true story of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, "Of Gods and Men" follows the tensions that unfold among a once peaceful, coexisting group of French Christian monks and Muslims. Calm crumbles after a group of foreign workers is murdered by an Islamic fundamentalist group. 6:40 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $5 for MDC students, seniors and Miami Film Society members. $6 others. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. OSTENTATIOUS LIES On the surface, upper-class Panama City politician Fernando Gonzalez-Dubois has it all — riches included. But in reality, he has secretly diminished the family fortune of his shopping-obsessed wife, his twin daughters are spoiled rotten and his son is being raised mostly by their disillusioned maids. When the family prepares to leave for a shopping spree in Miami while seven weeks behind in paying his employees, the help revolts and takes the family hostage. See what unfolds next in "Chance," a revenge comedy in Spanish with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $5 for MDC students, seniors and Miami Film Society members. $6 others. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. STRONG MOM Italian film "La Prima Cosa Bella" follows a strong, optimistic mother as she fights pain and grief to raise her children, teaching them to remain hopeful and delight in life's small pleasures. In Italian with English subtitles. 9:15 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $5 for MDC students, seniors and Miami Film Society members. $6 others. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. UNLIKELY LEADER In 2010 French film "Potiche," an elegant trophy wife takes over operations of her husband's umbrella factory when striking workers take him hostage. Suzanne — played by Catherine Deneuve — proves a surprisingly successful leader and finds herself reunited with an old fling played by Gérard Depardieu. Things get messy when her husband returns in this 1970s-based film. 9:15 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $5 for MDC students, seniors and Miami Film Society members. $6 others. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. TRIBUTE TO DENEUVE Tower Theater pays tribute to French actress Catherine Deneuve with screenings of her greatest films through May 12. Times vary. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $5 for MDC students, seniors and Miami Film Society members. $6 others. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm.
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