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December 2009

The Facets Cinémathèque is located at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago. For more information on films playing in the Cinémathèque, please call 773-281-4114. To order advance tickets online, visit the TicketWeb website by clicking here.


Chicago Theatrical
Premiere

MAMMOTH

The internationally-acclaimed director of Together and Lilya 4-Ever, Lukas Moodysson, presents a modern family drama in Mammoth, which revolves around a successful New York couple, Leo (Gael García Bernal, Y Tu Mamá También) and Ellen, (Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy). Leo is the creator of a successful website, and has stumbled into a world of money and big decisions. Ellen is a dedicated emergency surgeon who devotes her long shifts to saving lives. Their eight-year-old daughter Jackie spends most of her time with her Filipino nanny Gloria, a situation that is making Ellen start to question her priorities. Gloria has come to America to earn money to support her family, and had to leave her two sons behind in the Philippines. One of them, ten-year-old Salvador, is longing for his mother so much that he looks for work himself in order to help with the money so that she can return sooner. When Leo travels to Thailand on business, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events that will have dramatic consequences for everyone.

Directed by Lukas Moodysson, Sweden/Denmark/Germany, 2009, 35mm, 125 mins.




Director interview     New York Magazine     Spirituality & Practice     Roger Ebert

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Showtimes:
Fri., Dec. 18 at 6:30 & 9 pm
Sat.-Sun., Dec. 19-20 at 2, 4:15, 6:30 & 9 pm
Mon.-Wed., Dec. 21-23 at 6:30 & 9 pm

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