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January 2010

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 Premiere

BIRDWATCHERS
(La terra degli uomini rossi)

In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the midwest of Brazil, the farmers who lead a wealthy and leisurely existence have huge fields, as well as hordes of tourists who come for bird watching. The Guarani-Kaiowá, the indigenous people who really own the land, are now confined to a nearby reservation and are paid to stand naked along the shores of the river in face paint to provide thrills for the visitors. Fed up with their officially-imposed financial and spiritual impoverishment, which has led to a wave of suicides, tribal leader Nadio and a local shaman organize a protest on former Guarani property that is now occupied by the deeply unsympathetic farmer Moreira and his cruel wife. As the two opposing worlds meet in an uneasy confrontation, a deep bond develops between the shaman's young apprentice, Osvaldo, and the farmer's bikini-clad daughter. Casting local non- professionals, director Marco Bechis draws out performances that effectively highlight the sharp clash between tyranny and a profoundly spiritual and ancient culture connected to nature. As the myths and realities of daily life are highlighted by striking visual contrasts of vast cultivated fields and lush forests and riverbeds, the two irreconcilable sides engage in metaphorical and actual war fueled by poverty and fear. Directed by Marcho Bechis, Italy/Brazil, 2008, 35mm, 108 mins.

In Portuguese and Guarani with English subtitles.




Official site     TimeOut London     The Guardian UK     Sight & Sound     Roger Ebert

NewCity Chicago     TimeOut Chicago        

Showtimes:
Fri., Jan. 8 at 7 & 9 pm
Sat.-Sun., Jan. 9-10 at 3, 5, 7 & 9 pm
Mon.-Thurs., Jan. 11-14 at 7 & 9 pm

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