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CHARLES COLEMAN
Film Programmer for Facets Cinémathèque

Read his feature in the Chicago Reader

July 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 Theatrical
Premiere

CELL 211
(Celda 211)

In this intense, Goya Award-winning drama (the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards), Juan (Oliver Alberto Ammann), who is eager to begin at his new post as a prison guard, arrives at the facility a day early to the chagrin of his pregnant wife, Elena. An unfortunate, unexpected accident renders Juan unconscious, and he is rushed into cell 211. When he regains consciousness, he discovers that he is trapped in the middle of a brutal rebellion led by a dangerous prisoner referred to as Malamadre (Luis Tosar). Immersed in this powder-keg situation, Juan's only option for self-preservation is to pretend that he is also an inmate. Malamadre ("Badass") is convinced of Juan's veracity, and takes him into the fold, as Juan's every word and action are closely scrutinized by the latter's top lieutenants -- Tachuela and the unhinged Releches. He also discovers that Basque terrorists are incarcerated in the same facility and plots to use them as bargaining tool; after all, their involvement in this riot elevates the situation from just a local conflict to one of national importance. For those cinephiles captivated by Jacques Audiard's A Prophet, do not miss Cell 211, which shrewdly weaves strands of political commentary into the fabric of an intriguing, suspenseful thriller.

Directed by Daniel Monzón, 2009, Spain, 35mm, 110 mins. In Spanish with English subtitles.





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Fri., Jul. 2 at 6:30 & 8:45 pm
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Mon.-Thurs., Jul. 5-8 at 6:30 & 8:45 pm



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