Portugal
BOSNIA DIARIES
(OS DIÁRIOS DA BÓSNIA)
2005, Joaquim Sapinho, Portugal, 78 min.
A moving chronicle of evolving tragedy in the Balkans, BOSNIA DIARIES charts two very personal Sarajevo sojourns by the filmmaker. Summer, 1996: in the ruins of the paralyzed city, Sapinho detects a faint hope taking hold. Winter, 1998: the psychic wounds of Muslims, Serbs, and Croats are rawer than ever, and the camera finds no metaphors for peace in the gently falling snow. In Portuguese and Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles. 35mm print courtesy of ICAM. (BS)
Saturday, March 24, 6:30 pm
Monday, March 26, 8:00 pm
A SHOT IN THE DARK
(UM TIRO NO ESCURO)
2005, Leonel Vieira, Portugal, 117 min.
With Joaquim de Almeida, Vaness Machado
Portugal’s internationally acclaimed star Joaquim de Almeida delivers an ace performance as the cop caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place in this tense, rip-roaring thriller that begins when a young mother has her baby snatched from an airport restroom in Rio. The sleaze of a strip club spills over to the streets of Lisbon, and no one stays clean as this wild ride heads for a bang-up conclusion in yet another airport. In Portuguese with English subtitles. 35mm widescreen print courtesy of ICAM. (BS)