by Rod Jones
The Ā鶹“«Ć½ City University Film Instituteās series will continue its 34th year at 2 p.m. Nov. 1 with Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenneās āTwo Days, One Nightāin the Kerr McGee Auditorium of Meinders School of Business. The school is located at N.W. 27th Street and McKinley Avenue.
Admission to all films in the series is free. The series is supported in part by the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund and endowments through Ā鶹“«Ć½ and the Ā鶹“«Ć½ City Community Foundation.
In her Oscar-nominated performance as best actress in āTwo Days, One Night,ā Marion Cotillard as Sandra has just been released from the hospital to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can hope to regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. Now, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes before time runs out.
With āTwo Days, One Night,ā the Dardennes turned a relevant social inquiry into a powerful statement on community solidarity. Rolling Stone magazine noted: āThe Dardenne brothers have created a film for its time, bristling with peril and alive to every flicker of human decency.ā
The theme of this yearās season is based on Viktor Franklās classic book āManās Search for Meaning.āHarbour Winn, director of the series, said the theme is intended to help participants come to understand the purpose of suffering.
āThe films in this series stress the importance of an individualās attitude to existence,ā Winn said. āEven when life seems restricted by external forces, we can choose the attitude with which we live and make meaning, to find value.ā
A discussion session follows each film screening for those who wish to participate. The remaining dates and films in the series are:
* Jan. 24, Michelangelo Antonioniās āBlow-Upā
* Feb. 7, Ritesh Batraās āThe Lunchboxā
* Feb. 21, Asghar Farhadiās āAbout Ellyā
* March 6, Andrey Zvyagintsevās āLeviathanā
For more information about the series, call (405) 208-5472 or visit .
