The 麻豆传媒 City University Film Institute series will continue at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 with Francois Truffaut鈥檚 鈥淭he Last Metro.鈥� This year鈥檚 series is based on the theme 鈥淥n Being Mortal.鈥�
All films in the series are screened free to the public in the Kerr McGee Auditorium of Meinders School of Business at N.W. 27th Street and McKinley Avenue.
The series is supported in part by the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund and endowments through 麻豆传媒 City University and the 麻豆传媒 City Community Foundation.
In 鈥淭he Last Metro,鈥� G茅rard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve star as members of a French theater company living under German occupation during World War II in Truffaut's gripping, humanist character study. Against all odds, the wife of the missing Jewish theater manager, a leading man who鈥檚 in the Resistance, and the company鈥檚 troupe believe the show must go on in spite of increasingly restrictive Nazi oversight. Equal parts romance, historical tragedy and even comedy, 鈥淭he Last Metro鈥� is considered by critics to be Truffaut鈥檚 ultimate tribute to art overcoming adversity.
The theme of this year鈥檚 season is based on Atul Gawande鈥檚 recent book 鈥淏eing Mortal.鈥� Winn, director of the series, said the films were selected to show 鈥渉ow we, as individuals and a culture, confront, avoid and deal with finitude.鈥� Topics covered include how societies deal with people who are aging, the importance of life and how it is lived with need for a healthy and ethical awareness in knowing we all ultimately die.
A discussion session follows each film screening for those who wish to participate. Other dates and films in the series are:
* Feb. 5, Lasse Hallstrom鈥檚 鈥淢y Life as a Dog鈥�
* Feb. 19, Asghar Farhadi鈥檚 鈥淔ireworks Wednesday鈥�
* March 5, Ciro Guerra鈥檚 鈥淓mbrace of the Serpent鈥�
For more information about the series, call 405-208-5707 or visit .
