Contemporary Films
Some 15 independent first-run foreign feature films, starring such international stars as Sandrine Kimberlain, Zabou Breitman, Ronit Elkabetz, Marta Etura and representing 12 countries, will make their premieres on U.S. soil at the Fourth Annual “Romance in a Can” Film Festival, presented in Puerto Rico and Miami, at indoor and outdoor venues.
The 7-day event – the only festival of romantic films in the U.S. – will also include a special homage to Marlene Dietrich will be given during the festival: “Blue evening” at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on February 14 th to celebrate Valentine’s night in Miami Beach. Special screenings about German Cinema during the course of the festival from April 30th - May 9th with the support of the German Consulate. and a short film competition for film students from Europe as well as local Puerto Rican and Miami universities and high schools.
FRANCE -
Forty-three-year-old Lucas, a rich, divorced industrialist, is irresistibly attracted to thirty-eight-year-old Elsa, a renowned ceramist whom he's commissioned to create…
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Country
France
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Director
Pierre Jolivet
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Length
90 minutes
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Year
2007
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Language
French with English Subtitles
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Schedule
Saturday, May 1, 9 pm, Tower Theater
Tuesday, May 4, 7pm, Tower Theater
FRANCE -
In order to launch its top secret new product, the Muller pharmaceutical company throws an extravagant party where directors, managers…
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Country
France
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Director
Mathias Gokalp
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Length
90 minutes
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Year
2009
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Language
French - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Opening Night Tower Theater, April 29th, 7 pm cocktail-8:30 pm film screening.
Saturday, May 5th, 5 pm, Tower Theater.
FRANCE -
Religion, philosophy,romantic love and sensual desire all vie for the heart and mind of a smart, serious teenage girl in…
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Country
France
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Director
Karine Albou
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Length
91 minutes
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Year
2005
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Language
French, Arabic, Hebrew with English Subtitles
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Schedule
Alliance Francaise, May 3, 5pm (as part of the Israeli evening) /
FIU South Campus, (English Language Institute), May 6, 2:30 pm for students only
GERMANY -
When 50-year old photo journalist Anna Kastelano (Angela Molina) arrives on the small Greek island Symi, she is not aware…
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Country
Germany
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Director
Jeanine Meerapfel
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Length
91 minutes
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Year
2001
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Language
German - English subtitles
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Schedule
Tower theater, Thursday May 6, 8:40 pm /
Tower Theater, Saturday, May 8, 4:30 pm
GERMANY -
They meet in Montenegro, Katharina, daughter of a Jugoslavian immigrant worker, has grown up in the Federal Republic of Germany.…
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Country
Germany
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Director
Jeanine Meerapfel
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Length
95 minutes
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Year
1987
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Language
German - English subtitles
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Schedule
FIU-South Campus, ELC, May 5, 2:30pm
GERMANY -
When the owner of a Turkish food stand hires his nephew to film a commercial in hopes of bringing in…
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Country
Germany
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Director
Fatih Akin
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Length
96 minutes
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Year
2006
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Language
Greek - Turkish - German / English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater, May 6, 9 pm /
Tower Theater, May 6, 6:40 pm
GERMANY -
Two life stories: that of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America:…
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Country
Germany
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Director
Jeanine Meerapfel
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Length
94 minutes
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Year
1981
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Language
German - English subtitles
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Schedule
Tower theater, Sun May 9, 2:40pm
GERMANY -
Helene, mother of two, will not be discouraged. Everyone tell her that her husband Robert hwo has been missing since…
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Country
Germany
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Director
Matthias Luthardt
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Length
90 minutes
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Year
2008
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Language
German - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower theater- May 5- 8:40 pm /
Tower Theater-German night-May 6- 7 pm cocktail. 9 pm screening.
GERMANY / ISRAEL / FRANCE -
Mali (Ivgy) is the taken-for-granted member of the Wolf family, as her father Reuven (Moni Moshonov)…
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Country
Germany | Israel | France
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Director
Keren Yedaya
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Length
106 minutes
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Year
2009
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Language
Hebrew - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater, Sat May 1, 2:40 pm /
Alliance Francaise Miami-Mon May 3, Israeli evening, cocktail and panel meeting 7-8pm, screening: 8:30pm
ITALY -
Lulli is a noted art critic. He is in a relationship with Gloria, the young, beautiful daughter of a dear,…
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Country
Italy
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Director
Sergio Rubini
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Length
110 minutes
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Year
2008
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Language
Italian - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater, Fri May 7, 9pm /
Tower Theater, Sun May 9, 7:10pm
POLAND -
The plot of this film is played out in the 1960s in the Polish Western Country town of Legnica where…
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Country
Poland
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Director
Waldemar Krzystek
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Length
114 minutes
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Year
2008
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Language
Russian | Polish - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater-Polish Evening, Sat May 8, 7pm cocktail, 9 pm film screening /
Tower Theater,Sunday May 9, 4:45pm
PORTUGAL - SPAIN - FRANCE -
A young man falls helplessly in love with a mysterious blond woman that turns his life…
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Country
Portugal | Spain | France
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Director
Manoel de Oliveira
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Length
64 minutes
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Year
2009
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Language
Portuguese - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater, Friday May 7, 8:40 pm /
Tower Theater, Saturday, May 8, 7:10 pm
PORTUGAL -
Manoel de Oliveira's majestic film follows a young history professor and her daughter on a pleasure cruise through the Mediterranean…
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Country
Portugal / Italy / France
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Director
Manoel de Oliveira
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Length
96 minutes
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Year
2003
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Language
Portuguese, French and Greek with Englsih Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater, Wed. May 5, 6:40 pm
SERBIA -
Branko, a young Serbian immigrant, struggles in an unforgiving New York, desperately trying to bring his girlfriend Ivana from Serbia…
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Country
Serbia
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Director
Darko Lungulov
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Length
90 minutes
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Year
2009
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Language
English / Serbian
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Schedule
Tower Theater, Fri May 7, 6:40pm /
Tower Theater, Sat May 8, 8:50pm
SERBIA - SLOVENIA -
The director (and writer) of this movie was clearly influenced by Emir Kusutrica when making this great road…
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Country
Serbia - Slovenia
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Director
Srdjan Koljevic
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Length
95 minutes
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Year
2004
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Language
German | Serbo-Croatian | Arabic | Italian | Slovenian / English Subtitles
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Schedule
FIU SOUTH CAMPUS, ELI, Monday, May 3 at 2:30pm for students only.
COLOMBIA - SPAIN
This story takes place in the exotic Guajira of Colombia. Poncho Daza, an eleven year-old boy, who’s incredibly talented…
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Country
Colombia - Spain
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Director
Maria Camila Lizarazo
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Length
90 minutes
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Year
2008
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Language
Spanish - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater, Fri May 7, 7pm /
Tower Theater, Sunday, May 9, 2:30pm
SPAIN -
Luisa, 44, feels invisible. When she goes out with people, they talk right through her, not listening to or seeing…
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Country
Spain
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Director
Gerardo Herrero
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Length
106 minutes
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Year
2006
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Language
Spanish - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater, Closing night with Spain: 5pm cocktail, 7pm film screening
SPAIN -
"Seven Minutes" is a romantic comedy about lonely people looking for love. Several characters with quite diverse stories and motivations…
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Country
Spain
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Director
Daniela Féjerman
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Length
102 minutes
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Year
2009
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Language
Spanish - English Subtitles
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Schedule
Tower Theater, Sat. May 8, 2:50pm /
Tower Theater, Sun May 9, 4:30pm