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Literature - Themed Films
(10hour, 1 credit) Centre de Cultura Sa Nostra
C/ Concepci 12, Palma

ASSOCIACI DE PROFESSORS DANGLS DE LES ILLES BALEARS

DEPARTAMENT DANGLS

DE LEOI DE PALMA

APABAL and the Department of English of the Palma EOI

are pleased to present four films with literature - related themes

during the March - April 2012 time frame. ***Sha sol.licitat 1 (crdit) 10h a la Conselleria deducaci, Cultura I Universitats*** Registration sheet and more Information: www.apabal.com WHEN:
Monday, March 5, 2012 Monday, March 19, 2012 Monday, April 2, 2012 Monday, April 23, 2012

WHAT TIME: WHERE:

18.00 h. Sa Nostra Cultural Centre, c/ Concepci 12. Tel. 971 72 52 10 The films will be in the original English, with subtitles.

* Attendance is free.
Coordinator: Assumpta Sureda Film Moderators: Vivienne Birch and Sarah Brierley

March 5 (Monday) 18.00 h. THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB (2007) Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of JanAusten, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels. Director: Robin Swicord. Writers (screenplay): Robin Swicord Karen Joy Fowler (book) Stars: Kathy Baker, Hugh Dancy and Amy Brenneman. FILM MODERATORS: Sarah Brierley / Vivienne Birch

March 19 (Monday) 18.00 h. THE PAINTED VEIL (2006) A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife. Director: John Curran. Writers: Ron Nyswaner (screenplay), W. Somerset Waugham (novel) Stars: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton and Liev Schreiber. FILM MODERATORS: Sarah Brierley / Vivienne Birch

April 2 (Monday) 18.00 h. 1984 (1984)

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Director: Michael Radford. Writers: George Orwell (novel), Michael Radford. Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton and Suzanna Hamilton.
FILM MODERATORS: Vivienne Birch / Sarah Brierley

April 23 (Monday) 18.00 h THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2002) In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues. Director: Oliver Parker. Writers: Oscar Wilde (play), Oliver Parker (screenplay) Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Frances O'Connor. FILM MODERATORS: Sarah Brierley / Vivienne Birch